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Welcome!

Recap of key discussions, action items, and upcoming events from the Sector SE New England Pollution Response Meeting held in September 2011. Updates on environmental protocols, equipment, and future exercises.

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  1. Welcome! 1 September 2011

  2. Welcome and Opening Remarks Captain Verne Gifford Commanding Officer USCG Sector SE New England

  3. Introductions Name Organization Job Title

  4. Review of Previous Meeting

  5. Minutes Available on Homeport

  6. Action Items & Status • NOAA SSC to form a workgroup for In Situ Burning & Dispersant Pre-Authorization review. STATUS: Pends • MADEP to develop management protocols in the event of a spill to ensure: • deployment of boom systems in MADEP Pollution Response Trailers is integrated in UC decision making process • effective use and compensation issues are institutionalized in our ACP. STATUS: Completed

  7. Agency Reports • RI Dept of Environmental Management • MA Dept of Environmental Protection • US Coast Guard - First District • Nat’l Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration • US Environmental Protection Agency • Other comments or updates

  8. RI DEM Mr. James Ball Emergency Response Administrator

  9. MA DEP Mr. Paul Locke Acting Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup

  10. USCG First District Mr. Cornell Rosiu Environmental District Response Advisory Team Supervisor Incident Management Division

  11. NOAA Mr. Steve Lehmann Scientific Support Coordinator Office of Response & Restoration Emergency Response Division

  12. US EPA Mr. Tom Condon On-Scene Coordinator US EPA New England, Region I

  13. Sector SENE Pollution Response Equipment Update

  14. South Shore MA GRP Project Recent / Upcoming GPR Exercises Mr. Richard Packard MA DEP

  15. Break

  16. Area Contingency Plan Update LT Ruairi White Contingency Planning & Force Readiness USCG Sector SE New England

  17. Area Contingency Plan Signing Ceremony

  18. ExxonMobil PREP 2-3 Aug 2011 Ms. Erin Lambie Contingency Planning & Force Readiness USCG Sector SE New England

  19. Large Volume Ethanol Spills –Environmental Impacts and Response Options Mr. Albe Simenas MA DEP

  20. Additional Agenda Items? • Capitol Terminal Discharge • (31 August 2011) • Pipeline rupture • Est. 20,000 gal Hurricane IRENE Impacts and Incidents

  21. Review of Decisions Made and New Action Items

  22. Future Events • Tri-State Full Scale Exercise – Sep 10, 2011 (Providence, RI) • FEMA RISC / RRT Reg. I TTX and Meeting – September 20-22, 2011 (Niantic, CT) • Chatham/Harwich GRP Exercise – September 27, 2011 (Stage Harbor) • Tri-State Functional Exercise – November 9, 2011 (Blackstone, MA) • PREP/AMSTEP TTX – September 2012 (Tentative)

  23. Next Meetings • January 5, 2012 (Tentative) • May 3, 2012 (Tentative) • September 6, 2012 (Tentative)

  24. Closing Remarks CAPT Verne Gifford

  25. Thank You for Participating!!

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