MSRC Announces USCG Compliant Dispersant Program

The Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) and the Marine Preservation Association (MPA) announced MSRC's intention to fulfill customer's regulatory planning obligations for dispersant capability as promulgated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG).

MSRC customers may cite MSRC singularly, with one exception as noted below for Hawaii, within MSRC's Operations Area, which includes the coastal environment of the U.S. and the U.S. Caribbean.

In Hawaii, MSRC has been working with Clean Islands Council (CIC) to support CIC's efforts for USCG acceptance of a plan that takes advantage of existing resources in Hawaii and supplements it with MSRC's significant dispersant stockpile and access to MSRC's C-130 aircraft. Pending acceptance by the USCG, vessels that intend to call Hawaiian ports will need to have contractual access to both MSRC and CIC to meet this planning standard. MSRC is supporting the efforts of CIC as it works with the USCG in this process.

For more information on this announcement, contact Judith Roos at (703) 326-5617.