Presentation
Expanding Numerical Modeling across the United States to Test Geographic Response Strategies
DescriptionAn Area Contingency Plan (ACP) is required for all areas of the United States in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §300.210. Many Area Committees develop Geographic Response Plans (GRP) or Geographic Response Strategies (GRS) for these plans in order to prepare for how to protect environmental, socioeconomic, and culturally sensitive sites. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay began using numerical models to test their GRS in 2020, and this concept was presented at IOSC 2020. Since this initial work, the Coast Guard expanded this effort to many other areas of the country, including the mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Great Lakes, and Alaska. For several of these regions, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy staff and cadets supported the field offices by running oil trajectory simulations with and without booming strategies activated. An Impact Factor was developed to compare the effectiveness of the booming strategy. Scenarios run included the Port of Providence and Cleveland Ledge Channel from the First Coast Guard District and the Straits of Mackinac from the Ninth Coast Guard District. The Academy also developed a dashboard to be used within the NOAA Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) to display these modeling results and include important environmental data, such as shoreline types and threatened and endangered species. Using these tools to prepare for oil spill responses across the United States will lead to a comprehensive preparedness program critical to training all area response personnel.
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Event Type
Paper
TimeWednesday, May 15th8:20am - 8:40am CDT
Location298-299
Prevention