USE OF DISPERSANTS - U.S. National Response Team (NRT)

DISPERSANT USE DECISION / IMPLEMENTATIONELEMENT CHECKLIST (cont.)Note: Need all "YES" answers before dispersant use is acceptable.YES NODECISION ELEMENT8. Are the necessary equipment and trained personnel available to conductthe recommended monitoring operations?The recommended monitoring protocol in the CRRT region is the Special Monitoring forAdvanced Response Technologies or SMART. The Gulf Strike Team or AtlanticStrike Team is available to support and provide monitoring assistance.It may not be appropriate to base Go/No Go or continue/discontinue decisions solely onresults from the SMART monitoring team since dispersant effectiveness is often delayed ornot totally and easily conclusive.Monitoring is recommended but not strictly required…should not be a showstopper foroperation.YES NO9. Has the overflight to assure that endangered species are not in theapplication area been conducted?The provisions of the Section 7 consultation in regard to the CRRT Pre-ApprovalAgreement requires an overflight of the application area to ensure endangeredspecies are not threatened or endangered by the operation.YES NO10. Has a Dispersant Operations Plan been completed?Attached within this plan is a Dispersant Operations Plan template. The completionof this template should provide the OSC and Unified Command with a suitable andcomplete plan to support and implement the dispersant effort.