Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

  • Oil Spill FAQs (PDF) - 7/25/2023
    Frequently Asked Questions About Oil Spills - Frequently asked questions about how oil spills are managed and cleaned up in California.
  • Response Equipment Grant FAQs (PDF) - 7/11/2023
    Oil Response Equipment - Oil spill response equipment grant questions, boom deployment, and response equipment training
  • Oiled Wildlife FAQs (PDF) - 4/26/2022
    Frequently Asked Questions about Oiled Wildlife - Answers commonly asked questions about oiled wildlife.
  • Spill Management Team Certification (AB 1197) FAQs (PDF) - 11/7/2017
    Spill Management Team Certification - Document of frequently answered questions on the law pertaining to OSPR's authority to “evaluate and certify” spill management teams directly.
  • Dispersants FAQs (PDF) - 1/15/2016
    Frequently Asked Questions About Dispersants - Answers questions to commonly asked questions about oil spill dispersants.
  • Natural Resource Damage Assessment FAQ (PDF) - 3/10/2015
    NRDA FAQ - Answers to commonly asked questions regarding CDFW-OSPR's Natural Resource Damage Assessment Program.