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Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Response
Gary A. Reiter
Westcliffe Environmental Management
Gary Reiter received his M.A. in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Southern Colorado. He has worked in the pollution response field for the past twenty-five years. In 1991, he retired as a Commander from the U.S. Coast Guard with the majority of his time spent in its Marine Environmental Response Program. He served as both an Executive Officer and a Commanding Officer of the Pacific Strike Team and as an Assistant Branch Chief of the Pollution Response Branch of the U.S. Coast Guard. Since retiring he has worked in industry as a Response Manager for BHP Petroleum, Executive Vice President of O’Brien’s Oil Pollution Service, and for the past four years has served as President of his own firm - Westcliffe Environmental Management, Inc.
John N. Sacco
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
John Sacco received his M.S. in Ecology from North Carolina State University in 1989. Currently, Mr. Sacco is the natural resource damage assessment coordinator for the Office of National Resource Restoration at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Mr. Sacco has 13 years of experience in the ecological risk and natural resource damage aspects of environmental regulations. Mr. Sacco has responded to over 30 oil spills and chemical discharges. Part of his duties included coordinating field and laboratory data collection and analysis, negotiating damage settlements with responsible parties, and overseeing restoration of injured resources.