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Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) Identifying the Nation’s new oil spill research needs Kirsten Trego ICCOPR Executive Director U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy Briefing to the Industry Technical Advisory Committee October 26, 2016
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Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) Identifying the Nation’s new oil spill research needs
Kirsten Trego ICCOPR Executive Director U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy
Briefing to the Industry Technical Advisory Committee
October 26, 2016
ICCOPR MEMBERSHIP
• Chair – U.S. Coast Guard
• Rotating Vice Chairs – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
– National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
– Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
• Additional Agencies – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
– Department of Energy
– Maritime Administration
– National Aeronautical and Space Administration
– National Institute of Standards and Technology
– Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
– U.S. Arctic Research Commission
– U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
– U.S. Fire Administration
– U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
– U.S. Navy 2
ICCOPR ACTIVITIES • Quarterly and Special Meetings
• Presentations of topics of interest • Member R&D Updates
• Biennial Reports to Congress
• Opportunities for member collaborations • Environmental Response Management Assessments • Testing at OMSETT and JMTF • Unconventional Oil & Gas Research, etc.
• Outreach Efforts • IOSC, Interspill, SpillCon, etc. • NAS Gulf Research Program, GoMRI, etc. • Outside presentations, workgroup, etc.
OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY PLAN
• Original Plan published in 1992
• National Academies Marine Board review
• Updated Plan published in 1997
• New “baseline” plan - September 2015
• Established a six-year revision cycle • Track progress through the cycle
OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY PLAN
PART ONE – OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH
1. Need for Research
2. Federal Oil Pollution Research
3. Non-Federal Oil Pollution Research
4. Categorization Framework
5. Knowledge Transfer
OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY PLAN
PART TWO – SETTING RESEARCH PRIORITIES
6. Prioritization Process
7. Noteworthy Incidents
8. State of Knowledge
9. Research & Technology Priorities • Top three per SRA or SRA subcategory
Appendices – needs database & process
Step 1: Categorize Research • Categorization Framework to provide:
• Common terminology • Ability to track research • Adaptability for emerging research needs
• Four Research “Classes” Established • Prevention • Preparedness • Response • Injury Assessment and Restoration
• Standing Research Areas (SRAs) Identified
Prevention
Impact Assessment
& Restoration
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Preparedness
Response
Prevention Preparedness Response Injury Assessment
and Restoration
• Human Error Factors • Offshore Facilities &
Systems • Onshore Facilities &
Systems • Waterways
Management • Vessel Design • Drilling • Rail/Truck Transport • Pipeline Systems
ICCOPR Standing Research Areas (SRAs) as of September 29, 2015
• Pre-spill Baseline Studies
• Response Management Systems
• Structural Damage Assessment and Salvage
• At Source Control and Containment
• Chemical and Physical Behavior Modeling
• Oil Spill Detection and Surveillance
• In- and On-water Containment and Recovery
• Shore Containment and Recovery
• Dispersants • In-situ Burning • Bioremediation • Alternative Chemical
Countermeasures • Oily Waste and Oil
Disposal
• Environmental Impacts and Ecosystem Recovery
• Environmental Restoration Methods and Technologies
•Human Safety and Health
• Sociological and Economic Impacts
Step 2: Identify Research Needs
• Document/Literature Search • Laws and regulations • After action reports • Workshop and conference reports • Agency input
• Oil pollution research needs identified (>900) • Categorized into SRAs and SRA subcategories • Deleted duplications, combined similar needs • ~570 unique research needs categorized
Step 3: Evaluating Research Needs
• Develop a Survey Tool • Questions on value of need to the SRA • Scoring scheme/weighting developed
• Subject Matter Expert Survey • 280 experts identified • Assigned to one of the 50 SRAs or Subcategories • ~230 responses • Raw and weighted scores tabulated • Needs ranked under each SRA • Missing needs identified
Tracking Oil Spill Research • Categorization Framework as a basis
• Research needs mapped to SRAs
• Research projects mapped to research needs
RESEARCH CLASSES
4
STANDING RESEARCH
AREAS (SRAs)
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RESEARCH NEEDS
570
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Step 4: Determining Priorities
• R&T Plan Working Group Meetings • USCG, BSEE, EPA, NOAA, and DOE representatives
• Ranked needs for each SRA and subcategory • Survey results as starting point • Missing needs considered • Rewording/consolidation • Three top priorities per SRA/SRA subcategory
• ICCOR vote/approval on September 17, 2014
Distribution of Research Priorities by Research Class
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33
12
69
36
Prevention 11 SRAs & Subcategories
Preparedness 4 SRAs & Subcategories
Response 23 SRAs & Subcategories
Injury Assessment & Restoration 36 SRAs & Subcategories
Prevention Class Priorities
ONSHORE FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS
Tank & Piping Inspection, Operations, Design and Data
Emerging Issues
HUMAN ERROR FACTORS
WATERWAYS MANAGEMENT
OFFSHORE FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS
Prevention Class Priorities
DRILLING
Deepwater Drilling and Technology
Reservoir Characterization
VESSEL DESIGN
PIPELINE SYSTEMS
Materials
Integrity
RAIL AND TRUCK TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Preparedness Class Priorities
PRE-SPILL BASELINE
Habitat and Species Baselines
Oceanographic and Geological Baselines
Environmental Baseline Planning
RESPONSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Response Class Priorities
DISPERSANTS SRA
Cold Weather and Ice Conditions
Behavior
Impacts
Efficacy and Effectiveness
Fate
Subsurface
ALTERNATIVE CHEMICAL COUNTERMEASURES
Response Class Priorities
CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR MODELING SRA
Arctic Behavior Modeling
Oil Behavior Modeling
Transport Modeling
Oceanographic Models
Emerging Crude (i.e., OSP, Bakken, etc.)
IN SITU BURNING SRA
Effectiveness and Impacts
Planning and Technology
Response Class Priorities
OIL SPILL DETECTION AND SURVEILLANCE
Remote Detection
Monitoring
Submerged Oil Detection
OILY WASTE AND OIL WASTE DISPOSAL
BIOREMEDIATION AND BIODEGRADATION
Response Class Priorities
IN- AND ON-WATER CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY
Control and Recovery Technology
Recovery Operations and Testing
SHORE CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND SALVAGE
AT SOURCE CONTROL AND CONTAINMENT
Injury Assessment & Recovery Class SRAs
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS & ECOSYSTEM RECOVERY
Species Impacts
Toxicological and Sub-Lethal Impacts
Sunken and Submerged Oil Impacts
Ecosystem and Habitat Impacts
Recovery
Risk Assessment and Impact Metrics
Injury Assessment & Recovery Class SRAs
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION METHODS & TECHNOLOGIES
HUMAN SAFETY AND HEALTH
Safety
Human Exposure
SOCIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS
Community and Economic Impacts
Human Impacts
FOCUS AREAS
ARCTIC WATERS • Increased activities
• Response capabilities
• Infrastructure
Map courtesy of www.PresentationMagazine.com
GULF OF MEXICO • Damage Assessment • Recovery • Dispersants
INLAND AREAS • Pipeline & rail transport
• Bakken Crude
• Diluted Bitumen
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
• Outreach to encourage use of the plan
• Track progress toward addressing the needs
• Revise and Improve the Plan every six years
• Continue collaboration and coordination
