Scoping risk assessment : protection against oil spills in the marine waters of northwest Washington state

PDFTech ReportOil spillsEnvironmental risk assessmentRisk assessmentHuman factors in accidentsSafety managementWaterwaysEnvironmental impactsHazardsWashingtonJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)Dyer, MichaelSchwenk, Judith C.Watros, Gary C.Boniface, DuaneJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. Coast GuardAGR-IMPACTS-EnvironmentNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment ImpactsNTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Energy and EnvironmentNTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-U.S. Coast GuardVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis scoping risk assessment is an initial charaacterization of the hazards which can cause oil spills by ships underway and the environmental sensitivity to such spills; deathes, injuries, and property losses are not accounted for in the consequences of accidents. As such, it is one step in a larger, iterative process in which refined methods and new data can be added and waterway safety periodically reviewed