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Elliott Taylor, Andy Graham, and Travis Scott were SCAT (shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique) instructors for two teams of Stantec personnel in December. The Canadian crew received training in Burnaby with field trips to Burrard Inlet and to the river bank of the Fraser River. The US team gathered in Seattle for training with field activities at Alki Beach and to the Duwamish River bank. Over 50 personnel trained and ready to deploy.   More SCAT courses are on the calendar for 2025. Contact Polaris should you wish to set up training for your team!

Last month Elliott Taylor and Travis Scott participated in the Full Scale Spill Exercise for the Trans Mountain Westridge Terminal. They supported the Environmental Unit with develop of SCAT and NFO plans.

Polaris Applied Sciences is headed to New Orleans and the 2024 International Oil Spill Conference. Look for Greg Challenger, Elliott Taylor, Travis Scott, and Samantha Iliff. Activities start with short-courses on Monday morning, in which Dr. Taylor will be co-instructing with Ed Owens, Rhea Shears and Norman Ramos on the Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) and then transitioning to the short-course on Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS): Assessing Response Planning and Preparedness, with co-instructors Miguel Moyano and Dario Miranda. Papers and posters being presented and which our scientists have co-authored are:   Posters How Clean is Clean When Considering Background Oiling? Papers Findings from a Workshop on Environmental and Social Risk: Practical Approaches to Marine Casualty Management The RETOS Experience: International Guidelines and Tools for Assessing Oil Spill Response Planning and Preparedness Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation RETOS Workshop: Advancing Indigenous Leadership in Oil Spill Planning and Preparedness We hope to see you there! #osrl #osrlevent #osrleducation #iosc2024

Only a few days left until International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) in New Orleans, Louisiana, running from Monday, May 13 to Thursday, May 16, 2024! Find us at Booth 531, in partnership with Ipieca and IOGP, where our team of OSRL representatives will be ready to engage in conversations about preparedness, response, capabilities, and industry innovations. Plus, don't miss the Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique short course, delivered by OSRL in collaboration with Owens Coastal Consultants and Polaris Applied Sciences Inc. With over 10 academic papers submitted and co-authored for the conference, OSRL will be presenting on various industry topics. On top of our academic papers presentations, you can also catch us at the following knowledge sessions: 💡 Tech Demos: SWIS; Mechanic Recovery; Dispersants; and Incident Command 📘 "Revisiting the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC 90)", moderated by Paul Schuler, our STSE Officer for the Americas Region, who also sits in this year's IOSC Executive Committee 🏝️ "Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders" 🐟 "The Wreck of the Kobayashi Maru: A Wildlife Assessment Simulation", a GOWRS Ltd special session Explore the event's full programme here: https://lnkd.in/eGiEchac Connect with the OSRL delegates: Vania de Stefani, Paul Schuler, Matt Simmons, Rhea Shears, Elmer Emeric, Lucy Bly, Michael Hernandez, José Vicente Allevato, Brett Morry, Marta Januszewska, Norman Ramos, CMCE, Franchesca Rouse #osrl #osrlevent #osrleducation #iosc2024

Dr. Elliott Taylor and Samantha Iliff of Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc. led a two-day course in Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) for members of the Cheam First Nation (British Columbia) and others under an initiative of the Emergency Planning Secretariat and the Lower Fraser River Fisheries Alliance. The classroom and field sessions provided participants with a sound understanding of the objectives of SCAT in a shoreline response program and the data collection process for field SCAT teams.

Dr. Elliott Taylor, Matt Martin (USCG/IMO), and Nadia Gour (RAC-REMPEITC) delivered a National Workshop on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC) Convention Level II for the government of Belize. The 4-day workshop was coordinated between the IMO REMPEITC-Caribe, the Belize Port Authority, and the Department of the Environment within the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Management. Activities entailed presentations, following the model IMO OPRC course tailored to the risks, environment, and operating conditions of the country, and exercises focused around a hypothetical spill scenario. Participants also visited the field where they were introduced to key components of oil spill response equipment. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gEJdkr3j https://lnkd.in/gzrXNsMP

A challenging and important piece of work. It was a pleasure working alongside this professional team.

Polaris completed another round of monitoring for remediation effectiveness and ecological recovery from the oil spill at Grand Bahama as a result of Hurricane Dorian in 2019.  Pictured is the same Caribbean Pine in July 2021, January 2022, and January 2024.

Dr. Elliott Taylor, together with Matt Martin (USCG/IMO), Michael Hernandez (OSRL) and Nadia Gour (RAC-REMPEITC) delivered a National Workshop on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC) Convention Level II for the government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The 4-day workshop was coordinated by REMPEITC-Caribe and the Ministry of Works and Transport. Activities entailed presentations that followed the model IMO course and that were tailored for discussion pertinent to the risks, environment, and operating conditions of the country. Participants also visited the field where they were introduced to key components of oil spill response equipment followed by a tour of the major oily waste handling facility, courtesy of Tiger Tanks Trinidad.