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Environmental Emergencies

• Canadian Coastal Environments, Shoreline Processes, and Oil Spill Cleanup
  This report explains the dynamics of marine, atmospheric, and terrestrial forces on different coasts of Canada, including the Great Lakes. More particularly, the likely fate and persistence of oil that reaches the shoreline are discussed to provide the framework for developing spill response strategies and for selecting appropriate shoreline clean-up or treatment countermeasures.
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• Chedabucto Bay 1992 Shoreline Oil Conditions Survey: Long-term Fate of Bunker C Oil from the Arrow Spill in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia
  The tanker Arrow, grounded in February 1970 in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, released more than 11 x 10⁶ (L) of Bunker C fuel oil. This fuel was stranded over an estimated 305 km of shoreline, but less than 50 km of shoreline were treated during subsequent response operations. A field survey was conducted from June to September 1992 to locate and document any residual oil on the shores of Chedabucto Bay. This report explains the presence or absence of oil residues in Chedabucto Bay in terms of physical, biophysical, and biological processes that act upon stranded oil.
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• Environmental Emergencies Program
  This booklet explains the vision, mandate and role of Environment Canada's Environmental Emergencies Program. The Program provides expert scientific and technical advice, in partnership with stakeholders, to help reduce toxic and hazardous substances in the air, land and water from uncontrolled, unplanned or accidental releases.
  
  
• EnviroTIPS (Technical Information for Problem Spills): Introduction Manual
  The EnviroTIPS series of manuals provides in-depth technical information on spills countermeasures and strategic planning for 50 top-priority chemical substances. Each manual deals with a different substance and contains information about its behaviour, control, dispersion, effects and clean-up. This introductory volume outlines the sections included in each manual and provides the necessary theoretical bases for calculations made in those manuals. It also defines key terms used throughout the series.
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• Guidelines for Preparing or Reviewing an Emergency Response Plan for a Canadian Pulp and Paper Mill
  These guidelines provide a step-by-step action plan that describes the immediate measures needed to address every emergency scenario at a pulp and paper mill. The guidelines identify all possible sources of risks common to pulp and paper mills and suggest measures to prevent, control, limit, contain, and/or neutralize the release of a deleterious substance. The guidelines also include checklists to help mill operators and inspectors ensure that the installation meets all federal, provincial, and municipal safety standards.
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• Information Bulletins
  These four publications discuss: - Sources of Oil to the Marine Environment - Fate and Effects of Marine Oil Spills - Offshore Oil Spill Cleanup - Cleanup of Oiled Shorelines
  
  
• Manual for Spills of Hazardous Materials
  This manual provides comprehensive information for those planning for, or responding to, spills of hazardous materials. It includes details of 150 top-priority chemical substances, fuels, oils and other frequently spilled substances. For each substance, the manual lists: identification (name and common synonyms, observable characteristics, manufacturers, transportation and storage information, physical and chemical characteristics); hazard data (human health, fire, reactivity and environment); emergency measures (special hazards, immediate responses, protective clothing and equipment, fire and explosion, first aid).
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• Selection Criteria and Laboratory Evaluation of Oil Spill Sorbents - Update III
  A number of commercially available oil spill sorbents, some not previously tested, were tested using three different petroleum products and two hydrocarbon solvents. The sorbents were evaluated in terms of initial and maximum capacities, water pickup, and reuse potential. Combined with practical field experience, this study serves as a useful guide to sorbent selection for spill conditions.
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• Selection Criteria and Laboratory Evaluation of Oil Spill Sorbents - Update IV
  Sixteen commercially available oil spill sorbents, both organic and synthetic, were tested with three different petroleum products and two hydrocarbon solvents. The sorbents were evaluated for initial and maximum capacities, water pickup, and reusability. Combined with practical field experience, this study serves as a useful guide to sorbent selection for given spill conditions.
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• Summary of Spill Events in Canada 1984-1995
  Through a voluntary reporting system, Environment Canada's Environmental Emergencies Program receives data on spill events in Canada. The information is captured in a database, the National Analysis of Trends in Emergencies System (NATES). The purpose of this report is to provide a summary review of reported spill incidents in Canada, including the identification of spill trends, covering the years 1984 to 1995. The data used in producing the report were gathered by Environment Canada, or provided by various regional or provincial agencies and other government departments.
  
  
• Summary of Spill Events in Canada, 1974-1983
  The Environmental Emergency Program Division, Management and Emergencies Branch, maintains a computerized data base called NATES (National Analysis of Trends and Emergencies System). This system allows Environment Canada and other government agencies to store and analyze information on spills and other pollution incidents. An analysis of 10 years of data, 1974 through 1983, is presented in this paper.
  
  
• The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup: With Particular Reference to Southern Canada
  This book is a general introduction to oil spill clean-up techniques and equipment. It explains what happens to oil when it is accidentally spilled on water or land, and the specific clean-up strategies that are possible under varying environmental conditions. This report is a useful reference for anyone involved in storing, transporting or using oil, and containing and cleaning up oil spills.
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• The Fate and Persistence of Stranded Crude Oil: A Nine-year Overview from the BIOS Project, Baffin Island, NWT, Canada
  From May 1980 to August 1983, the Baffin Island Oil Spill (BIOS) Project sponsored field research in Cape Hatt in the Canadian Arctic. It addressed alternative responses to a spilled oil slick threatening or contaminating remote areas near shore. A variety of experimental spills were monitored to assess and compare quantitatively the fate and effects of chemically dispersed crude oil and a beached crude oil slick, as well as the effectiveness of shoreline cleanup techniques.
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