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Information targeted to other government agencies with emergency response, remediation, and restoration missions.
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NOAA's Emergency Response Program NOAA's cross-cutting program to build and sustain the agency's ability to respond effectively to emergencies.
OR&R Budget Overview
About the Emergency Response Program
Assessing Risk to Ecological Resources Assessing hazardous waste sites that threaten NOAA's trust resources.
Query Manager and MARPLOT
Sediment Guidelines
Marine Debris Marine debris is any man-made object discarded, disposed of, or abandoned that enters the coastal or marine environment. It may enter directly from a ship, or indirectly when washed out to sea via rivers, streams and storm drains.


Marine debris threatens oceans and coasts; marine mammals, fish, and seabirds; human health and safety; and navigation.

OR&R Budget Overview

Restoration Planning Tools Describing NOAA's responsibilities, defining restoration terms, assessing injuries to natural resources and approaches to restoration.
What is ARD's role in waste site cleanup?
What are NOAA trust resources?
Responding to Oil Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to oil spills in the coastal environment.
SOS Workshops
Dispersant Mission Planner (DMP2)
Workshops for Emergency Responders and Planners
Training for Emergency Responders and Planners
Job Aids for Spill Response
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Protecting Coastal Resources Evaluating pollutants in the coastal environment and determining remediation measures to protect coastal resources from further harm caused by those pollutants.
Query Manager and MARPLOT
Helping Revitalize Communities Working locally to help communities revitalize waterfronts through environmental remediation and restoration.
OR&R Budget Overview
OR&R Efforts in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Featured Case Studies Highlighting selected cases and restoration projects with summary information about project implementation.
OR&R Efforts in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Restoration at Bar Beach Lagoon, Long Island, New York
Strandley Manning
Restoration in Jefferson County, Texas
Restoration of Commencement Bay, Tacoma, Washington
Responding to Chemical Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to chemical spills in the coastal environment.
Workshops for Emergency Responders and Planners
Training for Emergency Responders and Planners
Integrating Remediation and Restoration Merging remediation and restoration planning to promote timely, effective, and efficient protection and restoration of degraded coastal resources.
Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration Project
Supporting Local and Regional Decision-Making Working to support community decisions that promote sustainable uses of coastal resources.
Workshops for Emergency Responders and Planners
Training for Emergency Responders and Planners
OR&R Hawaii Data Management Partnership Reaps Rewards
Query Manager and MARPLOT
Vieques Crab Sampling Study
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Restoration Projects Summarizes restoration projects conducted by NOAA and our partners in order to recover natural resources.
OR&R Budget Overview
Naval Construction Battalion Center
Restoration at City of Baytown, Texas
Restoration in Galveston Bay, Texas
Restoration in Marysville, Washington
Planning for Environmental Emergencies Information to help contingency planners protect regions against oil and chemical spills.
SOS Workshops
Dispersant Mission Planner (DMP2)
Workshops for Emergency Responders and Planners
Training for Emergency Responders and Planners
Job Aids for Spill Response
Watershed Database & Mapping Projects NOAA's Assessment and Restoration Division has developed numerous Watershed Database and Mapping Projects. Because each project is unique, with its own characteristics, their components vary. But each builds upon a standard database structure and a data delivery application (Query Manager). Most include GIS data as well.
Ordering Watershed Database and Mapping Projects
OR&R Efforts in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Query Manager and MARPLOT
Abandoned Vessels Identifying and removing vessels abandoned in sensitive coastal environments.
Abandoned Vessel Program Overview
Abandoned Vessel Program Resources Online
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Through the NRDA process, DARRP and co-trustees conduct studies to identify the extent of resource injuries, the best methods for restoring those resources, and the type and amount of restoration required.
About Damage Assessment

Featured Software & Data Sets for Other Agencies Pages on our site that provide access to software created by the Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) to aid first responders, planners, and restoration practitioners.
Small image of a chemical responder in protective gear. CAMEO Software Suite Programs
Tools for emergency responders and planners, including CAMEO, CAMEO Chemicals, ALOHA, and MARPLOT.
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Featured Publications for Other Agencies Pages on our site that provide access to publications containing scientific information, field guides, and other material.
 An FOSC's Guide to NOAA Scientific Support
A guidebook for oil and chemical spill responders, describing the products and services that the NOAA Scientific Support Team (SST) can provide to Federal On-Scene Coordinators (FOSCs).
Summaries of Portfields and Brownfields Projects
OR&R's work in helping revitalize port communities and managing Brownfield sites.
Mercury in Aquatic Habitats
Review of published literature on mercury chemistry, bioaccumulation and toxicity.
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Featured Web Portals for Other Agencies Pages on our site that provide information about and access to Web sites of closely-related agencies and programs.
Sketch of several chemical vials. CAMEO Chemicals Web Portal
A Web portal for CAMEO Chemicals, an easy-to-use, online tool for emergency responders and planners. Use this free Web site to search for chemicals, get response recommendations, and find out how chemicals would react if they mixed.
Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program
NOAA's Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) is responsible for assessing and restoring coastal and marine resources injured by oil spills, hazardous substance releases, and vessel groundings.
NOAA Coastal Brownfields Web Portal
Web portal link to OCRM Coastal Brownfields web site.
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Current News: Other Agencies
SOS Workshops OR&R's Science of Oil Spills (SOS) Workshops focus on evaluating environmental risks during spills and making decisions to optimize environmental recovery. The next SOS Workshop is scheduled for October 21-23, 2008. (updated: August 11, 2008)
Of Special Note: Other Agencies
An FOSC's Guide to NOAA Scientific Support A guidebook for oil and chemical spill responders, describing the products and services that the NOAA Scientific Support Team (SST) can provide to Federal On-Scene Coordinators (FOSCs).
CAMEO Chemicals Web Portal A Web portal for CAMEO Chemicals, an easy-to-use, online tool for emergency responders and planners. Use this free Web site to search for chemicals, get response recommendations, and find out how chemicals would react if they mixed.
CAMEO Software Suite Programs Tools for emergency responders and planners, including CAMEO, CAMEO Chemicals, ALOHA, and MARPLOT.
Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program NOAA's Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) is responsible for assessing and restoring coastal and marine resources injured by oil spills, hazardous substance releases, and vessel groundings.
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