Tuesday, October 5, 2021
9:00 am to 1:00 pm PDTA
Virtual Event
This virtual event, hosted by NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration’s (OR&R) Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD) and the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Response Research Center will delve into these emerging oils to improve understanding of transportation routes, fate, behavior, toxicity, and analytical methods. This workshop will assist NRDA practitioners in becoming better prepared to conduct injury assessments for spills of these emerging oils. Spill responders are also encouraged to attend to learn more about these oils.
Objectives of this workshop include:
- Educating NRDA practitioners in the West Coast region about emerging oils (bakken, biodiesel, biofuels, ethanol, low-sulphur fuels, and waxy crude oil);
- Improving understanding of the fate & transport and potential damage/impact to the ecosystem; and
- Increasing understanding of these emerging oils and how they are transported.
NRDA West Coast Emerging Oils Workshop Report (released January 2022)
Video recording of plenary proceedings - Plenary Session on October 5, 2021.
Agenda
Presentations
- Welcome and Objectives, Nancy Kinner, Coastal Response Research Center and Marla Steinhoff, NOAA ORR ARD
- Overview of Tar Sands and Bakken Crudes, Heather Dettman, Natural Resources Canada
- Overview of Biodiesel, Biofuels and Ethanol, Bruce Hollebone, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Gordon Schremp, California Energy Commission
- Overview of Low-Sulphur Fuels & Waxy Crude Oil, Per Daling, SINTEF Ocean Norway
- Emerging Fuels and Their Transportation:
- Overview of Transportation, LCDR Cliff Graham, USCG HQ Offic eof Marine Environmental Response Policy
- State of Washington Perspectives on Transportation, Sonja Larson, Dept of Ecology
- State of California Perspectives on Transportation, Gordon Schremp, Energy Commission
- State of Oregon Perspectives on Transportation, Don Pettit, Dept of Environmental Quality
- Fate and Behavior, Bruce Hollebone, Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Toxicity, Julie Adams, Queen's University
- Analysis, Dalina Thrift-Viveros, NOAA OR&R Emergency Response Division
- Day 2 - Case Study of Enbridge Spill, Jessica Winter-Stoltzman, Ecochem
- Day 3 - Refresher on Bakken Oil, Heather Dettman, Natural Resources Canada
Other Resources
- Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force 2020 Annual Report
- U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly petroleum status report
Steering Committee
- Nancy Kinner, co-director Coastal Response Research Center, UNH
- Marla Steinhoff, NOAA OR&R Assessment and Restoration Division
- Geoff Baran, Washington Dept of Ecology
- Laurie Sullivan, NOAA OR&R Assessment and Restoration Division
For more information, please contact Kathy Mandsager.
