National Response TeamUpdate

WELCOME

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Response Committee

• Key Response Committee Members and the Chair have been participating in the Executive Secretariat's review of NRT priorities.

Points of Contact

Chair AlternateGilberto “Tito” Irizarry (EPA) Lisa Boynton (EPA)

NEXT MEETING: TBD

Dalton, MA Oil Release

www.epaosc.net

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Worker Safety & Health SubcommitteePoints of Contact

Co-ChairsBrian Kovak (EPA) & John Ferris (OSHA)

Implement Guidance and Toolkit for the Development of Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance Programs (EHRMS) Action Proposal

Increase WS&H exercise play

Unified Safety Management Action Proposal

Ongoing work on other activities

NEXT MEETING: TENTATIVE August 11, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm (EDT)

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Preparedness Committee

NRS Brochure 2011 See example brochure from printers

NRT Brochure 2011 Lead: CDR Bock (USCG) NRT Brochure with SRA graphics department Next Meeting – virtual review of different colors

NRT-1 Workgroup Lead: Jean Schumann (EPA) Revising/updating agency specific sections Last Meeting – May 11 Next Meeting – when sections complete

Abandoned Vessel Guidance Lead: LT Phil Nail (USCG) An Action Proposal is being developed for Aug

Point of Contact

ChairCommander Edward Bock (USCG)

NEXT MEETING: August 23, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EDT)

Preparedness Committee Use of Volunteers Workgroup

Volunteers TAD final review expected to begin in September. DWH & COSCO BUSON case studies being developed. CNCS developing questionnaire. Last Meeting – July 15th Next Meeting – August 31st

Arctic Pollution Preparedness Assessment Developing a master bibliography matrix and providing it back to

the Workgroup for review Last Meeting – July 12th Next Meeting – TBD

Cuba Oil Response Preparedness Assessment Developing a master bibliography matrix and providing it back to

the Workgroup for review Last Meeting – July 12th Next Meeting – TBD

5NEXT MEETING: August 23, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EDT)

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Panama Canal

NRT-ACP EcoCanal 2011 Initial draft of EcoCanal AAR/IP distributed to Subcommittee

NRT-ACP EcoCanal 2012 (March) Places of Refuge Tabletop Exercise

ACP Training

Points of Contact

Chair ACP RepresentativeEd Levine (NOAA) Octavio E. D’Meza (ACP)

NEXT MEETING: August 18, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (EDT)

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Training Subcommittee

Examining its mission, role, and leadership, in consultation with the NRT Executive Secretariat

The next meeting will be announced once scheduled

Points of Contact

Co-ChairsWayne Yoder (DHS) & TBD

NEXT MEETING: TBD

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Science & Technology Committee Report-out

Participation in monthly meetings has been identified as an issue within the Committee. Committee membership is being revised and the Committee Chair will send invitations to individual agency representatives to participate on the Committee.

The NRT action proposal to develop guidance on daily monitoring and daily reports using SMART data will be submitted to the Exec Sec in August 2011. A Workgroup to accomplish this task has been formed and submitted a draft daily reporting form to Dana Tulis.

Working with GenWest and SRA to determine the feasibility of moving the Selection Guide under the NRT Website

NEXT MEETING: August 17, 1:00 pm (EDT)

Points of Contact

ChairSteve Lehmann (NOAA)

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

Quick Reference Guides (QRGs): Completed:

7 chemical; submitting to NRT Members today for review 7 Biological (Bacterial & Viral) to Exec Sec – August 2011

Updating/Revising: 17 Biological QRGs (12 viral, 4 bacterial & 2 toxin); Fall 2011 Chemical Reference Document; Summer 2011 prior to Chemical QRGs going final.

Developing/New: Targeted for Fall 2011 completion Methylisocyanate (MIC) Chlorine Gas Ricin

Proposed: Target not set Influenza Wastewater Treatment

Point of Contact

ChairCAPT Colleen Petullo (EPA)

NEXT MEETING: August 1, 2011

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Executive Secretariat

Continue to strategically review NRT priorities & address workload concerns Need to better manage NRT priorities/maintain manageable

workload for members In concert, consider re-charter of certain groups to align with NRT

priorities (Training) Proposed changes to NRT annual work cycle Find ways to make product development & review more

efficient/less bureaucratic Maintain connection between NRT and RRTs

Point of Contact

ChairMike Faulkner (EPA)

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Executive Secretariat Report-outNRT After Action Report for DWH

Workgroup met in early July & addressed comments from EPA OGC & USCG OGC

Draft AAR submitted to NRT Chair, NRT Vice Chair, and DOJ for comment

Timeline for next steps will depend on the extent of the comments

NEXT MEETING: August 25 meeting date cancelled.

Subsea Dispersant Subcommittee

Met with NRT leadership to resolve critical issues with the June 1 version of the Subsea Dispersant Monitoring and Assessment Interim Guidance (Draft) on July 21

Held July 25 workshop to review outcomes of NRT leadership meeting and address open comments on the guidance

Outlined path forward for next iteration of the Draft Interim Guidance July 29 – working meeting to revise June 1 draft interim guidance August 1 – working draft to Core Group August 10 – participation in workshop for Core Group concurrence August 11 – submission to NRT Chair and Vice Chair, DOI, and DOC

representatives TBD – NRT releases interim guidance to RRTs

12NEXT MEETING: August 2011

IMO, ARCTIC Council & the Caribbean

International Maritime Organization Oil Pollution Response – Hazardous Noxious Substances Tech Working Group 4-14 July: Guide lines for ISB, Dispersant , Spill Response in Ice and Snow, HNS

lessons learned

Arctic Council and the Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response Tech Working Group June: Arctic Council Task Force to draft Arctic Wide Preparedness and Response

instrument; EPPR to develop ERMA, ISB Guidelines, Resource typing for Arctic Resources…17-21 October OSLO, Norway.

Preparedness and Response Planning related to drilling in the offshore Caribbean NSS direction on multi-lateral engagement to improve preparedness IMO request for US to support multi-lateral seminar in the November to aid

Bahamas in developing National Prevention, Preparedness regimes and in planning for offshore operations.

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NRF/NCP Workgroup The 3 Teams set up by the Workgroup continue work on

developing language for the upcoming NRF revisions:

1. General NRF/NCP alignment, including high level official involvement (e.g., role of NRF and PFO for non-Stafford incidents)

2. Incident management issues, focusing on field level, including state/local representation

3. Public communications (e.g., role of ESF-15 in significant non-Stafford incidents)

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National Response Team

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