ESCI 6330

Oil Spill Management

(2:2)Review of laws and regulations governing oil spill prevention and response. Current methods for control, containment, countermeasures, removal, and disposal of oil spills in an environmentally safe manner. Development of a spill management team incorporating the elements of incident command. Field exercises in oil spill response. Co-requisite: SMTE 0096 Environmental Science Laboratory Safety Seminar - Required every semester for lab-based courses. The Safety Seminar must be completed before the Census Date of the semester to participate in the lab portion of this course. Fall, Spring, Summer (on sufficient demand)

Units: 3.0