Section 10 - Oil Spill Reference Material

By Area

  • Area 1: Juan de Fuca Strait/South Vancouver Island
  • Area 2: Fraser River
  • Area 3: Vancouver Harbour
  • Area 4: Georgia Strait
  • Area 5: West Coast Vancouver Island
  • Area 6: North Vancouver Island and Mid-Coast B.C.
  • Area 7: Prince Rupert and Kitimat
  • Area 8: Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii

General (Operations Section Reference Boxes)

Reference Material Source & Location Specifics
Offshore Oil Spill Response Options Offshore Oil Spill Response - an Overview of Mechanical Recovery & Dispersant Application Techniques, with an Emphasis on Controlled In-situ Burning, Al Allen 1998
  • All
In-situ Burning In-situ Burning, A Cleanup Technique for Oil Spills on Water, Environment Canada, 2000
  • All
Oil Spill Response ExxonMobil Oil Spill Response Field Guide, 2002
  • All
Inlland Oil Spills A field guide to inland oil spill clean-up techniques, Concawe, 1983
  • All
Skimmer Performance Oil Spill Response - Performance Review of Skimmers, ASTM 1998
  • As required
Reference Guide Oil Spill Response Reference Guide, Cutter Information Corp., 1999
  • As required
Equipment Directory The International Oil Spill Control Directory, 2001
  • As required
Shoreline Response Shoreline and Oil Spill Response
  • As required
SMART Burning and Dispersant Monitoring, NOAA, 1999
Wildlife Wildlife Binder
  • US Fish and Wildlife Best Practices
  • CANUSDIX Wildlife Guidelines
  • ECRC wildlife guidelines
  • CWS National Policy on Oiled Birds
Wilddlife Hazing Wildlife Control Procedures Model, Transport Canada, 2002
Countermeasures Requiring Approval Guidance Manual for Countermeasures Requiring Approval, BCO, 2001
  • As required
Aerial Observation of Oil Aerial Observation of Oil, ITOPF Technical Paper, 2001
  • As required
Aviation Safety Interagency Aviation User Pocket Guide, US Forest Service, 1998
  • As required
Aerial Ignition Interagency Aerial Ignition Guide, US Department of the Interior, 2001
  • As required
Helicopter Operations Interagency Helicopter Operations Guide (IHOG)
  • As required
Helicopter Operations IHOG Supplement Forms Package
  • As required
Safety Marine Oil Spill Workers' Safety Course (2)
  • All
Canadian Hydrographic Service Publication Pacific Coast Catalogue - Nautical Charts and Related Publications
Canadian Hydrographic Service Publication Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast (South Portion). Volume 1, Seventeenth Edition, 2004
Canadian Hydrographic Service Publication Sailing Directions, General Information, Pacific Coast, PAC 200
Canadian Hydrographic Service Publication Sailing Directions, Inner Passage, Queen Charlotte Sound to Chatham Sound - PAC 205, First Edition, 2002
Canadian Hydrographic Service Publication Sailing Directions, Hecate Strait, Dixon Entrance, Portland Inlet and Adjacent Waters and Queen Charlotte Islands, First Edition, 2002
US Marine Charts Free Boating Charts
Province of BC FTP Site ftp://ftp.gis.luco.gov.bc.ca/pub/outgoing/for_bco
  • Obtain a username and password from your Section Chief