Abstract
ABSTRACT 2017-413 The term Spill Impact Mitigation Assessment (SIMA) is used to describe the risk-based decisions that are made when considering response options during oil spills, and is offered here as a replacement for the historically used term Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA). Despite many papers, fact sheets, and presentations on the topic, the term still means different things to different people. Most agree that the concept of SIMA is an important one, but trying to put SIMA into action for contingency planning – or a response - may mean something very different to a regulator or stakeholder than it means to a responsible party or an oil spill removal organization. In Summer 2015, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues (known as IPIECA), released a NEBA “Good Practice Guide” (GPG) that incorporates NEBA into the response strategy selection process primarily during the contingency planning stage. This paper applies those concepts within the United States (US) regulatory framework, highlights how SIMA can be applied not only to contingency planning, but to response actions and drills, and provides case studies on the use of SIMA in the US.
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