Four-day, Full-scale Oil Spill Exercise Program

Oil spill federal and state representatives and technical specialists will be present to share information and answer your questions about key oil spill response issues. First time ever on the Eastern Shore, Sept. 10^th is the first of a four-day, full-scale oil spill exercise program to prepare for possible marine oil spills which could impact sensitive environments and the Community on the Shore. The Hampton Roads Incident Management Team will bring their large portable Incident Command Post (series of tents) to use during the exercise portion of the program on Sept. 11-12^th. An actual deployment of oil spill equipment will occur in Wachapreague on Sept. 13^th. The response community includes the federal, state and local government and industry. This type of regulatory-framed exercise is intended and designed as an opportunity for continuous improvement of the response plans and the response system.