LGL provides expert services for oil spill preparedness and response including:
- Oil spill sensitivity mapping
- Biological resource inventory
- Siting of oily debris handling / storage locations
- Advice on environmental effects of countermeasures
- Same-day quantitative inventory of biological resources during spill response
- GIS support for response decision-making
- GIS modelling of cleanup / countermeasures priorities
- GIS support for documenting the spill response and impacts
- Assessment of environmental impacts of spills
- Assessment of value of commercial fisheries affected by spills
- Expert advice on biological resources at risk
- Impact assessment for spill response exercises
- Information systems
- Standards development
Some examples of types of studies:
- Development of a shorezone oil spill sensitivity model
- Preparation of oil spill response atlases
- Aerial surveys to quantify marine mammal and marine bird distributions
- Assessment of fisheries impacts of major spills
- Development of guidelines for oily debris disposal
- Development of GIS information systems for spill response
- Biological studies of experimental spills and countermeasures
- Literature reviews of oil spill and countermeasure impacts on biota and habitats
Special capabilities:
- World-class experts on marine birds, marine mammals, and fisheries
- Custom software for field data collection using portable computers, digital cameras, and GPS
- Rapid synthesis of information to support decision-making
- Rapid updating of response priorities to incorporate current information
- Offices on all coasts of North America
