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West Central Florida Area Contingency Plan Sector St WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA CONTINGENCY PLAN SECTOR ST. PETERSBURG June 2014 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 1 Letter of Promulgation 2 Record of Changes Change Date of By Whom Details of Change Number Change Entered 1 Oct 2011 Steve Lang Geographic Response Plan 2 Nov 2011 Steve Lang Tidal Inlet Protection Strategies 3 Nov 2012 Steve Lang Anhydrous Ammonia 4 July 2013 Steve Lang Technical and Scientific Experts List Section 9000 5 Oct 2013 Steve Lang EPA USCG MOA - Section 9510 6 March 2014 Steve Lang SMFF Resources Section 9260 & 8312 7 April 2015 Ryan Druyor Renamed Section 9300 and added full scale exercise plans 8 June 2015 Ryan Druyor Updated Section 4320 Volunteer Management 3 4 Record of Review Date Reviewed Reviewed By 5 1000 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 14 1100 Authority / Purpose ........................................................................................................... 16 1110 Captain of the Port Authority .......................................................................................... 16 1120 Response System Authority............................................................................................. 16 1130 Investigative Authority .................................................................................................... 17 1130.2 United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) ............................................................................................................................... 17 1130.3 The State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection ................................... 19 1130.4 Local Enforcement Authorities .................................................................................... 19 1200 Geographic Boundaries .................................................................................................. 19 1210 Area of Responsibility ..................................................................................................... 19 1310 Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 38 1320 Organization ................................................................................................................... 38 1330 Charter Members ............................................................................................................. 40 1340 Revision & Update Requirements ................................................................................... 40 1400 National Response System ............................................................................................... 40 1410 National Response Policy ................................................................................................ 42 1420 National Response Structure ........................................................................................... 42 1430 National Response Team (NRT) ..................................................................................... 42 1440 Regional Response Team (RRT) .................................................................................... 43 1450 Area Response Structure ................................................................................................ 44 1460 Incident Command System .............................................................................................. 46 Standard Incident Command System Structure ........................................................................ 47 1470 Area Exercise Mechanism ............................................................................................... 47 1480 National Response Framework ................................................................................ 48 1500 State and Local Response System ................................................................................. 48 1510 State Response System/Policy ......................................................................................... 48 1520 Local Response System/Policy ........................................................................................ 49 1521 Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) .......................................................... 49 1600 National Policy and Doctrine ......................................................................................... 50 1610 Public vs. Private Resource Utilization .................................................................. 51 1620 Best Response Concept ........................................................................................... 51 1630 Cleanup Assessment Protocol (How Clean is Clean) ..................................................... 51 1640 Dispersant Pre-Approval/Monitoring/Decision Protocol ............................................... 52 1650 Insitu Burn Approval/Monitoring/Decision Protocol ..................................................... 53 1660 Natural Resources (Fish and Wildlife Acts Compliance) .............................................. 56 1670 Protection of Historic Properties ............................................................................. 58 1680 Alternative Response Technical Evaluation System (ARTES) ....................................... 58 1690 Specialized Monitoring of Advanced Response Technology (SMART) ........................ 59 1700 Reserved .......................................................................................................................... 59 1800 Lessons Learned from Deepwater Horizon ISPR ....................................................... 60 1900 Reserved for Area/District ............................................................................................. 60 2000 Command ............................................................................................................................... 61 6 2100 Unified Command – Command Structure ................................................................... 61 2110 Federal Representative ..................................................................................................... 63 2120 State Representative ........................................................................................................ 64 2130 Responsible Party (RP) Representative ........................................................................... 64 2200 Safety................................................................................................................................ 64 2210 Site Safety Plan ................................................................................................................ 65 2300 Information ..................................................................................................................... 66 2310 Joint Information Center (JIC) ......................................................................................... 67 2320 Media Contacts ................................................................................................................ 67 2400 Liaison.............................................................................................................................. 70 2500 Reserved .......................................................................................................................... 71 2600 Reserved .......................................................................................................................... 71 2700 Reserved .......................................................................................................................... 71 2800 Reserved for Area/District ............................................................................................. 71 3000 Operations .............................................................................................................................. 72 3100 Operations Section ............................................................................................................ 72 3110 Operations Section Chief ................................................................................................ 74 3120 Staging Area Manager .................................................................................................... 74 3200 Recovery and Protection .................................................................................................. 74 3210 Protection Group............................................................................................................. 75 3220 Shoreside Recovery Group ............................................................................................. 76 3230 Storage and Disposal Group ........................................................................................... 76 3240 Decon Group................................................................................................................... 77 3250 On Water Recovery Group ............................................................................................. 77 3300 Emergency Response Branch ........................................................................................ 78 3310 SAR Group ..................................................................................................................... 78 3320 Salvage Group ...............................................................................................................
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