Publications

This page contains documents produced by EPA that will give you insight into the Oil Spill Program. Some documents are available in portable document format (PDF). Follow this link to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Follow this link to learn more about PDF.

Federal Register Listings and Summaries

• September 20, 2004:
  
  • Notice of Data Availability for Certain Facilities (PDF, 64K, 3 pages)
  • Notice of Data Availability for Oil-Filled and Process Equipment (PDF, 57K, 2 pages)

• August 11, 2004: Final Rule to Extend Deadlines Under the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Rule (PDF, 76K, 6 pages)

• May 25, 2004: Notice Concerning Certain Issues Pertaining to the July 2002 SPCC Rule (PDF, 59K, 3 pages)

• July 17, 2002: Final Revised SPCC Rule (PDF, 987K, 112 pages)
  • Overview of existing SPCC regulation

• June 30, 2000: Revisions to the Facility Response Plan (FRP) Requirements for Animal Fat/Vegetable Oil Facilities (HTML format)

• October 20, 1997: EPA's denial of a petition to amend the Facility Response Plan (PDF, 332K, 37 pages)
  • Summary of Decision Document

• July 1, 1994: Facility Response Plan (FRP) Rule (HTML format)

• December 11, 1973: Original Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Rule (PDF, 1.5M, 8 pages)

Oil Program Update (PDF)

• EPA Oil Program Update, May 2004 (459K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, January 2004 (327K, 7 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, October 2003 (314K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, July 2003 (734K, 7 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Special Edition, August 2002 (1M, 13 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 6, July 2002 (809K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 5, May 2002 (726K, 11 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 4, January 2002 (915K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 3, July 2001 (1.2M, 7 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 2001 (686K, 9 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 1, October 2000 (1M, 9 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 5, August 2000 (341K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 4, July 2000 (681K, 11 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 3, May 2000 (395K, 14 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 2, January 2000 (749M, 11 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 1, October 1999 (1M, 12 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 2, No. 4, July 1999 (272K, 12 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 2, No. 3, April 1999 (381K, 12 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 2, No. 2, January 1999 (386K, 14 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 2, No. 1, October 1998 (132K, 9 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 1, No. 4, July 1998 (736K, 16 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 1998 (205K, 10 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 1, No. 2, January 1998 (217K, 23 pages) Abstract
  
  
• EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1997 (145K, 6 pages) Abstract

Oil DROP (PDF)

• Oil DROP, October 2003 (389K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Oil DROP, Vol. 5, No. 1, October 2001 (341K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Oil DROP, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 2001 (882K, 7 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Oil DROP, Vol. 4, No. 1, October 2000 (1M, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Oil DROP, Vol. 3, No. 1, October 1999 (718K, 6 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Oil DROP, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 1999 (235K, 10 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Oil DROP, Vol. 2, No. 1, October 1998 (536K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Oil DROP, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 1998 (229K, 7 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Oil DROP, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1997 (371K, 4 pages) Abstract

Regional Publications (PDF)

• Region III Oil Program Update, June 2003 (383K, 4 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Region III Oil Program Update, March 2002 (440K, 8 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Previous Region III Update Issues

Oil Spills and Oil Spill Response Documents (PDF)

• Literature Review on the Use of Commercial Bioremediation Agents for Cleanup of Oil-Contaminated Estuarine Environments, July 2004 (484K, 66 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Guidelines for the Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Salt Marshes, July 2004 (369K, 61 pages) Abstract
  
  
• Understanding Oil Spills and Oil Spill Response Booklet, December 1999

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