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EPA’s Emergency Response Program and Terrorism Response

EPA’s Emergency Response Program and Terrorism Response. International Association of Fire Chiefs Baltimore, MD June 4, 2004. Federal OSCs. Special Teams. Regional Response Teams. National Response Team. Overview. The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Response System (NRS)

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EPA’s Emergency Response Program and Terrorism Response

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  1. EPA’s Emergency Response Program and Terrorism Response International Association of Fire Chiefs Baltimore, MD June 4, 2004

  2. Federal OSCs Special Teams Regional Response Teams National Response Team Overview • The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Response System (NRS) • Federal mechanism to prepare for and respond to hazardous materials releases • Multi-agency/multi-level system • Designed to support state and local responses • Authorities • Organization and Components • Response Assets • Funding • NRS/DHS-NRP Comparison Federal OSCs

  3. NRS Components of Response

  4. Response Authorities • National Contingency Plan 40 CFR 300 • Clean Water Act • Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (amended CWA) • CERCLA aka Superfund • Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (amended CERCLA) • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act • Controlling hazardous wastes • Underground Storage Tanks

  5. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) • The Federal blueprint to prepare for and respond to environmental emergencies • Incorporates the National Response System, in existence for over 30 years • Promotes overall coordination among the hierarchy of responders and contingency plans

  6. Access to the NRS • National level - Contact the National Response Center at: 1-800-424-8802 • Regional level - Contact the appropriate USCG or EPA RRT Co-Chair

  7. EPA Model for National Incident Coordination • On-Scene Incident Command: • Ensure proper notification • Conduct Emergency Response Evaluation • Recommendation/Decision • Utilizes National Response System assets and resources, as needed • Coordinates with Local/State/Private Party • Becomes Unified Command where there is multi-jurisdictional involvement

  8. FOSC Response Assets • Enforcement authorities to ensure that the responsible party (RP) cleans up the spill or release; • Immediate access to technical assistance and cleanup contractors if the RP cannot adequately handle the problem; • Immediate access to SUPERFUND and OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND; • Technical expertise from special federal teams; and • Special equipment.

  9. EPA Role in Responding to Chemical and Hazmat Emergencies • More than 250 On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs) nationwide, respond to over 600 emergencies per year • The National Contingency Plan provides EPA with broad authority to respond to releases of hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants • A Presidential Declaration may activate the Federal Response Plan, Emergency Support Function (ESF) #10 (Hazardous Materials Response), which identifies EPA as the lead agency

  10. Federal Response PlanEmergency Support Function #10 • EPA leads hazmat response, even those caused by a natural disasters or terrorist incident: • Threat assessment • Site evaluation and removal actions • Agent verification/extent of contamination • Hazard detection and reduction • Environmental monitoring • Decontamination • Remediation/effectiveness

  11. Response Support • Support • Backup Regions • Special Teams (ERT, RERT, CID) • Other Agencies (USCG, Strike Teams) • Incident Management Teams** • EPA Reserve Corps** • National Decontamination Team** ** under development

  12. 1 2 2* 3* 3 3* 3* 4 4* 4 4 5 5* 5* 5* 5* 6 7 7* 8 9 10 10* 10* 10* 1 2 3 1 2 10* 10 10* 10* 1 5* 5* 2 3 5 3 9 8 3* 1 2 5* 7 1 7* 7 1 3 3* 4 3* 4 2 6 4* 2 4 National Enforcement Investigations Center Denver, CO USCG National Strike Force Coordination Center Elizabeth, NC 2* National Strike Force Teams 1 Atlantic, Fort Dix, NJ 2 Gulf, Mobile, AL 3 Pacific, Novato, CA EPA Headquarters Washington, DC Response Assets Regional Offices and Field Offices Boston, MA New York, NY Puerto Rico Allentown, PA Philadelphia, PA Wheeling, WV Richmond, VA Atlanta, GA Tampa, FL Raleigh, NC Louisville, KY Chicago, IL Charlesville, IL Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH Grosse Ile, MI Dallas, TX Kansas City, MO St. Louis, MO Denver, CO San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Portland, OR Boise, ID Anchorage, AK * denotes field office Environmental Response Teams Edison, NJ Cincinnati, OH Las Vegas, NV Radiation Labs Las Vegas, NV Montgomery, AL

  13. Access to the NRS

  14. EPA’s National Approach to Response Policy document issued June 27, 2003 Purpose – Improve EPA’s capability to respond to nationally significant incidents Implementation underway in nine areas: training & exercises, response support personnel, health and safety, incident and data management software, equipment, special incident management teams, identification clothing, radiological response coordination, and emergency response contracts.

  15. EPA’s Model for National Incident Coordination Roles & Responsibilities National Coordination & Consistency Regional Coordination & Information Mgt. Operational Decision Making Level of Coordination National Coordination Area Coordination Tactical Operations Organizational Position HQ Senior Mgt. Administrator,DA, RAs, AAs Regional Sr. Mgt. Removal Mgr. On Scene Coordinator Organizational Structure NICT Executive Committee RICT Regional EOC Incident Command System

  16. Funding • Oil Pollution Act • Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund • Superfund • Local Governments Reimbursement Program

  17. Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund • Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF) Emergency Fund was established to provide funding for: • Emergency response actions • Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA) initiation • Compensation for claimants who demonstrate that oil pollution caused damages

  18. Superfund Local Government Reimbursement Program • Alleviates financial burden on local governments • Available only to local governments • Town, township, city, municipality, parish, county • Federally-recognized Indian Tribe • Reimbursements provided for: • Rental or leasing of equipment • Special technical and laboratory services • Evacuation services • Decontamination of equipment • Replacement of equipment lost or destroyed • More information can be found at:www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/er/lgr

  19. Homeland Security PD-5 • Initial National Response Plan • National Incident Management System • Full National Response Plan • Authorities & Regulations Review

  20. Draft 1 Draft 2 Draft 3 Full NRP Full NRP 27 Feb 04 Staff for comment April 04 Staff for Comment June 04- Inter-agency Review/ Concurrence July 04 for HSC Approval July 04 Published Full NRP

  21. Training TOPOFF III TOPOFF III NRP Updates Sep – Dec 04 DHS lead federal DHS lead non-federal Functional Areas T3 Seminars & Planning May 05 Full Scale Ex. Jun – Dec 05 Lessons Learned Resolution 2006 Implementation

  22. New Federal Stakeholders • Federal OSHA • Provide Capability/Capacity for Safety • Work for FOSC as Part of Team • Department of Homeland Security • SECDHS is Principle Federal Official for Incident Management & is Responsible for Coordinating Federal Operations within the U.S. to Prepare for, respond to, & recover from Terrorist Attacks, Major Disasters, & other Emergencies

  23. I-NRP Homeland Security OPCEN (HSOC) Interagency Incident Management Group (IIMG) Asst. to The President (HSC) Natl. Resp. Sys. EPA/HQ/EOCand NRC National Response Team (NRT) Initial National Response PlanNational Level

  24. I-NRP Not Addressed in Initial NRP Natl. Resp. Sys. Area Command Regional Response Team (RRT) Initial National Response PlanRegional Level

  25. I-NRP Principle Federal Official Joint Field Office (JFO) Natl. Resp. Sys. Federal OSC Incident Command Post Initial National Response PlanLocal Level

  26. I-NRP & the NRS White House DHS IIMG HSOC HSC NRT NIC DEPART-MENTS PFO RRT ICS/UC

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