Links

Northwest Area Contingency Plan (Oil Spill)
A comprehensive multi-agency plan delineating the specifics of oil spill response in the Pacific NW.

WA Dept. of Ecology Spills Maps
Interactive map with location and details on equipment caches and geographic response plans across Washington.

Worldwide Response Resource List
List of all spill response equipment in the PNW

Oil Spill Prevention and Response
WA State Department of Ecology Spills page.

Spills Aren’t Slick: WA Sea Grant
Boater education program to reduce the number of private boater spill incidents in the Salish Sea.

WA State Marinas Spill Prevention Handbook
Comprehensive guide to help marinas minimize spill incidents.

WA State DNR and San Juan County Derelict Vessel Programs
Working to reduce the environmental impacts of abandoned vessels in WA State.

WA State Fish & Wildlife Spills Team
State program focusing on fish & wildlife in a spill response.

Marine Mammal Stranding Network
San Juan County based organization to receive, respond to, and resolve reports of marine mammals stranded in the San Juan Islands..

San Juan County Department of Emergency Management
Primary local coordinating agency in marine spill responses.

2021 Vessel Drift and ERTV Response Study
A close look at rescue tug response times from/for various locations on the western side of the San Juan Islands.

2019 Oil Spill Risk Consequences Assessment
Analysis of potential economic impacts of a major spill in the San Juan Islands.

2018 Emergency Response Towing Vessel (ERTV) Cost Analysis
An in-depth assessment of potential costs for an array of possible ERTV deployment options.

2017 San Juan County Dispersant Workshop Summary
Overview of literature review and discussion from stakeholder workgroup looking at dispersant usage in the San Juan Islands.

2015 San Juan County Oil Spill Response Study
A detailed objective analysis of potential response times and recovery rates for an array of scenarios.