During the week of Sept. 26, 2016, EPA R10 and EPA's Environmental Response Team provided two consecutive, 2-day oil spill booming courses for local, state, federal and tribal responders who may become involved in inland crude oil spill response. The course was a hands-on practical oil spill response course for slow and fast waters usually found on rivers in the Pacific Northwest. Instructional methods included field work and classroom lectures that emphasized the practical and problem solving skills related to oil spill control and cleanup on different types of streams. After completing this course, participants should be able to:
• Demonstrate how to read a river for determination of flow rates, debris patterns in currents, and selection of safe oil recovery locations.
• Select an appropriate method of boom deployment on a fast water river.
• Demonstrate the deployment of boom on fast water deflecting simulated oil to a recovery site down river.
• Select an appropriate method of protecting sensitive areas of a river with boom.
• Establish a safe and effective oil recovery operation and site.
• Demonstrate safe boat operations on fast water rivers.
•Recognize health and safety issues associated with field operations involving oil recovery on fast water rivers.
