Traduction de «agent de dispersion » (Français → Anglais) :

The Agency's Administrative Board shall take this list and other appropriate information relevant to the pollution response objectives set out in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002, such as that contained in risk assessments and scientific studies on the effects of chemicals used as dispersants, into account before deciding on the Agency's pollution response activities in the framework of the annual work programmes.

(15) In order to improve the effectiveness of the Agency's pollution response activities, Member States should share with the Agency scientific studies they may have carried out on the effects of chemicals used as dispersants which could be relevant for those activities.

(11) Evidence of prior assessments of any chemicals used as dispersants that have been carried out to minimize public health implications and further environmental damage.

(f) evidence of prior environment and health assessments of any chemicals foreseen for use as dispersants

(Return tabled) Question No. 91 Mr. Ted Hsu: With regard to oil spill clean-ups in Northern Arctic waters: (a) what dispersants does the government use or have plans to use in this process; (b) what is the quantity of the government’s stocks of these dispersants; (c) what tests has the government conducted concerning the use of these dispersants in the clean-up of an Arctic oil spill; (d) what tests has the government conducted concerning the effects of these dispersants on (i) the Arctic environment, (ii) Arctic wildlife; (e) when and by whom were the tests in (c) and (d) conducted; (f) what were the costs of the tests in (c) and ( ...[+++]d); (g) does the government have a regimen in place for the ongoing evaluation of dispersants to be used in Arctic spills; (h) how are the dispersants which the government evaluates graded in terms of effectiveness for use in the Arctic; (i) in the event of such an occurrence, does the government have plans to use a dispersant to break up a spill at the source of the leak in Arctic waters; (j) what is the government’s assessment of the effectiveness of the use of dispersants at the source of a spill in the clean-up process; and (k) what, if any, tests has the government conducted to develop a strategy for using dispersants to break up spills at the source, and what are the costs for these tests?

A Canadian Press article published on June 26 points out that best practices as we have seen them have been oil booms, mechanical skimmers and oil dispersants — the very same tools used to deal with the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill that you referred to.