RRT Roles and Responsibilities

• NCP provisions and language• Duchesne County / Strawberry

River – a different perspective on Sub-ACPs

• Considerations moving forward

Federal activities per NCP1. Preparedness planning and

coordination for response to a discharge of oil or release of hazardous substance;

2. Notification and communications; and

3. Response operations at the scene of a discharge or release.

300.105(b)

300.105(e)(1)

Who serves on the RRT?• Co-chaired by EPA and USCG (exception

when RRT is activated).• Same Federal agencies as on NRT (at

least one member, at least one alternate).• Participating States (at least one member

and alternate).• Tribal governments (may arrange for

representation).• Additional observers as arranged by

members.300.115(c) and

(d)

Standing RRT activities and duties

• Provide regional mechanism for development and coordination of preparedness activities to include and;

• Provide guidance to the Area Committees, as appropriate, to ensure inter-area consistency and consistency of individual ACPs with RCP and NCP. 300.115(a)

Specific activities• Recommend changes to the regional

response organization as needed;• Revise the RCP as needed;• Evaluate the preparedness of the

participating agencies; • Evaluate the effectiveness of ACPs

for federal response; and• Provide technical assistance for

preparedness to the response community 300.115(i)

State specificAffected states are encouraged to

participate actively in all RRT activities. States have same status as any federal member during activation.

Representatives should keep the SERC apprised of RRT activities and coordinate activities with the SERC

300.115(h)

State specificEach state governor is requested to:- assign an office or agency to

represent the state on the RRT;- to designate representatives to…

develop RCPs- to plan for, make available, and

coordinate state resources;- And to serve as the point of

contact for coordination of response with local government agencies

300.115(h)

Activities relevant to this meeting

• Meet at least semi-annually to review response actions during the period, consider changes to the RCP and recommend changes to the ACPs.

• Evaluate regional and local responses to discharges or releases…and review OSC actions to ensure RCPs and ACPs are effective. 300.115(i) (1-

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