Welcome March 24 2011 Welcome and Opening Comments

Welcome! March 24, 2011

Welcome and Opening Comments Captain Verne Gifford Commanding Officer USCG Sector SE New England

Agenda l l l l Introductions Agency Reports USCG Sector SENE Response Trailer Update Providence FD Boom Deployment Exercise PREP Full-scale Exercise – Aug 2 -3, 2011 Southshore MA GRP Project & Upcoming GRP Exercises 2010 SONS Exercise – Lessons Learned Decisions Made & New Action Items

Introductions Name Organization Job Title

Review of Previous Meeting

Action Items & Status l NOAA SSC to form a workgroup for In Situ Burning & Dispersant Pre-Authorization review. STATUS: Pends l 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 l effective use and compensation issues are institutionalized in our ACP. STATUS: Draft Completed l

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

RI DEM Mr. James Ball Emergency Response Administrator

MA DEP Mr. Dan Crafton Acting Section Chief, Emergency Response Southeast Regional Office

USCG First District Mr. Mike Popovich Environmental Equipment Specialist Incident Management Division District Response Advisory Team

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

US DOI Mr. Andrew Raddant Regional Environmental Officer Office of Environmental Policy & Compliance

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

Other Updates or Comments?

USCG Sector SENE Response Trailers NEW Pollution Response Equipment Trailer staged in Point Judith, RI

BREAK

Providence Fire Dept Boom Deployment Exercise December 2, 2010 Chief Michael Dillon Asst Chief, Providence FD

PREP Full-scale Exercise August 2 -3, 2011 Mr. Peter Popko Chief, Contingency Planning & Force Readiness USCG Sector SE New England

Southshore MA GRP Project & Upcoming GRP Exercises Mr. Rich Packard

SONS Exercise 2010 Lessons Learned

Review of Decisions Made and New Action Items LT Amber Ward

Future Events l EPA Tabletop Exercise – Mar 30, 2011(Providence, RI) l International Oil Spill Conference, May 23 -26, 2011 (Portland, OR) http: //www. iosc. org/ l Tri-State (CT-RI-MA) Tabletop Exercise – May 12, 2011 l PREP Industry Led FSE – Aug 2 -3, 2011 (Providence, RI) l Tri-State Full Scale Exercise – Sep 10, 2011 l PREP/AMSTEP Tabletop Exercise – Sep 2012 (Tentative)

Next Meetings l June 2, 2011 (Tentative) l September l December 1, 2011 (Tentative)

Closing Comments CAPT Verne Gifford

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