Northwest Area Contingency Plan & Northwest Area Contingency Plan & Geographic Response PlanGeographic Response Plan

Presented By:Presented By:

Department of EcologyDepartment of Ecology

Linda Pilkey-JarvisLinda Pilkey-Jarvis

Northwest Area Contingency Plan Northwest Area Contingency Plan (NWACP)(NWACP)

What is the NWACP?What is the NWACP? How do GRPs fit in the How do GRPs fit in the

NWACP and area NWACP and area planning process?planning process?

Who can participate in Who can participate in the area planning the area planning process?process?

Website: Website: http://www.rrt10nwac.com/nwacp_document.htm

Public Outreach and Workgroups Public Outreach and Workgroups

Area Plan workgroups:Area Plan workgroups: GRPGRP Logistics Logistics Science, Response Science, Response

&Technology&Technology Communication and Communication and

OutreachOutreach Hazardous SubstancesHazardous Substances WildlifeWildlife Places of RefugePlaces of Refuge

GRPs Update ProcessGRPs Update Process

GRPs exist for Puget GRPs exist for Puget Sound area, outer Sound area, outer coast and inland river coast and inland river areasareas

Continual update Continual update process from lessons process from lessons learned through drills learned through drills & spills& spills

Workshops to collect Workshops to collect informationinformation

James Island GRP deployment (JAM 53)

Targeted Prevention Efforts Targeted Prevention Efforts

Vessel and Facility Inspections Vessel and Facility Inspections (equipment, procedures, training)(equipment, procedures, training)

Oil transfer Inspections & pre-booming Oil transfer Inspections & pre-booming operations for high rate transfersoperations for high rate transfers

USCG Vessel Traffic Service: tanker traffic USCG Vessel Traffic Service: tanker traffic in the North Sound and numerous ferry in the North Sound and numerous ferry routesroutes

Contingency Plans and GRPsContingency Plans and GRPs Contingency Plans: Contingency Plans:

VesselsVessels FacilitiesFacilities PipelinesPipelines

Updated contingency Updated contingency planning ruleplanning rule

Commitment to follow Commitment to follow Area Plan (includes Area Plan (includes GRPs)GRPs)

IOSA owned response boat located in the San Juans

Planning for Aggressive Planning for Aggressive ResponsesResponses

Cross border Cross border coordination with coordination with CanadaCanada

Drills to test Drills to test contingency planscontingency plans Notification drillsNotification drills Deployment drillsDeployment drills Worst-case drillsWorst-case drills