OMI Environmental Solutions services

With a world-renowned reputation and as one of the oldest oil spill response companies in the nation, OMI Environmental Solutions (OMIES) should be your first call. With complete oil spill response capabilities utilizing response vessels up to 30 feet in length, vacuum trucks and portable vacuum systems, skimmers and self-propelled skimmer boats with 50,000 feet of containment boom, OMIES continues to be a leader in emergency spill response on the Gulf Coast.

Natural disasters and complex emergencies occur unexpectedly and require a rapid response with specialized equipment and professional personnel. For over 40 years OMI Environmental Solutions (OMIES) has provided rapid emergency response expertise to natural, as well as manmade disasters throughout the world. OMIES has responded with equipment and personnel to the World Trade Center disaster and anthrax decontamination in Manhattan, NY as well as Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike. OMIES can provide management services in the Command Post as well as Zone, Branch and Staging Managers. OMIES can provide waste and debris removal services utilizing roll-off boxes, excavators, track hoes, bull dozers, bobcats, forklifts and waste disposal experts.

As a leader in the spill industry, OMI Environmental Solutions (OMIES) offers a complete range of decontamination services. OMIES has pre-loaded equipment in 53-foot vans ready to move on location. These units are equipped with all the necessary materials to perform safe and effective decontamination operations.

The OMI Environmental Services (OMIES) National Spill Response Program (NSRP) provides clients with one-call emergency response 24/7. Through the response program, OMIES will notify the closest response facility to a petroleum or hazardous material incident. Network project managers will immediately respond to the incident with specialists and equipment, assess the incident and begin control, containment and clean up. If requested, OMIES can provide an on-site project manager to oversee the clean-up process and act as the responsible party`s representative and be able to provide a single invoice to the client at the completion of the incident.

AMPD is defined as the Average Most Probable Discharge of the lesser of 50 barrels of oil or 1 percent of the cargo from the vessel during cargo oil transfer operations to or from the vessel or a discharge of the lesser of 50 barrels of oil or 1 percent of the volume of the worst case discharge for a facility. OPA 90 requires that a containment boom equal to twice the length of the largest vessel involved in the transfer be deployed at the site of the operation within one hour of detection of a spill; additionally skimmers and temporary storage must be on site within 2 hours.