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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.
• view all 15 Articles regarding Inspiring Students and Teachers
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Assessing Risk to Ecological Resources Assessing hazardous waste sites that threaten NOAA's trust resources.
• view all 6 Articles regarding Assessing Risk to Ecological Resources
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Restoration Planning Tools Describing NOAA's responsibilities, defining restoration terms, assessing injuries to natural resources and approaches to restoration.
• view all 7 Articles regarding Restoration Planning Tools
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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.
• view all 10 Articles regarding NOAA's Emergency Response Program
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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.
• view all 11 Articles regarding Helping Revitalize Communities
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Supporting Local and Regional Decision-Making Working to support community decisions that promote sustainable uses of coastal resources.
• view all 10 Articles regarding Supporting Local and Regional Decision-Making
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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.
• view all 10 Articles regarding Restoration Projects
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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 8 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 16 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.
• view all 9 Articles regarding Assessing Environmental Harm
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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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Arctic Activities It is estimated that by 2020-2030 the Arctic Ocean will be free of multi-year ice in the summer, increasing opportunities for maritime transportation, tourism, oil and gas exploration. Along with this comes a greater possibility of spills and damage to the environment. (posted: May 1, 2009) |
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Web Site Survey Take a voluntary Web site survey to indicate your level of satisfaction with OR&R's Web offerings. (updated: April 2, 2009) |
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New MARPLOT and ALOHA Released New versions of a NOAA/EPA mapping program and chemical hazard model are now available! (updated: March 30, 2009) |
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NOAA Commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill On Friday, March 13, 2009 the Office of Response and Restoration held an event to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This NOAA Hill event focused on the progress our Nation has made in oil spill preparedness, response and restoration. (posted: March 24, 2009) |
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IncidentNews News and information on current and historical incidents, including the crash of US Air flight 1549 into the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009. |
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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 Database of hazardous chemical datasheets that emergency responders and planners can use to get response recommendations and predict hazards. Available in online and downloadable versions. |
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