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In the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) was directed to assess the risk of spills for oils that may sink or be negatively buoyant, to examine and evaluate existing cleanup technologies, and to identify and appraise technological and financial barriers that could impede a prompt response to such spills. The USCG requested that the National Research Council (NRC) perform these tasks. In response to this request, the NRC established the Comm...

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 88 ● ISBN 9780309172738 ● Publisher National Academies Press ● Published 1999 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7142447 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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