CONTENTS 



Page 



Disclaimer ii 



Preface i i i 



Acknowledgments vi 



I . INTRODUCTION 1 



Keynote Address, Michael Spear 3 



Problem Definition, Columbus H. Brown 8 



II. ELEMENTS OF TEAM RESPONSE, MODERATOR: CHARLES SANCHEZ, JR 11 



The National Contingency Plan: A Team Approach To Federal 



Response, Kenneth Biglane 13 



Spill Response Priorities of an On-Scene Coordinator, 



Joseph Valenti 16 



The Dynamics of Regional Response Team Decisionmaking, 



Al J . Smi th 20 



Summary of Florida's Oil Spill Act and Department of Natural 

 Resources Responsibility, Jack D. Thompson 24 



The U.S. Department of the Interior as a Trustee of Natural 

 Resources, James D. Webb 28 



Fish and Wildlife Service Pollution Response Plan for Oil 



and Hazardous Substances, Columbus H. Brown 36 



Environmental Risks of Transporting Hazardous Materials: 



Industry's Approach, Peter A. Gill 43 



Chemtrec--and Chemical Emergency Response, John C. Zercher 46 



III. BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF OIL AND HAZARDOUS 



SUBSTANCES, MODERATOR: RANDALL W. SMITH 53 



Types and Characteristics of Oils and Hazardous Chemicals, 



Fred Hal vorsen 55 



Methods Used at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center to Study 



the Effect of Oil on Birds, William C. Eastin, Jr 60 



Oil Dispersants and Wildlife, Peter H. Albers 67 



IV 



