NW Area Committee

1. NW Area Committee

2. 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)

3. 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. 3

4. Response Ramp Up • Local Fire/Hazmat Team responses, generally rely on mutual aid from nearby jurisdictions; • State responders provide secondary response support, if needed; • Federal responders provide the backstop by providing response support to the locals and State, if resources and funding is exhausted or unavailable

5. Response Support • When local capabilities and/or funds are overwhelmed, NWAC agencies could provide surge capacity and expertise • When federally protected natural resources are impacted, NWAC agencies may be obligated to respond • RRT/NWAC Goal: Strong relationships and understanding of roles/responsibilities ahead of time to ensure good coordination during the incident

6. Examples of “Surge” • SILVERTIP PIPELINE SPILL • Funding • Specialized equipment/capability • Air monitoring • Government to Government Tribal Coordination • Cleanup Contractors

7. Who supports locals during a Response? Marine Inland State

8. Northwest Area Committee Federal State Tribal Local Non-Profit Industry 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 10 Federal State Tribal 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. NW Area Committee US EPA, R10 USCG, Sector Puget Sound USCG, Sector Columbia River RRT 10 US EPA, R10 USCG, D-13 In R10, these groups meet together.

9. NW Area Committee RegionalResponse Team

10. 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

11. Unified Command DiagramDirectly fromNWACP, Page 2000-2 Note: The timeframe for this structure will follow the initial response by first responders. FOSC SOSC RPIC Tribal/ other OSC LOSC

12. 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

13. Useful NWACP Tools • For oil spills on water with Geographic Response Plans • Lower and Middle Columbia, North Oregon Coast, etc • For large incidents • Contact information for State and Federal Resources • Technical response resources • For local contingency planning • Information on State and Federal capabilities (equipment, expertise, funding) • Reference for role State and Feds are ready to fill

14. Direct input route: Gov. Agencies NW Area Committee US EPA, R10 USCG, Sector Puget Sound USCG, Sector Columbia River Non-Profits Contractors Industry Public Task Forces Steering Committee RRT 10 US EPA, R10 USCG, D-13 2013 Task Forces: • Emerging Risks • In Situ Burn • Incident Command Post • Shoreline Cleanup (SCAT) • Wildlife • Endangered Species Act • Outreach • Lessons Learned

15. NWAC Plan Evolves and Responders are Informed “Integration with Reality” GRP Workshops NW Area Committee US EPA, R10 USCG, Sector Seattle USCG, Sector Portland Exercises Drills Outreach RRT 10 US EPA, R10 USCG, D-13 NWAC Meetings Annual Plan Review

16. How to get the plan, and connect with the NWAC http://www.rrt10nwac.com/ Josie Clark Heather Parker RRT10 Coordinator, EPA RRT10 Coordinator, USCG 206-553-6239 206-220-7215 clark.josie@epa.gov heather.a.parker@uscg.mil

17. 2015 NW Area Contingency Plan Updates of Note Comment Period Ends October 31!

18. Improved Content for Responders Summary of behavior of sunken or submerged oil Added reference for nonfloating oil. Includes fate and transport, detection and recovery. (9412)

19. Improved Content for Responders, cont. Added section on Field Stabilization Trailer Deployment Logistical Considerations and Mobile Oiled Bird Rehabilitation Unit (MRU) Logistical Considerations. (9310.12.7) Updated Initial Emergency Communication information to accurately reflect Federal Natural Resource Trustee expectations and contacts. (Preface)

20. Included Rail Information Added definitions for Rail Car Owner, Rail Commodity Owner, Rail Consignee, Rail Shipper, Rail Trackage, Rail Transporter, Unit Train, Manifest Train, Consist, FRA, PHMSA (1900) Added section on Responding to Rail Incidents which includes authority, expected response actions and response resources. (3500)

21. Endangered Species Act Created tool to assist FOSCs in complying with and documenting emergency consultation required by ESA. (9404, replaces Take Matrix) Updated compliance guidance for ESA. (4314)

22. In Situ Burn Guidance Clarified process for using In Situ Burning. (4617-4619 and 9407)

23. Advanced Shoreline Segmentation • Guidance for segmentation of the shorelines within a Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique process. • Guidance includes • conversion table from Shorezone to ESI designations, • recommended shoreline attributes to record, • segment naming convention.

24. Please review the draft NWACP and provide us your insights by 31 OCT. www.rrt10nwac.com

25. 2014 Annual NWACP Summit Thank you for participating in the Annual Northwest Area Contingency Plan (NWACP) Summit on December 16, 2014. The summit has three goals: • To Identify and prioritize updates for the 2016 Northwest Area Contingency Plan (NWACP) or issues that need to be address by the NWAC, • To identify groups willing to volunteer to coordinate task forces that will work on the high priority plan updates or issues, • To identify policies or plans that need to be exercised. Intended outcomes from summit: • Prioritized list of issues or plan updates for executive committee to decide which will be worked on in 2015, • Clearly defined work products that each task force would produce in 2015 • Groups and agencies will know what their staff’s time will be spent on before volunteering for task forces Please complete the following: • Replace the red text on the next two slides, • save and email this power point to clark.josie@epa.gov and Heather.A.Parker@uscg.mil by November 14, 2014 • complete the on-line survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SXSZQ5W

26. 2014 NWACP Annual Summit (Name of your organization) • Proposed Issue/Change/Update #1 …………… • Proposed Issue/Change/Update #2 …………… • Proposed Issue/Change/Update #3 …………… (Name of Presenter) Issues, proposed NWACP Changes or exercises:

27. Please provide contact info: • Name of presenter: presenter name • Email address: presenter email • Phone: presenter phone • Mailing address: presenter mailing address