Although Puget Sound has experienced relatively few major oil spills over the past several decades, a major oil spill is inherently a low-probability, high-impact risk to Puget Sound's valuable natural, cultural, and economic resources. Smaller oil spills do occur and our ability to respond quickly depends on access to oil spill response equipment. 

This Progress Indicator tracks the unmet (outstanding) need in grant money for emergency response equipment. Local jurisdictions, counties, and cities can apply to the Washington Department of Ecology's Equipment Grant Program, which provides funds for oil spill response equipment to jurisdictions.

This Progress Indicator tracks progress in completing all eligible grant requests to ensure that local jurisdictions have access to emergency equipment and therefore capacity to rapidly respond to oil spills if they do occur. 

This Progress Indicator is in development. 

This Progress Indicator is currently under development.