Tundra Treatment Guidelines is a manual published by the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), Division of Spill Prevention and Response, Prevention and Emergency Response Program. This manual provides standard operating guidelines for responding to spills of oil and other contaminants on Alaska’s North Slope.
ADEC has three main objectives for any tundra cleanup:
1) minimizing damage to the tundra from the spilled material;
2) minimizing damage to the tundra from the response actions, and
3) minimizing the time period for tundra to recover.
ADEC acknowledges that the ecological damage from the cleanup can be greater than the deleterious effects of the residual contamination. Helping responders strike a balance between these objectives is the primary goal of this manual
