Improving Oil Spill Preparedness and Response in Santa Barbara, CA: Workshop Report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and Sea Grant Oil Spill Workshop Series | NLM

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Improving Oil Spill Preparedness and Response in Santa Barbara, CA: Workshop Report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and Sea Grant Oil Spill Workshop Series

08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Published: 8/2019. This 40-page report documents the outcomes of a West Coast workshop held in April 2019, which focused on Santa Barbara, CA, to identify research needs to improve oil spill preparedness and response with respect to public health, social disruption, and economic impacts. The workshop goals were to share lessons learned from the 2015 Refugio oil spill; examine opportunities for community involvement in oil spill response; review best practices; and improve future preparation. The workshop was sponsored by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program, and the Sea Grant Program. (PDF)