INTEGRATED CONTINGENCY PLANNING: THE ONE PLAN APPROACH TO FACILITY RESPONSE PLANS

ABSTRACT Facility operators face myriad federal, state, and local emergency response planning requirements. The traditional approach to satisfying these requirements has been to develop separate plans for each set of regulations. Guidance recently published by the National Response Team (NRT) offers an efficient format for combining planning criteria into one effective document that will be readily accepted by regulatory authorities. The NRT is composed of 15 federal agencies identified in Subpart ? of the National Contingency Plan as having responsibility for federal environmental emergency response. The “One Plan” format avoids unnecessary duplication of effort and offers significant time, paper, and dollar savings. It also promotes an all-incident approach to response planning across facility divisions.

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THE “ONE PLAN” PROJECT: GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY WORKING TO SIMPLIFY FACILITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-1997-1-261 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 1997 (1) ◽

pp. 261-263

Author(s):

Jim Staves ◽

Jim Taylor

Keyword(s):

Emergency Response ◽

The United States ◽

Current Approach ◽

Federal State ◽

Environmental Groups ◽

Public And Private ◽

Contingency Plan ◽

Response Planning ◽

Response Team ◽

State And Local

ABSTRACT The current approach to preparedness for oil and hazardous materials spills in the United States is a maze of federal, state, and local programs that often overlap. The National Response Team (NRT), in cooperation with the Region 6 Response Team (RRT), has developed a contingency plan format that simplifies existing federal regulatory requirements into a single integrated contingency plan (ICP). This format, which was developed by a working group chaired by the EPA Region 6, with representatives from government, industry, labor, and environmental groups, can be used as a model for cooperative projects involving the public and private sectors. The purpose of the ICP is to simplify emergency response plans at facilities. A facility using the ICP format would benefit from the reduced costs of maintaining and updating plans and from the simplified training for responders. Use of the ICP format should also reduce confusion about which plan to use during a response and should improve coordination between facilities and state and federal response agencies.

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Emergency Response Planning – Does Your Plan Address a Sound Sampling, Analytical, and Quality Assurance Program?

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2014-1-284596.1 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 (1) ◽

pp. 284596

Author(s):

Daniel P. Claycomb ◽

Rock J. Vitale ◽

Ruth L. Forman

Keyword(s):

Emergency Response ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Scientific Data ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Data Management System ◽

Quality Assurance Program ◽

Federal State ◽

Sample Collection ◽

Response Planning ◽

State And Local

As a result of recent highly publicized incidents, energy producers have recognized the need to place an emphasis on the preparation and planning for the services required to successfully guide the critical chemical and scientific data collection activities that are needed in response to an oil spill incident. In preparing for an emergency response, the need to develop guidance that specifies the types of samples and proper methods of collection, analyses, and documentation required when responding to an oil spill should be in place. This information can be used by responders to assess potential impact to human and ecological health; to determine fate and effect; to identify source, age, and degree of weathering; and to maximize defensibility of data. The guidance needs to span the early stages of a spill response through the subsequent stages of preservation and retention of samples. This poster will report on lessons learned on recent emergency response incidents, as they relate to collaborating efforts to help ensure that the proper processes are being followed and data quality is being maintained from sample collection through data reporting. This collaboration needs to include efforts on preparing project control documents (e.g., standard operating procedures, sampling plans, and health and safety plans) and conducting oversights of field activities for compliance with these documents; developing a laboratory program that includes laboratory auditing, data verification and validation, and proper quality control requirements; and implementing a program-wide, enterprise-level data management system. Each of these processes will help ensure that the data generated are of known and acceptable quality; the data can be used for the intended purpose; and that the data are readily available to project personnel and federal, state, and local environmental officials.

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