NW Area Committee/Regional Response Team

Preparedness Components of the

National Response System

Level

NRTNational

Regional/ State/Area

RRTs/SERCs/Area Committee

PlansLocal LEPCs

NWACP

LEPC Plans

Managing Organization

NCP

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

Who Provides OSC for a Response?

Marine State Inland

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

Northwest Area Committee(NWAC)

Mandated by Oil Pollution Act of 1990Federal 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

RRT 10US EPA, R10USCG, D-13

NW Area CommitteeUS EPA, R10

USCG, Sector SeattleUSCG, Sector Portland

Northwest Area Committee Federal StateTribal Local Non-ProfitIndustry

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 10FederalStateTribal

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.

In R10, these groups meet together.

NW Area Committee/Regional Response Team

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 notificationsList of response organizationsIncident Command System implementation

What is in the Plan? (cont.)

Response Technologies UseDispersant use, In-situ burning, Decanting

Volunteer PolicyJoint Information Center ManualApplicable federal and state regulationsAccessing State and Federal FundsGeographic Response Plans

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

Purpose of the GRP’sPrioritize natural, cultural and

significant economic resourcesAllow for immediate and proper

action First responders know what actions

to takeIncludes:

Area maps Prioritized booming strategies Access points Staging areas

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.

NWACP Concept of OperationsRapid notification of Federal, State, and

local governments to permit assessment and response, if necessary National Response Center, 800-424-

8802Relies on the principle of escalationUtilizes the National Incident Management

System (NIMS) and Incident Command System/Unified Command (ICS/UC) principles

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

Options for using the plan

For oil spills on water with GRPsClearwater/Lochsa, Spokane, Pend Oreille,

For large incidentsIncident Command System position specific

guidanceFor 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

Ongoing Planning in Region 10

RRT 10US EPA, R10USCG, D-13

NW Area CommitteeUS EPA, R10

USCG, Sector SeattleUSCG, Sector Portland

Steering CommitteeWorkgroups

Public

Contractors

Industry

Non-Profits

Direct input route:

Gov. Agencies

Workgroups:• Logistics• Wildlife• Hazardous Substances• Science and Response Tech.• Geographic Response Plans• Marine Fire Fighting• Communication and Outreach

RRT 10US EPA, R10USCG, D-13

NW Area CommitteeUS EPA, R10

USCG, Sector SeattleUSCG, Sector Portland

GRP Workshops

Exercises

Drills

Outreach

NWAC Meetings

NWAC Plan Evolves and Responders are Informed“Integration with Reality”

Annual Plan Review

How to get the plan, and connect with the NWAC

http://www.rrt10nwac.com/

Heather A. ParkerUSCG District 13

206-220-7215heather.a.parker@uscg.mil

Josie ClarkEPA Region 10206-553-6239

clark.josie@epa.gov