This four-hour exercise is an introductory/intermediate course on oil spills and emergency response presented by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Superfund and Emergency Management (OSEM). See all of the materials for the presentation and activity under the attachments tab.
The course was delivered in three parts:
- A presentation covering the statutory authorities that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses to respond to oil spills along with examples and case studies;
- Oil response training followed by a discussion-based tabletop exercise focused on a gas station fuel spill. The tabletop exercise will have two short modules, which each have a set of discussion questions related to the scenario. The scenario will feature a gas station oil spill as a severe thunderstorm moves into the area:
- Please see slides 67-73 of the TLEF Oil Spill Presentation to see what topics the small groups discussed. Note: the discussion portion is not included in this recording.
- Putting theory into practice with a field exercise, participants will go out in the 'field' (parking lot outside the hotel) where the Choctaw Nation will lead a Spill Drill. Using the Choctaw oil spill trailer and spill equipment, participants will observe what they just learned in action and see demonstrations of how the equipment is used.
- Note: this portion of the presentation was not included in this recording.
Presenters include:
- Ari Lippi, U.S. EPA Office of Superfund and Emergency Management
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Lisa Denmark, U.S. EPA Region 3
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Jeremy Noah, Choctaw Nation
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Tracy Horst, Choctaw Nation
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Matt Wormus, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
