NOAA Safe Seas 2006 Planning; CA

CA | 2006-Aug-07

Initial Notification: THIS IS A DRILL - The NOAA Safe Seas 2006 exercise design focuses on the marine collision between the bulk freight cargo ship M/V Blue Harp in-bound to San Francisco Bay from the south with the outbound Tug Earnest Campbell with the barge Dottie in tow. As a result of the collision, Dottie releases oil and the Blue Harp threatens to release its fuel due to sustained damage. Using this scenario, the Safe Seas 2006 exercise will bring together federal, state, and local responders in order to increase response readiness to a large oil spill in a National Marine Sanctuary in Central California.