The Secretary of Commerce has delegated trustee authority to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA trustee contacts for preparedness and response activities are as follows:

RRT I, II, & III

CDR Gerald E. Wheaton
NOAA, HAZMAT Liaison
c/o USCG Commandant (G.MOR)
2100 2nd St. SW, Rm 2100
Washington D.C. 20593
Office tel: (202) 267-1321
FAX: (202) 267-4497

RRT IV, Caribbean, & VI

CDR Gary Petrae
NOAA/NOS/ORCA/HMRAD
7600 Sand Point Way, NE
Bin C15700
Seattle, WA 98115-0070
Office tel: (206) 526-6949
FAX: (206) 526-6329
Home tel: (206) 337-3376
SKYPAGER: (800) 759-7243
SKYPAGER PIN: 5798803

RRT V

Dr. David F. Reid
Assistant to the Director
NOAA / Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
2205 Commonwealth Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945
Office tel: (313) 741-2019
FAX: (313) 741-2003

RRT VII, VIII

Mr. David Runyon (R7DOC, R8DOC)
Central Regional Office, NWS
601 East 12th Street, Rm1836
Kansas City, MO 64106-2897
Office tel: (816) 426-3239
FAX: (816) 426-3270
Home tel: (816) 468-7328

RRT IX

Captain Tom Richards
NOAA
Pier 1 Project Office
Fort Mason (Bldg 201)
San Francisco, CA 94123
Office tel: (415) 556-0858
FAX: (415) 556-8507

RRT X & Alaska

Mark Miller
NOAA/NOS/ORCA/HMRAD
7600 Sand Point Way, NE
Bin C15700
Seattle, WA 98115-0070
Office tel: (206) 526-6945
FAX: (206) 526-6329

RRT Oceania

Mr. John J. Naughton
Pacific Area Office, Southwest Region, NMFS
2570 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Office tel: (808) 973-2940
FAX: (808) 973-2941

The NOAA trustee contact for natural resource damage assessments is:

Doug Helton
Spill Coordinator
NOAA Damage Assessment Center
7600 Sand Point Way, NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Office tel: (206) 526-4563
FAX: (206) 526-6665
SKYPAGE 8625708
email: dhelton@exchange.nos.noaa.gov