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Overview of Select Oil Spill Preparedness, Prevention, & Response Initiatives

Overview of Select Oil Spill Preparedness, Prevention, & Response Initiatives. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Spill Prevention and Response. Rick Bernhardt, PhD. ADEC Spill Prevention & Response. Approx 2,000 spills reported to ADEC each year

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Overview of Select Oil Spill Preparedness, Prevention, & Response Initiatives

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  1. Overview of Select Oil Spill Preparedness, Prevention, & Response Initiatives Alaska Department of Environmental ConservationDivision of Spill Prevention and Response Rick Bernhardt, PhD

  2. ADEC Spill Prevention & Response • Approx 2,000 spills reported to ADEC each year • ADEC maintains a response network through program development and coordination

  3. Prevention • State Reviews, Validates, & Approves Industry Contingency Plans • Conducts Site Inspections to Ensure Regulatory Compliance • Shares Expertise About Best Management Practice Among Plan-Holders • Participates in Readiness Drills to Gauge Ability to Respond According to C-Plan • Seven Emergency Towing Systems

  4. Preparedness • State Engaged in ~50 Major Initiatives Over Past Decade • Unified Plan • Subarea Contingency Plans • Community Spill Response Agreements • Potential Places of Refuge • Readiness Drills and Incident Command System

  5. Contingency Plan Hierarchy Alaska is the only state to have merged these two plans.

  6. Unified and Subarea Plans

  7. Community Spill Response Program

  8. Community Spill Response Program

  9. Sensitive Areas with GRS in the Northwest Arctic Subarea

  10. Sample GRS in Lopp Lagoon

  11. Resources Associated with Lopp Lagoon GRS

  12. Potential Places of Refuge

  13. PPOR Site Characteristics

  14. UNIFIED COMMAND RPOSC/IC FOSC SOSC LOSC COMMAND STAFF Information Officer Liaison Officer Legal Officer Safety Officer OPERATION PLANNING LOGISTICS FINANCE

  15. Key Roles for Local Responders • Report all spills immediately • Augment the Response with Trained Workers • Provide Local On-Scene Coordinator • Participate in Regional Stakeholder Committee • Remain engaged throughout response & remediation process • Provide Local Knowledge in work groups & during responses North Slope Borough Village Response Team – GC-2 Spill (March 2006) Local-Hire Worker – SelendangAyuSpill (April 2005)

  16. Dr. Rick Bernhardt Department of Environmental Conservation 555 Cordova Street Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 269-7683 Rick.Bernhardt@alaska.gov Questions?

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