Purposeful Jettison of Petroleum Cargo (1994)
Chapter: Appendix B Symposium Agenda
APPENDIX B:
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
Symposium on the Purposeful Jettison of Cargo Washington, D.C., February 23, 1993
Meeting Location:
Lecture Room National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C.
8:30 A.M
1.0 Welcome, Symposium Objectives and Organization; Video Presentation Gordon Paulsen, Chairman
Welcome from the U.S. Coast Guard, RADM A.E. Henn, U.S. Coast Guard
Welcome from the U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage, Captain Richard Fiske, U.S. Navy
9:00 A.M.
2.0 Significance of Jettisoning, Michael Ellis, Salvage Association, London
9:30 A.M.
3.0 Purposeful Jettison of Cargo: Decision Framework, Kenneth Fullwood, Mobil Shipping Company
10:00 A.M.
4.0 Legal Status of Jettisoning
4.1 Presentation of Legal Issues, Warren Dean and Laurie Crick, Dyer, Ellis, Joseph & Mills
4.2 Invited Discussants, Philip Berns, Department of Justice; Fred Burgess, Le Boeuf, Lamb, Leiby, and Macrae; Robert Nicholas, Exxon Shipping Company; V. Lee Okarma Rees, Graham & Dunn
1130 A.M.
5.0 Importance of Spill Size on the Environmental Effects of a Spill Incident, Rainer Engelhardt, Marine Spill Response Corporation
12:15 P.M. Lunch
1:00 P.M.
6.0 Oil Spill Trajectory Modeling, Jerry Gait, NOAA
1:45 P.M.
7.0 Panel Discussion
Peter Bontadelli, California Department of Fish and Game
John Driscoll, Smit International Americas Inc.
Roger Gale, BP North America
Donald S. Jensen, U.S. Coast Guard National Strike Force Coordination Center
Jack Kalro, Diversified Technologies
Anne Rothe, National Wildlife Federation
7.1 Information Needed to Support a Defensible Decision to Jettison Cargo
3:15 P.M.
7.2 Decision Making: By Whom and How?
4:30 P.M.
8.0 Plenary Discussion and Closing Comments
6:30 P.M. Reception
