OCTOBER 30, 2015--Since 2005, OR&R’s Emergency Response Division (ERD) has teamed up with California’s Office of Spill Prevention & Response (OSPR) to provide oil spill training known as Environmental Response to Oil Spills (EROS) class.

This week, nearly 45 spill responders from the U.S. Coast Guard, OSPR, and other 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. A wide variety of topics are being covered by NOAA and OSPR 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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