Northwest Area Committee & Regional Response Team 1 Boise, Idaho June 29, 2011

Northwest Area Committee &

Regional Response Team

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Boise, IdahoJune 29, 2011

Agenda

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• Safety Brief, Introductions, Opening Remarks• ID State Response Program and Vision• Introduction to the Regional Response Team, NW Area Committee, and

NW Area Contingency Plan• Warm Springs Fire• BREAK• Review of Spokane River Geographic Response Plan• OSC Reports• LUNCH

• Bio-Response Operational and Testing Evaluation Project (BOTE) • Operational Commanders Roundtable• BREAK

• Rexburg Drum Case• RadNet Deployment in aftermath of Japanese earthquake/tsunami• Derelict Vessels: Joint Federal State Actions

Agenda

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• Safety Brief, Introductions, Opening Remarks• ID State Response Program and Vision• Introduction to the Regional Response Team, NW Area Committee, and

NW Area Contingency Plan• Warm Springs Fire• BREAK• Review of Spokane River Geographic Response Plan• OSC Reports• LUNCH

• Bio-Response Operational and Testing Evaluation Project (BOTE) • Operational Commanders Roundtable• BREAK

• Rexburg Drum Case• RadNet Deployment in aftermath of Japanese earthquake/tsunami• Derelict Vessels: Joint Federal State Actions

Agenda

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• Safety Brief, Introductions, Opening Remarks• ID State Response Program and Vision• Introduction to the Regional Response Team, NW Area Committee, and

NW Area Contingency Plan• Warm Springs Fire• BREAK• Review of Spokane River Geographic Response Plan• OSC Reports• LUNCH

• Bio-Response Operational and Testing Evaluation Project (BOTE) • Operational Commanders Roundtable• BREAK

• Rexburg Drum Case• RadNet Deployment in aftermath of Japanese earthquake/tsunami• Derelict Vessels: Joint Federal State Actions

INTRO TO AREA PLANNING

Prepared by: Josie Clark and Heather ParkerDate: 29JUN11NorthWest Area Committee Meeting ~ Boise, ID

What is an Area Committee? Interagency group charged with pre-

planning for oil spills

Comprised of any player who has a role in oil spill response

Spatial boundaries defined by EPA/USCG

Mandated by OPA 90 Section 4202(4)(A)

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Who is on an Area Committee?

Fire Department

Tribes

Local Health Dist.

Industry

NGOs

Private Citizens

State Police

• State Health Department

• State Env. Reg.

• USCG

• EPA

• NOAA

• DOI

• DoD, DOE, etc.

Area Committee members include anyonewho has a role in oil spill response.

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What is an Area Contingency Plan? A local/regional blueprint for oil (and

hazmat) response Contact information

Policy decisions

Sensitive resource information

Local/Regional response resources

Mandated by OPA 90 Section 4202(C)

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Why Area Planning?

Creates relationships between private and government response entities prior to a spill

ACPs memorialize response policy agreements

Provides necessary information rapidly during response

Preparedness Components:National Response System

Level

NRTNational

Regional RRTs

Plans

Local LEPCs

RCP

LEPC Plans

Managing Organization

NCP

ACPSERCs/

Area CommitteeState/Area

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Regulatory Mandate

NCP, Section 300.115 (a): RRTs ensure area planning happens and is

consistent across region (g): RRT agencies provide reps for area

planning (i)(6): RRTs in conjunction with Area

Committees plan for countermeasure use

OPA 90, Section 4202 (4)(A) and (4)(B): Formation of Area

Committees (4)(C): Required contents of Area Plans

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Requirements of Area PlansOPA 90 Section 4202(4)(C)

(i) Address worst case discharges

(ii) Describe areas of special economic or environmental importance

(iii) Describe the responsibilities of an owner or operator and Federal, State, and local agencies

(iv) List the equipment and personnel available

(v) List of local scientists

(vi) How the plan is integrated into other plans

(vii) Include any other information the President requires

(viii) Area Committee to update periodically

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Who Provides OSC for a Response?

Marine State Inland

Regional Response Team(RRT 10)

Mandated by National Contingency Plan Conduct pre-planning for oil and hazmat

spills to ensure coordinated federal support

Support On-Scene Coordinator during incident

Co-Chaired by EPA and USCG D13 Membership from 15 federal agencies

and states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

Northwest Area Committee(NWAC)

Mandated by Oil Pollution Act of 1990Federal On-Scene Coordinators must pre-plan

for oil spills with State and local partners.Plans must identify resources at risk, available

response equipment, and response procedures

Co-Chaired by Sector’s Portland & Seattle, EPA

Co-Vice-Chaired by states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

Membership from private, local, State, Tribal, and Federal entities

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U.S. Federal RegionsU.S. Coast Guard Districts

Coast Guard Districts and EPA Regions

National Response System – Federal Region 10

Level

NRTNational

Regional RRTs

Plans

Local LEPCs

RCP

LEPC Plans

Managing Organization

NCP

ACP Area CommitteeState/Area NW Area Contingency Plan

NW Area Committee

RRT 10US EPA,

R10USCG, D-

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NW Area Committee

US EPA, R10USCG, Sector Seattle

USCG, Sector Portland

Northwest Area Committee Federal StateTribal Local Non-ProfitIndustry

Members are any entity with response interest in region. This includes all RRT members as well as county and city agencies and the private sector.

Regional Response Team 10FederalStateTribal

Member agencies are identified in NCP. Each of 15 Federal Agencies and State Lead Agency have one vote when the RRT assembles during a response.

In R10, these groups meet together.

NW Area Committee/Regional Response

Team

What is in the Plan?

o THE PLAN is essentially a manual for oil and/or Hazmat response

o Jurisdictional authority, roles, and responsibilities

o List of available spill response equipment

o Required notifications

o List of response organizations

o Incident Command System implementation

What is in the Plan? (con’t)o Response Technologies Use

o Dispersant use, In-situ burning, Decanting

o Volunteer Policy

o Joint Information Center Manual

o Applicable federal and state regulations

o Accessing State and Federal Funds

o Geographic Response Plans22

WHAT IS A GRP? A response orientated contingency plan

providing some framework for response decisions during the first 12 to 24 hours following a spill, and beyond.

Purpose of the GRP’s Prioritize public natural resources Allow for immediate and proper action First responders know what actions to

take Includes:

Area maps Prioritized booming strategies Access points Staging areas

Maps that refer you to Priority Tables or Strategies

Priority Tables that refer you to Strategies

Strategies

NWACP Concept of Operations

Rapid notification of Federal, State, and local governments to permit assessment and response, if necessary National Response Center, 800-424-8802

Relies on the principle of escalation Utilizes the National Incident

Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System/Unified Command (ICS/UC) principles

Concept of Operations, cont.

Provides for access to considerable resources and expertise as situations requires

Covers all spills regardless of nature, cause or source oil and hazmat fixed facility and transportation inland and coastal natural and man-made disasters

Options for using the plan

For oil spills on water with GRPs Clearwater/Lochsa, Spokane, Pend Oreille,

For large incidents Incident Command System position specific

guidance

For local contingency planning Information on State and Federal capabilities

(equipment, expertise, funding) Reference for role State and Feds are ready

to fill

As a technical reference for spill response

ONGOING PLANNING IN REGION 10

RRT 10

US EPA, R10

USCG, D-13

NW Area Committee

US EPA, R10

USCG, Sector Seattle

USCG, Sector Portland

Steering CommitteeWorkgroups

Public

Contractors

Industry

Non-Profits

Direct input route:

Gov. Agencies

Workgroups:

• Logistics

• Wildlife

• Hazardous Substances

• Science and Response Tech.

• Geographic Response Plans

• Marine Fire Fighting

• Communication and Outreach

RRT 10

US EPA, R10

USCG, D-13

NW Area Committee

US EPA, R10

USCG, Sector Puget Sound

USCG, Sector Columbia River

GRP Workshops

Exercises

Drills

Outreach

NWAC Meetings

NWAC Plan Evolves and Responders are Informed

“Integration with Reality”

Annual Plan

Review

How to get the plan, and connect with the NWAC

Josie ClarkNW Area Planner

EPA Region 10206-553-6239

clark.josie@epa.gov

Heather Parker

USCG RRT Coordinator/

District Rspns Advisory Team

206-220-7215

Heather.a.parker@uscg.mil

http://www.rrt10nwac.com/

2011 Updates to the NW Area Contingency Plan

List of Some Key Proposed Changes

NWAC Meeting 29JUN11 – BOISE, ID

Discussion Topics List of Key Department of Ecology Updates to

NWACP List of some Key Sector Puget Sound Updates

to NWACP Some Additional Updates

Some Key Updates from Ecology (1)Add to the RP’s Response Policy in Chapter 1000 a description of the staging of the industry-funded emergency response towing vessel in Neah Bay.

Description of the permanent staging of the tug at Neah Bay. A note that both Ecology and the US Coast Guard can contract with the tug if

necessary.

Clarify in Appendix 8000 Ecology’s role in planning for and responding within unified command to vessel firefighting incidents that pose threat of spill.

New appendix on Environmental Permits – new appendix based on lessons learned from the DAVY CROCKETT.

Overview of the need for & types of permits to obtain during responses. Comprehensive list of federal, tribal and state permits that may be necessary

(and contact agencies). Short discussion of potential for waivers or expedited process to obtain the

permits. Tool used during response to track permit issues.

Some Key Updates from Ecology (2)Revise Washington’s Disposal Plan Boilerplate – this is an Ecology only tool. Updated in response to lessons learned from the DAVY CROCKETT.

Adding operational guidance for characterizing and handling waste streams all the way through to final disposition.

Additional guidance on temporary storage. Procedures for reporting data on waste.

Update Chapter 1000 to reflect new vessel industry requirements for notifications to WA state of vessel emergencies

Update to reflect change in state law requiring vessels operators to report significant threats of spills to the state.

List of potential command post locations – Added back into Logistics chapter.

Addition of Liaison Manual as new appendix to plan Presents ICS structure and job descriptions for Liaison group Includes tools for stakeholder meetings, VIP tours, etc.

Some Key Updates from Ecology (3)Broad update to Chapter 4000 on Volunteers including addition of new Volunteer Management Manual in the appendix (Volunteer Task Force co-chaired by Sector Puget Sound and Ecology)

Provides a process for unified command to make a decision whether to use volunteers.

Mentions the MOU signed between the USCG, EPA and the Corporation for National and Community Services for managing non-affiliated (or convergent) volunteers.

Add description of Coast Guard’s use of auxiliary as volunteers. Mentions the new Washington law requiring Ecology to develop a

volunteer coordination system. Defines a Volunteer Coordinator for ICS, suggest unified command

can put the function in planning or Liaison. Suggests tasks that volunteers can (or won’t) be used for during a

response. Still not defined: training requirements for volunteers, specific

process for intake & registration.

Some Key Updates from Sector Puget Sound Marine Firefighting – Sector PS

Some Additional Updates… Entire Rework of Chapter 1000 and 2000

Thanks to Josie Clark, Dale Becker and Wade Gough for taking the lead

Thanks to other Steering Committee members who contributed edits

Adding revised EPA-USCG Jurisdictional Boundary Language to Chapter 1000

Adding BMPs from DWH to Chapter 9000

QUESTIONS?

ANNUAL AREA COMMITTEE WORKSHOP(First one SEP2011, then JAN after that)

EXEC COMM CONF CALL - DECIDE ON PRIORITIES AND TF FACILITATORS

CONF CALL- STEERING COMMITTEE &TF FACILITATORS

TFs complete work (i.e. NWACP updates)

EACH ASSIGNEE FINALIZES UPDATES TO THE NWACP LANGUAGE/TEXT/SECTIONS

SC COMPLETES ROUGH DRAFT NWACP – include all assigned updates

PUBLIC COMMENT DRAFT

FINAL DRAFT INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS

FINAL PLAN

PUBLISH SIGNED NWACP

01 JANUARY

21 JANUARY

01 SEPTEMBER

SC Face to Face MEETING – REVIEW RESULTS

01 FEBRUARY

01 MARCH

15 SEPTEMBER

01 OCTOBER

01 NOVEMBER

01 DECEMBER

31 DECEMBER

31 JANUARY

Proposed New NWACP Update Cycle Dates

Steering Committee Draft_02MAY2011

MARCH RRT/NWAC Meeting

JUNE RRT/NWAC Meeting(Opportunity for TF to receive input from Exec Committee on

policy decisions)

OCT RRT/NWAC Meeting

Agenda

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• Safety Brief, Introductions, Opening Remarks• ID State Response Program and Vision• Introduction to the Regional Response Team, NW Area Committee, and

NW Area Contingency Plan• Warm Springs Fire• BREAK• Review of Spokane River Geographic Response Plan• OSC Reports• LUNCH

• Bio-Response Operational and Testing Evaluation Project (BOTE) • Operational Commanders Roundtable• BREAK

• Rexburg Drum Case• RadNet Deployment in aftermath of Japanese earthquake/tsunami• Derelict Vessels: Joint Federal State Actions