CONTENTS 



SESSION I: OPENING REMARKS 



Moderator: Howard D. Tait 



A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO FISH AND WILDLIFE 



SERVICE INVOLVEMENT IN OIL SPILL RESPONSE by 



Harvey K. Nelson 1 



STATUS AND FUTURE TRENDS IN OIL SPILLS AND 



IMPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



by April E. Fletcher 11 



NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION 



CONTINGENCY PLAN AND FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES 



by Richard E. Hess 23 



SESSION II: FEDERAL, STATE, AND PRIVATE AGENCY VIEWS ON 

 RESPONSE TO OIL SPILLS AFFECTING WILDLIFE 



Moderator: Wilbur N. Ladd 



NEEDS OF THE FEDERAL ON-SCENE COORDINATOR AND 

 REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM FOR WILDLIFE EXPERTISE 

 by Charles R. Corbett 29 



CALIFORNIA'S RESPONSE TO POLLUTION INCIDENTS 



by Walter H. Putman 33 



INDUSTRY VIEWS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN OIL 

 SPILL/WILDLIFE OPERATIONS by Keith G. Hay 37 



SESSION III: BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF AN OIL SPILL 

 ON THE ENVIRONMENT 



Moderator: Charles R. Walker 



FATE OF OIL IN THE SEA by Richard F. Lee 43 



ASSESSING THE BIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF OIL SPILLS: 



A NEW ROLE FOR EPA BIOLOGISTS by Royal J. Nadeau 55 



EFFECTS OF OIL ON AQUATIC BIRDS by Peter H. Albers 61 



SESSION IV: OVERVIEW OF OIL SPILL RESPONSE TECHNIQUES 



Moderator: April E. Fletcher 



CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY TECHNIQUES FOR SPILLED 



OIL IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT by Michael J. Donohoe 69 



CHEMICAL OIL DISPERSING AGENTS AND THEIR 



FEASIBILITY FOR USE by Gerard P. Canevari 83 



