OR&R across the U.S.
The map below shows the location of Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) field staff from its two divisions:
- the Emergency Response Division (ERD)
- the Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD)
Emergency Response Division (ERD):
OR&R's Emergency Response Division (ERD), formerly the Hazardous Materials Response Division (HAZMAT), consists of an interdisciplinary scientific team that responds to oil and chemical spills in U.S. waters and helps the On-Scene Coordinator make timely operational decisions. The team is headquartered at NOAA's campus in Seattle; however ERD's Scientific Support Coordinators (SSCs), located around the country, lead the team at spills, drawing on the team's spill trajectory estimates, chemical hazards analyses, and assessments of the sensitivity of biological and human-use resources. In addition, ERD scientists assess the extent of environmental injury and assist ARD with initiation of natural resource damage assessment. OR&R staff members also represent NOAA and the DOC on the National Response Team and Regional Response Teams.
Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD):
OR&R's Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD) protects and restores coastal habitats and resources affected by hazardous materials releases or ship grounding. All of ARD's efforts, from assessment to restoration, are coordinated at a regional level. ARD's Regional Resource Coordinators (RRCs) are NOAA environmental scientists who work to provide the technical foundation for assessments of ecological risk and environmental and economic injury from contamination at hazardous waste sites and to improve coordination among trustee agencies.
Contact ERD SSCs:
USCG District 1
Steve Lehmann
NOAA SSC
CDR 1st Coast Guard District (MEP)
408 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Phone: 617.223.8016 | USCG District 5
Frank Csulak
NOAA SSC
74 MaGruder Road
Highlands, New Jersey 07732
Phone: 732.872.3005 | USCG Districts 1 and 5
Ed Levine
NOAA SSC
USCG Battery Park Building
1 South Street, Room 301
New York, New York 10004
Phone: 212.668.6428 | USCG District 7
Brad Benggio
NOAA SSC
909 SE 1st Avenue
Brickell Plaza Federal Building
Miami, Florida 33131
Phone: 305.530.7931
Jim Jeansonne
NOAA SSC Rep
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33702
Phone: 727.551.5714 | USCG District 8
Charlie Henry
NOAA SSC
Prevention, USCG 8th District (DP-SSC)
500 Poydras Street, Suite 1341
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Phone: 504.589.4414
LTjg Mary Barber
NOAA Deputy SSC
Prevention, USCG 8th District (DP-SSC)
500 Poydras Street, Suite 1341
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Phone: 206.849.9953
Jim Jeansonne
NOAA SSC Rep
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33702
Phone: 727.551.5714 | USCG District 9
LCDR Elizabeth Jones
NOAA SSC
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office
AJC Federal Building
1240 E 9th Street, Suite 307
Cleveland, Ohio 44199
Phone: 216.522.7760 | USCG District 11
Jordan Stout
NOAA SSC
Coast Guard Island, Building 51-1
Alameda, California 94501-5100
Phone: 510.437.5344 | USCG District 13 and 14
Ruth Yender
NOAA SSC
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98115
Phone: 206.526.6081
LTjg Josh Slater
NOAA Deputy SSC
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98115
Phone: 206.526.4883 | USCG District 17
John Whitney
NOAA SSC
Peterson Towers Building, Suite 100
510 L Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: 907.271.3593 |
Contact ERD National Response Staff:
Doug Helton
NOAA Incident Operations Coordinator
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Building 3, Room 2005
Seattle, Washington 98115
Phone: 206.526.4563 | John Tarpley
NOAA Regional Operations Branch Chief
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Building 3, Room 2006
Seattle, Washington 98115
Phone: 206.526.6338 |
For general assessment and restoration regional issues, contact ARD Regional Branch Chiefs:
Northeast Branch
Tom Brosnan
NOAA / ARD
1305 East West Highway
SSMC4 Station 10433
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 301.713.3038 | Southeast-Gulf Branch
Tony Penn
NOAA / ARD
1305 East West Highway
SSMC4 Station 10441
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 301.713.3038 | Pacific Coast-Islands Branch
Mary Baker (Acting Branch Chief)
NOAA / ARD
7600 Sandpoint Way N.E.
Seattle, Washington 98115
Phone: 206.526.6315 | Mid Atlantic-Great Lakes Branch
Tom Brosnan (Acting Branch Chief)
NOAA / ARD
1305 East West Highway
SSMC4 Station 10433
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 301.713.3038 |
For specific hazardous waste site issues, contact ARD RRCs:
EPA Region I
Ken Finkelstein
NOAA / ARD
c/o EPA Region I, Mail Code HIO
1 Congress St.
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Phone: 617.918.1499 | EPA Region 2
Lisa Rosman
Reyhan Mehran
NOAA / ARD
290 Broadway, 18th Floor, Room 1831
New York, New York 10007-1866
Phone: 212.637.3259 / 212.637.3257 | EPA Region 3
Peter Knight
Simeon Hahn
NOAA / ARD
c/o EPA Region III, Mail Code 3HS41
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Phone: 215.814.3321 / 215.814.5419 | EPA Region 4
Tom Dillon
Michel Gielazyn
NOAA / ARD
61 Forsyth St.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone: 404.562.8639 / 404.562.8646 | EPA Region 5
Todd Goeks
Jen Lawton
NOAA / ARD
Mail Code SR-6J
77 West Jackson
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: 312.886.7527 / 312.886.4663 | EPA Region 6
Jessica White
NOAA / ARD
Suite 1200, Mail Code 6SF-L
1445 Ross Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75202
Phone: 214.665.2217 | EPA Region 9
Laurie Sullivan
NOAA / ARD
c/o EPA Region IX, Mail Code SFD-8
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Phone: 415.972.3210 | Denise Klimas
NOAA / ARD
8800 Cal Center Dr.
Sacramento, California 95826
Phone: 916.255.6686 | EPA Region 10
Marla Steinhoff
Rob Neely
NOAA / ARD
c/o EPA Region X, Mail Code ECL-117
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101
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