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Steve Edinger Stephen Edinger has spent his professional career protecting California's wildlife and natural environments, serving over 28 years in environmental law enforcement. He began his career in 1982 as a law enforcement ranger with the National Park Service. He then spent 8 years as a ranger with the California State Park System along the northern California coast. For the past 17 years, he has served in various capacities with the California Department of Fish and Game. Mr. Edinger has investigated or served as the incident commander on hundreds of pollution events across California. He served as California's incident commander during the M/V Cosco Busan oil spill response in November, 2007. Today Mr. Edinger oversees more than 200 employees dedicated to protecting California's habitats and wildlife from the devastating effects of pollution. He leads the Office of Spill Prevention and Response, which is recognized as the premiere spill response program in the nation. Speaker: 09 CP Session 3A: Cosco Busan- Response Implications for Today and Tomorrow Speaker: 09 CP US & Canadian Federal, State, and Provincial Perspectives on Building on the Past and Charting the Way Forward |