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EPA requires the use of LISSTs when using oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico

May 21, 2010

 

EPA requires the use of LISSTs when oil dispersants are applied.
[Sequoia, May 21, 2010]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has directed the use of LISST’s in connection with the use of oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico, in order to monitor the oil droplet size in situ:

What monitoring does the EPA currently require regarding the subsea application of dispersants?

Why is oil droplet size measured?

How is oil droplet size measured?

Read EPA’s directive here, with an addenum here.

The links above no longer works, but the directives from 2010 can be downloaded from Sequoia’s website here and here.

Updated 6/5/2019

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