State of Louisiana Initial Oil Spill Response Plan - Coastal ...

much easier and less damaging to fragile coastal ecosystems if done in the open waters of the
Gulf of Mexico. Should that measure not be successful, this report adopts a multiple lines of
defense strategy to minimize the extent of oil penetration into the coastal wetlands. Finally, this
plan focuses on the areas (i.e., parishes) of the State that have immediate needs, or are likely to
have impacts in the near term. We will continue to develop supplemental plans addressing the
needs of interior parishes. These supplemental efforts will focus on situations where the
perimeter measures are overwhelmed, and/or the oil penetrates inland.
Action Plan Sequence
Immediate
• Immediately deploy booms at all critical locations east of river as shown on maps
included in Appendix 1 (by region) and Appendix 2-12 (by parish).
o Utilize local fishing fleets and fishermen for transport, monitoring and
deployment of boom.
• Establish regional staging areas for supplies.
o Order and begin to store necessary supplies assuming extensive, long-lasting oil
removal.
• Inventory, identify and organize multiple shore bases.
o Prepare shore bases to store and handle recovery materials.
o Organize professional, contract, and volunteer teams.
• Train local fisherman and others to be involved in clean up effort.
o Training should include material handling, implementation of secondary and
tertiary prevention techniques, boom deployment and monitoring, and oil
collection protocols.
As Soon as Oil Has the Potential to be within 5 Miles of Coastal Areas
• Establish booms in coastal areas as identified in appendices.
• Ready local teams for deployment.
72 to 36 Hours Prior to Oil Predicted to be within 5 miles of Land
• Stock implementation site/marinas.
• Deploy local teams to implement secondary and tertiary prevention measures.
36 Hours to Landfall and Ongoing
• Analyze and continue flow of supplies to staging areas and implementation sites.
• Continue management of local prevention teams and booms.
• Continue implementation of secondary and tertiary prevention measures.
• Active strategies for successive lines of defense.
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