The Oil Spill Recovery Institute Past, Present, and Future Directions (2003) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
1. Introduction
Pages 7-16
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. OSRI was established to "conduct research and carry out educational and demonstration projects designed to (Title V, Section 5001, Oil Pollution Act of 1990~: · identify and develop the best available techniques, equipment, and materials for dealing with oil spills in the Arctic and sub-arctic marine environment; and · complement Federal and State damage assessment efforts and determine, document, assess, and understand the long-range effects of Arctic or subarctic oil spills on the natural resources of Prince William Sound and its adjacent waters...and the environment, the economy, and the lifestyle and well-being of the people who are dependent on them, except that the Institute shall not conduct studies or make recommendations on any matter that is not directly related to Arctic or subarctic oil spills or the effects thereof.
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Figure 1-1 provides a general timeframe of OSRI activities. Under the guidance of the OSRI director and with advice from its Advisory Board and the Scientific and Technical Committee, the current OSRI R&D grant program translated its legislative mandate into three focus areas: applied technology (to conduct research and development on new technologies for preventing and responding to oil spills in the Arctic and subarctic)
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To gain an understanding of OSRI's mission and activities, the committee held conversations with OSRI staff, the OSRI Advisory Board, members of the OSRI Scientific and Technical Committee, past and current researchers, potential users of OSRI products, and others knowledgeable about OSRI programs. It distributed a call for input to gain other views of the program; although the responses received were anecdotal, they did help shape our understanding of the program.
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It mandated creating the OSRI Advisory Board and specified its composition, chairmanship, terms, and members' voting status. The operations of the Advisory Board including policies and procedures related to officers of the board, meetings, quorums, public notice, voting and resolutions, and establishment and operation of an Executive Com
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. This group provides scientific input, and is composed of specialists in matters relating to oil spill containment and clean-up, marine ecology, and the living resources and socio-economics of Prince William Sound and its adjacent waters.
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SEA involved 13 coordinated research projects led by investigators from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Marine Science, the Prince William Sound Science Center, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the U.S. Forest Service Copper River Delta Institute, and the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation.
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