DECEMBER 23, 2016--On December 14, OR&R Emergency Response Division Chief Scott Lundgren, OR&R Senior Scientific Support Coordinator Steve Lehmann, and OR&R Policy Analyst Robin Garcia attended the quarterly meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) in Washington, D.C.

ICCOPR is a 15-member Interagency Committee established by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to coordinate oil pollution research and technology development. Members include NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, and other agencies. The meeting included a presentation on oil spill dispersant and shoreline cleaner toxicity by NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. Staff representing Senators Maria Cantwell (WA) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) were also in attendance to learn more about ICCOPR.

For more information contact Robin.Garcia@noaa.gov.

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