2024 marks 16 YEARS
of continuous
Development
Training
Testing
160
GRS
Developed
2,528
First Responders
Trained
103
Exercises
Conducted
Geographic Response Strategies (GRS) were developed for the State of Massachusetts through a MassDEP Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup project to protect sensitive coastal environments and resources in the event of an oil spill into marine waters. Project participants included federal, state, and local agencies (and 70 coastal communities) and led to the development of GRS for the North Shore (32) and South Shore (14), Boston Harbor (18), Cape and Islands (29), Buzzards Bay (55), and Mount Hope Bay (12). In addition to each GRS, meeting materials, and other supporting documents are linked to this website.​ Click on the region below or the "GRS Regions" tab above for the location of the GRS within each region. GRS can also be accessed and download from these pages.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has contracted with Nuka Research to facilitate this ongoing GRS development, testing, and training program.
If you would like to participate in future GRS development, and/or the exercise, testing, and training program, please contact Sam Butler, Project Manager, at sam@nukaresearch.com.
Contact Us
MassDEP, Boston Office:
Julie Hutcheson
Coordinator
Marine Oil Spill Prevention and Response Program
100 Cambridge Street, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 556-1191
MassDEP, Northeast Regional Office:
Andrew Clark
Section Chief
150 Presidential Way
Woburn, MA 01801
(617) 947-2245
MassDEP, Southeast Regional Office:
Andy Jones
Acting Section Chief
20 Riverside Drive
Lakeville, MA 02347
(508) 946-2700
Contact MassDEP's
24-hour spill line at
1-888-304-1133 whe a trailer is used to respond to a spill.