Draft final

Regional Response Team IX (RRT IX)

Regional Contingency Plan (RCP), volume 1
coastal contingency Plan (ccP)

ENCLOSURE 4600
California Dispersant Plan and

Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) Checklist
for

California Federal Offshore Waters

Fall 2008 Version

(2014 formatting changes)

Authorship and Acknowledgements
The principal organizer and compiler of the 2008 report was Ellen Faurot-Daniels (CCC), with critical conceptual input and resource information support provided by Yvonne Addassi (OSPR). Creating the 2008 draft California Dispersant Plan would not have proceeded smoothly or successfully without the contributions of thought, effort and review provided by many others.
We relied extensively on work already completed by other authors and institutions. Leigh Stevens of Cawthron Institute, New Zealand, led the way by allowing us to use his “Oil Spill Dispersants: Guidelines for Use in New Zealand” as an extremely helpful model for our document. We also drew from various dispersant guidelines provided by Regional Response Teams throughout the U.S., dispersant guidelines published by ExxonMobil, the Cutter Information Corporation’s “Oil Spill Dispersants: From Technology to Policy”, the “Assessment of the Use of Dispersants on Oil Spills in California Marine Waters” by S.L. Ross, and various oil spill job aids available from the NOAA web site. Please see the References Cited section in this document for the full citations.
Beyond the use of these reports was the steadfast assistance of those we worked with in our own agencies and those on the Los Angeles Area Committee, dispersant subcommittee, dispersant workgroups, and various interested parties watching and assisting from outside the immediate working groups. Randy Imai of OSPR provided the charts in this report, Al Allen (Spilltec) provided the information, figures and formulas for dispersant dosage rates and relating those rates to dispersant application systems, and the oil spill clean-up cooperatives in California provided updated information on dispersant application resources. Members of the Los Angeles workgroups reviewed early drafts of this document, with John Day (Santa Barbara County) and Craig Ogawa (Minerals Management Service) providing especially helpful comments along the way. Ben Waltenberger (NOAA), Ken Wilson (OSPR), Melissa Boggs-Blalack (OSPR) and Ellen Faurot-Daniels (CCC) pitched in to draft the Wildlife Aerial Observation Protocols, and Melissa Boggs-Blalack led the workgroup addressing public outreach.
We also extend particularly heartfelt thanks our colleagues in our own agencies who supported our efforts all along the way, and to the members of the Regional IX Regional Response Team and the U.S. Coast Guard who had the first vision of a California Dispersant Plan.

2014 formatting changes implemented by Ellen Faurot-Daniels (CDFW-OSPR) to address consistency with 2014 formatting changes within RCP.


ENCLOSURE 4600


CONTENTS
Enclosure 4601 Pre-Approval Zone

Table of Contents; Overview; Quick Guide to Forms, Worksheets & Checklists; Dispersant Assessment Worksheet; Pre-Approval Dispersant Use Flowchart; Dispersant Use Checklist.

Enclosure 4602 RRT Expedited Approval Required Zone

Table of Contents; Overview; Quick Guide to Forms, Worksheets & Checklists; Dispersant Assessment Worksheet; RRT Expedited Approval Flowchart; Dispersant Use Checklist.

Attachment I Pre-Approval Zone Charts and Regional Wildlife

Resource Summaries
I.a North Coast

I.b San Francisco-Bay Delta

I.c Central Coast

I.d Los Angeles (north and south)

I.e San Diego
Attachment II Dispersant Efficacy and Available Resources
II.a Oils produced from California offshore platforms

II.b Some fresh oil properties of top ten oils shipped to

California by tank ship, 1999-2001

II.c Properties of refined oil products

II.d Appropriateness/effectiveness of dispersant use on

different oil and oil products

II.e Description of general oil characteristics based on oil type

II.f Pacific OCS and imported California oils that have

undergone spill-related testing and modeling

II.g General California dispersant application platform information

II.h Characteristics of dispersant spraying platforms available to operators in California

II.i Dispersant spraying capacity of platforms as a function of distance

II.j Stockpiles of dispersant application resources in California and North America

II.k OSRO Dispersant Application Platforms and Response Times in California

II.l Manufacturers of dispersant spray systems for boats, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft

II.m Dispersant Window of Opportunity

Attachment III Instructions and Dispersant Observation Forms
III.a Estimated dispersant dosages based on average oil thicknesses and dispersant-to-oil ratios

III.b Representative oil concentrations and corresponding average thickness

III.c Oil slick characteristics and DOR as they apply to the dispersant application system

III.d Dispersant Application Summary Form

III.e Monitoring dispersant effectiveness

III.f General observation guidelines

III.g Dispersant Observation Checklist

III.h Dispersant Observation Report Form

Attachment IV Wildlife Protocol Recommendations for Aerial Overflights

During Dispersant Operations

IV.a Accessing experienced/contracted wildlife observers for dispersant observations

IV.b Trustee agency wildlife monitoring during dispersant operations

IV.c Sample Wildlife Aerial Survey Form
Attachment V Public Communications Plan
V.a Sample press releases

1. 
   When dispersant use is under initial consideration
   
2. 
   For dispersant use in the California Pre-Approval Zone
   
3. 
   For dispersant use outside the California Pre-Approval Zone
   

V.b General risk communication guidelines

V.c Risk communication guide for state or local agencies

V.d Planning a public meeting: Checklist

V.e Dispersant fact sheet

Attachment VI Seafood Safety
VI.a Seafood safety in California federal offshore marine waters

1. 
   Notification and determination of the threat to public health
   
2. 
   Fisheries closure process
   
3. 
   Seafood monitoring following fisheries closure
   
4. 
   Re-opening or maintaining fisheries closures
   

Post-closure risk assessment; Re-opening fisheries;

Maintaining fisheries closures

VI.b Seafood safety in California state offshore marine waters

1. 
   California Fish and Game Code Section 5654
   

Initial 24 hours: Notification and determination of the

threat to public health

2. 
   Fisheries closure process
   

Post-closure: Within 48 hours after incident notification;

Re-opening or maintaining fisheries closures;

OEHHA post-closure risk assessment; Re-opening fisheries;

Maintaining fisheries closures

3. 
   Public communication protocol
   

Attachment VII National Contingency Plan (NCP) Product List and State Licensed Oil Spill Cleanup Agents (OSCA)

Attachment VIII Determination Process for California Offshore Dispersant Zones
VIII.a The Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA) Process

VIII.b Environmental “trade-off” decisions

VIII.c Stakeholder involvement and outreach efforts
Attachment IX Results of Reviews with Other Agencies
IX.a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Endangered Species Act)

IX.b National Marine Fisheries Service (Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Essential Fish Habitat)

X.c California Coastal Commission (Coastal Zone Mgt. Act)
Attachment X Supplemental Resources
X.a Unit conversions, Abbreviations and Acronyms, Glossary

X.b Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for Corexit 9527 and Corexit 9500

Attachment XI Contact Numbers and Relevant Web Sites
Attachment XII Dispersant Use Decision Forms
XII.a FOSC Pre-Approval Zone Plan Sign-Off

XII.b RRT Expedited Approval Zone Record of Decision

This page provided for spacing purposes.


ENCLOSURE 4601
SECTION I: Dispersant Pre-Approval Zone

TABLE of CONTENTS

Page

Overview ………………………………………………………………………………... 3

Purpose and authority

The response planning process

What is in the California Dispersant Plan (CDP)

Quick guide to forms, worksheets and checklists ………………………………….. 5
Dispersant Assessment Worksheet …………………………………………………. 7

Decision-Making Flowchart …………………………………………………………... 9

Dispersant Use Checklist …………………………………………………………….. 10