NW Area Committee/ Regional Response Team

1. NW Area Committee/ Regional Response Team

2. Preparedness Components of the National Response System Managing Organization Level Plans LEPC Plans Local LEPCs Regional/ State/Area RRTs/SERCs/ AreaCommittee NWACP NCP NRT National

3. Federal On Scene Coordinator Responsibilities • Coordination of federal response efforts with those of the responsible party and state and local governments • Overall protection of human health and the environment • Safety of all responders • Directs all federal response efforts and coordinates all other efforts at scene of an incident • Pre-designated OSCs; EPA for inland areas, US Coast Guard for coastal areas, and DOD/DOE for facilities or munitions • Planning and preparedness activities when not responding

4. Who Provides OSC for a Response? Marine State Inland

5. Regional Response Team(RRT 10) • Mandated by National Contingency Plan • Conduct pre-planning for oil and hazmat spills to ensure coordinated federal support • Support On-Scene Coordinator during incident • Co-Chaired by EPA and USCG D13 • Membership from 15 federal agencies and states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

6. Northwest Area Committee(NWAC) • Mandated by Oil Pollution Act of 1990 • Federal On-Scene Coordinators must pre-plan for oil spills with State and local partners. • Plans must identify resources at risk, available response equipment, and response procedures • Co-Chaired by Sector’s Portland & Seattle, EPA • Co-Vice-Chaired by states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington • Membership from private, local, State, Tribal, and Federal entities

7. 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 Seattle USCG, Sector Portland RRT 10 US EPA, R10 USCG, D-13 In R10, these groups meet together.

8. NW Area Committee/ Regional Response Team

9. What is in the Plan? • THE PLAN is essentially a manual for oil and/or Hazmat response • Jurisdictional authority, roles, and responsibilities • List of available spill response equipment • Required notifications • List of response organizations • Incident Command System implementation

10. What is in the Plan?(cont.) • Response Technologies Use • Dispersant use, In-situ burning, Decanting • Volunteer Policy • Joint Information Center Manual • Applicable federal and state regulations • Accessing State and Federal Funds • Geographic Response Plans

11. WHAT IS A GRP? • A response orientated contingency plan providing the framework for response decisions during the first 12 to 24 hours following a spill

12. Purpose of the GRP’s • Prioritize natural, cultural and significant economic resources • Allow for immediate and proper action • First responders know what actions to take • Includes: • Area maps • Prioritized booming strategies • Access points • Staging areas

13. Maps that refer you to Priority Tables or Strategies Priority Tables that refer you to Strategies Each Strategy is expanded upon in a two page pullout sheet to be used by field teams.

14. 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

15. 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

16. Options for using the plan • For oil spills on water with GRPs • Clearwater/Lochsa, Spokane, Pend Oreille, • For large incidents • Incident Command System position specific guidance • For local contingency planning • Information on State and Federal capabilities (equipment, expertise, funding) • Reference for role State and Feds are ready to fill • As a technical reference for spill response

17. Ongoing Planning in Region 10

18. Direct input route: Gov. Agencies NW Area Committee US EPA, R10 USCG, Sector Seattle USCG, Sector Portland Non-Profits Contractors Industry Public Workgroups Steering Committee RRT 10 US EPA, R10 USCG, D-13 • Workgroups: • Logistics • Wildlife • Hazardous Substances • Science and Response Tech. • Geographic Response Plans • Marine Fire Fighting • Communication and Outreach

19. 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

20. How to get the plan, and connect with the NWAC http://www.rrt10nwac.com/ Josie Clark EPA Region 10 206-553-6239 clark.josie@epa.gov Heather A. Parker USCG District 13 206-220-7215 heather.a.parker@uscg.mil