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MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM. MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM Guiding Principles. Voluntarily funded by industry and MSRC Customers Provides nationwide availability with focus in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Available to all MSRC Customers nationwide
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MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAMGuiding Principles • Voluntarily funded by industry and MSRC Customers • Provides nationwide availability with focus in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico • Available to all MSRC Customers nationwide • Program MAY be expanded to meet new dispersant requirements • New FINAL regulations were published on 8-31-09 • Regulated community: primarily tank vessels & MTR Facilities • Effective date: 22 February 2011 • Significantly onerous and prescriptive • A decision has not been made at this time whether or not MSRC will offer this service
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM Assets and Services • Small dispersant spray aircraft – Two King Air BE-90 • Large dispersant spray aircraft - Two C-130 • Vessel spray system • Strategic dispersant stockpiles and logistics capability • Dispersant field support, coordination and management • Manage, as requested, onsite dispersant operations during a spill response
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAMAerial Dispersant Fleet BE90 King Air • C-130 Hercules
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM Dynamic Aviation, Inc. • King Air • Home base: Kiln, MS (Stennis International Airport) • King Air - twin engine turboprop aircraft • FAA certified • operated with pilot and co-pilot • Serves as spray aircraft • Payload: (~425 gallons max.) • Serves as spotter/observer aircraft • Video and GPS digital camera • Planning Assumptions: • Transit speed: 185 knots • Wheels up: within 4-hours
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM King Air Flight Range - Stennis, MS 1 Hour 2 Hour 3 Hour
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM International Air Response, Inc. • C-130 • FAA certified • 4 engine turboprop • Home base: Coolidge, AZ • Payload: ~3,250 gallons • Planning Assumptions • Transit speed: 298 knots • Wheels up: within 4-hours • Approximate Transit Times (hrs) • - Puerto Rico ~ 9 • - New York, NY ~ 8 • - New Orleans, LA ~ 4 • - Long Beach, CA ~ 2 • - Seattle, WA ~ 4 Spray Boom/Nozzles Tank and pump system
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAMC-130 Flight Range 6 Hours 4 Hours 2 Hours
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM Aircraft Spray Systems • Custom designed and built specifically for each aircraft • Not an ADDSPACK • FAA certified • Dispersant application rate: • 1 to 10 gallons per acre • Controlled from cockpit • Spray systems flight tested in May ‘06 for dosage, swath width, droplet size and droplet size distribution
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM Dispersant Logistics • Stockpiles Containerized • 4125gal ISO tanks • 330 gal HDPE Totes (13 Totes per Trailer – 4,295 gal)
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM Dispersant Stockpiles • Stockpiles located across U.S. • Stockpiles will contain Corexit 9500 and/or Corexit 9527 Present controlled stockpile: 103,045 gallons • Stockpiles have been tested for effectiveness and will continue to be tested periodically
SUMMARY: • Industry has voluntarily funded this significant increase and development in the U.S. response capability • While this capability is focused in the U.S. GOM, it is available to MSRC Customers nationally and can cascade to a spill site in short order • This Program MAY be expanded to meet dispersant regulatory requirements which will become effective 2-22-11 • Primarily a requirement for ship owners and some MTR Facility operators • These regulations are particularly onerous and a decision has not been made at this time whether MSRC will expand its program to offer this service
MSRC DISPERSANT PROGRAM • Questions? • Points of Contact: • Don Toenshoff - Executive VP/Program Manager • 703.326.5610 or toenshoff@msrc.org • Randy Anzalone – Dispersant Operations Manager • 281.776.4335 or anzalone@msrc.org