Meet the Cleanup Crews

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandates that tanker owners have resident in the United States an individual or corporate entity, designated the “Qualified Individual” (QI), who will act as the “owner” during a spill response. This person is expected to sign checks paying for the response. With spill cleanup costs running in the range of $3,000 to $10,000 per gallon of oil spilled, the responsibility for effective Qualified Individual services is extraordinary. Over the past seven years, those of us in the spill response business have invested millions of dollars and hours in establishing, drilling and improving response practices.

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