Title: What is the role of an Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO)?
Headings: What is the role of an Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO)?
What is the role of an Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO)?
Oil Pollution Act
Requirements
Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO)
Management of OSRO Classification

Content: This law forms part of US oil spill governance to mitigate and prevent civil liability from oil spills. OPA 90 requires companies to develop and maintain plans to help prevent spills and detailed plans to contain and respond to spills that may occur. Requirements
Companies who are required to submit a response plan must, amongst other things, identify the personnel and equipment necessary to remove an oil spill and to prevent a substantial threat of such a discharge. The magnitude of the investment, however, in oil recovery equipment, storage and training personnel to remove spills, in all foreseeable locations and operating environments is enormous. Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO)
To meet OPA90's statutory requirements, each response plan must identify the means for accomplishing the response tasks. By using an OSRO, plan holders do not have to present detailed lists of response resources. An OSRO is a contracted response organization. If an oil spill removal contractor has been evaluated by the U.S. Coast Guard, and their capability is equal to or exceeds the response capability needed by companies, the response plan may identify only the OSRO, and need not list all of the information about response personnel and equipment. Management of OSRO Classification
The OSRO classification process provides standard guidelines by which the Coast Guard and plan developers can evaluate an OSRO's potential to respond to and recover oil spills of various sizes. OSROs may receive classifications for different spill sizes occurring in different types of operating areas (rivers, canals, near shore, offshore, or open ocean).