Spill Response

Waste Reduction

Gold CrewGold CrewGold Crew Gold Crew with the following capabilities:with the following capabilities:

Spill Cleanup –Spill Cleanup – Concentrated Type II Water based Concentrated Type II Water based Oil Spill Dispersant. Does not sink oil to Oil Spill Dispersant. Does not sink oil to seafloorseafloor

Vapor Suppression - Vapor Suppression - Encapsulates fuel Encapsulates fuel molecules to prevent vapor generation molecules to prevent vapor generation improving improving worker safety. worker safety. Improves Bioavailability - Improves Bioavailability - As applied to oil As applied to oil spills, spills, the formulation helps solubilize the formulation helps solubilize hydrocarbons hydrocarbons making them readily available making them readily available for bacterial for bacterial consumption. consumption.

Gold CrewGold Crew is specially formulated to clean and remove is specially formulated to clean and remove hydrocarbon based organics from hard surfaces, and aid in worker hydrocarbon based organics from hard surfaces, and aid in worker safety:safety:

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California Coast California Coast Oil Spill 1969Oil Spill 1969 Undersea fissures Undersea fissures

released crude oil released crude oil into the sensitive into the sensitive waters off the coast waters off the coast

of Californiaof California

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Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara Over Over 200,000 200,000

gallons of crude gallons of crude oil bubbled to oil bubbled to the surface and the surface and was spread into was spread into an 800 mile slickan 800 mile slick

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Gold CrewGold Crew was was used to disperse used to disperse the surface oil. the surface oil.

Applied using an Applied using an “S” pattern,“S” pattern,

Gold CrewGold Crew microemulsifies microemulsifies oil on contact.oil on contact.

Gold CrewGold Crew was was used on the site for used on the site for over a year while over a year while the engineers the engineers capped the capped the undersea fissures undersea fissures where the oil was where the oil was forced up from forced up from the the ocean floorocean floor

•This Platform experienced the largest oil spill in the Continental US waters in 1969. This Platform experienced the largest oil spill in the Continental US waters in 1969. It was cleaned up with Gold Crew.It was cleaned up with Gold Crew.

•Today, Fifty feet beneath the sea, an abundance of marine life lives on and around the legs Today, Fifty feet beneath the sea, an abundance of marine life lives on and around the legs and bracing of Unocal’s Platform A, offshore California in the Santa Barbara Channel.and bracing of Unocal’s Platform A, offshore California in the Santa Barbara Channel.

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Offshore Oil PlatformsOffshore Oil Platforms Offshore oil platforms have relied onOffshore oil platforms have relied on Gold Gold

CrewCrew for years as the dispersant of choice for for years as the dispersant of choice for spill response and to ensure worker safety spill response and to ensure worker safety while minimizing environmental impactwhile minimizing environmental impact

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Gold Crew Gold Crew can be applied to small releases to can be applied to small releases to quickly disperse oily surface waterquickly disperse oily surface water

Always use Gold Crew in accordance with all federal, state, and local regulations.

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Accidental releases are resolved withAccidental releases are resolved withminimal impact on the environmentminimal impact on the environment

Waste ReductionWaste ReductionApplication ExamplesApplication Examples

Boom CleaningBoom Cleaning

After a spill has been successfully addressed, the After a spill has been successfully addressed, the reusable booms can then be quickly cleaned using reusable booms can then be quickly cleaned using

Gold CrewGold Crew

Boom CleaningBoom Cleaning

Gold CrewGold Crew cleans the booms without harsh chemicals. cleans the booms without harsh chemicals. Gold CrewGold Crew reduces the man hours required to complete the reduces the man hours required to complete the

mop-upmop-up

Versatile ApplicationVersatile ApplicationGold CrewGold Crew products supports products supports shipboard and shore-based shipboard and shore-based

Pollution Prevention OperationsPollution Prevention Operations

Gold Crew Products for all Gold Crew Products for all facets of cleaning including facets of cleaning including remediation of petroleum spills remediation of petroleum spills on car decks, bilge cleaning and on car decks, bilge cleaning and bilge water treatment. Gold bilge water treatment. Gold Crew products, greatly reduced Crew products, greatly reduced waste oil & sludge disposal waste oil & sludge disposal while treated gray water may be while treated gray water may be discharged to sanitary sewer discharged to sanitary sewer under a typical industrial under a typical industrial permit.” permit.”

Waste Reduction - ShipboardWaste Reduction - Shipboard

Always use Gold Crew in accordance with all federal, state, and local regulations.

General CleaningGeneral CleaningStorm Water ComplianceStorm Water ComplianceMaritime and general industries Maritime and general industries generate oily waste streams as generate oily waste streams as part of their normal operations. part of their normal operations. Oily concrete, fuel docks and Oily concrete, fuel docks and ship’s decks are risk liabilities, ship’s decks are risk liabilities, and contaminants regularly find and contaminants regularly find their way into the environment.their way into the environment.

Gold CrewGold Crew cleans like an cleans like an industrial strength degreaser, but industrial strength degreaser, but addresses the permanent removal addresses the permanent removal of the hydrocarbon from the of the hydrocarbon from the environment.environment.

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professionals or persons having technical skill professionals or persons having technical skill to be used at their own discretion and risk. to be used at their own discretion and risk. Nothing included herein is to be taken as a Nothing included herein is to be taken as a license to use ECS Products without the proper license to use ECS Products without the proper permits, approvals, etc. of the appropriate permits, approvals, etc. of the appropriate regulatory agencies, nor are the protocols regulatory agencies, nor are the protocols provided as instructions for any site specific provided as instructions for any site specific application of ECS Products.application of ECS Products.