Press Release: SPILL CONTROL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA RELOCATES TO METRO WASHINGTON, DC, NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA -- Spill Control Association of America (SCAA), a professional
association representing oil spill removal organizations (OSRO), spill managers/qualified individuals,
consultants, equipment and material manufacturers, distributors, insurers, and educational and
governmental organizations, announced today that it has relocated its headquarters to Old Town
Alexandria, Virginia from Bel Air, Maryland.
“This move to the Washington, DC Metro area launches the next phase of SCAA’s services and benefits
to our expanding membership, and a greater recognition of our association as ‘The Voice of Spill
Response Professionals,’” said Andrew Altendorf, President. For the past several years, SCAA has held
its Annual Meeting in the capital region and regularly meets with the U.S. Coast Guard as a member of
the agency’s Partnership Action Team. SCAA also interfaces with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and other federal agencies regionally and at
Washington, DC headquarters, and as well as sister associations involved in oil and hazardous substance
spill response, cleanup and site remediation and restoration professions.
“As part of this transition, we are pleased to name John Allen as Executive Director of SCAA. He
brings more than 20 years of professional experience as a former Senior Vice President of one of our
national OSRO members, and formerly as an independent environmental consultant and career Special
Operations Naval Officer,” added Altendorf.
SCAA was founded in 1973 as an industry non-profit association to represent the collective interests,
and professional experience and contributions of the spill response industry, keeping SCAA members
current on regulations, technology advances and important national and international events.
association representing oil spill removal organizations (OSRO), spill managers/qualified individuals,
consultants, equipment and material manufacturers, distributors, insurers, and educational and
governmental organizations, announced today that it has relocated its headquarters to Old Town
Alexandria, Virginia from Bel Air, Maryland.
“This move to the Washington, DC Metro area launches the next phase of SCAA’s services and benefits
to our expanding membership, and a greater recognition of our association as ‘The Voice of Spill
Response Professionals,’” said Andrew Altendorf, President. For the past several years, SCAA has held
its Annual Meeting in the capital region and regularly meets with the U.S. Coast Guard as a member of
the agency’s Partnership Action Team. SCAA also interfaces with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and other federal agencies regionally and at
Washington, DC headquarters, and as well as sister associations involved in oil and hazardous substance
spill response, cleanup and site remediation and restoration professions.
“As part of this transition, we are pleased to name John Allen as Executive Director of SCAA. He
brings more than 20 years of professional experience as a former Senior Vice President of one of our
national OSRO members, and formerly as an independent environmental consultant and career Special
Operations Naval Officer,” added Altendorf.
SCAA was founded in 1973 as an industry non-profit association to represent the collective interests,
and professional experience and contributions of the spill response industry, keeping SCAA members
current on regulations, technology advances and important national and international events.
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