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Pages on our site that provide access to publications containing scientific information, field guides, and other material.
Restoration Planning Tools Describing NOAA's responsibilities, defining restoration terms, assessing injuries to natural resources and approaches to restoration.
Mercury in Aquatic Habitats
Assessing Risk to Ecological Resources Assessing hazardous waste sites that threaten NOAA's trust resources.
PCB Changes in Fish After Remediation of a Hazardous Waste Site
Screening Quick Reference Tables (SQuiRTs)
ARD Technical Publications on Our Site
Seafood Safety after an Oil Spill
Sediment Quality Guidelines (ERL/ERM)
• view all 8 Publications regarding Assessing Risk to Ecological Resources
NOAA's Emergency Response Program NOAA's cross-cutting program to build and sustain the agency's ability to respond effectively to emergencies.
Fact Sheets: ERD Products and Services
Responding to Oil Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to oil spills in the coastal environment.
An FOSC's Guide to NOAA Scientific Support
Characteristics of Response Strategies: A Guide for Spill Response Planning in Marine Environments
Characteristic Coastal Habitats: Choosing Spill Response Alternatives
Trajectory Analysis Handbook
Job Aid Order Form
• view all 14 Publications regarding Responding to Oil Spills
Featured Case Studies Highlighting selected cases and restoration projects with summary information about project implementation.
Poplar Point Restoration
Helping Revitalize Communities Working locally to help communities revitalize waterfronts through environmental remediation and restoration.
Elliott's Old Saint Paul Island Map
Fact Sheets About OR&R
OR&R State Summary fact sheets
Seal Plant Building Restoration Web Report
Summaries of Portfields and Brownfields Projects
• view all 6 Publications regarding Helping Revitalize Communities
Restoration Projects Summarizes restoration projects conducted by NOAA and our partners in order to recover natural resources.
Poplar Point Restoration
Utility of AVS/EqP in Hazardous Waste Site Evaluations
Review of Sediment Quality Investigations in San Francisco Bay
Supporting Local and Regional Decision-Making Working to support community decisions that promote sustainable uses of coastal resources.
Fact Sheets About OR&R
OR&R State Summary fact sheets
Poplar Point Restoration
Sediment Quality Guidelines (ERL/ERM)
Integrating Remediation and Restoration Merging remediation and restoration planning to promote timely, effective, and efficient protection and restoration of degraded coastal resources.
Poplar Point Restoration
Responding to Chemical Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to chemical spills in the coastal environment.
An FOSC's Guide to NOAA Scientific Support
Fact Sheets: ERD Products and Services
Planning for Environmental Emergencies Information to help contingency planners protect regions against oil and chemical spills.
Characteristics of Response Strategies: A Guide for Spill Response Planning in Marine Environments
Characteristic Coastal Habitats: Choosing Spill Response Alternatives
Trajectory Analysis Handbook
Oil and Sea Turtles: Biology, Planning, and Response
Oil Spills in Mangroves: Planning and Response Considerations
• view all 8 Publications regarding Planning for Environmental Emergencies
Assessing Environmental Harm Evaluating oil and chemical behavior and assessing effects and damage from spills.
Characteristics of Response Strategies: A Guide for Spill Response Planning in Marine Environments
Characteristic Coastal Habitats: Choosing Spill Response Alternatives
Oil and Sea Turtles: Biology, Planning, and Response
Oil Spills in Mangroves: Planning and Response Considerations
Open Water Oil Identification Job Aid for Aerial Observation
• view all 10 Publications regarding Assessing Environmental Harm
Recent and Historical Incidents Responses to oil and chemical spills.
Oil and Hazardous Materials Response Reports
Current News:
GNOME The GNOME Development team has released a Location File for New York Harbor, plus an updated GNOME 1.3.0! (updated: September 9, 2008)
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)
New Orleans Spill Incident: Barge DM932 NOAA OR&R's scientific support team is assisting the U.S. Coast Guard and the State of Louisiana in their response to the collision of vessels near New Orleans on July 23, 2008. (updated: July 29, 2008)
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Assessment Project Status report of Suisun Bay project. (updated: July 3, 2008)
Of Special Note:
IncidentNews News and information on current and historical incidents, including the July 23, 2008 collision and oil spill in New Orleans, LA.
About the Watershed Database and Mapping Projects NOAA's Assessment and Restoration Division has developed numerous Watershed Database and Mapping Projects that combine a standard database structure, a database application (Query Manager), and GIS data.
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.
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