API TR 1151-4-2016

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Mechanical Treatment of Sand Beaches Historical Library Report

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
API	2016	16

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Description

1 Introduction and Objectives

This report describes the Mechanical Treatment Library, which represents part of a multiphase study conducted by the American Petroleum Institute (API) to improve the mechanized treatment of spilled oil on sand beaches.

Phase 1 of the API program evaluated the current state-of-the-art and developed recommendations for improvements to current technology and equipment in a report:

– Improvements for the Mechanized Cleanup of Oiled Sand Beaches (Phase 1—Final Report), API Technical Report 1151-1, September 2013.

Phase 2 of the program resulted in the preparation of a Manual of Practice:

– Manual of Practice for the Use of Mechanized Cleanup Tactics on Oiled Sand Beaches (Phase 2Report), API Technical Report 1151-3, in prep.

Phase 3 of the program follows on from one of the conclusions of the earlier phases that mechanical cleanupequipment and tactics, in general, has not changed significantly in the last 40 plus years. Many field observations, field tests, and evaluations conducted in the 1960s and onwards remain valid, and associated documents are of potential use to current responders However, older published information and reports are pre-digital age, often out of print, or their sources obscure. This Phase 3 project is intended to locate, digitize, and make as much of the relevant pre-digital age institutional knowledge involving mechanical cleanup tactics for sand beaches available to the response industry of or other interested parties. This study involved:

– Data acquisition

– Preparation of a library with links to documents, where available

– Provision of digital (scanned) copies of documents unavailable online (if approved).

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