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RECORD NUMBER: 33 OF 2007

Main Title

Alaskan oil spill bioremediation project update. {microform} :

CORP Author

Eastern Research Group, Inc., Arlington, MA.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Center for Environmental Research Information.

Publisher

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development,

Place Published

Washington, DC :

Year Published

1989

Report Number

EPA/600/8-89/073; EPA-68-C8-0014

Stock Number

PB90-216466

OCLC Number

45409343

Subjects

Crude oil; Oil pollution; Water pollution control; Prince William Sound; Feasibility; Nutrients; Fertilizers; Microorganisms; Sediments; Beaches; Bacteria; Field tests; Assessments; Degradation; Alaska; Oil spills; Clean up

Subject Added Ent

Oil spills--Alaska--Prince William Sound; Petroleum--Biodegradation

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
	http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=30001ISV.txt

Holdings

Library		Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Date Modified
ERBD		PB90-216466		NERL/ESD-LV Library/Las Vegas,NV	12/01/2000
NTIS		PB90-216466	Most EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. Check with individual libraries about paper copy.	NTIS	01/01/1988

Collation

20 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development entered into a cooperative agreement with the Exxon Company to initiate a bio-remediation study as part of an effort to clean up oil on the shorelines of Prince William Sound, Alaska. The presence of oil was the result of an 11-million gallon spill of crude oil from the tanker, Exxon Valdez, on March 24, 1989. The study was designed to determine the feasibility of using nutrients to enhance microorganisms that live in the waters and sediments to degrade the oil and, thus, reduce its detrimental effects. Two types of fertilizer, a water soluble and an oleophilic, were applied on both physically cleaned and untreated beach sediments. Several sampling and field testing methods were used to observe changes in the composition of the oil, to monitor the movement of added nutrients in the test beaches, to detect changes in the number of bacteria present as the test proceeded and to assess the degradation of the oil. Based on available results of ORD's research, Exxon proposed to begin bioremediation on nearly 6,000 yards of shoreline in the Sound. The application began August 1, 1989.

Notes

"Contract no. 68-C8-0014." Cover title. "August 1989." "EPA/600/8-89/073."

Supplementary Notes

Color illustrations reproduced in black and white. Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Center for Environmental Research Information.

Corporate Au Added Ent

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development. ; Arlington, MA. Eastern Research Group, Inc.

PUB Date Free Form

1990.

NTIS Prices

PC A03/MF A01

BIB Level

OCLC Time Stamp

20001121135152

Cataloging Source

OCLC/T

Language

eng

Origin

OCLC

Type

MERGE

OCLC Rec Leader

01113nam 2200289Ka 45020

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