“HOW CLEAN IS CLEAN” – PROPOSED METHOD FORDETERMINING ENDPOINTS AND EVALUATING RESULTSOF OIL SPILL CLEAN UP OPERATIONS

摘要

Determining endpoint in clean up operations after oil spill is consideredrna necessary action to appoint appropriate methods, equipmentrnand levels of clean up. Today international standards tornassist decision making in these questions are not commonlyrnspread. In this article a first step for developing guidelines forrndetermining endpoints is presented. The proposed method considersrnfour parameters; quantity of oil, type of oil, ecological sensitivityrnand time of year. In different combinations the parametersrngive criteria for when clean up should be ended as further actionsrnmight cause more harms than benefits. The method focuses on environmentalrnaspects and therefore mainly ecological effects arernconsidered.