9900 Sector St. Petersburg Area Scientific/Technical Expertise Contacts Revised: 08 July 2013 Mr. Tom Ash Environmental Restoration General Manager Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County 3629 Queen Palm Avenue Tampa, FL 33619-1309 Tel: (813) 627-2600 ext 1011 Fax: (813) 627-2650 E-MAIL: ash@epchc.org Expertise: Artificial reefs, Restoration Projects, Water Monitoring Program, EPC s rep on Agency on Bay Management Referred By: Area Committee members Mr. Kyle Baker National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin NOAA - PRD TEL: (727)551-5789 FAX: (727)824-5309 E-MAIL: kyle.baker@noaa.gov Expertise: Endangered Species Act, Threatened and Endangered Species, Critical Habitat 263 13th Ave S Referred By: NOAA Mr. Jim Beever Comprehensive Planning - Regional Planner 1926 Victoria Avenue, South West Florida Regional Planning Council Fort Myers, FL 33901 Tel: (239) 338-2550 ext 224 Fax: (239) 338-2560 E-MAIL: jbeever@swfrpc.org Expertise: Coastal uplands, riparian areas, endangered terrestrial species, mangroves Referred By: Charlotte Harbor Estuary Program Dr. Lisa Beever Director, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program 1926 Victoria Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33901 Tel: (239) 338-2556 Ext 235 Fax: (239) 338-2560 E-MAIL: lbeever@swfrpc.org Expertise: Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Watersheds Referred By: George Henderson Mr. Brad Benggio NOAA - Office of Response and Restoration HAZMAT Response Div.
1760 NW 106th Avenue Pembroke Pines, FL 33026 Tel: (305) 530-7925 Cell: (954) 684-8486 Fax: (305) 530-7932 E-MAIL: brad.benggio@hazmat.noaa.gov NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) and RRT-4 Rep, USCG District Seven Expertise: All aspect of oil and HAZMAT spills and planning. Referred By: NOAA Mr. Gregory Blanchard Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Natural Resources Department PO Box 1000, Bradenton, FL 342061000 Tel: (941) 742-5980 Fax: (941) 742-5996 E-MAIL: greg.blanchard@mymanatee.org Expertise: Manatee County water quality Referred By: Manatee County Government Mr. Robert Brown Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Natural Resources Department PO Box 1000, Bradenton, FL 342061000 Tel: (941) 742-5980 Fax: (941) 742-5996 E-MAIL: rob.brown@mymanatee.org Expertise: Manatee County water quality Referred By:Manatee County Government Mr. Peter Clark Tampa Bay Watch, Inc Executive Director 3000 Pinellas Bayway S., Tierra Verde, FL 33715 Tel: (727) 867-8166 Fax: (727) 867-8188 E-MAIL: pclark@tampabaywatch.org Expertise: Tampa Bay Watch volunteer, organizer, particularly Shell Key, Oiled wildlife response Mr. Michael Connors City of St. Petersburg, Internal Services Administrator St Petersburg Stormwater System P.O. Box 2842, St. Petersburg, FL 33731 Tel: (727) 893-7294 Fax: (727) 892-5365 E-MAIL: michael.connors@stpete.org Expertise: all infrastructure Dr. Jacqueline Dixon Dean, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
Tel: (727) 553-3369 Fax: Email: jdixon@usf.edu Expertise: Undersea volcanoes, geological oceanography. As Dean of College of Marine Science - can put you in contact with any faculty in the College. Ms. Lee Fox Save Our Seabirds 1709 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236 TEL: (941) 388-3010 E-MAIL: sosinclf@wildblue.net http://www.seabirdrehab.org Expertise: Oiled Wildlife Response, Oiled, Wildlife Response Training Referred By: FWC/FWRI Ms. Lizanne Garcia South West Florida Water Management District, Senior Environmental Scientist - SWIM Program Sect 7601 US HWY. 301, Tampa, FL 336376759 TEL: (813) 985-7481 E-MAIL: Lizanne.Garcia@swfwmd.state.fl.us Expertise: Referred By: Mr. Eric Gasch US Army Corps of Engineers, Contact for Tampa BayUSACE 701 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32207-0019 Tel: (904) 232-2239 Fax: (904) 232-3442 E-MAIL: Eric.K.Gasch@usace.army.mil Expertise: US Army Corps of Engineers Ms. Holly Greening Director - Tampa Bay Estuary Program Tampa Bay Estuary Program 100-8TH AVE. S.E. (M.S. I-1/NEP) Tel: (727) 893-2765 Fax: (727) 893-2767 E-MAIL: HGreening@tbep.org Expertise: Tampa Bay Estuary Program Dr. Dan Hahn NOAA - Office of Response and Restoration Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD) 263 13th Ave South Tel: (727) 551-5715 Fax: (727) 824-5390 E-MAIL: daniel.hahn@noaa.gov
Expertise: Injury Assessment Coordinator for NOAA ARD Referred By: NOAA Prof. David Hastings Eckerd College 4200 54th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33711 Tel: (727) 864-7884 Email: hastindw@eckerd.edu Expertise: Chemical oceanography, marine geochemistry Mr. Ralph Heath Director, Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary 18328 Gulf Blvd, Indian Shores, FL 33785 TEL: (727) 391-6211 E-MAIL: seabird@seabirdsanctuary.com Expertise: Seabird rehab Referred By: Steven Lang Dr. William T. Hogarth Director, Florida Institute of Oceanography 830 First Street South Tel: (727) 553-3542 Fax: (727) 553-1109 E-MAIL: billhogarth@fio.usf.edu Expertise: Fisheries (former head of NOAA Marine Fisheries), Gulf ecosystems (sits on Board of Gulf Research Initiative - the entity responsible for distributing $500M pledged by BP for Gulf science research). As Director of FIO, can put you in contact with any academic expert in Florida. Research vessel operations. Dr. David Hollander Tel: (727) 553-1019 Email: davidh@usf.edu Expertise: chemical oceanography, sedimentology, chemical fingerprinting of oil, biogeochemistry Dr. Chuanmin Hu Tel: (727) 553-3987 Email for Dr. Hu: huc@usf.edu Expertise: satellite oceanography. Mr. Jim Jeansonne NOAA - Office of Response and Restoration (NOAA - OR&R) Emergency Response Division 263 13th Avenue South, St Petersburg, FL 33701 Tel: (727) 551-5714, Cell: 206-276-5308 Fax: (727) 824-5390
E-MAIL: jim.jeansonne@noaa.gov Expertise: NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator(SSC) & NOAA RRT-4 Alternate Referred By: NOAA Mr. Dave Karlen, PhD. General Manager Biol;ogical Monitoring Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County 3629 Queen Palm Avenue Tampa, FL 336191309 Tel: (813) 627-2600 ext 1202 Fax: (813) 627-2650 E-MAIL: Karlen@epchc.org Expertise: Benthic Ecology, Marine Plankton, Ecological Data Analysis, President Florida Academy of Sciences Referred By: Area Committee members Mr. Richard Knudsen Fish and Wildlife Research Institute FWC/FWRI, Information Science & Management 100 8th Ave SE, St Petersburg, FL 33701 Tel: (727) 896-8626 Fax: (727) 893-1679 E-MAIL: Richard.Knudsen@myfwc.com Expertise: Statewide Oil Spill Scientific & Technical Support/Florida Marine Spill Analysis System/USCG Digital Area Contingency Plans/Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI), Geographic Information Systems Referred By: FWC/FWRI Mr. Charles Kovach Florida Department of Environmental Protection FDEP - Watershed Management 3804 Coconut Palm Dr., Tampa, FL 33619-1352 (813) 744-6100 ext 329 (813) 744-6125 E-MAIL: charles.kovach@dep.state.fl.us Expertise:FDEP - Environmental Management - Remote Sensing Mr. Eric Lesnett Hillsborough County Government Environmental Protection Commission 3629 Queen Palm Avenue Tampa, FL 336191309 Tel: (813) 627-2600 ext 1050 Fax: (813) 627-2650 E-MAIL: lesnett@epchc.org Expertise: Tampa Bay Area Committee member, GIS and Remote Sensing, Oil Spills, Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve Dr. Jay Leverone Sarasota Bay Estuary Program SBEP 111 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 200W, Sarasota, FL 34236
Tel: (941) 955-8085 Fax: (941) 955-8081 E-MAIL: jay@sarasotabay.org Expertise: Benthos, benthic habitats Dr. Stan Locker Tel: (727) 553-1502 Email: stan@mail.usf.edu Expertise: mutibeam, side-scan sonar, AUV mapping, swath bathymetry Mr. Mark Luther University of South Florida Marine Science Department 140-7th Avenue South - MSL 119, Tel: (727) 553-1528 Fax: (727) 553-1189 E-MAIL: mluther@marine.usf.edu Expertise: Tampa Bay Physical Oceanographic Real Time System (PORTS), Coastal Ocean Modeling and Prediction System (COMPS), West Florida Shelf and Tampa Bay Modeling Mr. Jack Merriam Sarasota County Government Environmental Services Sarasota, FL Tel: (941) 861-0804 Fax: (941) 232-5357 E-MAIL: JMerriam@scgov.net Expertise: Sarasota County Stormwater Prof. Frank Muller-Karger Tel: (727) 553-3335 Email for Prof. Muller-Karger: carib@usf.edu Expertise: satellite oceanography. Prof. Steven Murawksi Tel: (727) 553-3367 Email: smurawski@usf.edu Expertise: Fisheries, population dynamics, marine ecosystem analysis, oil impacts on fish.
Dr. David Naar Tel: (727) 553-1637 Email: naar@usf.edu Expertise: mutibeam, side-scan sonar, AUV mapping, swath bathymetry Mr. Harry Norris Director of IS&M, Cartography Fish and Wildlife Research Institute FWC/FWRI, Information Science & Management 100-8TH Ave SE (M.S. J2N-CHF) Tel: (727) 896-8626 ext 3000 Fax: (727) 823-0166 E-MAIL: Henry.Norris@myfwc.org Expertise: GIS, Oil Spill Response Management Ms. Ann Paul National Audubon Society Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries Program Sanctuaries Manager 410 Ware Blvd., Suite # 702, Tampa, FL 33619 Tel: (813) 623-6826 Fax: (813) 623-4086 E-MAIL: apaul@audubon.org Expertise: Wading and Shorebirds Mr. Andy Squires Pinellas County Government, Bureau Director Dept. of Environmental Management 400 South Ft. Harrison Ave, Clearwater, FL 33756 Tel: (727) 464-4761 Fax: (727) 464-3174 E-MAIL: asquires@pinellascounty.org Expertise: Environmental Management Mr. Paul Souza US Fish and Wildlife Service South Florida Ecological Services Office 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Tel: (772) 562-3909 ext 268 Fax: (772) 562-4288 E-MAIL: Paul_Souza@fws.gov Expertise: Referred By: Dan Hahn Mr. Mark Sramek National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. NOAA - HCD
263 13th Ave S., Tel: (727) 824-5311 Fax: (727) 824-5300 E-MAIL: mark.sramek@noaa.gov Expertise: Fish habitat, Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Prof. Robert Weisberg Tel: (727) 553-1568 Email: weisberg@usf.edu Expertise: Coastal Ocean Modeling and Prediction System (COMPS), West Florida Shelf Modeling (including west of Mississippi River Delta and sub-surface oil modeling) and Tampa Bay Modeling, Storm Surge, Ocean circulation, Ocean observing (off-shore moorings, HF radars, gliders) Dr. Jyotika I. Virmani Associate Director, Florida Institute of Oceanography 830 First Street South Tel: (727) 553-3370 Fax: (727) 553-1109 E-MAIL: jyotika@fio.usf.edu Expertise: Tropical Storms, air-sea interactions, ocean circulation. As Associate Director of FIO, can put you in contact with any academic expert in Florida. Research vessel operations. Tim Parsons, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Tel: 850-245-6339 E-Mail: timothy.parsons@dos.myflorida.com Expertise: State Historic Preservation Office Mr. Bradley Mueller Compliance Supervisor Tel: 863-983-6549 x12245 Expertise: Tribal Historic Preservation Office Mr. Andrew Weidman (Alternate) Compliance Supervisor Tel: 863-983-6549 x12216 Expertise: Tribal Historic Preservation Office