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Cal/EPA Interagency Refinery Task Force Update December 2013

Jim Bohon Assistant Secretary Local Programs & Emergency Response. Cal/EPA Interagency Refinery Task Force Update December 2013. Emergency management and response; Safety and prevention; Education and outreach to the public;

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Cal/EPA Interagency Refinery Task Force Update December 2013

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  1. Jim Bohon Assistant Secretary Local Programs & Emergency Response Cal/EPAInteragency Refinery Task ForceUpdateDecember 2013

  2. Emergency management and response; • Safety and prevention; • Education and outreach to the public; • Improved agency coordination through the establishment of an Interagency Refinery Task Force. Governor’s Working GroupRecommendation Categories

  3. Met August 30 • Approved Charter • Formed 2 Work Groups • Met October 16 • Approved Work Plans for the Work Groups • Began Looking at Outreach • Next meeting December 18 • Work Group Updates • CSB Report Refinery Task Force Update

  4. Emergency Preparedness and Response • Conveners: CalOES & CalEPA • Meeting every week to 2 weeks • Safety and Prevention • Conveners: DIR CalOSHA & CalEPA • Meeting every week to 2 weeks Two Working Groups Formed

  5. Work Plan

  6. Create a model refinery annex to Area Plans to include predefined radio communications between response officials and refineries, defined members of a Unified Incident Command, Joint Operation Center, and Joint Information Center, plans and protocols for transit agencies, medical facilities, large shopping centers and others, and requirements for joint exercises that include refineries' response resources. • Develop concepts for regulatory language. • Have meetings with stakeholders. Work Task

  7. Work Plan

  8. Revise PSM Program to include inherently safer systems, require safety culture assessments, incorporate damage mechanism hazard reviews into Process Hazard Analyses, require root cause analysis after significant accidents or releases, and account for human factors. • Determine if revisions should be regulatory or statutory. • Develop model structure for revisions. Work Task

  9. Will be lead for coordinating efforts. • Position has been established. • Solicitation for applicants was made. • Interviews are set. Refinery Information Officer

  10. South Coast AQMD • Kern Co CUPA • Contra Costa CAER Outreach

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