2025 marks 17 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
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.
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.
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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