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Chinese Delegation Visits OR&R in Seattle

JULY 28, 2017-- As part of our ongoing commitment to share our expertise in spill response with other nations, the Emergency Response Division recently hosted a delegation from China’s National Marine Hazard Mitigation Service. The Chinese agency requested the meeting to learn about our strategies and tools for responding to environmental hazards and to exchange information about China’s marine emergency response programs. The goal of the two-day meeting in Seattle was to learn about each other’s emergency response programs and to discuss the possibilities of collaborate in the future, according to Glen Watabayshi, chief of the Emergency Response Division’s Technical and Scientific Services Branch. Read full article. For further information, contact Glen.Watabayashi@noaa.gov. Go back to OR&R Weekly Report.

Group of people posing outdoors.
The groups from OR&R and from China’s National Marine Hazard Mitigation Service in Seattle. From left: Scott Lundgren, Glen Watabayshi, Aijun Zhang, Yijun Zhang, John Tarpley, Jun Tan, and Yufei Lin. Image credit: NOAA.
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