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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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Assessing Risk to Ecological Resources Assessing hazardous waste sites that threaten NOAA's trust resources.
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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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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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Restoration Planning Tools Describing NOAA's responsibilities, defining restoration terms, assessing injuries to natural resources and approaches to restoration.
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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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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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Helping Revitalize Communities Working locally to help communities revitalize waterfronts through environmental remediation and restoration.
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Responding to Chemical Spills Information to support effective and safe responses to chemical spills in the coastal environment.
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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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Planning for Environmental Emergencies Information to help contingency planners protect regions against oil and 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.
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Assessing Environmental Harm Evaluating oil and chemical behavior and assessing effects and damage from spills.
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Recent and Historical Incidents Responses to oil and chemical spills.
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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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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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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Overview of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Includes links to many related resources, including photo galleries. |
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NOAA Restoration Portal Web Site Provides centralized access to information about NOAA restoration resources, including restoration techniques and NOAA restoration references, through a single point-of-entry. |
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