Pollution Flashcards
1
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Who prepares an ICS-201?
A
Initial Incident Commander
2
Q
Which section of the ICS structure is responsible for developing the IAP?
A
Planning Section
3
Q
Which shoreline will oil deposit along the high-tide swash and a penetration of up to 50 cm?
A
Mixed sand and gravel beaches
4
Q
What are the three effects of wind on oil?
A
Oil weathering, surface effects on the water, direct transport
5
Q
What provides a mechanism for transporting oil in neareshore areas beyond the breakers and offshore?
A
Longshore currents
6
Q
What is a serious threat, as determined by the Commandant with concurrence by the Chairman of the NTBS, to life, property, or the environment by hazardous materials?
A
Major Marine Casualty
7
Q
LOWs are appropriate when?
A
When corrected immediately
8
Q
When does it rain with the passage of a warm front?
A
Before
9
Q
Which type of front is slow moving?
A
Warm
10
Q
The pointed barbs on a cold front indicate what?
A
Direction the front is moving
11
Q
The name of the person who took photos shall be labeled on what?
A
Chain of Custody
12
Q
NLS category which will create a hazard to public health?
A
Category Y
13
Q
How do you track oil samples shipped to the MSL?
A
IIA
14
Q
What number on the Beaufort scale is a wind of 17-21 knots?
A
5
15
Q
Smallest tide that occurs during the 1st and 3rd lunar quarter?
A
Neap tide
16
Q
What chapter in the MER manual talks about Industry Response Plans?
A
Chapter 5
17
Q
What chapter in the MER manual talks about the ACP?
A
Chapter 4
18
Q
What is the preferred method to deliver a LOW?
A
Personally
19
Q
How long does it take the MSL to process an oil sample?
A
65 minutes
20
Q
What can the MSL determine if you send them a sample that bypassed the OWS?
A
Path of discharge
21
Q
What type of chart do you use when plotting an oil spill?
A
Large Scale
22
Q
What type of booming strategy is used to exclude slicks from sensitive shorelines?
A
Protection
23
Q
Definition of IDLH?
A
Max concentration from which one could escape within 30 minutes
24
Q
Deep penetration of oiled shoreline?
A
Riprap
25
Tide with the greatest distances between them?
Spring tide
26
At what speed does entrainment occur?
0.7 to 1.0 knots
27
What is on a NOFI?
Date and time the federal response will begin
28
What governs the shipment of oil?
IATA
29
What temperature should oil samples be stored?
40-42 F
30
Swipe samples for pipes and samples from dried residues on surfaces?
4"x4" PTFE pads
31
Most important document to ship the MSL?
Chain of Custody
32
What is the mixing of water-soluble components of oil into the water?
Dissolution
33
What front forms over land?
Continental
34
What law amended CERCLA in 1986?
SARA
35
What does MSL not require when shipping oil samples?
Cardboard shipping container
36
How long does MSL retain samples?
5 fiscal years
37
What should be used at the end of a creek to prevent oil from entering the harbor?
Containment
38
What booming strategy uses 2 vessels floating down river with boom?
U-booming
39
How many total samples should you take?
5
40
Where at the spill should you take samples?
Leading edge, center, training edge
41
How many days does MISLE change to Open-forward to collections for a NOV?
60 days
42
How do you determine if a spill will move into a bay or estuary?
Tidal excursion
43
What shoreline is the easiest to clean up?
Fine to medium grained sand
44
A NOV for pollution is rounded to what?
Whole gallon
45
What is the problem with hydrogen sulfide?
Desensitizing
46
What level PPE do you wear if there is no known hazard?
Level D
47
A vapor density of above 1 will do what in the atmosphere?
Sink and hug the ground
48
What type of shoreline has minor amounts of sand and shell?
Sheltered tidal flats
49
What is the shipping name for oil samples?
Petroleum Products NOS, UN 1268
50
1 high and low tide a day?
Diurnal tide
51
Alternating barbs and half circles on opposite side?
Stationary front
52
What is the cleanup technique used to free trapped oil
Physical herding
53
What are the effects of wind on oil?
Weathering
54
What is the weathering uncertainty for crude oil?
Medium-High
55
What angle should you place boom to avoid entrainment? Entrainment at 1 knot?
90 degrees; 45 degrees
56
When would the Coast Guard provide an OSC?
The Coastal Zone, unless it is a HAZMAT spill on a DOD/DOE facility
57
How many days does MSL have for a "Priority" sample?
1-3 days
58
What is the maximum gallon amount for a NOV?
1,000 gallons
59
What is an ICS-201 form not used for?
A detailed plan
60
An oil with a specific gravity of less than 1.0 will do what on water?
Float
61
What shoreline consists of sand with minor amounts of shell, gravel, or mud?
Exposed tidal flats
62
Which type of shoreline has a 30 degree slope?
Exposed rocky shores
63
What type of shoreline is utilized by birds and sea turtles for nesting? What is the max penetration of oil?
Fine to medium grained sand beaches; 10-15 cm with a burial of less than 30 cm
64
What is the penetration of oil on course grained sand beaches?
25 cm with a burial of 60 cm or more
65
During a spill, oil will be deposited along and above the high-tide swash on which shoreline?
Mixed sand and gravel beaches
66
What current transports oil for thousands of miles in months to years?
Ocean circulation
67
What current transports oil for hundreds of miles in weeks?
Ocean coastal flow
68
What current transports oil for tens of miles in days?
Estuarine circulation
69
What current transports oil for tens of miles in hours to days?
Rivers
70
What are the 5 different air masses?
Continental polar, continental arctic,
| continental tropical, maritime polar, maritime tropic
71
When is hurricane season?
June 1 - Nov 30
72
In what type of seas does splash over occur on boom?
Choppy
73
What is the definition of IDLH?
An atmospheric concentration of any toxic, corrosive or asphyxiant substance that poses an immediate threat to life or would cause irreversible or delayed adverse health effects or would interfere with an individual's ability to escape from a dangerous atmosphere.
74
What is the definition of STEL?
Amount of exposure in ppm for a 15 minute period
75
What are the immediate effects of hydrogen disulfide?
Eye irritation, sore throat and cough, nausea, shortness of breath
76
What is the thickness of a coat of oil?
Less than 1 cm
77
What is it called when a strong wind and current moving in opposite directions?
Planing
78
What are the anchor lengths for calm water? Choppy water? Rough water?
3x the water depth; 5x the water depth; 7x the water depth
79
What did CERCLA establish?
Superfund, National Priorities List
80
POLREPs should be IAW with whom?
District
81
Who is in charge of overseeing the deployment of response capabilities and activities?
FOSC
82
What can the FOSC take over on a response?
All or some
83
When does the FOSC take over an incident?
Once a pollution incident triggers a response
84
Does every change of watchstander have to sign for the oil samples?
The COC does not need to be signed for the oil samples
85
What type of fridge besides an explosion proof fridge can be used to store oil samples?
Flammable
86
What type of shoreline is the hardest to clean?
Sheltered Tidal Flats
87
When can a PRFA be amended?
At FOSCs discretion, to increase the authorized max reimbursement ceiling, additional support, or if costs incurred for services provided exceed the original estimate
88
What is on a PRFA?
Scope of work, maximum funding ceiling
89
What is considered when determining a substantial threat?
Size of discharge, nature of discharge, nature of threat to public health, proximity to environmentally sensitive areas
90
Who decides what level of PPE shall be worn?
Employer
91
What is not considered in the definition of IDLH?
Carcinogenetic effects
92
What does it say on a NOFA?
Date and time the USCG will conduct pollution response removal activities
93
What is the TLV of benzene for pollution responders?
0.1% or 5 ppm
94
What ICS forms are on the IAP?
ICS-202 to 207
95
Gasoline with a specific gravity of 0.95 will do what on the water?
Float on the surface
96
What PPE is worn when liquid splashes will not adversely affect exposed skin
Level C
97
What level PPE is worn when the hazard is not known?
Level B
98
What kind of tape is used to seal a sample jar?
Vinyl electrical tape
99
Dust and particles that stick to your clothing?
Air pollutants
100
What Act established a fund to clean up oil spills?
OPA90
101
Cleanup technique with buckets and shovels?
Manual oil removal/cleaning
102
ICS-201?
Initial Incident Briefing
103
ICS-202? 202a? 202b?
Incident Objectives; Command Direction; Critical Information Requirements
104
ICS-203?
Organizational Assignment List
105
ICS-204?
Assignment List
106
ICS-205?
Incident Radio Communications Plan
107
ICS-206?
Medical Plan
108
ICS-207?
Incident Organization Chart
109
ICS-208?
Site Safety and Health Plan
110
ICS-209?
Incident Status Summary
111
ICS-211?
Check-in
112
ICS-213RR?
Resource Request Message
113
ICS-215? 215a
Operational Planning Worksheet; Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis
114
ICS-221?
Demobilization Check-Out
115
What are natural collection points for oil, especially tar balls?
Tidal Convergence
116
A discharge of 10,000 gallons of gasoline into a navigable waterways of the US is considered a ______ marine incident?
Serious (46 CFR 4.03-2)
117
Who directs all on-scene activities during a pollution incident?
The FOSC
118
A supervisor ______ suggest to change a witness statement?
Should not
119
Where can you find CG jurisdictions for oil spills?
40 CFR 300
120
What chapter in the MERMAN covers ACP/NCP?
Chapter 4
121
What chapter in the MERMAN covers FRPs?
Chapter 5
122
What type of booming configuration with three vessels in a V shape and a skimmer?
V-Booming
123
What type of booming will divert oil to a skimmer with two vessels?
J-Booming
124
Entrainment failure may be prevented by deploying boom at an angle of?
Less than 90 degrees
125
What type of booming strategy is used in calm water?
Containment
126
What is the definition of LFL?
Lower end of the concentration over which a flammable gas can be ignited
127
What type of shoreline is backed by marshes?
Sheltered tidal flats
