Project Information

Title: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Guidance for Future Research Activities 02360-BAA

Project Year and Number: 2002: 02360-BAA

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2001: 01360-BAA, 2000: 00360-BAA

Principal Investigator (PI): Chris Elfring (Polar Research Board; NRC)

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: None

Research Location: All Spill Affected Areas

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: The National Research Council's Polar Research Board and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology have appointed a special committee to review the scope, content, and structure of the Trustee Council's two GEM documents, the draft Science Program and the draft Monitoring and Research Plan. To date, the committee has provided guidance in two documents: a November 2000 letter commenting on the schedule and process by which the draft Monitoring and Research Plan would be developed and a February 2001 Interim Report providing detailed comments on the draft Science Program, including missions, goals, administration, scale, data management, and community involvement elements. The committee's next and final task will be to prepare a final report analyzing whether the Monitoring and Research Plan is complete, scientifically sound, and meets the expectations of the Trustee Council. The committee received the draft plan in August 2001 and held a meeting to begin its review in September 2001. The committee will spend the fall preparing its final report. The report is expected to go to outside review in January 2002 and be delivered to the Trustee Council in April 2002.


Proposal: View (78 KB)

Reports:
Final Report: View (5,318 KB)

Publications from this Project: None Available