Incident Responses for February 2024 Posted Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:47 Last month, OR&R provided scientific support for 26 marine pollution incidents—including 15 new incidents that included an abandoned mystery drum in Puerto Rico and an international incident in the Red Sea. In our latest blog, view the full list of our response efforts in February. Tags Emergency Response Division (ERD) emergency response oil spill Marine Debris ..read more

Enhancing NOAA Tools for Spill Risk Analysis Posted Wed, 02/07/2024 - 08:59 By Donna L. Roberts, Office of Response and Restoration OR&R created the Trajactory Analysis Planner, or TAP, to help answer the question: Where will spilled oil likely go? Recent enhancements make the NOAA software tool more flexible and easier for planners and responders to use when preparing for and minimizing harm caused by oil spills. Tags ERMA modeling oil spill ..read more

Incident Responses for August 2023 Posted Thu, 10/05/2023 - 12:44 So far this year, OR&R has provided support for 111 incidents. During August 2023, OR&R provided response support for 21 incidents, including 16 new incidents in nine different states and one U.S. Territory (a vessel grounded in Puerto Rico). Tags oil spill Emergency Response Division (ERD) hurricane idalia submarineFV Pacific Producer ..read more

Advances in Pollution Response and Assessment Science Posted Tue, 08/22/2023 - 15:57 As new and more intense forms of marine pollution threaten coastal ecosystems, economies, and communities, scientists from NOAA OR&R collaborate with leading experts on topics like marine debris, environmental economics, endangered species, environmental chemistry, and many other subjects that intersect with pollution science. This blog highlights some recently published scientific advances supporting pollution response and assessment. Tags oil spill Arctic oil slick thickness marsh amphipod PAH dolp ..read more

Incident Responses for July 2023 Posted Tue, 08/15/2023 - 18:11 So far this year, OR&R has provided support for 96 incidents. During July 2023, OR&R provided response support for 21 incidents, including 17 new incidents in seven different states and one international incident (a fire at an offshore production well in Mexico). Tags oil spill Emergency Response Division (ERD) Rivers car carrier vehicle carrier RORO mystery spill ..read more

Incident Responses for June 2023 Posted Wed, 07/19/2023 - 15:44 So far this year, OR&R has provided support for 77 incidents. During June 2023, OR&R provided response support for 17 incidents, including 12 new incidents in 10 different states. Tags oil spill Rivers Emergency Response Division (ERD ..read more

Incident Responses for April 2023 Posted Tue, 05/30/2023 - 13:22 So far this year, OR&R has provided support to 54 incidents. In April 2023, OR&R provided response support to 19 incidents, including seven new incidents in five different states. Tags oil spill Emergency Response Division (ERD ..read more

Acting to Prevent a Catastrophic Oil Spill in the Red Sea Posted Fri, 01/06/2023 - 13:13 NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration When oil or chemicals spill into coastal U.S. waters, the U.S. Coast Guard is the primary federal government agency charged with overseeing the response. To assist them, NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration is mandated to provide science-based expertise to help them make informed decisions during these emergency operations. Read more about Acting to Prevent a Catastrophic Oil Spill in the Red Sea Add new comment Tags Emergency Response Division (ERD ..read more

Incident Responses for November 2022 Posted Thu, 12/15/2022 - 22:14 Every month, OR&R’s Emergency Response Division provides scientific expertise and services to the U.S. Coast Guard on everything from running oil spill trajectories to model where the spill may spread, to identifying possible effects on wildlife and fisheries and estimates on how long the oil may stay in the environment. We also get requests to track and model other floating objects. So far this year, OR&R has provided support to 140 incidents. In November 2022, OR&R provided response support to 22 incidents, in ..read more

Giving Thanks for the Partnerships that Make a Spill Response Happen Posted Wed, 11/23/2022 - 14:16 When an oil spill happens, it’s usually not just one agency that responds. Oftentimes, it’s an entire spill response community that bands together to clean up the spill, protect the environment from any impacts, and begin working on recovery. Read more about Giving Thanks for the Partnerships that Make a Spill Response Happen Add new comment Tags oil spill Puget Sound Washington ..read more