During the week of March 24, nearly 45 spill responders from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), EPA, and numerous federal, tribal, state, local and industry partners are being introduced to the use of science during oil spills through table-top and field exercises as well as classroom instruction.

Instructors from OR&R’s Emergency Response Division (ERD) teamed up with California’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) for this, the twelfth session of the Environmental Response to Oil Spills (EROS) class. A wide variety of topics are being covered including oceanography and coastal processes, oil chemistry, toxicology, ecological effects, shoreline assessment, environmental trade-offs, cleanup endpoints, Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA), oiled wildlife, fisheries closures, spatial data (including ERMA) as well as many of the unique response resources available in California.

For additional information, please contact Jordan.Stout@noaa.gov.

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