Review of ICCOPR's 2022-2027 Oil Pollution Research and Technology Plan (2023) / Chapter Skim
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4 Implementation of the R&T Plan
4 Implementation of the R&T Plan
Pages 37-46
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The dashboard would be an interactive website allowing the display and discussion of past, ongoing, and recommended oil pollution research, organized by ICCOPR, but applicable and usable by the international oil spill research community as a tool to foster networking and help prevent duplication of research efforts. The dashboard would include links to the research programs and projects carried out through various agencies and global organizations active in oil pollution research.
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Annual or biennial meetings of the working groups could be convened to review and document the status of the priority Research Needs, identify new Research Needs, and support the preparation of the biennial reports to Congress. Ensuring that such meetings are well advertised and open to the academic community, oil spill response community, and international research groups would reduce duplication of research effort and help foster joint partnerships and collaborations with ICCOPR members and external partners.
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at a level equal to or greater than the amount authorized by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to increase federal funding for oil spill response research by agencies such as Interior, the Coast Guard, USEPA, and NOAA -- including NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration." While mandatory funding, not subject to appropriations, may be impractical, federal funding for coordinated research, presumably through ICCOPR, is generally recognized as beneficial to improving prevention of and response to oil spills. Without the ability to articulate available funding and to coordinate needs among the ICCOPR members, the R&T Plan becomes simply a compilation of Priority Research Needs with no indication of which needs can be reasonably addressed in the planning period.
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If, as suggested elsewhere in this report, a dashboard or other web-based system exists to maintain an active evergreen R&T Plan, interested parties will have a central repository for accessing oil spill research and technology information. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many professionals had to adjust to conducting business remotely and participating in meetings through remote technologies. This cultural change in doing business provides an opportunity for ICCOPR to increase participation in quarterly meetings, particularly those that engage specific researchers or agencies to provide updates.
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Is the R&T Plan meeting the congressional requirements and the needs of the oil spill community? Metrics for Projects (Measuring Output)
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, are applicable to all organizations performing or funding federal research; use of the TRLs, or a closely related strategy, to communicate progress is encouraged. Listing the reports and peer-reviewed publications and projects completed provides a measure of the volume of research, but research alone might not be sufficient. For instance, the listed projects do not explicitly indicate the extent to which previously identified Research Needs have been successfully addressed and completed or provide evidence of their successful integration into practice or their contributions to the oil spill community.
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This report outlines several ideas for streamlining the informationgathering process in combination with wider and continuous outreach efforts to create a more robust and transparent R&T Plan, as well as to facilitate collaboration and coordination of research efforts among federal agencies and the wider oil spill response community. Such a coordinated effort would support national efforts to ensure equitable delivery of federally funded research results and data (OSTP, 2022)
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ICCOPR would benefit from developing and implementing a commu nication and collaboration strategy to engage as partners in research programs or specific projects aligned with R&T Plan priorities. In addition, the following outreach activities, in current practice, were noted as particularly important to continue: • ICCOPR's participation in national and international spill conferences, industry research consortiums, and other external governmental and nongovernmental research programs and agencies remains critical.
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This dashboard would not only assist in communication and promotion of the R&T Plan outside ICCOPR member agencies but would also support the efficient and comprehensive development of future R&T Plan content, provide a means for updating progress on Research Needs and specific research projects, facilitate regular updates from the broader (and global) oil spill research and practitioner community, and increase opportunities for coordination and collaboration of research efforts.
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