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Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) Training in Pensacola

October 19, 2016 -- From October 11-13, the Emergency Response Division of OR&R conducted Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) team member training at the EPA Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory in Pensacola Beach, FL.

Twenty four participants attended from a number of Florida and Mississippi state and local agencies, as well as from the U.S. Coast Guard. The class enjoyed sunny field exercises along the shores of Santa Rosa Island, with opportunities to explore a variety of shorelines and discuss potential impacts and cleanup considerations for oil spills affecting sensitive habitats, amenity beaches, and historic properties. This learning experience helps increase the base of spill readiness for a broad spectrum of stakeholders and agency oil spill responders along the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida gulf coast.

For more information, contact Adam.Davis@noaa.gov.

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Group working on a beach.
SCAT training participants practice on the beach. (NOAA)
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