Office of Response and RestorationOCTOBER 14, 2016--Last week, OR&R's Dr. Amy Merten participated in the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials Meeting as her role as Chair of the EPPR Working Group.
Articles from October 21, 2016
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Posted: October 21, 2016
 OCTOBER 21, 2016--NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have released for public comment a settlement agreement with a potentially responsible party (PRP) for contamination in the Raritan River related to the American Cyanamid Superfund Site located on the Raritan river in Bridgewater, NJ. |
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Posted: October 21, 2016
 OCTOBER 21, 2016--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). |
Posted: October 21, 2016
 OCTOBER 21, 2016--OR&R’s Emergency Response Division, California’s Office of Spill Prevention & Response (OSPR), and the U.S. Coast Guard teamed up with Chevron to explore the utility of unmanned aerial systems (UAS, a.k.a. drones) as a reconnaissance tool for shoreline oiling. |
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Posted: October 21, 2016
 OCTOBER 21, 2016--California’s Office of Spill Prevention & Response (OSPR) recently developed an iPad-based electronic field data collection tool for spill response. |
Posted: October 21, 2016
 OCTOBER 21, 2016--The director of OR&R, Dave Westerholm, met with the leadership of the American Salvage Association on October 14. Joining the director were Scott Lundgren, the Emergency Response Division Chief, Kate Clark, OR&R Chief of Staff, and Carlie Herring, Research Analyst for the NOAA Marine Debris Program. |
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Posted: October 21, 2016
 OCTOBER 21, 2016--A diverse group of 44 students from federal and state agencies, industry, and academia attended the course, held in Portsmouth, NH, October 3-7. |
Posted: October 21, 2016
 OCTOBER 21, 2016--A delegation from Singapore are in the United States October 17-25 to learn about emergency preparedness and crisis management, involving environmental issues such as floods, typhoons, oil spills, and volcanic ash. |
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Posted: October 21, 2016
 October 19, 2016 -- From October 11-13, the Emergency Response Division of OR&R conducted Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT) team member training at the EPA Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory in Pensacola Beach, FL. |
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--OR&R Assessment and Restoration Division staff attended the fall meeting of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (HDC SETAC) on October 18-19 at the Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, NJ. |
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Posted: October 21, 2016
 OCTOBER 21, 2016--On October 14, NOAA Marine Debris Program Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator, Nir Barnea, joined the Fishing for Energy partners for a derelict fishing gear collection bin launch event at the Maritime Museum Hall in Westport, WA. |
Articles from October 21, 2016
Posted: October 14, 2016
OCTOBER 14, 2016--Last week, OR&R's Dr. Amy Merten participated in the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials Meeting as her role as Chair of the EPPR Working Group.
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have released for public comment a settlement agreement with a potentially responsible party (PRP) for contamination in the Raritan River related to the American Cyanamid Superfund Site located on the Raritan river in Bridgewater, NJ.
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--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).
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--OR&R’s Emergency Response Division, California’s Office of Spill Prevention & Response (OSPR), and the U.S. Coast Guard teamed up with Chevron to explore the utility of unmanned aerial systems (UAS, a.k.a. drones) as a reconnaissance tool for shoreline oiling.
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--California’s Office of Spill Prevention & Response (OSPR) recently developed an iPad-based electronic field data collection tool for spill response.
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--The director of OR&R, Dave Westerholm, met with the leadership of the American Salvage Association on October 14. Joining the director were Scott Lundgren, the Emergency Response Division Chief, Kate Clark, OR&R Chief of Staff, and Carlie Herring, Research Analyst for the NOAA Marine Debris Program.
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--A diverse group of 44 students from federal and state agencies, industry, and academia attended the course, held in Portsmouth, NH, October 3-7.
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--A delegation from Singapore are in the United States October 17-25 to learn about emergency preparedness and crisis management, involving environmental issues such as floods, typhoons, oil spills, and volcanic ash.
Posted: October 21, 2016
October 19, 2016 -- From October 11-13, the Emergency Response Division of OR&R conducted Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT) team member training at the EPA Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory in Pensacola Beach, FL.
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--OR&R Assessment and Restoration Division staff attended the fall meeting of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (HDC SETAC) on October 18-19 at the Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, NJ.
Posted: October 21, 2016
OCTOBER 21, 2016--On October 14, NOAA Marine Debris Program Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator, Nir Barnea, joined the Fishing for Energy partners for a derelict fishing gear collection bin launch event at the Maritime Museum Hall in Westport, WA.
