Using Oil Spill Modeling in Oil Spill Exercises and Drills

ABSTRACT Oil spill trajectory and fate modeling was used in inland response Full Scale Exercises including the Enbridge Des Plains River (fall 2018) Wisconsin 2019). The Spill Impact Model Application Package (SIMAP) to predict three-dimensional movement (i.e. trajectory) behavior fate) of a hypothetical release oil using site-specific environmental geographic conditions (including seasonal hydrographic information) for date exercise. RPS OILMAPLand model also two-dimensional over land surface, before it predicted enter waterway. evaluated spatial extent, timing, magnitude hydrocarbon contamination at downstream locations thicknesses floating surface mass on shorelines sediments. assessments included potential released move entering waterway, as well becoming entrained water column result passing local features such locks dams. results were presented two separate exercise planning session full scale static images, GIS shape files, videos. Results COP itself, with provided hourly intervals several days.