Responding Effectively When Things Go Wrong

RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

Presented byBetty Schorr

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

November 14, 2012

Planning

OPA ‘90

National Contingency Plan

State Contingency Plan

Government Planning

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FEDERAL

STATE

REGIONAL CONTINGENCY

PLAN

AREA CONTINGENCY PLANS

STATE MASTERPLAN

NATIONAL CONTINGENCYPLAN

REGIONAL MASTERPLANS

UNIFIEDPLAN

SUBAREAPLANS

LOCAL

Borough Emergency Response Plans

Local Emergency Response Plans

Key Components of the Unified Plan

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In Situ Burning GuidelinesDispersant Use GuidelinesWildlife Protection GuidelinesResponse OrganizationFederal/State AuthoritiesPermits/Administration PPOR GuidelinesStatewide ResourcesShoreline Cleanup ReferencesCultural Resource ProtectionStatewide HazmatVolunteer GuidelinesPublic Information/JICMarine FF/Vessel Salvage, Lightering

Alaska’s Subareas

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Facility and VesselOil Discharge

Prevention and Contingency Plans

Communicate the Plan

DEC Response/Planning Initiatives

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GRS Development

State FY2013Southeast Alaska – 50-60 GRSNW Arctic – 45 GRS

State FY2014Aleutians – 60-70 GRS

Emergency Towing Systems (ETS)

Nearshore Operations Response Strategy (NORS)

Emergency Towing Systems

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FY2013 Initiatives

• ETS Exercise at Dutch Harbor (October 3, 2012)

• Large Vessel ETS for Cold Bay

• Large Vessel ETS for Ketchikan

• Medium ETS to be stored at the NAVSUPSALV Warehouse in Anchorage

Nearshore Response Planning Initiative

Goal: Protect State Resources from Impacts of Oil Spills (State Waters extend out to 3 miles from the shoreline)

Objective: Develop Specific Nearshore Operations Response Strategies for each Subarea Plan 13

Execute the Plan

To be ready to respond when there is a spill, you have to be

ready to respond when there isn’t

one.

dec.alaska.gov/spar