1: Introduction and summary. Purpose -- Background information -- Beaufort Sea drilling activity -- Description of planning guide. 2: Federal response organisation. National contingency plan -- National response team -- National response center -- Regional response team -- Regional response center -- On-scene coordinators -- National strike force (NSF) -- State of Alaska contingency plan. 3: Initial response. Sources and timing for Beaufort Sea oil spills -- Response considerations for spills which could occur. 4: Elements of response. Detection and surveillance -- Oil spill trajectory models -- Oil spill containment -- Oil spill recovery -- Transfer equipment -- recovered oil storage equipment -- Oil spill disposal -- Personnel -- Logistics -- Well control. 5. Mechanics of response. 6: Oil spill response scenarios. Objective -- Winter blowout with well ignition -- Winter blowout without well ignition -- Arctic diesel transfer spill in open water -- Tanker spill in August -- Pipeline leak during winter -- Pipeline leak from freezup through breakup -- Drillship blowout
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