MSRCMarine Spill Response Corporation
GREGORY A. RIXONDIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRSMSRC
Not-for-profit, national oil spill response organization designed to make a "besteffort" response to major oil spills in certain U.S. coastal and tidal waters.
□FIVE REGIONAL RESPONSE CENTERS□

24 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE U.S.
COAST

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HIGHLY TRAINED PERSONNEL□SUBCONTRACTOR SUPPORT□SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGIESMSRC MISSIONS□PROVIDE BEST EFFORT TO CONTAIN, CLEANUP OR MITIGATECATASTROPHIC SPILLS IN OR WHICH THREATEN COASTALZONE AND CERTAIN TIDAL WATERS OF THE U.S.

‑ 1 ‑MSRC MISSIONS (CONT.)□EVALUATE COMPANY READINESS□ESTABLISH PROGRAMDEVELOPMENTFOROILSPILLRESEARCHANDMSRC MISSIONS (CONT.)□DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATIONSYSTEM OF OIL DISCHARGE RESPONSE RESOURCES AND
RELATED INFORMATION.

‑ 2 ‑MSRC RESPONSE SERVICES□ON WATER CONTAINMENT AND REMOVAL□TEMPORARY STORAGE OF RECOVERED MATERIAL□SHORE LINE PROTECTION□SPILL RESPONSE MANAGEMENT□RESPONSE EQUIPMENT RENTALSERVICES MSRC DOES NOTDIRECTLY PROVIDE:□FIREFIGHTING□SALVAGE□TOWING□LIGHTERING□WASTE DISPOSAL□WILDLIFE REHABILITATION□NATURAL RESOURCE REMEDIATION□WRECK REMOVAL□THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT□TANKER ESCORT‑ 3 ‑OIL SPILL RESPONSE VESSEL (OSRV)□SIXTEEN 208 FT. SPECIALLY DESIGNED OIL SPILL RESPONSE
VESSELS.
BACKBONE OF OUR CAPABILITY TO MEETFEDERAL/STATE STATUTORY/REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS□QUICK RESPONSE□MOBILITY□CASCADING□MAJOR CONTAINMENT & SKIMMING EQUIPMENT□TRAINED PERSONNEL□PRE-POSITIONED EQUIPMENT□VESSELS/BARGES□COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES□EXTENSIVE SUBCONTRACTORS‑ 4 ‑BARGESSEVENTEEN BARGES FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF SKIMMEDOILY WATERSHUTTLE BARGE SYSTEMS□DESIGNED & CONSTRUCTED 17 SHUTTLE BARGE SYSTEMS TOMEET NEW FEDERAL/STATE SHALLOW WATER RESPONSEREQUIREMENTSBOOMS□OFFSHORE

163,680 FT.

□FENCE

85,000 FT.

□INTERTIDAL

52,000 FT.
TOTAL‑ 5 ‑300,680 FT.

SKIMMERS□TRANSREC OIL RECOVERY SYSTEMS/OIL TRAWLS16□3-WEIR SKIMMING BARRIERS

10□VOSS WEIR SKIMMERS40□HIGH VISCOSITY WEIR SKIMMERS

8□BELT SKIMMER1□VARIOUS VISCOUS OIL SKIMMERS

12□VACUUM SKIMIMERS

10TOTALCOMMUNICATIONS SUITE□RAPIDLY DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM□SELF CONTAINED□COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY・・・VOICEDATARADIO‑ 6 ‑97

REGIONAL CENTERS &PREPOSITIONED SITESLOCATION AND OPERATIONAL AREAOF MSRC SHUTTLE BARGE SYSTEMS‑ 7 ‑READINESS PROGRAM□INDEPENDENT INTERNAL ACTIVITY□OBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS OF OPERATIONAL READINESS□NO-NOTICE EVALUATIONS CONDUCTED□READINESS EVALUATION EXERCISE・・・CASCADE OF PERSONNEL & EQUIPMENTCOMBINED LAND/AIR/SEA OPERATIONS
3 DAYS TO "STRESS" CAPABILITIESTRAINING□VIGOROUS TRAINING PROGRAM CONDUCTED IN '94・・・

2 COMMAND POST EXERCISE (CPX) PER REGION (10)1 FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) PER REGION (5)SIMILAR ACTIVITY PLANNED FOR '95‑ 8 ‑RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT□Baseline Remote Sensing System (BRSS) successfully built・Allows location, size and qualities of spilled oil to be detected fromair・・・□

Meets design requirements
Two-year time line from design to construction$5 million cost is less than comparable projects

Coastal Oil Spill Simulation System・Simulates coastal shorelines which allows evaluation of protection
and cleanup measure・
Successful demonstration late 1993 in Corpus Christi□

Standardization of Spill Response Technology/Methods Testing・

Establishing evaluation criteria and data in scientific manner

BOTTOM LINE□

MSRC HAS OBLIGATED $400 MILLION FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
THAT IS UNEQUALED IN THE U.S. THE NEW OIL SPILLCAPABILITY DESIRED BY INDUSTRY IS IN PLACE… AND WE
ARE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING OPERATIONAL AND SUPPORTPROGRAMS
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1994 OPERATING BUDGET $94 MILLION
425 EMPLOYEES ON BOARD
R&D BUDGET $6 MILLION‑ 9 ‑CLIENT RELATIONS□68 MPA Members□Orientation sessions with MPA member companies
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Provides opportunity to meet clients
Discuss their response organizations
Learn how we can work together

Joint exercise program
・・・Train with company response organizations
Integrate Client, MSRC and other contractors
Meet PREP credit requirements‑ 10 ‑