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Main Title Manual on in-situ burning of oil spills at sea /
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Author Title of a Work
Ross, Stewart L.
Publisher Marine Spill Response Corporation, Research & Development,
Year Published 1995
OCLC Number 662736115
Subjects Oil spills--Cleanup ; Oil spills--Environmental aspects ; Oil spills--Management
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Status
EJBM  TD427.P4M368 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 09/14/2010
Collation vii, 107, [11] p. : ill., charts ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title. "Prepared under a contract between the Marine Spill Response Corporation and S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd."--P. i.
Contents Notes
Introduction -- Features of oil chemistry and spill behavior relevant to in-situ burning -- Fundamentals of in-situ burning -- Past and possible in-situ burning situations -- Technology of in-situ burning -- Operational considerations -- Environmental and human-health effects and regulations -- Decision-making guide for in-situ burning -- Appendix A. Brief history of in-situ burning at experimental and accidental spills -- Appendix B. State of Alaska burn plan approval guidelines.