North Slope Borough-An Oil Spill Workshop (NRDA & ERMA®)

Thursday, November 8, 2012 to Friday, November 9, 2012
The Inupiat Heritage Center, Barrow, Alaska

North Slope Borough Workshop Report

Meeting Goal

The goal of this meeting will be to discuss community involvement in spill response and natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) and restoration/recovery.

  • To integrate local community knowledge into Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®)
  • To enhance relationships between local communities and government agencies regarding planning and preparation for potential oil spill response, NRDA and restoration/recovery.

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Break out Group Questions

Pre-reading Resources

Meeting Location

The Inupiat Heritage Center
Barrow, AK
(907) 852-0422

Lodging

Top of the World Hotel (use booking code: oil spill workshop )
Barrow, Alaska 99723
(907) 852-3900
(Use booking code: oil spill workshop for rate of $190 plus tax per room (Government rate: $159.00 plus tax)

Local Transportation

City Bus will shuttle from Top of the World Hotel to/from Inupiat Heritage Center (free)
Taxis - flat rate of $6.00

Working Organizing Committee

Nancy Kinner, CRRC Co-Director nancy.kinner@unh.edu
Amy Merten, NOAA Co-Director, ORR Spatial Data Team amy.merten@noaa.gov
Mary Baker, NOAA ORR ARD mary.baker@noaa.gov
Cheryl Rosa, U.S. Arctic Research Commission crosa@arctic.gov
Gary Shigenaka, NOAA gary.shigenaka@noaa.gov
George Edwardson, Inupiat Traditional Government george_edwardson@hotmail.com
Jennifer Schorr, Alaska Dept of Law jennifer.schorr@alaska.gov
Johnny Aiken, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission aewc1@gci.net
Randy Hoffbeck, North Slope Borough randy.hoffbeck@north-slope.org
John Whitney, NOAA john.whitney@noaa.gov
Scott Pegau, OSRI wspegau@pwssc.org
Todd Sformo, Dept of Wildlife Management Todd.Sformo@north-slope.org


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