LCDR Liz Jones, NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator

1. LCDR Liz Jones, NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator US Coast Guard District 9 1240 East Ninth Street Cleveland, OH 44199 Phone (206) 849-9918 Fax (216) 522-7759 Elizabeth.Jones@NOAA.gov

2. NOAA Scientific Support • Provided by Emergency Response Division “NOAA HazMat” • NOAA Hazmat has provided “all hazards” response support for more than 30 years • Provides support for more than 100 responses each year • NOAA Hazmat has a wide range of scientific expertise with extensive response experience

3. NOAA’s roles during spills • Scientific Support to FOSCs • Oil Chemistry, Fate, Movement • Effects on Natural Resources • Shoreline Assessment • Cleanup Recommendations • Natural Resource Trustee • Resource information • Resource management mandates • Natural Resource Damage Assessment & Restoration

4. Domestic incidents • Jacob Lukenbach • Puerto Rican • New Carissa • Athos I • Selendang • DBL-152 • Katrina spills • Katrina orphan HAZMAT containers

5. International incidents • Prestige (Spain) • Solar I (Phillipines) • M/V Jessica (Galapagos) • Desert Storm (Persian Gulf)

6. Non-traditional support • Ehime Maru • Alaska Airlines Flight 261 • John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane debris • USS Intrepid • 9/11 • Whale carcasses • Body recoveries • Humphrey the whale • Spartina seed dispersion in Puget Sound

7. What we do • Provide scientific support at incidents and coordinate on-scene scientific activities • Work with other agencies on contingency planning and preparedness for oil and other hazardous substance spills • Conduct research and develop tools to support and improve spill preparedness and response • Provide training for responders and planners

8. NOAA SSCs at USCG Districts John Whitney Anchorage LCDR Liz Jones Cleveland Ruth Yender, Seattle Steve Lehman Boston Ed Levine, New York Jordan Stout, Alameda Frank Csulak, Sand Point, NJ Jim Jeansonne, St. Petersburg Natural Resource Scientist Plus Caribbean Brad Benggio Miami HI, Guam, & Pacific Trust Territories Ruth Yender, Seattle Charlie Henry LTjg Mary Barber, New Orleans

9. NOAA RRT Reps in EPA Regions Region AK, Doug Helton, Seattle Alt. John Whitney, Achorage Region II, Frank Csulak, Sand Point, NJ, Alt. Ed Levine, NY Region VIII, Liz Jones, Cleveland, Alt. Charlie Henry, New Orleans Region I, V, VII, Steve Lehman, Boston Alt Ed Levine, NY and Liz Jones, OH Region X, Gary Shigenaka, Seattle, Alt. Ruth Yender, Seattle Region III, Ed Levine, New York, Alt. Frank Csulak, NJ Region IX, Jordan Stout, Alameda, Alt. Alan Mearns, Seattle Region IV & Caribbean, Brad Benggio Miami, Alt. Jim Jeansonne, St. Petersburg Region VI, Charlie Henry, New Orleans, Alt. Lisa Dipinto, Silver Spring Region Oceania John Naughton, Honolulu Alt. Ruth Yender, Seattle

10. Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC): Principal advisors to federal response agencies for scientific issues for oil and hazardous material incidents (all hazards) • Supports federal on-scene coordinators (FOSC) during incidents • Supports Regional Response Teams (RRT), Area Committees and response agencies for spill response preparedness, contingency planning, training, and exercises • May facilitate coordination with the natural resource Trustees for NRDA ephemeral data collection • SSCs coordinate the scientists providing support to the FOSC to achieve consensus, while keeping command aware of differing opinions • NOAA SSCs are supported by a scientific support team (SST)

11. Scientific Support Team (SST) • SSC’s often manage a team of NOAA & non-NOAA scientists: • Oceanographers • Modelers • Biologists • Chemists • Physicists • Weather Forecasters • Info. Management Specialists • Others • Team composition will be spill-specific to meet the needs & demands of the incident & the FOSC

12. NOAA Incident Support • 24/7 National Network • 10 Regional Scientific Support Coordinators • Scientific Support Team in Seattle • Home & Away Teams

13. As an incident unfolds... The NOAA Scientific Support Team helps to answer these questions: • What was spilled? (characterizes the hazard) • What is the scale of the problem? • Where will it go? (fate & transport forecasts) • Who/what will it hit? (public & resources at risk analysis) • How will it hurt? (impacts) • What can be done? (response & mitigation)

14. Incident support might include: • Incident-specific weather forecasts • Tides & currents • Overflight observations • Modeling & trajectory forecasts • Pollutant chemistry, fate & environmental effects • Natural resources at risk (RAR) • Information management • Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) • Environmental issues & trade-offs • Cleanup recommendations & monitoring • Consultation • Other stuff…

15. Environmental & HazMat Chemistry Staff chemists (Seattle) • Response Support • CAMEO/ADIOS Development • Chemical Reactivity Contract lab support (LSU) • Hazard characterization • Field Support (Sampling-Consultation) • Analytical Support • GC/MS Oil Fingerprinting • GC/MS Quantitative Analyses • On-Site Analytical Chemistry

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17. Overflight observations

18. Field support • SCAT • Cleanup recommendations • Monitoring & oversight

19. www.incidentnews.gov

20. Support between incidents • Response • Planning • ACPs, RRT, JRT • ERAs & TAP • POC for NOAA models • Drill support • Training coordination

21. Factsheets, manuals & job aids • Shoreline Assessment Manual • SCAT • Oil Observation Job Aids • Response in Tropical Habitats • Spills & Seafood Safety

22. Questions? NOAA Emergency Response Division “NOAA Hazmat” www.response.restoration.noaa.gov