Wednesday, June 8, 2016 to Thursday, June 9, 2016
Mobile, AL
WORKSHOP REPORT: Natural Disaster Causing Technology Disasters in Mobile Bay Area
Natural Disaster Causing Technical Disasters in Mobile Bay
This workshop is sponsored by NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration, particularly the Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center.
Responding to all-hazards emergencies and disasters is most often a local or regional activity conducted under state and federal frameworks such as the National Contingency Framework and the National Contingency Plan. This NOAA workshop will focus on preparedness, planning and improving response to a potential hurricane resulting in damage to industrial/technological facilities in Mobile Bay area (e.g., oil storage). The goal of this workshop will be to evaluate mechanisms for response to a spill and understanding of affected stakeholders and tradeoffs in response in the text of a concurrent natural disaster (e.g., flooding, human impacts).
Workshop Resources (no particular order)
- New Sea Grant Fact Sheet On Federal Laws and Policies that Govern Oil Spill Response
- National Response Framework (2008)
- Overview of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Overview of Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF)
- Overview of Stafford Act Support to States
- FEMA List of Acronym Definitions
- EPA On-Scene Coordinator website
- NOAA Incident News
- NOAA DWH Diver (scientific data collection)
- European Union Natech
- European Union Electronic Regional Risk Atlas (ERRA) Map
- Cascadia Rising 2016 exercise
- Regional Response Team (RRT), Region IV
Presentations
- Welcome & Overview, Nancy Kinner, CRRC, UNH
- Background & Workshop Goals, Charlie Henry, NOAA GOM Disaster Response Center
- Response Case Study: Stafford Act Response, Kim Albins, NOAA Marine Debris Program
- Response Case Study: OPA 90 Response, Adam Davis, NOAA ORR ERD SSC
- Federal Disaster Response Legislation Refresher & Primer: National Incident Management System (NIMS) and National Response Framework (NRF), CDR Lynn, USCG Gulf Strike Team
- Federal Disaster Response Legislation Refresher & Primer: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), Ashley Leflore, Emergency Management Planner, US Army Corps of Engineers
- Federal Spill Regulations Refresher and Primer: Clean Water Act, OPA 90, CDR Cederholm, USCG Sector Mobile
- Federal Spill Regulations Refresher and Primer: CERCLA, Leo Francendese, USEPA
- Disaster Scenario Overview, Adam Davis, NOAA ORR ERD SSC
- Overview of Impacted Area, Tom Smith, US Army Corps of Engineers
- Summary of Impacts in Relation to Scenario Specifics, Adam Davis, NOAA ORR ERD SSC
- Day 2: Welcome and Scenario, Nancy Kinner, CRRC, UNH
- Introduction to Natural Hazards Triggering Technological Disasters (NaTECH), Nancy Kinner, CRRC, UNH
- Natural Resource Trustee Perspective on Impacts and Challenges: Damage Assessment and Restoration, Peter Tuttle, USFWS and Kevin Kirsch, NOAA
Venue
NOAA's Disaster Response Center
7344 Zeigler Blvd.
Mobile AL 36608
Lodging
Homewood Suites by Hilton
530 Providence Park Drive E
Mobile, AL 36695
(251) 634-8664
Organizing Committee
- Becky Allee, NOAA OCM
- Carol Adam-Davis, Alabama Sierra Club
- Adam Davis, NOAA ORR SSC
- Amy Gohres, NOAA DRC
- Leo Francendese, USEPA OSC
- Bob Harris & Gretchen Barrera, Port of Mobile, Environmental Section
- Nancy Kinner, Coastal Response Research Center
- Dianne Palmore, AL Dept of Environmental Management
- Susan Rees, US Army Corps of Engineers
- LaDon Swann & Tracie Sempier, MS-AL Sea Grant
- Will Underwood, AL Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources
- Roberta Swann, Mobile Bay National Estuarine Program
Questions? Please contact Kathy Mandsager, Coastal Response Research Center kathy.mandsager@unh.edu (603) 862-1545
