The Office of Response and Restoration's (OR&R) interdisciplinary scientific spill team responds to oil and chemical spills and other emergencies, providing critical advice for federal response efforts. Scientists forecast the movement and behavior of spilled oil and chemicals, evaluate the risk to natural resources, recommend appropriate cleanup actions, and initiate natural resource damage assessments. OR&R strengthens the nation's response capabilities by conducting research, monitoring impacted areas, developing software products and technical guidance, and conducting preparedness activities through training and event simulation. OR&R also represents the Department of Commerce on the National Response Team and Regional Response Teams.
Natural Resource Assessment and Restorationedit
As a natural resource trustee, OR&R works on a cross-NOAA team to protect and restore marine resources threatened by waste sites and oil spills. OR&R scientists and economists work in partnership with federal, state, and local agencies, the public and industry to assess risk and injuries to NOAA trust resources, provide technical advice, and recommend protective cleanup actions. OR&R conducts natural resource damage assessments by assessing environmental and economic injury and plans restoration. The Office works cooperatively with other agencies, responsible parties, and communities to resolve natural resource liability and implement restoration projects. OR&R also develops and tests new approaches for improved and cost-effective cleanup strategies, damage assessment, and restoration.
Pribilof Island Remediationedit
Since 1999, OR&R has led the restoration and cleanup of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. With the goal to remove debris and contamination and close landfills left behind from the U.S. government's management of the commercial fur seal harvest (1867 to 1983), OR&R has remediated 93% of the contaminated sites. This effort will enable the transfer of federal lands to local island entities. Throughout this project OR&R has used cutting-edge technologies and techniques for its investigations, remediation, spatial data collection, and data visualization to ensure effective cleanup management and communication with stakeholders.[citation needed]
Marine Debris Cleanup and Preventionedit
OR&R administers NOAA's Marine Debris Program. The Program was re-established in 2005 and supports domestic and international efforts to prevent, identify, remove, and reduce the occurrence of marine debris. The Program is identifying and evaluating the adverse impacts of marine debris and designing programs to inform industry and the public of the problem and action needed to solve it. The Marine Debris Program is also developing and implementing projects that minimize the amount of debris entering the oceans and providing funding opportunities for other agencies, academia, interest groups, and communities that are also trying to reduce and prevent marine debris.
office, response, restoration, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august, 2023, learn. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Office of Response and Restoration news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view August 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message The Office of Response and Restoration OR amp R is a program office of the National Ocean Service and a natural resource trustee that protects the coastal environment from oil and hazardous material releases and restores damage caused by such releases Contents 1 Oil and Chemical Spill Response 2 Natural Resource Assessment and Restoration 3 Pribilof Island Remediation 4 Marine Debris Cleanup and Prevention 5 See also 6 External linksOil and Chemical Spill Response edit nbsp The shore of the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco California The Office of Response and Restoration s OR amp R interdisciplinary scientific spill team responds to oil and chemical spills and other emergencies providing critical advice for federal response efforts Scientists forecast the movement and behavior of spilled oil and chemicals evaluate the risk to natural resources recommend appropriate cleanup actions and initiate natural resource damage assessments OR amp R strengthens the nation s response capabilities by conducting research monitoring impacted areas developing software products and technical guidance and conducting preparedness activities through training and event simulation OR amp R also represents the Department of Commerce on the National Response Team and Regional Response Teams Natural Resource Assessment and Restoration editAs a natural resource trustee OR amp R works on a cross NOAA team to protect and restore marine resources threatened by waste sites and oil spills OR amp R scientists and economists work in partnership with federal state and local agencies the public and industry to assess risk and injuries to NOAA trust resources provide technical advice and recommend protective cleanup actions OR amp R conducts natural resource damage assessments by assessing environmental and economic injury and plans restoration The Office works cooperatively with other agencies responsible parties and communities to resolve natural resource liability and implement restoration projects OR amp R also develops and tests new approaches for improved and cost effective cleanup strategies damage assessment and restoration Pribilof Island Remediation editSince 1999 OR amp R has led the restoration and cleanup of the Pribilof Islands Alaska With the goal to remove debris and contamination and close landfills left behind from the U S government s management of the commercial fur seal harvest 1867 to 1983 OR amp R has remediated 93 of the contaminated sites This effort will enable the transfer of federal lands to local island entities Throughout this project OR amp R has used cutting edge technologies and techniques for its investigations remediation spatial data collection and data visualization to ensure effective cleanup management and communication with stakeholders citation needed Marine Debris Cleanup and Prevention editOR amp R administers NOAA s Marine Debris Program The Program was re established in 2005 and supports domestic and international efforts to prevent identify remove and reduce the occurrence of marine debris The Program is identifying and evaluating the adverse impacts of marine debris and designing programs to inform industry and the public of the problem and action needed to solve it The Marine Debris Program is also developing and implementing projects that minimize the amount of debris entering the oceans and providing funding opportunities for other agencies academia interest groups and communities that are also trying to reduce and prevent marine debris See also edit nbsp Environment portal nbsp Ecology portal nbsp Earth sciences portal Ecology Earth Science Natural environment Nature Conservation Movement Sustainability BiodiversityExternal links editOffice of Response and Restoration OR amp R National Ocean Service NOAA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Office of Response and Restoration amp oldid 1172935051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
