Advisory Board Final slides April 2006 - University of New

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Coastal Response Research CenterAdvisory Board Meeting

April 28, 2006

WELCOME BOARD MEMBERS!

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Coastal Response Research Center

Advisory Board Meeting

April 28, 2006

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Advisory Board Membership*Today’s Attendees

• NOAA: • David Kennedy (ORR) (Chair)• Jim Murray (Sea Grant)

• USCG: • Steve Hanewich = Mark Meza

• USEPA:• Robert Varney

• API:• Robin Rorick = David Fritz

• State Agencies: • Robin Jamail (Tx GLO)

• UNH: • John Aber (VP Research)• Jon Pennock (Marine Prog. Director)

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Advisory Board Membership*Today’s Attendees

• Ex Officio:• Richard Langan (CICEET)• Dwight Trueblood (CICEET)• Andy Armstrong (JHC)• Larry Mayer (JHC)

• Center Staff:• Nancy Kinner• Amy Merten• Kathy Mandsager• Kim Newman

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Today’s Agenda

• Sept 19, 2005 Minutes• Center Staffing• Budget• Ongoing Research• Potential Syntheses• Current RFPs

• Outreach/Partnerships• Science Advisory Panel• Center’s Strategic Plan• Sept 2005 To Do List• Center Advisory Board

• Membership• Chair• Next Meeting

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Center Advisory BoardSeptember 19, 2005

Minutes

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Center Staffing

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NOAA Co-Director

• Carol-Ann Manen retired from NOAA on March 31, 2006

• NOAA Co-Director since Center formed• Amy Merten detailed as Acting NOAA Co-

Director• Formerly, Hazmat’s Liaison to Center• Started on March 1, 2006 to overlap with

Carol-Ann

• NOAA ORR currently advertising position

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NOAA ORR Director

• David Kennedy will become Director of NOAA’s OCRM in May 2006

• David was instrumental in Center’s creation and NOAA/UNH partnership

• NOAA will appoint an Acting Director of ORR• Announced soon

• Center hopes to expand its work with OCRM in some capacity, in addition to ORR• Important to work across NOAA and NOS

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Merten Timeline

• 1992 – B.A. Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder• 1992 – 1996 – Natural Resource Analyst, PCCI Environmental

Engineering, Inc. Alexandria, VA• 1999 – M.S., Marine-Estuarine and Environmental Science,

University of Maryland, College Park• 1999 – 2003, Environmental Scientist, NOAA Office of

Response and Restoration, Silver Spring, MD• 2003 – 2006, Biologist, NOAA Office of Response and

Restoration, HAZMAT Division, Seattle, WA• 2005 – Ph.D., Marine-Estuarine and Environmental Science,

University of Maryland, College Park• 2006 – Acting NOAA Co-Director, CRRC, Durham, NH/Seattle,

WA

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UNH Vice President for

Research and Public ServiceJohn Aber

UNH Co-DirectorNancy Kinner

NOAA Co-DirectorAmy Merten

Program ManagementKimberly NewmanKathy Mandsager

CommunicationsColleen Mitchell

ITTom Kurshinsky

AccountingKelly Hinton(CEPS BSC)

GrantsPeter Lester (OSR)

NOAA OR R Director

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David KennedyAdvisory Board

Science Advisory Panel

Coastal Response Research CenterOrganizational Chart

(April 2006)

NOAA OCRMDavid Kaiser

Research Assistant Professor

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David Kaiser

• NOAA NOS Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management• Senior policy analyst and federal consistency coordinator

• UNH ‘82 B.S. Political Science; URI ’88 M.A. Marine Affairs; George Washington ‘94 J.D.

• Permanent move to UNH• Center is “sponsoring” him• NOAA’s Coastal Zone Management Federal

Consistency Liaison• Interest in teaching policy courses

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Center Research Faculty Hire

• UNH Co-Director is full salary position• Kinner is tenure track professor

• Concept :Hire full time research assistant professor• Area = some aspect of human dimensions of oil spills• Interface with David Kaiser and ORR • New expertise for Center• UNH interface with UNH Resource Economics Dept and

Carsey Institute on Policy Research• Faculty affiliation = UNH Environmental Engineering

Program

• Advertisement is now posted• AEESP, AEAWeb, AERE, JOE, Sea Grant listserve, UNH

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Center Research Faculty Hire

• Search closes in early May• ~11 applicants thus far• UNH Sociology Dept hired tenure track assistant

professor of environmental sociology• NOAA’s Tom Safford• He is interested in Center interface• Starts in Sept 2006

• Sociology Dept will share CVs with Center of candidates who are well suited to new position

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Center Budget

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Center Appropriation

• Center funded by annual Congressional appropriation• Senator Gregg (NH)• Not in NOAA’s base budget

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FY 2005 Budget(Current Center Year)

• $2M Congressional appropriation• Congressional assessment ~1%• NOAA assessment = $284,633 (14%)

• Federal travel related to Center• NOAA Co-Director’s salary and travel

• Actual UNH Award = $1,694,312

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Center Budget Categories

• Administration• External Research• Internal Research• Outreach

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FY’05 Budget

ActualExpected

$1,694,312$1,950,001Total Available

$75,125 $86,460 Outreach

$177,603$204,400Internal Research

$1,000,927$1,154,300External Research

$438,657$504,841Administration

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FY’05 BudgetBalance

Available (4/24/06)

Actual

$1,155,455$1,694,312Total Available

$88,037*$75,125 Outreach

$143,250$177,603Internal Research

$363,217*$1,000,927External Research

$560,951* +$438,657Administration

*Includes carry forward from previous year

+Includes 3 years of salary/benefits saved for new Res. Asst. Prof

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Center Budget Distribution through 2005

External Research, 73%

Internal Research, 1%

Outreach, 3%

Administration, 23%

Center Budget Expenditures Through 2005

Administration = 23%

Outreach = 3%

Internal Research = 1%

External Research = 73%

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FY’06 Appropriation(Center Year Oct ’06 to Sept ‘07)

• $2M for standard operations• $1M for dispersants/submerged oil initiative

• Selected because of Senator’s interests and discussions with NOAA

• Senator Gregg no longer chairs subcommittee overseeing NOAA appropriation• Still on subcommittee• Chairs Senate Budget Committee

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FY ’06 Appropriation

• Congressional assessment = $41,300• NOAA assessment = $476,800

• Management fee• NOAA Co-Director’s salary and travel• Center-related federal travel• Coverage of NOAA staff salaries for Center-

related work• W. Blanchard (UNH undergrad summer intern)• Non-Base travel charge-off

• Actual UNH award = $2,481,900

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Center Budget ’06-’07

• Use of funds designated in UNH request for Center appropriation

• Extra funding into external grants with dispersant and submerged oil emphasis and workshops

• Planned workshops• Submerged/Heavy Oil Research Needs• Research Needs for Integrating Ocean Observing Systems

and Oil Spill Response/Recovery• Use of current OOS and development of new

technology

• Otherwise budget will be similar to current year

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UNH Center FY ’07 Appropriation Request

• $2M for standard operation• $1M for research initiatives on:

• Submerged/heavy oils• Based on workshop recommendations• Likely detection/tracking/recovery & restoration• Coordinated with UNH/NOAA Joint Hydrographic

Center and USCG• Coastal/Ocean observing system technologies for

oil spill response• Based on workshop recommendations• Coordinated with UNH/NOAA Center for Coastal

and Ocean Observing

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NOAA ORR Budget

• FY 2006 ORR budget was cut substantially in spite of excellent response during Katrina etc.

• Center’s success depends on a “healthy and whole” ORR

• This is key to continued success of our partnership with NOAA

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Leveraged Support

• Center Advisory Board requested information on other resources associated with Center• Number of students funded, theses generated,

partnerships with others, in-kind services, presentations and papers

• Only 4 of 19 funded projects have been completed

• Will update annually at the end of each year• First data collected in December 2005

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Ongoing Research Projects

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Total Project Topics

• Injury & recovery of natural resources = 10• Transport & weathering of released materials = 6• Human dimensions of oil spills = 3• Dispersant-related = 10

• Focus on ecosystem modeling and effects• Hot regional issue: Northwest, CA, Gulf of Mexico

• Toxicity = 10• Focus on ecosystem modeling and effects• Cross-disciplinary: stormwater and other urban sources

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Project Demographics

• Government agencies = 2• Academic institutions = 11• Private sector = 6

• U.S. = 17• International = 2

• Average $ per project = $149,199• Average project length = 23 months

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West Coast

•Chinook salmon smolts•Columbia River sediments•Southern California currents•Copepods

Northeast

•Buzzards Bay terns•Buzzard Bay stakeholders•Copepods

Mid-Atlantic Coast

•Virginia beaches•Snapping turtles•Delaware Bay sediments•Chalk Point, MD spill stakeholders•Copepods

Gulf Coast/ Caribbean

•Louisiana salt marshes•Texas beaches•Mississippi River delta sediments•Soft corals•Deepwater blowouts•Grass shrimp•Copepods

Alaska•Cook Inlet sediments

•Copepods

•Selendang sediments

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Ongoing FY’03 Projects

• Dispersants/marshes (Lin)• Mesocosm study using native plugs• Innovative tidal cycle dosing

• Toxicity low levels residual oil (McGrath)• Literature/modeling study• Extension of Target Lipid Model work

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Water Column – Other Chronic Sublethal EffectsSingle PAH Exposures

From McGrath and DiToro

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Priority Areas: FY ‘04

• Recovery of natural resources• Injury to natural resources• Communication/Gaming• Communication/Performance metrics• Preparing for Spills of Opportunity• Other (November Workshop topics)

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Projects: FY’04

• Establishing Performance Metrics for Oil Spill Response, Recovery and Restoration, Seth Tuler ($205K)

• Acute and Chronic Effects of Oil, Dispersant and Dispersed Oil to Sensitive Symbiotic Cnidarian Species, Including Coral, Carys Mitchelmore ($200K)

• Survival Time Models Quantitatively Predict Lethal Effects of Pulsed and Different Duration Exposures to Water-Accommodated Fractions of Spilt Oil, Michael Newman ($200K)

• Integrating Physiological and Demographic Parameters in NRDA, Florence Tseng ($96K)

• Studies Using Aquatic Turtles to Assess the Potential Long-Term Effects of Oiling of Nests During Early Embryonic Development, Christopher Rowe ($205K)

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Results to Date(2) Anemone recovery exposures - chemistry:

Filtering high WAF

UF : 54 µg/l

F : 59 µg/l

Does NOT changet-PAH concentrations

From Mitchelmore & Baker

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Results to Date

(2) Anemone recovery exposures - chemistry:

Filtering low WAF

UF : 37 µg/l

F : 23 µg/l

Does NOT substantially

change t-PAH concentrations


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Results to Date

(2) Anemone recovery exposures - chemistry:

IN CONTRAST

Filtering high CEWAF

UF : 1090 µg/l

F : 115 µg/l

Filtering REDUCES t-PAH concentrations


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Results to Date(2) Anemone recovery exposures - chemistry:

Filtered CEWAF has similar PAHConcentrations and compositionas WAF prepared at equal loading.


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Survival Profiles for 1-ethylnaphthalene

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Summary:Projects

• FY’02 • 4 projects• Total $326K• 1 dispersants, 1 forecast modeling

• FY’03• 5 projects• $621K• 2 effects of dispersants, 1 forecast modeling, 2 chronic effects

• FY’04• 5 projects• $1,053K• 2 effects of dispersed/no dispersed oil, 2 environmentally

realistic exposures, 1 communication/performance metrics

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2004 Annual RFP

16% 16%

48%

12%

40%

28%

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20%

30%

40%

50%

Communication- Gaming

Communication- Performance

Metrics

Injury to NaturalResources

Preparing forSpills of

Opportunity

Recovery ofNatural

Resources

Other

2005 Annual RFP

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Data Sets toVerify F&T

Models

Efficacy &Effects of

Dispersants

Injury toNatural

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IntegratingReg

ObservingSystems w/Forecasts

Recovery ofNatural

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ValuingRestoration

No Indication

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2005 Annual RFP Topics

• Data sets to verify fate and transport models

• Integrating regional observing systems with circulation and transport forecasts

• Recovery of natural resources• Injury to natural resources• Valuing restoration• Effects and efficacy of dispersants

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Projects FY ’05Datasets for Verification of and Integrating Regional

Observing Systemswith Fate and Transport Models

• Field Verification of Oil Spill Fate and Transport Modeling and Linking CODAR Observation System Data with SIMAP Predictions. PI: J. Payne (Payne Environmental Consultants, 18 months, $196,041

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Projects FY ’05Injury to Natural Resources

• Relationship Between Acute and Population Level Effects of Exposure to Dispersed Oil and the Influence of Exposure Conditions Using Multiple Life History Stages of an Estuarine Copepod, Eurytemora affinis, as a Model Planktonic Organism. PI: D. Aurand (Ecosystem Management and Associates), 20 months, $232,062

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Projects FY ’05Valuing Restoration

• Monetary Values and Restoration Equivalents for Lost Recreational Services on the Gulf of Texas Due to Oil Spills an Other Environmental Disruptions. G. Parsons (U. Delaware), 24 months, $139,366

• Convergent Validity Test of the Parameter Updating Method. C. Poulos (Research Triangle Institute), 18 months, $42,119

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Projects FY ’05Dispersants

• Effects of Dispersants on Oil-SPM Aggregation and Fate in U.S. Coastal Waters. PI: A. Khelifa (Environment Canada), 12 months, $126,378

• Wave Tank Studies on Dispersant Effectiveness as a Function of Energy Dissipation Rate and Particle Size Distribution. PI: K. Lee (Canada DFO), 24 months, $199,999

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RFP Peer Review Policy

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RFP Peer Review

• May 2005 NRC Dispersants Report noted that much of oil spill research is published in “gray” literature

• Hallmark of Center is rigorous peer review• Advisory Board suggested Center create a

document outlining peer review process for RFPs• Kim Newman developed this during winter• Concurrently, Bill Conner (ORR) developed peer

reviewer conflict of interest guidelines for NOAA staff

• Both are in your packets

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Annual RFP Mechanics

• Internet distribution, preproposal and proposal submittal, and reviews

• RFP process started in January• Issue RFP in May• Projects funded start following

January/February

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Preproposals

• Submit preproposal first• Academia, private sector, NGOs, Fed/State• Early July

• Reviewed by Center Co-directors for compliance with RFP guidelines

• Screened by panel of 5-7 experienced scientists and practitioners for relevance to RFP, innovation and usefulness

• Invited for full proposal, if meet these criteria• US/International, no profit allowed, federally-negotiated

overhead

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Proposals

• Notification on invitation to write full proposal in late July• PIs receive Panel’s input from Co-Directors• Usually 12-14 requested

• Submit proposal in Sept. (15 pages)• External peer review• PI rebuttals of external peer reviews• Panel peer review and funding

recommendations• Funding notification in November

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External Peer Review• 4 external peer reviews per proposal

• Experts in field, practitioners/potential users• Selected by Co-Directors

• Reviewed for:• Technical approach and innovativeness • Scientific and management relevance• Transferability• Budget appropriateness• Qualifications of project investigators (PI)• Support and capabilities

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Panel Review• Panel members

• 6-8 with knowledge/expertise spanning topics• Experienced, practical scientists familiar with the impacts

of oil on natural resources• Provided the preproposal reviews, full proposal, external

peer reviews and PI rebuttals in advance• Panel meeting at UNH

• Rank proposals for funding based on innovation, quality of science and usefulness

• Funding recommendations to UNH VP Research• Co-Directors prepare slate based on Panel

recommendations• VP makes final decision

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Mechanics of Panels

• Each panelist is the lead reviewer on each preproposal/proposal

• Two other panelists serve as secondary reviewers on each preproposal/proposal

• Entire panel can comment on each preproposal/proposal• Except if Conflict of Interest, then must recuse oneself

from that discussion• Panelists selected to minimize this

• Hard to do completely in small field such as oil spills• Entire panel votes on each preproposal/proposal• Lead reviewer writes draft of panel review of

preproposal/proposal• Incorporates input from secondary reviewers and panel

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Lessons Learned Thusfar

• Scheduling of RFP• Start earlier for May release• Get broader ORR and oil spill community input

(e.g,. RRTs)

• Peer review• Reviewers – need lots of them• Raise confidentiality and conflict of interest

awareness

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Center Peer Reviewers

• Asked to serve as only one type of review per year• Preproposal panel, external peer reviewer or

proposal panel

• Reviewers not divulged• Conflict of Interest forms must be

completed and signed• Confidentiality forms must be signed

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Center Peer ReviewersRules of Engagement (NSF)

• Critical and impartial evaluation on merits of research

• If contacted by PIs prior to request for review, tell Co-Director

• Do not discuss preproposal/proposals with PIs • Do not reveal reviewer status or other details of

preproposal/proposals or process• No pay for reviews, but panel travel covered• Destroy all related documents and do not discuss

them without Center permission

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Conflict of Interest

• Affiliations with applicant’s institution• Relationship with someone named on

proposed project• Family, business, collegial

• Interest in financial outcome of proposed project

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Lessons Learned Thusfar

• PIs• Little experience with:

• Feedback for program directors and Science Advisory Panel

• Must revise proposed scope of work based on Panel comments before funding

• QA plans required before research can start

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Coastal Response Research CenterRequest for Proposal Process

Coordinate with SAP Adv. Board, and

NOAA on possible RFP topics

Workshops on select Topics

(participants include both funders and researchers) to

better develop R&D needs

RFP is created by Center staff

RFP approved by Advisory Board

RFP posted online and advertised

Request for Proposals Pre-Proposals

Pre-Proposals submitted online

Pre-Proposals reviewed by panel

Select PIs invited to submit full

proposals (Letters from Center Co-Directors with

panel comments are sent to PIs)

Full Proposals

Peer review – 4 peers/proposal –

confirm no conflicts of

interest; reviews submitted online

01.06.06

Full proposals submitted to

Center

Applicant rebuttals – PIs allowed to respond to peer

review comments; rebuttals submitted

online

Panel Review

Panelists submit individual reviews and meet to

discuss each proposal package:

• Full proposal

• Peer reviews

• Applicant rebuttals

Proposals recommended for funding based on scientific relevance, technical approach,

transferability, PI qualifications, institutional support and capabilities,

and budget appropriateness

FundingProcess

Co-Directors review Panel

recommendations and prepare slate

of proposed projects to be

funded

UNH VPR meets with Co-Directors

to review proposed slate of

projects and makes final

funding decision

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Policy on Final Reports

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Final Report Acceptance

• Issue of final report acceptance and website posting• Discussed at Sept 2005 Advisory Board meeting

• During March 2005 workshop, one PI’s presentation caused many distinguished members of oil spill community to comment to Co-Directors its poor quality • Funded from 2002 RFP

• Project’s final report was reviewed by Science Advisory Panel and unanimously evaluated as highly flawed and unsalvageable• Recommended not be posted on website

• Center Co-Directors decided not to post this report on website

• Issue of use by oil spill community of flawed model

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Science Advisory Panel Duties

• Advice/recommendations on quality and usefulness of the funded projects

• Representatives from research community and users groups:• Academia• Governmental agencies (state/federal)• Private sector

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Science Advisory Panel Membership

• NOAA: Mark Fonseca (NCCOS)• Other Federal Agencies: Roger Helm (FWS),

Ken Hinga (USDA)• State Agencies: Yvonne Addassi (CA OSPR)• Academia: Tom Leschine (UWA)• Industry: Jim Clark (ExxonMobil)

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Final Report Policy

• Important to post material on website that is credible and of high standards• Cannot control use by oil spill community, even with

“caveats” posted along with report

• Science Advisory Panel provides a valuable peer review of final reports

• Starting in March 2006, PIs are informed of the Science Advisory Panel’s final report peer review authority during annual PI orientation• You have copy of PI guidelines that are distributed

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Final Report Policy

• Probability of similar problem occurring in future is much lower

• Center Co-Directors interact and monitor projects frequently• Progress reports• Conference calls• Site visits• Annual PIs’ meeting with Science Advisory Panel

• Input from NOAA Project Liaisons• Lots of feedback to PIs

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Potential Synthesis Reports

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Potential Syntheses

• Potential topics:• Oil and PAH Toxicity • State of spill response modeling and needs for

future • Retrospective analysis of restoration projects

from oil spills• Katrina integration for spill response

• Must develop approach to funding syntheses

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RFP Process and Schedule

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Annual RFP

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2006 RFP Process

• “Grass roots” effort developing RFP topics• Jan 2006, Brainstorming session with ORR

• Reflect emerging needs based on recent spill experiences

• Grouped into major topic headings• Assigned points of contact

• Develop language and supplemental materials• Follow the RFP• Winnowed nine to six

• Collaborative and corporate “buy-in”

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2006 RFP Topics

• “Winners” • Habitat Recovery • Restoration Scaling Methods • IOOS and Spill Response • Submerged Oil • Uncertainty and Risk Communications • Dispersed Oil

• Honorable mention: • Toxicity Applications • Remote Sensing• Emulsification

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NOAA ORR RFP Policy

• Identify Point of Contact (POC) in Each RFP Topic• POC is recused from all peer review• Can interface with potential PIs during

preproposal/proposal process

• NOAA Staff Only Asked to Serve as Peer or Panel Reviewer for a Given RFP• Not both

• NOAA Matrix of Rules on Peer Review Available

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Cold Climate RFP

Partnership of Coastal Response Research Center, CICEET,

MMS and OSRI

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2005 Cold Climate RFP

• Completed in March 2005• 11 preproposals• 6 invited proposals• Only 1 project funded

• By CICEET• Yapa: Oil in Ice model to interface with GNOME

• Quality not as good as Center’s Annual RFP• Total available is $0.5M

• Less attractive to PIs• $1M available in 2006

• International expertise issue• Distribution not as broad

• Oil spill intelligence reporter• Oil / Ice community ties (CRREL, MMS, Sintef)

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2006 Cold Climate RFP Topics

• Detection, containment and clean-up of oil spills

• Exposure and injury assessment tools• Data development: Processes and rates

affecting oil• Human use valuation of ecosystems• Habitat recovery and restoration

technologies

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2006 Cold Climate RFP

• Completed in March 2006• 21 preproposals• 7 invited proposals• Only 1 project funded

• By MMS and OSRI jointly• Keller: Adhesion of Oil to Novel Skimmer Surfaces Under

Cold Climate Conditions - $99,883• Quality still not as good as Center’s Annual RFP• $1M available• International PIs could compete• Distribution broader

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Future of Cold Climate RFP

• Center spends much time and effort on running this RFP for the partners• With little result as proposals in Center’s area

of focus are limited

• CICEET and MMS will not participate in 2007• OSRI wants to continue• Center Co-Directors believe that effort on

Cold Climate is better directed at other opportunities

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Cold Climate Partnership

• OSRI, MMS and Center all interested in participating in potential oil in ice experiments• Norway and Canada possible

• Canada = Ken Lee of Dept of Fisheries and Oceans and Canadian Coast Guard• OMA and oil experiment is focus• Off Eastern Canadian coast• Center has discussed this with Lee, but at this

time his plans are progressing slowly

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Cold Climate Partnership

• Norway• Center needs to develop more interactions

with Norwegians as they are leaders in spill research • SINTEF, Svaldbard, Statoil• They have little awareness of Center• They have close ties with MMS, but do more

than response research• Modeling, fate and transport, toxicology

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Cold Climate Efforts with NOAA

• John Whitney, SSC Alaska, is ORR’s lead on NOAA’s research needs for cold climate

• He convened groups of NOAA fate and transport and biological researchers to get topics for projects that could be “dovetailed” with oil in ice experiments

• Center can work with ORR to facilitate this• ORR has no funds to do this• Function of what happens with Norway and

Canadian planning

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Emergency Response Initiative

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Emergency Response Research Fund Initiative

• Stated need by Advisory Board, ORR, and other partners

• Does not exist for oil spill response R&D at national level. • LAOSRDP maintains $50K

• Initiative Development• Maintain peer review rigor• Model after NSF/Natural Disasters Quick Response Grants

(Social and Behavioral Scientists) http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr

• Seed money for baseline/ephemeral data to support full study Annual RFP process

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Emergency Response Research Fund Initiative, cont’d

• Do we want to pursue? • How much money do we set aside?• This has been an RFP topic, but failed to

produce capable proposals. Other ideas…• Separate, small RFP where PIs write a mini-

proposal describing potential study prior to a spill

• Add a phrase in existing RFP encouraging PIs to write a contingency section describing how they would apply proposed research at the field level

• Concern on maintaining scientific rigor

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Outreach/Partnerships

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Partnership with NOAA

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Outreach/Partnerships:Center Connections to NOAA

• New NOS Asst. Administrator – Jack Dunnigan• NOAA users identify practical and applied research

needs in Annual Request for Proposals• Hurricane post-response example

• NOAA and Center work closely to translate research results into practice• Toxicity Working Group• NOAA liaisons for new projects• NOAA Hot Topics Learning Workshops

• Small Projects/Mini-Sabbaticals• Safe Seas 2006

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• OR&R deploys NOAA scientists and other specialists to assist in evaluating fuel spills and resulting environmental damage from stranded vessels in coastal areas.

• OR&R uses aerial surveys along with satellite images to make customized maps for use by the USCG to perform • Search and rescue, • Assessment of damage to industry

and property, and • Pollution response efforts

Katrina and Rita

Southeastern Louisiana Major & Minor Oil Spills

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Hurricane Post-ResponseLessons-Learned - Merten

• Improved integration of NOAA assets and data sets needed

• Remote sensing and processing capabilities needed

• Identification of future spill threats/detection• Integration of modeling into coastal observing

systems• Reinforced human dimensions• Opportunity for assessing habitat recovery at

ecosystem level

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Translating R&D into Action-- Evolving Process

Major Emphasis and Unique Aspect of Center

• Established NOAA Toxicity Working Group • NOAA liaisons for new projects• NOAA Fall Institute

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Translating R&D – NOAA Toxicity Working Group

• Participants: OR&R, North West Fisheries Science Center and Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (?)

• Synthesis of Center-funded research

• 3 approaches to modeling PAH toxicity• Toxicity studies on different trophic levels• Sophisticated chemical analyses

• Identification of products useful for field• Identification of remaining gaps:

• Answer how responsive Center has been to:• NOAA• NAS Dispersant Study• Oil Spill Response Community

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NOAA Liaisons

• NOAA liaison for each new project• Technical advisors to Co-Directors• Work with PIs to communicate research and develop

products • Participate in site visits and field experiments

• Success story: Deepwater well blowout model• MMS-funded research• Center funded development

of integrating MMS 3-D model with existing NOAA surface trajectory model (GNOME)

• Model for liaison initiative

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Outreach Workshops

• March 2005 - Emerging Research Workshop• Center PIs presented results• Free and open to all

• Across NOAA, Coast Guard, MMS, API, EPA, states

• Held bi-annually in spring• Next one in Spring 2007, Seattle, WA

• Concentrated effort to pursue NOAA meetings quarterly

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NOAA Fall Institute

• NOAA identifies “Hot Topic”• Center provides infrastructure for helping

NOAA remain current• Fall ‘06: Innovative Coastal Modeling:

Integrating Physical and Ecotoxicological Models

• 50% NOAA (NOS, Fisheries, and OAR) participation

• 50% distinguished researchers with broad applicability, including UNH

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Goals of ‘06 Fall Institute

• Discuss alternative approaches to developing integrated models

• Identify directions for future R&D• Provide opportunity for NOAA to learn from

other disciplines • Develop response time-scale outcome

predictions that reflect the uncertainties of the situation yet are useful to decision makers

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Small Projects/Mini-Sabbaticals

• Promote OR&R professional development and product delivery• Write a synthesis• Research availability of modeling parameters in other disciplines• Integrate data sets• Analyze and interpret existing data sets

• Dependent on appropriations• Fund up to 2 ORR staff members/ $20K per person in Oct ’06-

Sept ‘07 • Funding to cover: 6 weeks of salary and small travel stipend

• Mini-RFP process• Proposal Elements (see handout)• Decision Team: ORR Director, Center Co-Directors, UNH VP

Research

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NOAA Safe Seas 2006• Full-Scale 2 day drill,

Aug 9-10, 2006, CA• Goals:

• Demonstrate NOAA’s human and technological capabilities

• Build relationships across NOAA to foster long-term inter-program collaboration

• Multiple training pieces

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Exercise Design

Decision Elements• Environmental domain awareness• Dispersant use• Place of Refuge• Marine bird and mammal rescue• Marine debris mitigation• Natural resource injury assessment

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Possible NOAA Field Activities• R/V Fulmar: Oceanography, operational support• Lake Renegade Aircraft: Oil observation, operational support• Silver Fox and/or Manta UAV: Shoreline assessment, oil observation

• Shoreline Surveys: Response, injury assessment, marine debris

• Drift Cards/Dye pills: Spill simulation, oceanography• Marine Mammal Rescue: Simulated field operations• Incident Metrology: Atmospheric observations• AUV: Barge survey, bathymetric survey• Quick Response Buoy: Oceanography• Surface Current Radar: Oceanography

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CRRC and UNH Involvement in Safe Seas

• Nancy Kinner – Observer/evaluator• Taylor Eighmy – VIP contingent• Amy Merten and Jenna Jambeck (UNH Res. Asst.

Prof. Civil Engineering)• Integrating marine debris and oiled shoreline assessment

($96,200, NOAA Marine Debris Program)• SS: focus on emergency response MD assessment

• Source: land, marine, incident related• Working with NOAA ORR to integrate database design,

PDA/GPS interface, to automate SCAT• Setting the national marine debris assessment standard

using a robust dataset collected from NH shorelines

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Partnerships: Dispersants Initiative

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Dispersants Initiative

• NRC report on dispersants efficacy and effects discussed need for integrated research plan• Need for collection and dissemination of peer-

reviewed information• Scientifically-robust and environmentally-

meaningful context• Center’s mandate from NOAA to address

national issues related to spills• Act as a hub for oil spill research

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Dispersants Initiative

• Center and NOAA convened meeting of NRC, USEPA, MMS, USCG, TXGLO, OSRI, LA OSRD, CA OSPR, API and Industry reps• July 2005

• General willingness by all parties to participate in formulation of integrated research plan (Dispersants Working Group)

• Workshop on R&D needs for making decisions regarding dispersing oil

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Dispersants Workshop

• UNH on Sept 20-21,2005 followed by Working Group planning meeting on Sept 22

• ~35 invitees from regulatory agencies, academia, private sector

• Jacqui Michel = facilitator• Outcome of workshop = list of RFP topics

and brief descriptions• Working Group will use these as basis for

their upcoming RFPs

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Dispersants Workshop

• Discussion topics:• Dispersants effectiveness: Parameters that

affect overall effectiveness• Chemical• Operational and hydrodynamic• Modeling integration

• Effects of dispersants• Fate of oil and dispersed oil in the water column

and other habitats• Realistic exposure regimes• Toxicity testing

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Dispersants Website

• Workshop summary report available on Center’s website

• Dispersants link on Center’s website• www.crrc.unh.edu/dwg/• Description of Dispersants Working Group (DWG)• One pagers on each DWG member including

research, funding opportunities• Links to on-going RFPs of members• Workshop reports

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Dispersants Working Group

• Center coordinates this group• Share information on dispersants research

opportunities and WG organizations on Center website

• Agreement by members to coordinate on RFPs and reports

• Keep monies separate and maintain autonomy• Possible conference session in 2006/2007• Members = NOAA, USCG, MMS, EPA, TXGLO,

LAOSRDP, CAOSPR, API, ExxonMobil, BP, AKDEC, PWSRCAC, CIRCAC, OSRI

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Submerged Oil Initiative

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Submerged Oil Issues• Increasing trend in commerce of heavy oils to the U.S.• Little capabilities for detecting, tracking, recovering, or

mitigating submerged oil• Limited capabilities to predict fate and transport of

submerged oil• Identified as issue of importance in NH as heavy oils are

transported in Great Bay Estuary

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• UNH has excellent research capabilities in coastal and ocean mapping• Joint Hydrographic Center/ Center for Coastal

and Ocean Mapping• Another UNH/NOAA partnership

• March 2006 brainstorming meeting with Steve Lehmann and Ed Levine (ORR SSCs) and JHC (Larry Mayer et al.)

• JHC is interested and doing preliminary investigations of techniques such as LIDAR

• May 2006 RFP will have submerged oil topic

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• Submerged oil designated as focus of extra research need in FY ’06 and ’07 appropriations request

• Some of extra appropriation received for Oct ’06 through Sept ’07 will be dedicated to this

• Center is planning on research needs workshop on submerged oil for ’06-’07• Late Fall 2006• Organizing committee to be formed in June• Planning with Lehmann is beginning of this effort

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• USCG reauthorization bill has a section on Delaware River/Bay submerged oil program• Designates NOAA as lead, along with USCG,

responsible for producing report on detection and recovery

• $2M/year for 4 years for USCG to do research• Kurt Hansen, USCG R&D, has contacted Center

about coordination of efforts• Center should have a role, but as yet unknown

what that will be• Will be explored during workshop planning• ORR Liaison = Debbie Payton

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Coastal Observing Workshop

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Future Outreach Initiatives

• Coastal/Ocean Observing Systems and Oil Spill Response/Recovery Research Needs Workshop - Spring 2007• How to coordinate IOOS capabilities with oil spill

response• Develop rapidly deployable technologies to find

and track oil even under unfavorable conditions (e.g., at night)

• Will be outgrowth of Fall 2006 Institute on modeling integration and needs

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Presentations to RRT Meetings

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RRT Meetings

• Have been well received• Much interaction with RRT 3

• Initial meeting in September 2005• Invited to participate in ERA in January 2006• Presentation to Delaware Bay AREA Committee

in April 2006• Discussed Delaware Bay submerged oil initiative

• Need to return periodically with updates on research findings/applications

• Need to have mechanism for getting input on research needs for RFPs

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Center Annual Report

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Annual Report• First edition covered calendar year 2005• Goal: “Engaging” overview of Center

• 2005 activities; selected/representative ongoing projects; new 2006 projects; Board, Panel, grad and undergrad reps; future activities

• Project leader: Kim Newman• Professional writer: Suki Casanave• Report design: Colleen Mitchell• Mailed to NOAA administrators and directors• Mailed to “Friends of Center”• Emailed link to database

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Center Website

www.crrc.unh.edu

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Website

• Project leader: Kathy Mandsager• Webmaster: Colleen Mitchell

• Revised weekly• New Dispersant Working Group link • New resource pages for PIs and peer

reviewers• Project Explorer has proposals, abstract, QA

plan, progress reports, slide presentations, links to papers, final reports• Html searchable

Human Dimensions Workshop

“It’s a bit frustrating to have people come in tell us that everything is going to be okay, knowing that

when all is said and done they are going to get on an airplane and go back to their little lives and say, ‘We

did the best we could.’ This is our home and our island and our beaches that have been impacted. It

just frustrates me so much.”

From Gill and Ritchie, The Selendang Ayu Oil Spill: A study of the renewable resource community of

Unalaska/Dutch Harbor

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Human Dimensions of Oil Spills Research Needs Workshop

• Identified as research needs in 2003 and 2004 Center workshops

• Identify future R&D needs relating to breakout topics:• Subsistence• Environmental Ethics• Communication*• Valuing Resources*• Social Impacts• Institutional Analysis*

• 35 invitees representing response community, regulators, researchers, responsible parties, local stakeholder groups

• June 13-15, 2006 at UNH

Human Dimensions Invitees

Rick SteinerTom SaffordTom SaffordTom LeschineLiesel Ritchie

Blake VeldeRon MorrisJim Elliott

Institutional Analysis

John DevensJohn OmohundroSeth Barker

Ann Hayward-Walker

Duane GillSeth TulerLiesel RitchieLarry Hamilton

Pamela Bergmann

Social Impacts

John DevensMichael MacCranderTed Tomasi

Steve ThurEric English

Carol SilvaGeorge ParsonsChristine PoulosBob Berrens (Richard Bishop)

Eric EnglishSteve Thur

Valuing Resources

John DevensMegan Baliff

Michael MacCranderAnn Hayward-Walker

Yvonne AddassiJudith Holm

Carol SilvaSteve Kroll-SmithSeth Tuler

Ed LevineRon MorrisJudith Holm

Communication

Megan BaliffMarybeth BauerYvonne AddassiKatherine Pease

Carol-Ann ManenDon SchererEric Higgs (Andrew Light)

Blake VeldePamela Bergmann

Environmental Ethics

John Devens (Lisa Ka’aihue)Sharon Svarny-Livingston (Michael Olesksa)

Barbara KnuthMichael Orbach

John KernSubsistence

Impacted PartyResponsible Party*RegulatorResearcherResponder

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Outreach/Partnerships - Conferences

• International spill conferences;• Interpill 2006, London, UK• Spillcon 2007, Perth, AU• IOSC, Savannah, GA

• AMOP• Freshwater Spills Symposium• Clean Gulf, etc.• SETAC 2006, Montreal, Canada• Others?

• Prioritize• What activities should we focus on?

• Present papers• Invest in booth prep and implementation• Network

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• Telephone discussion with Dr. Tom Leschine (UWA- Director of School of Marine Affairs) and Dr. Roger Helm (US FWS)

• Rotation of Panel members• Nominations for vacant positions

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Conference Call with Drs. Leschine and Helm

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Science Panel Membership

• Since January 2005,• T. Leschine, Y. Addassi, K. Hinga, M. Fonseca, R.

Helm

• Since January 2006, • Jim Clark

• Nominations for vacant Panel seats• K. Hinga, M. Fonseca

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Coastal Response Research CenterCandidates for Science Advisory Panel

April, 2006

Dennis King(Statking, OH & UMD)

Jim Clark(ExxonMobil, VA)

Jim Clark (ExxonMobil,VA)

Dennis King(Statking, OH & UMD)

Private

Mark Fonseca(NOAA, NCCOS, NC)

Charlie Henry (NOAA ORR)

Roger Helm (FWS)

Yvonne Addassi(CA OSPR)

Yvonne Addassi(CA OSPR)

Federal/State

Ken Hinga (USDA, D.C.)

Tom Leschine (UWA)

Academic

StatisticsChem/Phys. Ocean.

EcologyChemistryToxicologySocio/Economic Communication

Blue – current members of SAPYellow Highlight – current members; final year; rotating off SAPGreen – possible candidates for open positions

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Science Advisory Panel Criteria:•Meet once per year•2-year terms with possible reappointment to a total of 4 years•6 members, representing academia, federal and state agencies and the private sector•Travel costs will be covered by Center•Mix of panelists with research/science background and practitioner/science background•Mix of backgrounds. Disciplines covered will include:

•Socio/Economic Communication •Toxicology•Chemistry•Ecology•Physical and Biological Oceanography•Statistics

•Members not currently funded by the Center•Ph.D. (preferred, but not required)•Will represent a wide geographic distribution•Final decisions will be made by the UNH VP Research

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Current Science Advisory Panel Geographic Representation:

•Gulf Coast –•Cold Climate –•Great Lakes –•Southeast - Clark (VA), Fonseca (NC)•South Florida/Caribbean –•Northeast – Hinga (D.C.)•Northwest – Leschine (WA), Helm (OR)•West – Addassi (CA)

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Center’s Strategic Plan

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Center’s Strategic Plan

• Put on hold as Carol-Ann Manen told us she would be retiring• Desire to have new NOAA Co-Director involved

in the development of the Center’s strategic plan

• Official transition of NOAA Co-Directors occurred in March 2006

• Too late to have draft plan for this meeting• Development of Strategic Plan is top

priority before next Center Advisory Board meeting

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Follow-Up on Sept 2006 To Do List

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Sept 19, 2005 To Do List Follow-Up

• Science Advisory Panel:Should interface with Center Advisory Board at next meeting in April 2006Need flowchart to show interface between Advisory Board, Science Panel and Center staff

• Peer Review Policy:Develop peer review document, including flowchart of RFP processDevelop written policy on posting final reports

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• Faculty Hire:Post RAP ad on Jobs for EconomistsForward ad to Jim Murray for postings to program fellows

• Rapid Funding Options:Develop a “Rapid Response Program Development Fund” for research response during emergency situationsDevelop guidelines for this process

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• Communication/Outreach:Consider participation in Spillcon and Interspill

• Strategic Plan:Develop goals and objectives, performance metrics, priorities, stakeholder involvementGet facilitator to helpClarify inland spills position

• Cold Climate RFP:Coordinate partnership with NSFMayer has 40 days on ice scheduled, if access needed

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• Other:Compile statistics on Center’s leveraged research dollarsGet Advisory Board members bios on Center websiteProvide minutes to Board membersInform Advisory Board members of Center-related meetings in their vicinity

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Meeting Wrap Up

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Advisory Board Membership

• NOAA ORR director, Another NOAA representative

• One representative each from: USEPA, USCG, API, MMS?, one State Agency (e.g., TX GLO)

• Ex officio: Co-Directors from Center, CICEET, JHC

• Two year terms, with one extra term possible

• Any member rotations?

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Board Chair

• Annual rotation• Alphabetical

1. Aber2. Jamail3. Kennedy4. ???

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Next Board Meeting

• Date?• Location?• Topics?

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Coastal Response Research Center

www.crrc.unh.edu

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Thank You Board Members for All of Your

Time and Input!

Have a Safe Journey Home!

Documents

Advisory Board Final slides April 2006 - University of New