ALCOAST 218/24 - MAY 2024 SOLICITATION FOR THE 2023 MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS AWARD EXTENSION

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ALCOAST 218/24
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SUBJ: SOLICITATION FOR THE 2023 MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE AND
PREPAREDNESS AWARD EXTENSION
A. U.S. Coast Guard Marine Environmental Response and Preparedness
Manual, COMDTINST M16000.14A
B. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 281235Z MAR 24/ALCOAST 142/24
1. This ALCOAST updates the nomination deadline for the RADM Sidney
A. Wallace Award for Excellence in Marine Environmental Response and
Preparedness (Wallace Award) for the 2023 calendar year and solicits
nominations IAW REF (A). The deadline in REF (B) is extended from
01 May 2024 to 24 May 2024.
2. 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 five
categories: Individual, Unit, and Team Excellence for
Response and Individual and Unit Excellence for Preparedness.
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.
3. 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).
4. Nominations are limited to two pages of text in a standard
memorandum format. Format requirements and RADM Wallace's biography
are posted on the COMDT (CG-MER) SharePoint page:
(Copy and Paste URL Below into Browser)

https://uscg.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/cgmer/wallaceaward/default.aspx

5. Nominations must be received NLT COB 24 May 2024. Individual,
Unit, and Team nominations must be submitted electronically as an
email attachment to the POC listed below. Recipients of the
2023 Wallace Award will be announced via ALCOAST.
6. POC: LT Allison M. Wrieden, COMDT (CG-MER) at
Allison.M.Wrieden@uscg.mil or (202) 372-2260.
7. Ms. Dana Tulis, Director of Emergency Management (CG-5RI), sends.
8. Internet release is authorized.