ASTM F1686-22
(Guide)Standard Guide for Surveys to Document and Assess Oiling Conditions
Standard Guide for Surveys to Document and Assess Oiling Conditions
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
3.1 Systematic surveys provide data on shoreline, lakeshore, river bank or other terrain’s character and oiling conditions from which informed planning and operational decisions can be developed with respect to cleanup (1-4).3 In particular, the data are used by decision makers to determine which oiled areas require treatment and to develop end-point criteria for use as targets for the field operations.
3.2 Surveys may include one or more of four components or phases, as listed below. The scale of an affected area plus quantity and availability of pre-spill information will influence the selection of survey components and its level of detail.
3.2.1 The aerial reconnaissance survey phase provides a perspective on the overall extent and general nature of the oiling conditions. This information is used in conjunction with environmental, resource, and cultural sensitivity data to guide shoreline protection, recovery of mobile oil, and to facilitate the more detailed response planning and priorities of the response operations.
3.2.2 The aerial video survey(s) phase provides systematic audio and video documentation of the extent and type of oiling conditions, physical character, and logistics information, such as access and staging data.
3.2.3 The ground assessment survey(s) phase provides the necessary information and data to develop appropriate response recommendations. A field team(s) collects detailed information on oil conditions, the physical and ecological character of oiled areas, and resources or cultural features that may affect or be affected by the timing or implementation of response activities.
3.2.4 The post-treatment inspection ground survey or monitoring phase provides the necessary information and data to ensure a segment, that is part of the response program, has been treated to the approved end-point criterion. (5)
3.3 In order to ensure data consistency, it is important to use standardized terminology and definitions in describing oi...
SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers field procedures by which data can be collected in a systematic manner to document and assess the oiling conditions on shorelines, river banks, and lake shores (shores and substrates) plus dry land habitats (terrain).
1.2 This guide does not address the terminology that is used to define and describe terrain oiling conditions, the ecological character of oiled terrain, or the cultural or other resources that can be present.
1.3 The guide is applicable to marine coasts (including estuaries) and to freshwater environments (rivers and lakes) and to dry land habitats. In alignment with Guide F2204:
1.3.1 For the purpose of this guide, marine and estuarine shorelines, river banks, and lake shores will be collectively referred to as shorelines, shores, or shore-zones.
1.3.2 Shore types include a range of impermeable (bedrock, ice, and manmade structures), permeable (flats, beaches, and manmade), and coastal wetland (marshes, mangroves) habitats.
1.4 Other non-shoreline, inland habitats include wetlands (pond, fen, bog, swamp, tundra, and shrub) and drier terrains (grassland, desert, forests), and will be collectively referred to as either wetlands or terrains, respectively.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.7 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barr...
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: F1686 − 22
Standard Guide for
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Surveys to Document and Assess Oiling Conditions
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1686; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This guide covers field procedures by which data can be 2.1 ASTM Standards:
collected in a systematic manner to document and assess the F1687 Guide for Terminology and Indices to Describe Oil-
oiling conditions on shorelines, river banks, and lake shores ing Conditions on Shorelines
(shores and substrates) plus dry land habitats (terrain). F1779 Practice for Reporting Visual Observations of Oil on
Water from Aircraft
1.2 This guide does not address the terminology that is used
F2204 Guide for Describing Shoreline and Inland Response
to define and describe terrain oiling conditions, the ecological
Techniques
character of oiled terrain, or the cultural or other resources that
can be present.
3. Significance and Use
1.3 The guide is applicable to marine coasts (including
3.1 Systematicsurveysprovidedataonshoreline,lakeshore,
estuaries) and to freshwater environments (rivers and lakes)
river bank or other terrain’s character and oiling conditions
and to dry land habitats. In alignment with Guide F2204:
from which informed planning and operational decisions can
1.3.1 For the purpose of this guide, marine and estuarine
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be developed with respect to cleanup (1-4). In particular, the
shorelines, river banks, and lake shores will be collectively
data are used by decision makers to determine which oiled
referred to as shorelines, shores, or shore-zones.
areasrequiretreatmentandtodevelopend-pointcriteriaforuse
1.3.2 Shore types include a range of impermeable (bedrock,
as targets for the field operations.
ice, and manmade structures), permeable (flats, beaches, and
manmade),andcoastalwetland(marshes,mangroves)habitats. 3.2 Surveysmayincludeoneormoreoffourcomponentsor
phases, as listed below. The scale of an affected area plus
1.4 Other non-shoreline, inland habitats include wetlands
quantity and availability of pre-spill information will influence
(pond, fen, bog, swamp, tundra, and shrub) and drier terrains
the selection of survey components and its level of detail.
(grassland, desert, forests), and will be collectively referred to
3.2.1 The aerial reconnaissance survey phase provides a
as either wetlands or terrains, respectively.
perspective on the overall extent and general nature of the
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
oiling conditions. This information is used in conjunction with
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
environmental, resource, and cultural sensitivity data to guide
standard.
shoreline protection, recovery of mobile oil, and to facilitate
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
the more detailed response planning and priorities of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
response operations.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.2.2 The aerial video survey(s) phase provides systematic
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
audio and video documentation of the extent and type of oiling
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
conditions, physical character, and logistics information, such
1.7 This international standard was developed in accor-
as access and staging data.
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard- 3.2.3 The ground assessment survey(s) phase provides the
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
necessary information and data to develop appropriate re-
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom- sponse recommendations. A field team(s) collects detailed
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
information on oil conditions, the physical and ecological
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F20 on Hazardous For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Substances and Oil Spill Responseand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
F20.17 on Shoreline and Inland Countermeasures. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2022. Published October 2022
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This document is not an ASTM standard and is intended only to provide the user of an ASTM standard an indication of what changes have been made to the previous version. Because
it may not be technically possible to adequately depict all changes accurately, ASTM recommends that users consult prior editions as appropriate. In all cases only the current version
of the standard as published by ASTM is to be considered the official document.
Designation: F1686 − 16 F1686 − 22
Standard Guide for
1
Surveys to Document and Assess Oiling Conditions
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1686; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This guide covers field procedures by which data can be collected in a systematic manner to document and assess the oiling
conditions on shorelines, river banks, and lake shores (shores and substrates) plus dry land habitats (terrain).
1.2 This guide does not address the terminology that is used to define and describe terrain oiling conditions, the ecological
character of oiled terrain, or the cultural or other resources that can be present.
1.3 The guide is applicable to marine coasts (including estuaries) and to freshwater environments (rivers and lakes) and to dry land
habitats. In alignment with Guide F2204:
1.3.1 For the purpose of this guide, marine and estuarine shorelines, river banks, and lake shores will be collectively referred to
as shorelines, shores, or shore-zones.
1.3.2 Shore types include a range of impermeable (bedrock, ice, and manmade structures), permeable (flats, beaches, and
manmade), and coastal wetland (marshes, mangroves) habitats.
1.4 Other non-shoreline, inland habitats include wetlands (pond, fen, bog, swamp, tundra, and shrub) and drier terrains (grassland,
desert, forests), and will be collectively referred to as either wetlands or terrains, respectively.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety safety, health, and healthenvironmental practices and determine the
applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.7 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization
established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued
by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
F1687 Guide for Terminology and Indices to Describe Oiling Conditions on Shorelines
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Responseand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F20.17
on Shoreline and Inland Countermeasures.
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2016Sept. 1, 2022. Published February 2016October 2022. Originally approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 20092016 as
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F1686 – 09F1686 – 16. . DOI: 10.1520/F1686-16.10.1520/F1686-22.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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F1779 Practice for Reporting Visual Observations of Oil on Water from Aircraft
F2204 Guide for Describing Shoreline and Inland Response Techniques
3. Significance and Use
3.1 Systematic surveys provide data on shoreline, lakeshore, river bank or other terrain’s character and oiling conditions from
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which informed planning and operational decisions can be developed with respect to cleanup (1-4). In particular, the data are used
by decision makers to determine which oiled areas require treatment and to develop end-point criteria for use as targets for the field
operations.
3.2 Surveys may include one or more of four components or phases, as listed below. The scale of an affected area plus quantity
and availability of pre-spill information will influence the selection of survey components and its level of detail.
3.2.1 The aerial reconnaissance survey phase provides a perspective on the overall extent and general nature of the oiling
conditions. This information is used in conjunction with environmental, resource, and cultural sensitivity data to guide shoreline
protection, recovery of mobile oil, and
...
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