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2024 marks 16 YEARS
of continuous

Development

Training

Testing

160

GRS
Developed

2,774

First Responders
Trained

108

Exercises
Conducted

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

julie.hutcheson@mass.gov

MassDEP, Northeast Regional Office: 

Andrew Clark

Section Chief

150 Presidential Way

Woburn, MA 01801

(617) 947-2245

andrew.clark@mass.gov

MassDEP, Southeast Regional Office: 

Andy Jones

Acting Section Chief

20 Riverside Drive

Lakeville, MA 02347

(508) 946-2700

andy.jones@mass.gov

Nuka Research:

Sam Butler

10 Samoset St.

Plymouth, MA 02360

(774) 240-9194

sam@nukaresearch.com

Contact MassDEP's

24-hour spill line at

1-888-304-1133 whe a trailer is used to respond to a spill.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection contracts with Nuka Research to facilitate GRS development, testing, and training. 

 

If you would like to participate in future exercising and training events, please contact Sam Butler, Project Manager, at sam@nukaresearch.com.

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Geographic Response Strategies (GRS) were developed for 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. Participants included federal, state, and local agencies (and 70 coastal communities).

 

The project led to 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). Meeting materials and other supporting documents are linked to this website.​ Click on the "GRS Regions" tab above for the location of each GRS within a specific region. GRS documents can be accessed and downloaded from these pages.

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