ALCOAST 005/20 - JAN 2020 SOLICITATION FOR THE 2019 MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS AWARD

R 081535 JAN 20
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-5RI//
TO ALCOAST
UNCLAS //N16000//
ALCOAST 005/20
COMDTNOTE 16000
SUBJ:  SOLICITATION FOR THE 2019 MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE AND
PREPAREDNESS AWARD
A. U.S. Coast Guard Marine Environmental Response and Preparedness
Manual, COMDTINST M16000.14 (series)
1. This ALCOAST solicits nominations for the RADM Sidney A. Wallace
Award for Excellence in Marine Environmental Response and Preparedness
(Wallace Award) for the 2019 calendar year. The purpose of the Wallace
Award is to provide recognition to those members who exemplify the high
standards of professionalism and initiative embodied by RADM Wallace
throughout his career. The Wallace Award includes two categories:
Individual and Unit Excellence. Units eligible include Sectors, MSUs,
National Strike Teams, and District Response Advisory Teams (DRATs).
The Wallace Award recognizes Coast Guard individuals and units for the
following:
    a. Excellence in the area of marine environmental response and
preparedness;
    b. Contributions to the Marine Environmental Response (MER)
program;
    c. Efforts to improve coordination and cooperation among all MER
partner agencies, the industry, and the public;
    d. Professional conduct in carrying out program assignments;
    e. Innovations in response and preparedness to pollution
incidents; and
    f. Furthering the goals and objectives of the MER program.
2. RADM Sidney A. Wallace served as the first Program Manager and
Chief of the Marine Environmental Protection (MEP) Program and
Division. Under his leadership, the MEP Program quickly achieved
prominence in marine environmental response and preparedness among
federal and state agencies, industry, and non-governmental
organizations. He implemented the provisions of the Water Quality
Improvement Act of 1970, which, among other things, created the
National Response System (NRS). RADM Wallace was a frequent delegate
to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and was a delegate
to the International Marine Pollution Conference in 1973, which
adopted the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships (MARPOL), the main international convention covering
prevention of pollution to the marine environment from vessels. He
later served as Chair of IMO’s Marine Environment Committee during
work on the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness
Response and Cooperation (OPRC).
3. REF (A) outlines application information. Format requirements and
RADM Wallace's biography are posted on the COMDT (CG-MER) Portal site.
Nominations are limited to two pages of text in a standard memorandum
format.
4. Nominations must be received NLT COB Tuesday, 2 March 2020.
Individual and Unit nominations must be submitted electronically as
an email attachment to the POC listed below. Recipients of the 2019
Wallace Award will be announced via ALCOAST. 
5. POC: LCDR Ryan N. Dickson, COMDT (CG-MER) at: Ryan.N.Dickson@uscg.mil
or (202) 372-2260.
6. Ms. Dana Tulis, Director of Emergency Management, sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.