ALASKA AREA PLANNING INITIATIVE Alaska Area Planning Transition Team Brief
WHY ARE WE HERE?
BACKGROUND
ALASKA UNIFIED PLAN • 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 4
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NATIONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM LAWS AND PLANS FEDERAL STATUTES NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK Stafford Act CERCLA/OPA 2 NATIONAL PLANS NCP NRF FEMA/RISC/SERC NRT & 13 RRTs LEPC’s Area Committees Local/State Responders FOSC/SOSC Unified Command http://alaskarrt.org
CONTINGENCY PLAN RESPONSIBILITIES National National Contingency Plan NRT Regional (State) Regional Contingency Plan RRT OSC/Subarea Local (Subarea) Area Contingency Plans Committee Vessel Facility Geographic Contingency Contingency Response Plans Plans Strategies http://alaskarrt.org 7
ALASKA PLANS VS. LOWER 48 Alaska Lower 48 Planning Structure UP & SCP’s RCP & ACP’s Plan Format From OPA 90 From ICS Regional Planning RRT RRT Responsibility Area Planning RRT/OSC OSC Responsibility Planning Committees Temporary SAC as Standing Area needed Committees Update Cycle 3 plans per year + UP ≈ 1 plan per year Familiarity to incoming Not the same. Alaska is Similar to other ACP/RCP planners different. 4
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. 9
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 10
SOA Requirements • Statewide Master [Alaska Regional] Plan (AS 46.04.200) • ICS • Public process • Regional [Area] Plans (AS 46.04.210) • Boundaries • Public Process 11
INITIAL ADEC PROPOSED AREA CONTINGENCY PLANS 12
USCG CAPTAIN OF THE PORT (COTP) ZONES 13
http://dec.alaska.gov/spar/PPR/plans/regional_plan.htm 14
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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 17
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…) 18
END STATE: ALASKA AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK OSC Working Group Arctic & Prince William Southeast AK Inland AK Western Sound Area Area Area Alaska Area Committee Committee Committee Committee Alaska Alaska Statewide Planning Committee RRT
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 21
AREA PLANNING TRANSITION: MAJOR MILESTONE TIMELINE 19DEC17: 30JAN18: 30SEP19 15JUN18 •Area Planning •Winter 2018 •All AK Area Resourcing •Solicitation of Committees ARRT Meeting Meeting w/ Public meetings •Area Planning CG-MER Comment scheduled POAM Brief 16-17JAN18: 9FEB18: 30SEP18: •Alaska Area •UP Update •Initial RCP/4- Planning Complete ACPs Signed Transition Team •Area Planning •Plan ownership Meeting Transition transferred to Project Begins Area (see POAM) Committees 22
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 25
QUESTIONS? State of Alaska website: http://dec.alaska.gov/spar/PPR/ Utqia ġ vik, AK, Tank Farm plans/regional_plan.htm
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