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Mr. Wyatt. On the OCS. 



Captain Corbett. On the OCS. Well as far as OCS activities, I do 

 not recall any that are of a serious magnitude. We have had some 

 shipping accidents. The Mexican blowout which I assume you are 

 excluding. 



Mr. Wyatt. Let us start with Campeche, after that how many 

 times has the Coast Guard responded to a spill on the OCS, due to 

 drilling wells completed or blowing out? 



Captain Corbett. I do not recall any at all except just a few days 

 ago, Texaco-North Dakota did hit an inactive rig in the gulf but did 

 not result in a spill of any magnitude. So to the best of my 

 knowledge it is none. 



Mr. Wyatt. You have not been called upon in the last year since 

 Campeche to respond to a spill? 



Captain Corbett. Not resulting from OCS activites, right. 



Mr. Wyatt. Before that, would you tell me how many times you 

 have been called upon to respond to a spill before Campeche? 



Captain Corbett. Well, I, myself, none. There have been some. I 

 would be glad to give you a list of those say over the last 3 or 4 

 years if you like. There have been some. There have been some rigs 

 which were damaged either through blowouts or whatever. Most of 

 the activity took place as a result of the people problem, rescuing 

 the people. I do know of one spill several years ago, quite a large 

 magnitude, but I was not personally involved and do not even 

 recall the name of it. 



Mr. Wyatt. Where was that? 



Captain Corbett. That was in the gulf. 



Mr. Wyatt. How many years ago? 



Captain Corbett. Well, I do not know, but I remember some of 

 the incidents or some of the words revolving around the reports 

 but I cannot be specific at all. Then there was Santa Barbara on 

 the west coast, way back in 1969. 



Mr. Wyatt. In your memory there have been two? 



Captain Corbett. That is right, two major ones. I am sure that 

 there are a number of small spills that occur from daily operating 

 procedures at the activities. I would not want to be held down to 

 two. Let me put it this way if you want to try to get it in perspec- 

 tive. When you compare it with shipping accidents, when I think of 

 an oilspill I think of ships or large dischargers from large facilities 

 ashore. Generally speaking, I think that the oil industry has done a 

 very good job of protecting us from damage to the environment 

 from oilspills. 



Mr. Wyatt. The Coast Guard does not do — you do not do a study 

 of the damage done, that is not your responsibility, is that correct? 



Captain Corbett. That is correct, yes. 



Mr. Wyatt. Whose responsibility is that? 



Captain Corbett. In the OCS or in the coastal areas of the 

 country, NOAA has that responsibility; EPA in the inland regions. 



Mr. Wyatt. NOAA has responsibilities in the Outer Continental 

 Shelf, bays and estuaries? 



Captain Corbett. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Wyatt. EPA has it in the inland areas? 



Captain Corbett. Yes. 



