Regional Response Team 7

1. Regional Response Team 7 CAPT Tim Close & Scott Hayes RRT Co-Chairs

2. 2004 Accomplishments/Lessons Learned • Numerous mercury responses • Residential lead cleanups • Ruby Slipper radiation exercise • Blackleg exercise – Region 6 & 7 • USCG deployed to Hurricane Ivan • EPA deployment to Francis • Kansas City COOP exercise • Kingman ammonia pipeline release

3. Challenges/Next Steps • Fuel alcohol response concerns • 2005 RRT exercise • Agro-terrorism issues • Potential involvement in SONS ’07 • Assistance to local response communities for NIMS implementation

4. Best Practices • EPA Incident Management Teams • Water security workshops • Area Maritime Security committees • Inland River Vessel Management • Sub-area “after hour” exercises • Contact with over 2,000 responders via training, workshops, exercises

5. Regional Response Team III Dennis Carney RRT Co-Chair

6. 2004 Accomplishments /Lessons Learned • RRT III Training Program • Exercises and Training • ATHOS 1 Incident - RRT III Participation • Alternative Response Countermeasures Technologies • Guidance Documents • ARTES

7. Challenges / Next Steps • ATHOS I Incident Lessons Learned • New Response Management System • NRP Implementation, Roll-Out, Training, and NIMS ICS • RRT Involvement in Natural Disasters • Continued WMD Training

8. Best Practices • RRT III Training Program • Conduct extensive training • Training process • Weigh the needs of workgroups • Feedback on training sessions • POC – Mr. Gary Ott, NOAA SSC gary.ott@noaa.gov or (757) 856-2755

9. Regional Response Team 2 Eric Mosher EPA Co-Chair CAPT Mark VanHaverbeke USCG Co-Chair

10. 2004 Accomplishments/Lessons Learned • SMART-RAD • Completed/Exercised • M/V CSAV RIO PUELO • Republican National Convention • EPA joined CG Unified Command • EPA lead for landside NYC Enviro. Incidents • M/V ATHOS I • Coordination with RRT3 • Trustee Consultation • Test application/contact water approvals

11. Challenges/Next Steps • TOPOFF 3 • Bio Response Issues • Funding for Incidents of National Significance/ pre-deployments • M/V ATHOS I • Lessons Learned Follow-up • EPA/USCG AOR Boundary Revisions

12. Best Practices • State/Co-Chair Sessions during RRT meeting • M/V ATHOS I cross-regional concurrence/consultation process • EPA emergency response personnel in ‘technical assistance” roles, not as “OSC’s” • M/V CSAV RIO PUELO • Use of NOAA SSC as Env. Unit Leader in Unified Command Post

13. Regional Response Team 8 CDR Natalie Valley Doug Skie RRT Co-Chairs

14. 2004 Accomplishments/Lessons Learned • Certification of Region VIII IMT • Expanded Response Capability: • RRC SOP Development • Web EOC Implementation • Trained Response Support Corp • Enhanced communication capability at COOP. • New Mobile Command Post/Mobile EOC

15. Challenges/Next Steps • Exercise Demands • Develop Prioritization Procedures. • Align Sub-Area Contingency Planning with Homeland Security Demands. • Maintaining Focus on Responder vs. Organizational Readiness • Focus on OSC technical training.

16. Best Practices • Very strong relationship with backup regions. • Conduct minimum of one full-scale annual exercise or joint training. • Backup region workgroup formed. • Included contracting personnel in developing SOPs and in multi-region exercises.

17. Regional Response Team I Arthur Johnson EPA Co-Chair Captain Mark VanHaverbeke USCG Co-Chair

18. 2004 Accomplishments/Lessons Learned • Democratic National Convention Boston, MA – July, 2004 • event-specific response jurisdiction agreement • valuable interagency training and coordination opportunity Priority Action Items: • clarify EPA/USCG response authority under NCP • establish central command post • ICS training needed for support staff • evaluate shift scheduling • B-120 Oil Spill • Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultations • Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDAs) • EPA Inland Area PREP Exercise – “Big Drink” West Boylston, MA – October, 2004

19. Challenges/Next Steps • USCG Strike Teams’ role under NCP • identified as an issue during the DNC • EPA/USCG resource vs. DHS resource • need to clarify tasking and ordering authority • TOPOFF 3 New London, CT – April 4-10, 2005 • CANUSLANT 2005 Bar Harbor, ME – June 13-16, 2005

20. Best Practices • DNC/RNC: • successful pre-planning • interagency training and coordination • exercised inter-regional backup support • Joint RRT/RISC Meetings Natick, MA – May, 2004 • “Big Drink” Exercise: • coordinated with state and local response partners to identify and protect vulnerable resources • trained with state and local agencies on ICS implementation

21. Regional Response Team 5 Captain Randy Helland, USCG District 9 RRT Co-Chair Linda Nachowicz US EPA Region 5 RRT Co-Chair

22. 2004 Accomplishments/Lessons Learned • Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA) Workshops. • Completion of the Inland Sensitivity Atlases • Exercises – Marinette, WI ‘04 / Whiting, IN ’05

23. Challenges/Next Steps • Integrate Contingency Plans to align with NRP. • Review and update RRT5 Strategic Planning Document and set the course for the next 5 years. • Keep up with the changes in Local, State, tribal and Federal Gov’t.

24. Best Practices • Continue to promote interagency training opportunities. • Development of a Great Lakes specific “Special Teams Guidebook”. • Continue to quickly turn-around exercise lessons-learned reports and quickly implement the lessons.

25. Alaska Regional Response Team CY 2004 Brief

26. Accomplishments/Lessons Learned • Dispersant Information Needs • PWS Area Exercise • TAPS Exercise and L/L Follow through – Pipeline Emergency Source Control • Statewide HazMat Working Group – Mass Decon Project

27. Lesson Learned resulted in unique rapid, safe, pipeline source control

29. Challenges/Next Steps • Update to Dispersant Guidelines • Endangered Species Act MOA Implementation • NRP Organization & Coordination with DHS on Preparedness & Response

30. Best Practices • Places of Refuge

31. Best Practices • Alaska Tactics Manual