Harbor Safety Committee
of the Humboldt Bay Area

Our Members

The Harbor Safety Committee of the Humboldt Bay Area was mandated by the Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1990. On November 20, 1991, the California Department of Fish and Game's Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response officially appointed the Committee.


Port Authority

Term Expires October 24, 2014

Member

Ms. Suzie Howser, Chair
Dockmaster
Port of Humboldt
Bay P.O. Box 1030
Eureka, CA 95502-1030
Tel: 707.443.0801
Fax: 707.443.0800
suzie@portofhumboldtbay.org

Alternate

Vacant

Bar Pilot

Term Expires May 19, 2013

Member

Captain John Powell
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and
Conservation District
P.O. Box 1030
Eureka, CA 95502-1030
Tel: 707.443.0801
Fax: 707.443.0800
jpowell@portofhumboldtbay.org

Alternate

Captain Tim Petrusha
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and
Conservation District
P.O. Box 1030
Eureka, CA 95502-1030
Tel: 707.443.0801
Fax: 707.443.0800
tpetrusha@portofhumboldtbay.org

Local Law Enforcement

Term Expires September 14, 2014

Member

Deputy Phillip Daastol
Humboldt County Sheriff's Department
926 Fourth Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Tel: 707.268.2532
Fax: 707.445.7764
pdaastol@co.humboldt.ca.us

Alternate

Deputy Roy Reynolds
Humboldt County Sheriff's Department
926 Fourth Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Tel: 707.268.2537
Fax: 707.445.7764
rreynolds@co.humboldt.ca.us

Tug Operator

Term Expires May 19, 2013

Member

Captain Gilbert Groszmann
Knutson Towboat Company
2114 E Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Tel: 707.496.0749
Fax: 707.445.4793
groszmann@sbcglobal.net

Alternate

Vacant

Tanker Operations

Term Expires March 16, 2014

Member

Mr. Richard Lauer
Sause Bros. Tug and Barge
3710 NW Front Avenue
Portland, OR 97210
Tel: 503.222.1811x1010
Fax: 503.222.2010
dickl@sause.com

Alternate

Captain Jeff Hill
Sause Bros. Tug and Barge
155 East Market Avenue
Coos Bay, OR 97420
Tel: 541.269.5842
Fax: 541.269.5866
jeffh@sause.com

Dry Cargo

Term Expires March 16, 2014

Member

Mr. Richard Trygar
SSA Pacific
70 Port Way
Longview, WA 98632
Tel: 707.496.2636
richard.trygar@ssamarine.com

Alternate

Vacant

Commercial Fishing

Term Expires November 17, 2013

Member

Mr. Aaron Newman
F/V Maria Isabel
3150 F Street
Eureka, CA 95503
Tel: 707.496.5158

Alternate

Vacant.

Pleasure Boating

Term Expires March 16, 2014

Member

Mr. John "Hawk" Martin
Humboats Kayak Adventures
1290 Leslie Road
Eureka, CA 95503
Tel: 707.443.5157
info@humboats.com

Alternate

Captain Tim Klassen
Reel Steel Sportfishing
6934 Seaview
Eureka, CA 95503
Tel: 707.499.4925
reelsteel@humboldt1.com

Tribal / Environmental

Term Expires January 20, 2013

Member

Mr. Stephen Kullmann
Table Bluff Reservation Wiyot Tribe
1000 Wiyot Drive
Loleta, CA 95551
Tel: 707.733.5055
Fax: 707.733.5601
stephen@wiyot.us

Alternate

Vacant.

Coastal Commission

Term Expires March 18, 2012

Member

Mr. Jonathan Bishop
Oil Spill Program Coordinator
California Coastal Commission
725 Front Street, Suite 300
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4508
Tel: 831.427.4873
Alt Tel: 415.693.8375 (Oil Spill 24-hour notification cell phone)
jbishop@coastal.ca.gov

Alternate

Dr. Vanessa Metz
Water Quality Analyst
California Coastal Commission
710 E Street, Suite 200
Eureka, CA 95501
Fax: 707.445.7877
Tel: 707.445.7873
vmetz@coastal.ca.gov

Local Coast Guard

Member

Lt. Robert Starr
Surface Operations
USCG Group Humboldt Bay
1001 Lycoming Way
McKinleyville, CA 95519
Tel: 707.839.6111
Robert.C.Starr@uscg.mil

Alternate

BM1 Clare Linder
Aids to Navigation
USCG Group Humboldt Bay
200 New Navy Base road
Samoa, CA 95564
Tel: 707.269.2551
Clare.M.Linder@uscg.mil

NOAA

Member

Mr. Gerald Wheaton
Navigation Manager
NOAA Office of Coast Survey
400 Gigling Road, Room 5082
Seaside, CA 93955-6771
Tel: 831.583.2366
Fax: 831.583.2366
Gerry.Wheaton@noaa.gov

Alternate

Ms. Rebecca Smyth
NOAA Office of Coast Survey
Regional Coordinator
45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105-2219
Tel: 415.904.5251
Fax: 415.904.5400
Rebecca.Smyth@noaa.gov

U.S. Coast Guard COTP

Member

Captain Cynthia Stowe
Commander
Sector San Francisco
US Coast Guard
1 Yerba Buena Island
San Francisco, CA 94130-9309
Tel: 415.399.3410
Fax: 415.399.3579
cynthia.l.stowe@uscg.mil

Alternate

Capt. Salvatore Palmeri
Commanding Officer
USCG Group Humboldt Bay
1001 Lycoming Way
McKinleyville, CA 95519
Tel: 707.839.6103
Fax: 707.839.6129
Salvatore.G.Palmeri@uscg.mil

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mr. Peter Mull
Project Manager
USACOE San Francisco District
1455 Market Street, Room 1636F
San Francisco, CA 94103-1398
Tel: 415.503.6733
Peter.A.Mull@spd02.usace.army.mil

Mr. Stephen Kilmon
Chief Hydro Survey Section
USACOE - San Francisco District
2100 Bridgeway Blvd
Sausalito, CA 94965
415-289-3340
Stephen.Kilmon@usace.army.mil

Office of Spill Prevention and Response

Liaison

Mr. Al Storm
Oil Spill Prevention Specialist
CA Department of Fish and Game
P.O. Box 944209
Sacramento, CA 94244-2090
Tel: 916.324.6259
Fax: 916-327-0907
astorm@ospr.dfg.ca.gov

Mr. Jeff Dayton
Environmental Scientist
CA Department of Fish and Game
619 Second Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Tel: 707.441.5736
Fax: 707.445.6664
dpdayton@ospr.dfg.ca.gov

Mr. Josh Zulliger
Warden
CA Department of Fish and Game
619 Second Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Tel: 707.445.6493
jzulliger@ospr.dfg.ca.gov


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