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All the pieces of information on the Web site are an end in themselves, rather than leading to a downloadable resource or a link to another site.
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Inspiring Students and Teachers Information and activities for students and teachers who'd like to learn more about oil spills or hazardous chemical accidents.
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Assessing Risk to Ecological Resources Assessing hazardous waste sites that threaten NOAA's trust resources.
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Restoration Planning Tools Describing NOAA's responsibilities, defining restoration terms, assessing injuries to natural resources and approaches to restoration.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Responding to Oil Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to oil spills in the coastal environment.
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Featured Case Studies Highlighting selected cases and restoration projects with summary information about project implementation.
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Helping Revitalize Communities Working locally to help communities revitalize waterfronts through environmental remediation and restoration.
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Supporting Local and Regional Decision-Making Working to support community decisions that promote sustainable uses of coastal resources.
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Integrating Remediation and Restoration Merging remediation and restoration planning to promote timely, effective, and efficient protection and restoration of degraded coastal resources.
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Restoration Projects Summarizes restoration projects conducted by NOAA and our partners in order to recover natural resources.
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Responding to Chemical Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to chemical spills in the coastal environment.
• view all 7 Articles regarding Responding to Chemical Spills
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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.
• view all 10 Articles regarding Watershed Database & Mapping Projects
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Planning for Environmental Emergencies Information to help contingency planners protect regions against oil and chemical spills.
• view all 18 Articles regarding Planning for Environmental Emergencies
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Assessing Environmental Harm Evaluating oil and chemical behavior and assessing effects and damage from spills.
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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.
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Abandoned Vessels Identifying and removing vessels abandoned in sensitive coastal environments.
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Recent and Historical Incidents Responses to oil and chemical spills.
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Hurricane Ike Response Description of OR&R's on-going response to Hurricane Ike. (updated: September 17, 2008) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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IncidentNews News and information on current and historical incidents, including the July 23, 2008 collision and oil spill in New Orleans, LA. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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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