March 2014


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Dr. Derek Gay on national environmental Assessment task Force

Dr. Derek Gay, Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Engineering, has been appointed to the National Environmental Assessment Task Force (NEATF). Dr Gay’s appointment, the eleventh, completes the local arm of the NEATF.

The National Environmental Assessment Task Force was established to oversee all activities necessary to address the environmental impacts of the oil spills at the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (PETROTRIN) affecting the coastline of the South West Peninsula of Trinidad and Tobago.

Other members of the Task Force are Dr. Allan Bachan - Chairman, Environment Management Authority; Professor Indar Ramnarine - Chairman, Institute of Marine Affairs; Christine Chan A Singh - Director of Fisheries, Ministry of Food Production; Dr. Rahanna Juman - Institute of Marine Affairs (Wetlands Ecology); Dr. Darryl Banjoo - Institute of Marine Affairs (Marine Chemistry); Professor John Agard- University of the West Indies (Pollution and Environmental Control); Neal Alleyne - Head, Petroleum Engineering, University of Trinidad and Tobago; Nigel Darwent - Deputy Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Petroleum Company Limited; Jalaludin Khan – Member of the Council, National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago; and Dr. Akenath Misir - Principal Medical Officer, Environmental Health, Ministry of Health.