Coastal Response Research Center October 26, 2007 Nancy Kinner, UNH Amy Merten, NOAA Presentation for USEPA 1 Today’s Presentation • Center Mission • Selected Externally Funded Research Projects • 2007 RFP Process • Environmental Response Management Tool (ERMA) • Oil-in-Ice Initiatives • Website 2 Center Mission 3 Overall Center Mission • Develop new approaches to spill response and restoration through research/synthesis of information • Serve as a resource for ORR and NOAA • Serve as a hub for spill research, development, and technical transfer • Oil spill community (e.g., RRTs, internationally) 4 Specific Center Missions • Conduct and oversee basic and applied research and outreach on spill response and restoration • External and internal research • Transform research results into practice • NOAA liaisons • Encourage strategic partnerships to achieve mission • Conduct outreach to improve preparedness and response • Workshops, summits • Create a learning center for new approaches to spill response and restoration • Graduate and undergraduate funding 5 Federal Spill R&D Fate & Transport; Operations Effects; Restoration NOAA (CRRC) USCG EPA MMS EPA Spill R&D Solutions Tools Needs Oil Spill Needs Community 6 Externally Funded Research 7 Complete List of All Projects in Center Packet 8 Projects Completed in 2007 • McGrath and DiToro - PAH toxicity • Centerpiece of toxicity manual • Tjeerdema - dispersed oil toxicity to salmon smolts • CAOSPR supporting next phase of research • Tseng*- spill impacts on tern populations • Tuler – performance metrics for spill response • Being used to evaluate ERA workshop value • Payne* - Use of HF radar, drogues, and in situ fluorometry to track plumes and to calculate vertical dispersivity • Will be used by USCG R&D for SMART protocol update * Indicates undergoing peer review by Center Science Advisory Panel 9 2006 Annual RFP Funded Projects • Katz – New holographic method for tracking dispersed oil droplet size – Johns Hopkins - 2 years - $240,000 • NOAA Liaison – Bill Lehr (ERD) • Reed – Natural long term dispersion and weathering of oil at cold temperatures – SINTEF – 2 years - $278,700 • NOAA Liaison – Chris Barker • Katz and Reed collaboration • Using same oil provided by MMS • Sharing techniques 10 2006 Annual RFP Funded Projects • Garfield – Use of HF radar to predict surface currents for GNOME spill trajectories – UCSF – 2 years - $230,000 • NOAA Liaison – Glen Watabayashi • Peterson – Evaluation of restoration scaling techniques – UNC – 2 years- $56,600 • NOAA Liaison – John Rapp 11 2007 RFP 12 2007 RFP • 4 topic areas • Submerged Oil • Human Dimensions • Habitat Recovery Metrics • Ecologically Driven Response 13 2007 RFP Timeline • Develop topic areas: Jan – Mar 2007 • May 15, 2007 RFP released • June 15, 2007 Letters of Intent due (32 received) • Oct 5, 2007 Full proposals due (22 received) • Nov 29, 2007 Peer reviews due (3 per proposal, 1 NOAA reviewer) • Dec 12, 2007 PI rebuttal due • Jan 8-10, 2008 Full Panel meets to recommend funding • February 2008 Æ Inform awardees 14 Outreach/Partnerships 15 Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) 16 Portsmouth Harbor Response Initiative (PHRI) • Example of Center interaction with other UNH/NOAA centers (e.g., Joint Hydrographic Center, CICEET, Environmental Data Collaborative) • Broad integration across oil spill community (e.g., USCG, NOAA, state agencies, potential responsible parties) • Integrated “modeling” approach to displaying incident information and providing validated data with GIS-based technology • NOAA ORR detail at UNH for Michele Jacobi of Assessment and Restoration Division 17 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words… • Diverse datasets can be interlaced on a single map to better visualize a the complex nature of an area 18 Why Use a Web Based GIS Platform during a Response? • Integrate and synthesize various types of info • Provide a common operational picture for situational awareness • Improve communication and coordination among responders and stakeholders • Visualization of a complex situation • Provide resource managers with the information they need to make better informed decisions 19 Functional Web GIS Platform for Response • Package data in a well-designed management, visualization, and analysis tool: • Easily accessible - field and command • User friendly • Quick to display • Capable of real-time data display • Simple to update/ download from • Secure 20 Project Partners: Technical Advisers • US Coast Guard • NOAA • Emergency Response • US EPA Div. • NH DES • Coastal Services Center • ME DEP • Office Coast Survey • NH Fish and Game • Weather Service • Gulf of ME Ocean • NH Coastal Manager Observing System • NH Div. Emergency Services • UNH • JHC • Piscataqua River • CCOM Cooperative • COOA • Research Computing 21 Leveraging Existing Data Resources • Environmental - contaminant datasets, water quality monitoring sites, protected areas, restoration sites, etc. • Habitat classifications and species distributions data • Navigational - electronic navigation charts & scanned paper charts • Meteorological observations • Models - trajectories/forecasts 22 Spill Incident Info Volume & Chemistry of Spill Hydrodynamic and Shoreline Data Resources at Risk 23 What Has Been Compiled? • Library of background data • Base maps- shoreline data, roads, etc. • Imagery • Navigational charts • Bathymetry surveys • Environmental Sensitivity Indices • Environmental monitoring sites • Weather observation buoys • Restoration sites 24 What Can be Displayed? • Real-time observations and monitoring data • Observation buoys - What is being collected? • Re-direct to the data source • Data links to documents and websites • Restoration Project • Summary PDFs • Websites • Field data & georeferenced photos • International Coastal Clean-up Surveys • Specific data marine debris items • Photos collected during survey 25 How Does This Help in Spill Response? • Hypothetical Spill • Uploaded trajectory - movie display • Where did it hit relative to ESI layer? -See exact classification or download and print map -View data sources • Show results of Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Team (SCAT) work • Visualize spill relative to ship traffic • Gather current weather observations from buoys • Display existing environmental contaminant data 26 Access the Prototype Online at: http://www.crrc.unh.edu/workshops/phri/index.htm 27 Practical Implementation of ERMA • Assist with spill preparedness • Display jurisdictional boundaries, specially regulated areas, areas of socio-economic importance • Access points for cleanup • Staging areas and command centers • Regional documentation, points of contact, etc. 28 Practical Implementation of ERMA • Assist in coordinating response efforts • Visualize magnitude and extent • Triage sites for action • Track progress of clean-up • Access real-time data • Upload data from the field and access forms • Increase communication 29 Practical Implementation of ERMA • Define the extent of potential impacts • General habitat and land use information • Areas of biological significance - haul outs, rookeries, nesting grounds, essential or critical habitat • Species-specific data - biological resources in the region - threatened or endangered? • Where is there current monitoring data 30 Practical Implementation of ERMA • Assist in Recovery and Restoration • Access existing environmental monitoring sites • Assist with sampling design • Inventory restoration projects • Locate long-term monitoring sites • Coordinate with regional projects 31 ERMA goes South • Louisiana Initiative • Partners: • LAOSRDP (Don Davis) • ORR Gulf Region (Charlie Henry and Troy Baker) • LSU Sea Grant (Rex McCafferty) • Pilot Site: Barataria Bay, SE Louisiana • Possibility extending Michele Jacobi’s detail • Kick-off Meeting, Jan 2008 32 Web-based Query Manager • Extension of ERMA Initiative • Added benefit of M. Jacobi UNH detail • ARD desire to develop web-based “Query Manager” in Watershed Projects • Chemical database and query system (Outdated software) • Ongoing process with ARD and UNH Research Computing Center 33 Oil and Ice Initiatives 34 Oil-in-Ice: Behavior, Biodegradation and Potential Exposure (JIP P9) Amy A. Merten, NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration, Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC), Nancy Kinner, University of New Hampshire, CRRC, Per Johan Brandvik, SINTEF, Liv-Guri Faksness (SINTEF), Odd Gunnar Brakstad (SINTEF), Mark Reed (SINTEF), W. Scott Pegau (OSRI), John Whitney (NOAA ORR), Whitney Blanchard (UNH), Rainer Lohmann (URI) 35 Species sensitivities to Oil 30 Neanthes arenaceodentata Pimephales promelas 25 Artemia salina Cancer magister Cyprinodon variegatus Eualus spp. Lepomis macrochirus 20 Ictalurus punctatus Daphnia magna Palaemonetes pugio Morone saxatilis 15 10 spp. benthic amphipods Elasmopus pectinicrus Aedes spp. Chironomus sp. Callinectes sapidus Oncorhynchus mykiss 10 Species or Group Rank Crango franciscorum Micropterus salmoides Eurytemora affinis Neomysis americana, Mysidopsis bahia 5 Oncorhynchus spp., Salmo sp., Salvelinus sp., Thymallus sp. Salmo trutta Penaeus aztecus Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pandalus goniurus 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 LC50 (ppb total PAHs) French-McCay 2002. 36 Measuring Biological Effects • Estimating “impacts”? • Basic Risk Equation Chemical Exposure Toxicological Response -Route of Uptake -Mode/Mechanism of toxicity Æ -Concentration - Lethality -Duration -Changes in growth -Bioavailability, and reproduction absorption, metabolism -Changes in behavior -Population level parameters 37 Measuring