U.S. Navy Ship Salvage Manual Volume 6 - Oil Spill Response

S0300-A6-MAN-060• Small, medium and large harbor skimmer systems.• Small utility boats for placing boom.• Barges and waste oil rafts.This equipment, already distributed throughout the Navy, is a readily available resource.Although designed for harbor and inland spills, the NOSCDR equipment may be usable in someoffshore or salvage-related spills. It is particularly useful for protecting harbors and shelteredshorelines threatened by major offshore spills, freeing limited quantities of offshore equipmentfor use in open waters.Fleet NOSCDRs have no organic spill response equipment other than the small shipboard spillresponse kits. They rely on nearby shoreside NOSCDRs, the ESSM system and/or area commercialor foreign government assets for equipment to respond to offshore spills.The Navy spill response capability, built around dispersed shoreside NOSCDR and mobileESSM-based equipment, is more substantial than that of any other U.S. Government agency. Theoffshore response equipment of the ESSM system, however, is designed to be air-transportable;individual pieces of equipment are therefore limited in size and capacity. Chapter 4 and Chapter5 describe Navy spill response equipment in greater detail.3-3 OTHER RESOURCESVarious government agencies, in compliance with the National Contingency Plan, provide specializedservices to the predesignated Federal On-Scene Coordinator during an oil spill response.Navy forces assisting a federally coordinated spill response will need to coordinate their activitieswith some or all of the agencies listed here.These agencies are not specifically tasked or organized to assist a Navy OSC during response to aNavy-originated spill, but the NOSC can access their expertise and assets through the DOD memberof the Regional Response Team or the FOSC.3-3.1 Coast Guard Assets. Coast Guard strike teams, as well as vessels, aircraft and otherresponse assets, are available to predesignated FOSCs through the NCP. They can be made availableto the Navy Response Organization through the USN-USCG interagency agreement.A significant amount of strike team equipment is devoted to lightering stricken vessels to minimizeoil spillage. Significant strike team equipment includes:• Open Water Oil Containment and Recovery Systems, consisting of skimming barriers,pumps and oil storage bladders (dracones).• Air-Deliverable Anti-Pollution Transfer Systems (ADAPTS) consisting of hydraulicsubmersible pumps, similar to the ESSM six-inch POL pump and associated dischargehose, hydraulic power units and fuel bladders.3-3