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Here are several ways to contact NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) and its staff. To receive updates from OR&R, subscribe to our monthly email newsletter.

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OR&R Headquarters

NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Phone: 206.526.6317
Email: orr.webmaster@noaa.gov

Media Inquiries

If you're a journalist or member of the media with a question about OR&R and its activities, please check our For Media page, or direct questions to NOAA Public Affairs (oceanservicepress@noaa.gov).

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OR&R's Divisions

Here is information for the four divisions, including contact information for field staff around the country, including scientific support coordinators (SSCs) in the Emergency Response Division, as well as regional staff for the Assessment and Restoration Division, the Marine Debris Division, and the Disaster Preparedness Program.

Emergency Response Division (ERD)

NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Emergency Response Division
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115-6349

Spill Emergency Phone (24-hour): 206.526.4911
Fax: 206.526.6329
Email: erd.webmaster@noaa.gov

To report an oil or chemical spill in U.S. waters, call the U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802.

Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD)

NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Assessment and Restoration Division
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Phone: 206.526.6317
Email: ard.webmaster@noaa.gov

Marine Debris Division

NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Marine Debris Division
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Phone: 206.526.6317
Email: marinedebris.web@noaa.gov

Disaster Preparedness Program

NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Disaster Preparedness Program
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Phone: 206.526.6317

Software, Products, and Publications

Contact any of the staff to ask about OR&R software, products, and publications:

For Information About: Contact:
ADIOS Oil Database and ADIOS®, the stand-alone oil weathering model orr.adios@noaa.gov
CAFE chemical aquatic fate/effects database orr.cafe@noaa.gov
CAMEO® software suite

(ALOHA®, CAMEO Chemicals, CAMEO Data Manager, MARPLOT®, Tier2 Submit)		 orr.cameo@noaa.gov
DIVER repository for data associated with environmental injuries;

replaces Query Manager database standard and query tool		 orr.diver@noaa.gov
Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps orr.esi@noaa.gov
ERMA® online mapping tool orr.erma@noaa.gov
GNOME software suite

(WebGNOME, GNOME desktop, ADIOS Oil Database and ADIOS weathering model, GOODS, ROC)		 orr.gnome@noaa.gov
Hazardous Waste Site Reports ard.webmaster@noaa.gov
Oil and hazardous chemical spills orr.spills@noaa.gov
Publications orr.erd.publications@noaa.gov
Response System Planning Tools (formerly Spill Tools™) orr.spilltools@noaa.gov
Response Training orr.training@noaa.gov
ResponseLink system for sharing information and documents with incident responders (internal);
IncidentNews (public site)		 orr.incidentnews@noaa.gov
Sediment Guidelines (SQuiRTs) orr.webmaster@noaa.gov
SMART monitoring program smart.mail@noaa.gov
TAP trajectory analysis model orr.tap@noaa.gov
Staff Directory

Locate OR&R staff members or people working elsewhere in NOAA, using the NOAA Staff Directory.

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Last updated Monday, September 16, 2024 8:58am PDT