Here are several ways to contact NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) and its staff:
- OR&R Headquarters
- Media Inquiries
- OR&R's Divisions (Emergency Response, Assessment and Restoration, Marine Debris)
- OR&R's Field Staff (SSCs, RRCs, Marine Debris Division regional staff)
- Software, Products, and Publications
- NOAA Staff Directory
- Employment/Careers
To receive updates from OR&R, subscribe to our monthly email newsletter. If you have any problems accessing or using the information or products on this website, please review our Accessibility page.
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 240.533.0391 Email: orr.webmaster@noaa.gov
If you're a journalist or member of the media with a question about OR&R and its activities, please check our For Media page, or direct specific questions to Ben Sherman, NOAA National Ocean Service Public Affairs, at 301.713.3066 or Ben.Sherman@noaa.gov.
You're welcome to use the pictures on our website, except for the very few photos credited to other organizations. All NOAA images are in the public domain and are free to use; however, we would appreciate your providing credit to us, NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration.
Here is information for the three divisions, including contact information for field staff around the country.
Emergency Response Division (ERD)
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Emergency Response Division
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115-6349
Spill Emergency Phone (24-hour): 206.526.4911
Fax: 206.526.6329
Email: erd.webmaster@noaa.gov
To report an oil or chemical spill in U.S. waters, call the U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802.
Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD)
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Assessment and Restoration Division
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115-0070
Phone: 206.526.6317
Fax: 206.526.6865
Email: ard.webmaster@noaa.gov
Marine Debris Division
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Marine Debris Division
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 240.533.0391 Email: marinedebris.web@noaa.gov
Contact any of the staff to ask about OR&R software, products, and publications:
For Information About: | Contact: |
NOAA OR&R publications | orr.erd.publications@noaa.gov |
Oil and hazardous chemical spills | orr.spills@noaa.gov |
Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps | orr.esi@noaa.gov |
CAMEO software suite (CAMEOfm, ALOHA, MARPLOT, CAMEO Chemicals) |
orr.cameo@noaa.gov |
Coastal Hazardous Waste Site Reports | ard.webmaster@noaa.gov |
Query Manager database standard and query tool | orr.querymanager@noaa.gov |
Sediment Guidelines (SQuiRTs) | orr.webmaster@noaa.gov |
ADIOS oil weathering model | orr.adios@noaa.gov |
GNOME oil trajectory model and GOODS online tool | orr.gnome@noaa.gov |
TAP trajectory analysis model | orr.tap@noaa.gov |
CAFE chemical aquatic fate/effects database | orr.cafe@noaa.gov |
Chemical Reactivity Worksheet | orr.reactivity@noaa.gov |
SMART monitoring program | smart.mail@noaa.gov |
Response System Planning Tools (formerly Spill Tools™) | orr.spilltools@noaa.gov |
ERMA® online mapping tool | orr.erma@noaa.gov |
Response training | orr.training@noaa.gov |
Locate OR&R staff members or people working elsewhere in NOAA, using the NOAA Staff Directory.
Employment/Careers
Visit USAJOBS, the federal government's official one-stop source for federal jobs and employment information. This site provides job listings daily, as well as applications, forms, and employment fact sheets. Learn about internship opportunities with OR&R. Gain valuable resume-building experience and an insider's perspective from the nation's scientific leader in oil spill response, restoration, and marine debris. Consider a career with the NOAA Corps. The NOAA Corps provides a cadre of professionals trained in engineering, earth sciences, oceanography, meteorology, fisheries science, and other related disciplines. Officers operate ships, fly aircraft, facilitate research projects, conduct diving operations, and serve in staff positions throughout NOAA.