Responding Effectively When Things Go Wrong

1. Responding Effectively When Things Go Wrong Presented by Betty Schorr Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation November 14, 2012

2. Planning

3. OPA ‘90 NationalContingency Plan State Contingency Plan

4. Government Planning FEDERAL STATE NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN REGIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN STATE MASTER PLAN UNIFIED PLAN LOCAL REGIONAL MASTER PLANS AREA CONTINGENCY PLANS SUBAREA PLANS Borough Emergency Response Plans Local Emergency Response Plans

5. Key Components of the Unified Plan • In Situ Burning Guidelines • Dispersant Use Guidelines • Wildlife Protection Guidelines • Response Organization • Federal/State Authorities • Permits/Administration • PPOR Guidelines • Statewide Resources • Shoreline Cleanup References • Cultural Resource Protection • Statewide Hazmat • Volunteer Guidelines • Public Information/JIC • Marine FF/Vessel Salvage, Lightering

6. Alaska’s Subareas

7. Facility and Vessel Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans

8. Communicate the Plan

10. DEC Response/Planning Initiatives • GRS Development • State FY2013 • Southeast Alaska – 50-60 GRS • NW Arctic – 45 GRS • State FY2014 • Aleutians – 60-70 GRS • Emergency Towing Systems (ETS) • Nearshore Operations Response Strategy (NORS)

12. Emergency Towing Systems • FY2013 Initiatives • ETS Exercise at Dutch Harbor (October 3, 2012) • Large Vessel ETS for Cold Bay • Large Vessel ETS for Ketchikan • Medium ETS to be stored at the NAVSUPSALV Warehouse in Anchorage

13. Nearshore Response Planning Initiative • Goal: Protect State Resources from Impacts of Oil Spills (State Waters extend out to 3 miles from the shoreline) • Objective: Develop Specific Nearshore Operations Response Strategies for each Subarea Plan

14. Execute the Plan

17. To be ready to respond when there is a spill, you have to be ready to respond when there isn’t one.

18. dec.alaska.gov/spar