NRT Response Matrix

Oil Spill Capabilities

Radiological Capability

National Strike Force Equipment

 

NRT HAZARDOUS SPILL RESPONSE CAPABILITIES

Agency and Information
Contacts

Advisory/Technical Assistance

Equipment

CDC

24-Hour CDC Emergency Response Coordination Group 770-488-7100

In the area of hazardous substance response, CDC can provide technological assistance in the following areas:

o        Human health threat assessment;

o        Exposure prevention;

o        Worker safety;

o        Toxicology;

o        Epidemiology;

o        Public communication; and

o        Provision of treatment protocols.

N/A

DOD/Navy

Paul Hankins 703-607-2753

CAPT Raymond S. McCord 703-607-2753

DOD maintains a hazardous substance response team at Chemical Biological Defense Command (CBDCOM) (U.S. Army) in Aberdeen, MD. This team is available through a request to the Joint Staff, J-3, Western Hemisphere. They are trained principally to respond to chemical or munitions spills associated with DOD activity.

Any DOD medical capability would be assessed through the Joint Staff, J-3, Western Hemisphere and the appropriate State Department and/or military channels. The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is headed by the Department of Health and Human Services and has primary responsibility for Emergency Support Function (ESF) # 8, Health and Medical Services, of the Federal Response Plan (FRP). Similar relationships between departments would be maintained and are found in other parts of the FRP.

The CBDCOM hazmat teams are fully outfitted to respond to a spill event. Their availability, however, is subject to CBDCOM's mission requirements and deployment schedule.

Each Service has a variety of medical capabilities. Specific requirements would be channeled through the Joint Staff, J-3, Western Hemisphere for appropriate staffing and tasking coordination.

DOE

24-Hour DOE Headquarters Emergency Operations Center 202-586-8100

N/A

N/A

EPA

EPA Emergency Operations Center 202-260-3850

Jim Makris
202-260-3850

Joe Lafornara
908-321-6740

Technical expertise and scientific support coordination can be provided for inland areas. The EPA's Environmental Response Team (ERT) can provide expertise in treatment technology, biology, chemistry, hydrology, geology, and engineering including the following:

    • Advice to the OSC/RPM in hazard evaluation;
    • Risk assessment;
    • Multimedia sampling and analysis program;
    • On-site safety, including development and implementation plans;
    • Cleanup techniques and priorities;
    • Water supply decontamination and protection;
    • Application of dispersants;
    • Environmental assessment;
    • Degree of cleanup required; and
    • Disposal of contaminated material.


EPA can provide technical advice pertaining to health risks available for health care providers such as the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and Center for Disease Control (CDC).

Some response equipment potentially available through contractors however, some contracts do not cover responses on foreign soil and new contracts may be required when the need arises. The EPA's ERT can provide access to the following equipment:

    • Special decontamination equipment for chemical releases;
    • Basic detection, sampling, and analysis equipment (including air monitoring equipment and equipment for threat assessments and determinations); and
    • A robotic submarine.

FEMA

William Wark 202-646-4649

Kyle Blackman 202-646-4676

N/A

N/A

NOAA

Dr. Jean Snider 301-713-3038 x 194

CDR Gerry Wheaton 202-267-1321

The NOAA Scientific Support Coordination Branch can provide critical scientific support to the OSC during spills of hazardous materials in order to reduce risks to coastal habitats and resources. Scientific Support Coordinators (SSCs) use spill trajectory estimates, chemical hazards analysis, and assessments of the sensitivity or resources to help the OSC make timely operational decisions. SSCs can provide guidance, experience, and resources to develop spill preparedness plans that help identify the course of action that provides the most environmental benefit.

NOAA Hazmat hazardous substance support service capabilities currently include the following:

    • Providing information and expertise to develop contingency plans;
    • Conducting training and technology transfer activities in spill response techniques;
    • Maintaining an expansive electronic communications network that supports spill response operations;
    • Providing scientific advice to the OSC;
    • Coordinating on-scene scientific activities;
    • Observing and documenting spill movement;
    • Performing spill trajectory analyses;
    • Identifying environmentally sensitive areas;
    • Identifying appropriate protection measures and priorities;
    • Evaluating and recommending cleanup alternatives;
    • Identifying chemical hazards;
    • Managing information and coordinating observations;
    • Expertise regarding environmentally sensitive areas and cultural resources; and
    • SSCs to address environmental issues.

NOAA Hazmat hazardous substance response equipment capabilities include the following:

    • ESI Maps of the Panama Canal Operating Area; and
    • Release modeling programs.

NRC

24-Hour NRC Emergency Operations Center 301-816-5100

Richard Barrett 301-415-7482

Dr. Joan Aron 301-415-6827

N/A

N/A

State Department

Bob Blumberg 202-647-4971

David Noble
202-647-4986

The primary assistance that the State Department could provide would be in coordinating and facilitating the transportation of, and customs and immigration clearances for U.S. response personnel entering the country should Panamanian airports be required.

USCG

CAPT Larry L. Hereth 202-267-0518

CDR Mark Johnson 202-267-6860

CAPT Joseph Kuchin 919-331-6000
National Strike Force Coordination Center

The USCG National Strike Force (NSF) could provide the following:

    • Spill assessment, response operations strategy;
    • Response planning and consultation associated with spill response techniques and equipment use;
    • Supervision and monitoring of operations at spill site;
    • Site safety oversight; and
    • Limited field hazard categorization capabilities.

The USCG National Strike Force could provide the following

    • Large Pump ready load;
    • Temporary storage containers;
    • Product transfer equipment;
    • Level A and B personnel protective equipment;
    • Communications gear;
    • Hazmat sampling; and
    • Monitoring equipment.


(Please see pages I -14 through I-19 of Addendum I, detailed NSF inventory.)

Note: USCG NSF equipment may not compete with private sector sources. It may be utilized when circumstances render it more timely than commercial sources or commercial sources are unavailable.

USDA

Blake Velde
202-205-0906

USDA's role may include providing expertise to advise and supplement conventional response organizations on scientific or technical questions related to the USDA's mission areas.

N/A



OIL SPILL RESPONSE CAPABILITIES

Agency and Information
Contacts

Advisory/Technical Assistance

Equipment

CDC

24-Hour CDC Emergency Response Coordination Group 770-488-7100

In the area of oil spill response, CDC can provide technological assistance in the following areas:

    • Human health threat assessment;
    • Exposure prevention;
    • Worker safety;
    • Toxicology;
    • Epidemiology;
    • Public communication; and
    • Provision of treatment protocols.

N/A

DOD/Navy

Paul Hankins 703-607-2753

CAPT Raymond S. McCord
703-607-2753

Spill response advisory assistance is deferred to the USCG, NOAA, and other Federal agencies whose mission it is to maintain this capability. These agencies maintain the infrastructure and capability for providing both command and control, and technical response expertise.

Any DOD medical capability would be accessed through the Joint Staff, J-3, Western Hemisphere and the appropriate State Department and/or military channels. The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is headed by the Department of Health and Human Services and has primary responsibility for Emergency Support Function (ESF) # 8, Health and Medical Services, of the Federal Response Plan (FRP). Similar relationships between departments would be maintained and are found in other parts of the FRP.

DOD, Navy Supervisor of Salvage (SUPSALV), maintains an extensive inventory of spill response equipment, including open ocean skimming equipment, boom, and storage capability. In addition, SUPSALV maintains an extensive lightering and salvage capability. (Please see page I - 13 of Addendum I, detailed inventory of SUPSALV oil spill response equipment.)

Each Service has a variety of medical capabilities. Specific requirements would be channeled through the Joint Staff, J-3, Western Hemisphere for appropriate staffing and tasking coordination.

DOE

24-Hour DOE Headquarters Emergency Operations Center 202-586-8100

N/A

N/A

EPA

EPA Emergency Operations Center 202-260-3850

Jim Makris
202-260-3850

Joe Lafornara
908-321-6740

Technical expertise and scientific support coordination can be provided for inland areas. The EPA's Environmental Response Team (ERT) can provide expertise in treatment technology, biology, chemistry, hydrology, geology, and engineering including the following:

    • Advice to the OSC/RPM in hazard evaluation;
    • Risk assessment;
    • Multimedia sampling and analysis program;
    • On-site safety, including development and implementation plans;
    • Cleanup techniques and priorities;
    • Water supply decontamination and protection;
    • Application of dispersants;
    • Environmental assessment;
    • Degree of cleanup required; and
    • Disposal of contaminated material.


EPA can provide technical advice pertaining to health risks available for health care providers such as the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

Some response equipment potentially available through contractors: however, some contracts do not cover responses on foreign soil and new contracts may be required when the need arises. The EPA's ERT can provide access to the following equipment:

    • Basic detection, sampling, and analysis equipment (including air monitoring equipment and equipment for threat assessments and determinations); and
    • A robotic submarine.

FEMA

William Wark 202-646-4649

Kyle Blackman 202-646-4676

N/A

N/A

NOAA

Dr. Jean Snider 301-713-3038, x 194

CDR Gerry Wheaton 202-267-1321

The NOAA Scientific Support Coordination Branch can provide critical scientific support to the On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) during spills of oil in order to reduce risks to coastal habitats and resources. Scientific Support Coordinators (SSCs) use spill trajectory estimates, chemical hazards analyses, and assessments of the sensitivity or resources to help the OSC make timely operational decisions. SSCs can provide guidance, experience, and resources to develop spill preparedness plans that help identify the course of action that provides the most environmental benefit.

NOAA Hazmat oil support service capabilities currently include the following:

    • Providing information and expertise to develop contingency plans;
    • Conducting training and technology transfer activities in spill response techniques;
    • Maintaining an expansive electronic communications network that supports spill response operations;
    • Providing scientific advice to the OSC;
    • Coordinating on-scene scientific activities;
    • Observing and documenting spill movement;
    • Performing spill trajectory analyses;
    • Determining oil weathering and fate;
    • Identifying environmentally sensitive areas;
    • Identifying appropriate protection measures and priorities;
    • Evaluating and recommending cleanup alternatives;
    • Managing information and coordinating observations;
    • Expertise regarding environmentally sensitive areas and cultural resources; and
    • SSCs to address environmental issues.

N/A

NRC

24-Hour NRC Emergency Operations Center
301-816-5100

Richard Barrett 301-415-7482

Dr. Joan Aron 301-415-6827

N/A

N/A

State Department

Bob Blumberg 202-647-4971

David Noble 202-647-4986

The primary assistance that the State Department could provide would be in coordinating and facilitating the transportation of, and customs and immigration clearances for U.S. response personnel entering the country should Panamanian airports be required.

N/A

USCG

CAPT Larry L. Hereth 202-267-0518

CDR Mark Johnson 202-267-6860

CAPT Joseph Kuchin 919-331-6000
National Strike Force Coordination Center

The USCG National Strike Force (NSF) could provide the following:

    • Spill assessment, response operations strategy;
    • Response planning and consultation associated with spill response techniques and equipment use;
    • Supervision and monitoring of operations at spill site; and
    • Site safety oversight.

The USCG National Strike Force could provide the following:

    • Large Pump ready load;
    • Inflatable boom ready load;
    • Open Water Oil Containment and Recovery System (OWOCRS);
    • Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS);
    • Containment booms;
    • Temporary storage containers;
    • Product transfer equipment;
    • Personnel protective equipment; and
    • Communications gear.


(Please see pages I - 14 through I - 19 of Addendum I, detailed NSF inventory.)

Note: USCG NSF equipment may not compete with private sector sources. It may be utilized when circumstances render it more timely than commercial sources or commercial sources are unavailable.

USDA

Blake Velde 202-205-0906

USDA's role may include providing expertise to advise and supplement conventional response organizations on scientific or technical questions related to the USDA's mission areas.

N/A



RADIOLOGICAL RESPONSE CAPABILITIES

Agency and Information Contacts

Advisory/Technical Assistance

Equipment

CDC

24-Hour CDC Emergency Response Coordination Group 770-488-7100

In the area of radiological response, CDC can provide technological assistance in the following areas:

    • Human health threat assessment;
    • Exposure prevention;
    • Worker safety;
    • Toxicology;
    • Epidemiology;
    • Public communication; and
    • Provision of treatment protocols.

N/A

DOD/Navy

Paul Hankins 703-607-2753

CAPT Raymond S. McCord 703-607-2753

DOD and DOE are responsible for leading the Federal response for accidents or incidents associated with nuclear weapons within their respective custodies.

Any DOD medical capability would be accessed through the Joint Staff, J-3, Western Hemisphere and the appropriate State Department and/or military channels. The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is headed by the Department of Health and Human Services and has primary responsibility for Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8, Health and Medical Services, of the Federal Response Plan (FRP). Similar relationships between departments would be maintained and are found in other parts of the FRP.

DOD and DOE are equipped to respond to incidents within their respective custodies.

Each Service has a variety of medical capabilities. Specific requirements would be channeled through the Joint Staff, J-3, Western Hemisphere for appropriate staffing and tasking coordination.

DOE

24-Hour DOE Headquarters Emergency Operations Center 202-586-8100

DOE can provide 24-hour radiological emergency response to include personnel and equipment for monitoring, assessment, and medical support, aircraft for aerial surveys and measurements, and computer modeling for real-time atmospheric dispersion, deposition, and dose predictions.

Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) consists of twenty four, 5-member radiological emergency response teams located in 8 geographic regions of the U.S. Teams consist of health physicists, industrial hygienists, and public affairs officers. RAP teams provide monitoring and assessment assistance to assess and minimize immediate radiation hazards and protect people, property, and the environment. Teams are trained, equipped, and can be deployable within 2 hours of notification.

Aerial Measurement System (AMS) consists of rotary and fixed wing aircraft located at 2 locations within the U.S. The aircraft are capable of providing aerial surveys and measurements including plume tracking, atmospheric sampling, ground contaminanation mapping, infrared images, and aerial photography. Aircraft can be flown or transported to an accident scene.

Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) consists of staff and equipment to provide computer modeling of atmospheric releases of radioactive and hazardous materials to aid emergency response planners in determining what response and protective actions are needed. The models use world-wide, real-time meteorological data and 3-D transport and diffusion models. Online databases support calculations of time-varying release rates, source geometries, and plume rise for explosion, fire, vent, and spill release mechanisms. Initial prediction information can be provided in 30 minutes to 2 hours.

Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) consists of a team of doctors, nurses, radiation biologists, and health physicists that are trained to provide consultative, onsite or offsite assistance related to medial and health physics problems associated with radiation accidents. The team can provide assistance regarding assessment and treatment of internal and external contamination, conduct radiation dose estimates, diagnose and provide prognosis of radiation-induced injuries, conduct medical and radiological triage. REAC/TS can deploy within 6 hours of notification.

Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) provides a framework for coordinating monitoring and assessment activities when multiple federal agencies respond to a radiological accident or incident. Coordination includes sending an advanced party to locate and establish a central operations facility, assisting in developing and implementing monitoring plans, collecting and managing all monitoring and sampling data, and providing recommendations for protective actions.

Accident Response Group (ARG) provides world-wide emergency response support to accidents or incidents involving U.S. nuclear weapons. Response personnel consist of weapons experts, health physicists, nuclear safety, and packaging personnel from the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex. Primary responsibility is weapons recovery and protection of the public and environment. ARG can deploy within 4 to 6 hours after notification.

Nuclear Emergency Search Team (NEST) provides rapid and customized response capability for world-wide search operations for nuclear materials, including weapons, improvised nuclear devices and radiological dispersal devices. NEST's mission is to locate, identify, access, diagnose, and disable such devices. NEST also provides assessment of radiation and damage probabilities in the event of the detonation of a device. NEST can deploy within 6 hours after notification.

RAP teams are equipped with radiation protection and measurement equipment including alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron monitors for detection, identification, and measurement of ionizing radiation, low and high volume air samplers, personnel protective equipment, decontamination kits, communication radios, and satellite phones.


AMS aircraft are equipped to provide aerial surveys and in-flight analysis using state-of-the-art sensor technology, including hyper-pure germanium and sodium iodide detector arrays and multi-channel analyzers, gas and particulate collectors and analyzers, multi-spectral scanners, and still and video photography.


ARAC predictive plots are provided through onsite computer workstations or remotely by facsimile. Plots can contain information related to instantaneous air concentration and time-integrated deposition, exposure and/or dose contours overlaid on a map of the emergency area. Plots can be customized to identify zones requiring protective actions.


REAC/TS has state-of-the-art onsite facilities that include whole body counters for measuring internal contamination, pathology, and health physics laboratories, and laboratories for chemical, radiological, and cytogenetic analysis. Deployable equipment consists of alpha, beta, and gamma survey meters, wound monitors, chest monitors, a portal monitor, and miscellaneous medical supplies including chelation therapy drugs.


FRMAC equipment consists primarily of NEST and ARG equipment as identified below.


ARG equipment consists of portable low and high-energy photon detectors, other radiological survey instruments, personnel protective equipment, decontamination equipment, air transportable mobile laboratories for monitoring, sampling, and analysis activities, transportainers, communications, and other logistical equipment.


NEST equipment consists of hand-held gamma and neutron detection instruments, mobile search vans, communications equipment, databases, and geographic information systems.

EPA

EPA Emergency Operations Center
202-260-3850

National Response Center 800-424-8802

Jim Makris 202-260-3850

Joe Lafornara 908-321-6740

EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Team (RERT) can provide response and support for incidents or sites containing radiological hazards. Expertise is available in the following areas:

    • Radiation monitoring;
    • Radionuclide analysis;
    • Radiation health physics; and
    • Risk assessment.


EPA can provide technical advice pertaining to health risks available for health care providers such as the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

EPA has two radiological laboratories which can quickly characterize radiation sources. In addition, EPA operates an Environmental Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS). ERAMS, which has a sampling station located in the Panama Canal Operating Area, can measure radioactivity and other contaminants in various environmental media. In a radiological emergency, this sampling station may be able to provide information about how far contamination has spread.

FEMA

William Wark 202-646-4649

Kyle Blackman 202-646-4676

N/A

N/A

NOAA

Dr. Jean Snider 301-713-3038, x 194

CDR Gerry Wheaton 202-267-1321

NOAA does not normally respond to radiological releases. However, NOAA has expertise regarding environmentally sensitive areas and cultural resources.

NOAA radiological response equipment capabilities include the following:

    • ESI Maps of the Panama Canal Operating Area; and
    • Release modeling programs for combined hazmat chemicals and radiological elements.

NRC

24-Hour NRC Emergency Operations Center
301-816-5100

Richard Barrett 301-415-7482

Dr. Joan Aron 301-415-6827

NRC can provide expert consultation from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding radiation protection, criticality (critical mass determination), and material safeguards (keeping track of nuclear material) within hours of a radiological event on the high seas or in another country for either the PCC or the PCA.

N/A

State Department

Bob Blumberg 202-647-4971

David Noble 202-647-4986

The primary assistance that the State Department could provide would be in coordinating and facilitating the transportation of, and customs and immigration clearances for U.S. response personnel entering the country should Panamanian airports be required.

N/A

USCG

CAPT Larry L. Hereth 202-267-0518

CDR Mark Johnson 202-267-6860

CAPT Joseph Kuchin 919-331-6000
National Strike Force Coordination Center

N/A

N/A

USDA

Blake Velde 202-205-0906

USDA's role may include providing expertise to advise and supplement conventional response organizations on scientific or technical questions related to the USDA's mission areas, including the Radiological Emergency Response Program.

N/A



LIST OF NSF EQUIPMENT THAT MAY BE SENT IN RESPONSE TO A SIGNIFICANT OIL DISCHARGE IN PANAMA

1 Large Pump Load (ready load)

Each National Strike Force (NSF) Strike Team has 1 Large Pump ready load at their unit, thus this might come from the Pacific Strike Team in California, the Atlantic Strike Team in New Jersey, or the Gulf Strike Team in Alabama. Equipment included in the ready load is listed on attached pages. Approximately 3 people would be provided to deploy/use this gear.

1 Inflatable Boom Ready Load

Each Strike Team has 2 inflatable boom ready loads. The components of the inflatable boom system are listed in the attached pages. The ready load, the configuration of which is also attached, is comprised of 2 systems and 1 extra boom reel. Approximately 6 personnel would be sent to work with this equipment, 3 to work the boom and 3 possibly as boat crewmen for deployment/positioning/anchoring.

1 Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS) (ready load)
Each Strike Team has 1 VOSS ready load as well. The exact equipment for the ready load is listed on the attached pages. The VOSS system is versatile and its parts may be used for a number of varying scenarios. Approximately 4 personnel would be provided to operate this system.

Special Response Operations Monitoring Program (SROMP)
Can deploy SROMP for dispersant and in-situ burn monitoring.

**Notes:
All ready loads are packaged/pallatized for easy road or air transport.

Vessels necessary to deploy these systems, or barges to store recovered or lightered product, for example, would have to be identified in the local area of the incident.

The NSF would also most likely send at least 1 "Response Officer" to oversee all NSF response operations, personnel, and equipment on scene, in addition to the personnel cited above.



LARGE PUMPING SYSTEM


DESCRIPTION

The Large Pumping System is designed for lightering oil tankers and cargo vessels. The submersible pumps incorporated in the ready load are capable of pumping a wide range of petroleum products, mild acids, corrosives, and water. The Large Pumping System is prestaged on a trailer and palletized into 4 segments, ready for rapid deployment by aircraft or tractor-trailer. The system consists of 3 Duetz prime movers on pallets and one support box/ISU 90 with various kits.

The system consists of the following:

3 ea Prime Mover HPU
3 ea Submersible pump (CCN-150)
1 ea Support box
1 ea Trailer


FLATABLE OPEN WATER OIL CONTAINMENT BOOM SYSTEM INFLATABLE BOOM and BOOM REEL DESCRIPTION The inflatable boom is stored on a boom reel. The reel is powered by a hydraulic motor. Each reel has 656 feet of boom which consists of (8) 82 foot sections. When the boom is properly inflated, each chamber provides over 1,000 pounds of buoyancy. This buoyancy range allows the boom to follow the profile of the rolling water allowing excellent oil containment in choppy waves up to 6 feet and tow speeds exceeding 3 knots. Each boom section has an integral skirt that hangs below the inflation chamber to hold back spilled oil. A chain runs through a reinforced pocket on the bottom of the skirt that acts as a ballast member to keep the skirt in a vertical mode. The boom is a highly-visable orange polyurethane coated material. SPECIFICATIONS

Boom

Boom Reel

Manufacturer

Oil Stop Inc.

Manufacturer

Oil Stop Inc.

Inflation pressure

1 psi

Boom material

Aluminum reel w/steel frame

Values

Monsun Model XG

Boom fabric

Heat sealable polyurethane coated nylon

Freeboard

18"

Draft/Skirt

27"

Inflated total height

45"

End connector

ASTM aluminum

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Boom

Boom Reel

Section length

82'

Length

7.0'

Total sections on reel

8

Width

7.5'

Boom on reel

656'

Height

8.0'

Height

45"

Weight

6,000 lbs (w/8 sections installed)

Weight per foot

6 lbs

Weight per section

492 lbs

Weight per 8 sections

3,936 lbs



VESSEL OF OPPORTUNITY SKIMMING SYSTEM (VOSS) DESCRIPTION The Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS) is a modular, oil recovery skimming system that can be secured to and operated from a vessel of opportunity at a spill site. With this system, a vessel of 60 feet up to 400 feet can be quickly transformed into an oil recovery vessel. The VOSS has an effective daily recovery rate of 2126 bbls (24-hour day), a maximum sweep width of 42 feet off each side or 84 foot plus the beam of the vessel. It can skim and pump both light and heavy oil at one-half to one knot depending on sea state, oil viscosity, and oil thickness. The VOSS is prestaged on a 48 foot low-bed tractor-trailer for fast response. It has 2 containers, each with a complete sweeping and skimming system for one side of a vessel. These systems can be split between 2 vessels or installed on 1 vessel as a 2-sided sweeping system. Two collapsible inflatable barges are also staged on the trailer in their own containers for storage and transport of recovered oil or off-loaded product. The entire VOSS and 2 barges without the trailer also can be loaded on a single C-130 military aircraft for transport to distant locations. The system consists of: 2 ea Shipping container 2 ea Desmi 250 weir skimmer and pump 2 ea Control stand/Air compressor 2 ea Hydraulic Prime Mover (HPU) 2 ea Outrigger Assembly 2 ea Lifting Davit Assembly 4 ea Foam filled boom (50 foot sections) 2 ea Submersible Pump, CCN-150-5C 2 ea Inflatable oil recovery barge (26,000 gal capacity ea.) (with shipping container) 1 ea Trailer, 48' 2 ea Fuel oil storage bladder (55 gal capacity ea.) [

 


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