NOAA s Office of Response and Restoration- roles and operations for Support to the USCG. Disclaimer

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1 NOAA s Office of Response and Restoration- roles and operations for Support to the USCG Disclaimer The views expressed are not necessarily those of NOAA or the U.S. government 1

2 Official description.. Who We Are When hazards on the water threaten American jobs, health, and property we deliver critical scientific support to keep communities safe and commerce moving. Common Hazards Oil/chemical spills Floating debris Hazardous waste sites Navigational hazards Shoreline debris Unofficial description.. Who We Are 2

3 What We Do Examine terrorist threat for an attack on chlorine railroad car by Pentagon Predict trajectory of debris from Fukushima accident Monitor oil movement in the first Gulf war Predict health risk from disposed munitions off Oahu Advise the Panama Canal authority on potential hazards from LNG vessel traffic Retrodict the trajectory of dead bodies for forensic purposes Identify a sea slug mass spawning event during the Deepwater Horizon spill OR&R Divisions Emergency Response Assessment & Restoration Marine Debris Disaster Response Center Business Services 3

4 Our Mandate OR&R supports some of the nation s strongest ocean protection laws: Oil Pollution Act CERCLA/Superfund Marine Debris Research, Prevention and Reduction Act Clean Water Act This year, OR&R will Respond to oil spills Train over 700 emergency responders for oil spills Support over 40 oil spill drills with the U.S. Coast Guard Settle 4-7 natural resource damage assessment cases and continue work on over 200 additional cases. Support removal of hundreds of tons of marine debris Develop new tools & conduct research to address hazards on the water and prevent marine debris 4

5 How we operate Where ORR/ERD lives in ICS Planning Section Situation Unit 5

6 Where we may end up living in a real spill incident Data management Spill location fate/traje ctory communications Cleanup strategies Resources at risk SPILL RESPONSE IS CHANGING New locations New tools New Expectations 6

7 New Locations - Arctic Areas of interest for NOAA/ORR include 1. General Logistics of Working in the Arctic 2. Models/Data for behavior/transport of oil in ice 3. Oil Spill Clean Up Technologies in the Arctic 4. Interacting with Stakeholders of the North Slope Communities 5. Oil in Ice Detection and Monitoring 6. Resources at Risk in the Arctic New location Sub-surface Dispersant decision procedures Droplet size distribution studies Well blowout models Biodegradation research 7

8 Subsurface (cont) S.S. Jacob Luckenbach Sank on July 14, 1953 off San Francisco. Oil removed in 2003 High priority sites 107 Leaking -10 Resources and Undersea Threats (RUST) Database NEW EXPECTATIONS Spill forecasts are no longer just for the on-scene command 8

9 EXISTING TOOLS The CAMEO (Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations) software products have been valuable hazardous materials response and planning tools since the first products were introduced in NOAA OR&R has prepared a number of job aids to help oil spill responders complete their response tasks. Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps provide a concise summary of coastal resources that are at risk if an oil spill occurs nearby. New Tools (ERMA) ERMA Gulf Response, powered by Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA), is a web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) tool designed to assist both emergency responders and environmental resource managers who deal with incidents that may adversely impact the environment. 9

10 New Tools (remote sensing) NEXT GENERATION SPILL MODELS GNOME 2 (oil trajectory model) 3-D Trajectory capability Better ability to assimilate real-time data New display products and ERMA export ADIOS 3 (fate and behavior model) Environmental risk assessment Subsurface and longer-term processes Greater user interactivity 10

11 During a spill.. (for responders) Proper oil samples Proper oil samples Proper oil samples Visual and written documentation Rapid transport Proper container Location and time identification My personal wish list : simple field adhesion and viscosity test equipment INTERACTION WITH ACADEMIA A NECESSITY TO BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPILL RESPONSE TOOLS 11

12 LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS NEVER GET IMPLEMENTED Some ORR Collaboration A Statistical Outlook for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. Effectiveness of Surface Dispersant Applications during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Lessons from Special Monitoring of Applied Response State of the art satellite and airborne marine oil spill remote sensing: Application to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Effects of Pollution on Marine Life. Performance of submersible fluorometers exposed to chemically-dispersed crude oil: wave tank simulations for improved oil spill monitoring and evaluation of Deepwater Horizon spill measurements. Development of Short Acute Exposure Risk Estimates: A Tool for Assessing the Effects of Chemical Spills in Aquatic Environments 12

13 More ORR Collaboration Funded efforts related to GNOME/ADIOS update LSU- dissolution studies U. of Washington dispersion studies Texas A&M plume modeling UNH coordination Some ORR Science Contacts Brad Benggio- Scientific Support Coordinator Oil fate/remote sensing Bill Lehr Biological questions Alan Mearns Trajectory/transport Chris Barker Dispersants Charlie Henry Submerged vessels Doug Helton SCAT - Carl Childs Oil properties library Jeff Lankford Chemical properties- Robert Jones ESI Jill Peterson 13

14 During a spill.. (for the academics) What works What does not work 14