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REGION 4 REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM NOTICE
For the Standing Regional Response Team Meeting
February 15, 16 and 17, 2005
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
This Notice announces the Winter 2005 meeting of the Region 4 Regional Response Team (RRT). A draft agenda is currently in preparation and will be e-mailed and posted on the RRT web site and Response Link by mid January.
The RRT will convene on Tuesday, February 15th at The Blockade Runner Beach Resort, Wrightsville Beach, NC. The Registration Desk will open at 8:30 am and the RRT Committee meetings will begin at 9:00 am. The Standing RRT meeting will begin on Tuesday at 1:00 pm and adjourn on Thursday at 12:00 pm.
The hotel is holding a block of rooms through January 14, 2005 at $58.00 double occupancy plus applicable state and local taxes. The per diem room rate for Wilmington, NC is $72.00. This may be a busy time in Wrightsville Beach and we cannot guarantee the room rate beyond the posted date, so make your individual reservations early by calling the hotel at (800) 541-1161. Be sure to advise the hotel that you are reserving a room from the Coast Guard Regional Response Team Meeting room block.
The hotel is located on the oceanfront at 275 Waynick Blvd, Wrightsville Beach, NC. Web site at www.blockade-runner.com.
Please make plans to attend and if you have any questions or topics for the agenda, please contact me (305) 415-6871, fax at (305) 415-6875, e-mail pkeane@d7.uscg.mil or Gordon Goff at (404) 562-8765, fax (404) 562-8693 or e-mail goff.gordon@epa.gov.
Patrick T. Keane
Alt. Co-Chair/Coordinator, RRT 4
U.S. Coast Guard
Federal Region 4
Regional Response Team Meeting
February 15, 16 & 17, 2005
Blockade Runner Hotel
Wrightsville Beach (Wilmington), North Carlolina
Meeting Agenda (12/20/2004 draft)
Tuesday, February 15th
0800 Registration Desk Open
0900 Committee Meetings Committee Chairs
(Committee Meetings are open to all RRT Attendees)
Training & Education
List of topics for training during RRT meetings
Review of RRT3 trip report from Greg Hogue and proposed changes to
RRT4 to incorporate any activities from that report.
Response Technology
Streamlined process for use of dispersants in near shore environment
Trustee Notification and Identification of Planning/Response Contacts
ERA Workshop Work Issues
Preparation of Region 4 Pre-Approval for Solidifiers
Preparation for Pre-Approval of Surface Washing Agents
Standards for Cleanup/Remediation of Meth Lab Sites
State Issues Committee
Incident Command System – Standardize to NIMS
Vendor Equipment Display Protocol
List of State Requirements for Training
1200 LUNCH (On your own)
1300 Opening Remarks and Introductions Co-Chairs
1315 North Carolina Welcome NC RRT Representatives
1330 Ordnance discovery and disposition in Florida Dominic Broadus, USN
State of Florida
1430 Seahawk presentation USCG MSO Charleston
1530 BREAK
1600 Coastal Response Research Center Dr. Nancy E. Kinner
1700 ADJOURN
Wednesday February 16th
0830 NRP/NIMS Requirements presentation Terry Stillman, EPA
CDR Ray Perry, USCG
1000 BREAK
1030 Radiological/hazmat incidents in Tennesssee Steve Sperling, EPA
and North Carolina
1130 EPA Radiological Monitoring Capabilities Sam Poppell,
1200 LUNCH
1300 2004 Hurricane Season Hot Wash Gordon Goff, EPA
1500 BREAK
1530
1630 CG Sector organization Capt Mark O’Malley, USCG
1700 ADJOURN
Thursday February 17th
0830
0930 Committee Reports Committee Chairs
1000 Agency Reports Federal Agency RRT Members
1030 BREAK
1100 Meeting Action Items Review Alexis Ullock, Weston Solutions, Inc
Review Action/ Work Issues
Identify Additional Issues of Interest
Agenda Development for May 2004 Meeting
1130 Closing Comments/ Meeting Adjourned Co-Chairs
1200 LUNCH
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