WILLAPA BAY Geographic Response Plan (WB-GRP) Response Strategies and Priorities December 2020 This page was intentionally left blank Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 Before you print this document This section and its appendices are provided in “landscape” page orientation. The detailed 2-page information sheets for response strategies, notification strategies, staging areas, and boat launch locations in the appendices have been designed for duplex printing (front and back side of paper), “open to top” configuration. 1 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 INTRODUCTION This section provides information on GRP response strategies and the order they should be implemented, based on Potential Oil Spill Origin Points (POSOPs) and the proximity and relative priority of sensitive resources near those point locations. Area maps, sector maps, and information on staging areas and boat launch locations are also provided in this section. During a spill incident, GRP response strategies should be implemented as soon as possible. Unless circumstances unique to a particular spill situation dictate otherwise, the priority tables in Strategy and Response Priorities should be used to decide the order that GRP strategies are deployed. The downstream movement of oil and the time it takes to mobilize response resources to deploy GRP strategies must always be considered when setting implementation priorities. Information on resources at risk, sensitive areas, and flight restrictions can be found in the Resources at Risk section. Information on shoreline countermeasures can be found in the Northwest Area Shoreline Countermeasures Manual (NWACP Section 9420). The Northwest Area Contingency Plan (NWACP) is available online at http://www.rrt10nwac.com/NWACP/Default.aspx. These GRP strategies have been created to reduce spilled oil’s impact on sensitive resources. They are not everything that should or could be done during a response to lessen the chance of injury to natural, cultural, and economic resources. Control and containment of an oil spill is always a higher priority than the implementation of response strategies. Although designed to be implemented during the initial phase of an oil spill, strategies may continue to be used throughout a response at the discretion of Unified Command with guidance provided by the Environmental Unit. On-site Considerations Before Deploying a GRP Strategy Will equipment or vehicles need to be staged on or near a roadway? If so, traffic control may be required. Contact the Washington State Patrol or local, county, municipality, or tribal police for assistance. At minimum, Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) guidelines for work zone traffic control should be followed when working on or near a roadway. 2 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 AREA OVERVIEW MAPS The following maps provide a geographic overview of the Willapa Bay GRP planning area. Sector maps provide more detail on the location of response strategies, notification strategies, staging areas, boat launch locations, and POSOPs. Detailed information for each location can be found in the matrices or in this section’s appendices. Priority tables for potential oil spill origin points can be found below. 3 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 4 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 5 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 6 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 7 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 8 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 9 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 10 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 11 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 STRATEGY AND RESPONSE PRIORITIES Strategy Priorities based on Potential Oil Spill Origin Points Potential Oil Spill Origin Points (POSOPs) are geographic locations that have a defined list of response strategy implementation priorities provided in a table within this section. The placement of each POSOP is often based on spill risks in the area. Occasionally POSOPs are generalized to ensure implementation priorities are developed throughout an entire planning area. These points are displayed on area overview and sector maps as red squares. In establishing priorities during a response, or selecting an appropriate POSOP, the downstream movement of spilled oil and the time it takes to mobilize and deploy response resources must be considered. Generally, on streams, creeks, and rivers, GRP strategies should first be implemented downstream, well beyond the furthest extent of the spill, with deployments continuing upstream towards the spill source and in some cases slightly beyond. POSOPs are alphabetically designated. The following tables provide the strategy implementation order for Potential Oil Spill Origin Points in this GRP: points WB-A through WB- C. The priority tables provided in this section were developed using a combination of variables, including: notification time, travel time for responders and equipment, average and seasonal flow rates, average winds, deployment time, proximity to the spill source, trustee input, the relative priority of the resources at risk, and other considerations. Source control and containment are a higher priority than GRP strategy implementation 12 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 Table 1: WB-A WB-A (Entrance to Willapa Bay) Implementation Strategy Strategy Details Sector Map Comments Priority Number (Page #) 1 WB-3 WB- (1-2) 38-39 2 WB-4 WB- (1-2) 40-41 3 WB-5 WB- (1-2) 42-43 4 WB-6 WB- (1-2) 44-45 5 WB-2 WB- (1-2) 36-37 Table 2: WB-B WB-B (Willapa River Mile 3.5) Implementation Strategy Strategy Details Sector Map Comments Priority Number (Page #) 1 WB-15 WB-5 58-59 2 WB-51 WB-5 120-121 3 WB-50 WB-5 119-120 4 WB-11 WB-5 54-55 5 WB-12 WB-5 56-57 13 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 Table 3: WB-C WB-C (Bridge over Naselle River) Implementation Strategy Strategy Details Sector Map Comments Priority Number (Page #) 1 WB-25 WB-4 76-77 2 WB-27 WB-4 80-81 3 WB-26 WB-4 78-79 4 WB-28 WB-4 82-83 5 WB-29 WB-4 84-85 MATRICES Naming Conventions (Short Names) Each strategy, staging area, and boat launch location in this document has been given a unique “Short Name” which includes one to six letters denoting the associated waterbody. Following the letters are numbers that specify the location. Notification strategies are indicated by an “-N” at the end of the name. Staging Areas and Boat Launches are indicated by the prefix “SA” or “BL”. 14 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 15 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 16 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 17 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 18 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 19 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 20 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 Strategy Strategy Strategy Boat Staging Sector Location Boom Length Resources At Risk Comments Details Name Type Req? Area Map (Page#) WB-2 North Cove Exclusion Boom 1000ft Yes Remote Salmonids, Seal Haulout By boat only from Sector 36-37 46.70657 Tokeland Area, Shellfish, Slough and Tokeland Marina. The WB-1 -123.98742 Marina Marsh Habitat, T/E Species, Shoalwater Tribe has an Waterfowl, Wetlands ATV for access to site along the sandbar. WB-3 Kindred Slough Exclusion Boom 2000ft Yes Remote Eelgrass, Marine Mammals, By boat only from Sector 38-39 46.71166 Tokeland Salmonids, Seal Haulout Tokeland Marina. WB-1 -123.97356 Marina Area, Shellfish, Slough and Marsh Habitat, T/E Species, Waterfowl, Wetlands WB-4 Kindred Slough Exclusion Boom 200ft Yes Onsite Eelgrass, Marine Mammals, Must cross private farm Sector 40-41 Tide Gate Seal Haulout Area, Shellfish, land to levee road and WB-1 46.71424 Slough and Marsh Habitat, block culvert. -123.99093 T/E Species, Waterfowl, Wetlands WB-5 Teal Duck Exclusion Boom 100ft No Onsite Eelgrass, Marine Mammals, Must cross private farm Sector 42-43 Slough Tide Salmonids, Seal Haulout land to get to tide gate, WB-1 Gate Area, Shellfish, Slough and access from Highway 46.72369 Marsh Habitat, T/E Species, 105 at north end of -123.98859 Waterfowl, Wetlands levee road. Permission is required. WB-6 Willapa Bay Exclusion Boom 500ft No Onsite Eelgrass, Marine Mammals, Take Hwy 105 from Sector 44-45 Cedar River Stage on Salmonids, Seal Haulout Raymond toward WB-1 confluence Hwy 105 at Area, Shellfish, Slough and Tokeland. 46.74016 site Marsh Habitat, State Lands, -123.97499 T/E Species, Wetlands 21 Willapa Bay Geographic Response Plan December 2020 WB-7 North River Exclusion Boom 600ft Yes Onsite Marine Mammals, Take Hwy 105 west Sector 46-47 46.75112 Smith Creek Salmonids, Seal Haulout from Raymond to North WB-5 -123.88754 Boat Launch Area, T/E Species, River Bridge, 10.5 miles. Waterfowl, Wetlands WB-8 Smith Creek Exclusion Boom 400ft Yes Onsite Marine Mammals, Take Hwy 105 west Sector 48-49 46.74732 Smith Creek Salmonids, Seal Haulout from Raymond to Smith WB-5 -123.88447 Boat Launch Area, Slough and Marsh Creek Bridge, 10 miles. Habitat, State Lands, T/E Species, Waterfowl, Wetlands WB-9 Fleiss Creek Exclusion Boom 100ft No Onsite Salmonids, Seal Haulout Take Hwy 105 from Sector 40-51 46.70645 Stage along Area, Slough and Marsh Raymond toward WB-5 -123.82257 Hwy 105 Habitat, T/E Species, Tokeland. Go 5.4 miles Waterfowl, Wetlands from turnoff of Hwy 101 onto Hwy 105. WB-10 Johnson Slough Exclusion Boom 100ft No Onsite Salmonids, Seal Haulout Take road from Sector 52-53 Tide Gate Stage along Area, Slough and Marsh Highway 105 to Willapa WB-5 46.70549 Hwy 105 Habitat, T/E Species, Bay Airport, dike access -123.82321 Waterfowl, Wetlands road is off airport road.