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ALASKA AREA PLANNING INITIATIVE

Alaska Area Planning Transition Team Brief

WHY ARE WE HERE?

BACKGROUND

• The Alaska Federal/State

Preparedness Plan for Response to Oil and Hazardous Substance Discharges/Releases.

• First Promulgated May 1994
• Joint Plan / Statewide Guidance
• Federal
• State
• Local

ALASKA UNIFIED PLAN

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NATIONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM LAWS AND PLANS

Stafford Act

NRF FEMA/RISC/SERC LEPC’s Local/State Responders

2 NATIONAL PLANS

CERCLA/OPA

NCP NRT & 13 RRTs Area Committees FOSC/SOSC

Unified Command

FEDERAL STATUTES NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK

http://alaskarrt.org

CONTINGENCY PLAN RESPONSIBILITIES

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National Contingency Plan Regional Contingency Plan Area Contingency Plans Vessel Contingency Plans Facility Contingency Plans NRT RRT OSC/Subarea Committee National Regional (State) Local (Subarea) Geographic Response Strategies http://alaskarrt.org

ALASKA PLANS VS. LOWER 48

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Alaska Lower 48 Planning Structure UP & SCP’s RCP & ACP’s Plan Format From OPA 90 From ICS Regional Planning Responsibility RRT RRT Area Planning Responsibility RRT/OSC OSC Planning Committees Temporary SAC as needed Standing Area Committees Update Cycle 3 plans per year + UP ≈1 plan per year Familiarity to incoming planners Not the same. Alaska is different. Similar to other ACP/RCP

Requirements

(40 CFR 300.210)

Regional Contingency Plan – (part b)

• Must follow the format of the NCP
• Must contain lines of demarcation between
• USCG and EPA Jurisdictions
• Must contain any agreement preauthorizing the use of

chemical dispersants.

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Requirements

(40 CFR 300.210) Area Contingency Plan – (part c3)

• (i) Description of area covered
• (ii) Responsibilities of responders (Gov’t and RP)
• (iii) List of response resources
• (iv) Dispersant procedures
• (v) Description of integration with other plans
• (4,i) Sensitive Areas

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SOA Requirements

• Statewide Master [Alaska Regional] Plan

(AS 46.04.200)

• ICS
• Public process
• Regional [Area] Plans (AS 46.04.210)
• Boundaries
• Public Process

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INITIAL ADEC PROPOSED AREA CONTINGENCY PLANS

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USCG CAPTAIN OF THE PORT (COTP) ZONES

http://dec.alaska.gov/spar/PPR/plans/regional_plan.htm

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WHERE WE ARE NOW:

• Established AK Area Planning Transition Team
• Area Planning transition requires high level of effort for resource

strapped agencies

• Agency Reps from USCG D17 & Sector Anchorage, Alaska DEC,

and EPA recently met and devised plan to meet stated Area Planning objectives within a rapid timeline

• Group developed a Plan of Action and

Milestones (POAM) for transition to NCP compliant Area Planning

WORK COMPLETED TO DATE

• Identify Proposed Planning Area Boundaries.
• Solicit Stakeholder Input on Overall Proposal.
• Propose Final Location of SCP/UP Components.
• Design Proposed Plans Structure. Draft Tables of Contents for

ACP/RCP.

• Create Crosswalk Matrix to Illustrate Proposed Relocation of Plan

Components from Existing Plans to Proposed Plans.

• Form and Convene Alaska Statewide Planning Committee
• Agencies evaluate level of effort required and resources available.
• Create new Plan of Action and Milestones for ACP/RCP

promulgation.

http://dec.alaska.gov/spar/PPR/plans/regional_plan.htm

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WORK REMAINING

• Stand up four Area Committees to take ownership of

plans

• Draft New Plans (concurrent with AC formation)
• Solicit Public Comment on Draft Plans
• Promulgate New Plans
• Identify ancillary documents that will need updating

(MOA/MOU’s, GRS’s, etc…)

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END STATE: ALASKA AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK

Alaska RRT Alaska Statewide Planning Committee

Arctic & Western Alaska Area Committee Prince William Sound Area Committee Southeast AK Area Committee Inland AK Area Committee

OSC Working Group

END STATE: AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK NCP COMPLIANT

AREA PLANNING TRANSITION REALITIES

• Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) Goals:
• Unified Plan decommission, RCP/4-ACP creation occurs concurrently
• 4-ACPs owned and managed by applicable agency FOSCs/SOSCs
• Joint Inland and Arctic & Western Alaska Area Committee mtg. fall 2018
• PWS and Southeast Alaska Area Committees established before 30SEP19
• POAM assumes the following:
• Bridging strategy to get signed plans to Area Committees by 1OCT18
• Plan reorganization (cut and paste) from UP/SCPs to RCP/4-ACPs
• No agency resourcing available (2 CG Officers temporarily assigned to assist)
• No new content creation
• No incidents that divert agency attention away from project completion

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AREA PLANNING TRANSITION: MAJOR MILESTONE TIMELINE

19DEC17:

• Area Planning

Resourcing Meeting w/ CG-MER

16-17JAN18:

• Alaska Area

Planning Transition Team Meeting

30JAN18:

• Winter 2018

ARRT Meeting

• Area Planning

POAM Brief

9FEB18:

• UP Update

Complete

• Area Planning

Transition Project Begins (see POAM)

15JUN18

• Solicitation of

Public Comment

30SEP18:

• Initial RCP/4-

ACPs Signed

• Plan ownership

transferred to Area Committees

30SEP19

• All AK Area

Committees meetings scheduled

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BENEFITS OF AREA COMMITTEE

• Increased Planning Flexibility
• Risk-based Updates
• Increased local involvement and input

AREA COMMITTEE COMPOSITION

Appointed Members

• State
• Federal
• Local Responders
• Tribal

Members At Large

• RCAC’s
• Industry Groups
• OSRO’s
• Other Stakeholders

AREA COMMITTEE FORMATION REALITIES

• Area Committee meetings and work:
• Comply with NCP Area Planning requirements
• Meet, at a minimum, twice per calendar year
• Agencies have allocated additional staffing that will allow

simultaneous Area Plan reorganization and Area Committee formation

• Inland and Arctic and Western Alaska Area Committees anticipate joint

Area Committee kick-off meeting in Anchorage in late Fall 2018

• Area Committees will receive Area Plans that will need significant

work to increase usability

• Area Contingency Plan and Committee management sustainability

continues to challenge resource strapped agencies

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QUESTIONS?

State of Alaska website: http://dec.alaska.gov/spar/PPR/ plans/regional_plan.htm

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