[en] The Environmental Safety Branch (ESB) at the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center (R ampersand D Center) has established the Comprehensive Marine Environmental Response Project to address a broad spectrum of Coast Guard requirements for technology to improve its oil spill response capabilities. One element of this project addresses the requirement for an improved oil spill surveillance capability. This project element seeks to identify the Coast Guard's operational requirements for oil spill remote sensing, to determine the functional system capabilities needed to meet those requirements, and to evaluate sensor technologies that have near-term potential for providing those capabilities. Current staffing consists of a full-time Senior Research Engineer