Dr. Scott Harris will the featured speaker at the 9/21/17 Air and Waste Management Association luncheon, held at The Petroleum Club in San Antonio. Scott will present Preparing the Florida Keys for Deepwater Horizon beginning at noon.

A description of the session:

In response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil release, Scott was embedded with the U.S. Coast Guard in Sector Key West. We integrated the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife into the planning process to develop site-specific tactical response plans for protection of the Dry Tortugas National Park, the Marquesas Islands, the Keys and the southern Everglades. The goal was to protect a multitude of threatened and endangered species, refuges, marine sanctuaries, cultural artifacts and sensitive ecosystems unique to the Keys while facing the inherent difficulties of oil spill response in these areas.

About the speaker:

Dr. Scott Harris is a former U.S. EPA Federal On-Scene Coordinator, a Course Director for the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center at UNC – Chapel Hill, a guest lecturer for the Oklahoma State University Fire and Emergency Management Administration program, a Continuing Education Instructor for the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Utah and an Instructor for the UTSA Environmental Science Department.

His experience covers over 30 years of EHS and disaster management in general industry, federal and state government, consulting and university instruction. Currently the Director of EHS Services for ALAMO1 in San Antonio, TX, Scott received his PhD in Environmental Science, with a specialization in Disaster and Emergency Management, from Oklahoma State University and holds degrees in Public Health and Geology from Western Kentucky University.