SOUTH TEXAS COASTAL Updated June ZONE 2016 AREA CONTINGENCY PLAN (ACP) I SOUTH TEXAS COASTAL ZONE AREA CONTINGENCY PLAN Record of Changes Change Number Date of Change Summary of Changes By Whom Entered SOUTH TEXAS COASTAL ZONE AREA CONTINGENCY PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS 1000 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1010 SCOPE .....................................................................................................................................................1 1100 AUTHORITY .............................................................................................................................................2 1200 GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES ..................................................................................................................3 1210 SECTOR CORPUS CHRISTI BOUNDARY/DEMARCATION LINE ........................................................... 4 1220 STATE ......................................................................................................................................................5 1230 LOCAL ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 1300 AREA COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................. 6 1310 AREA COMMITTEE STAKEHOLDERS NAMES, ORGANIZATION, & CONTACT INFORMATION…. 7 1320 PURPOSE ...............................................................................................................................................8 1330 ORGANIZATION ...................................................................................................................................... 8 1340 CHARTER MEMBERS .............................................................................................................................9 1400 NATIONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM ........................................................................................................... 9 1410 NATIONAL RESPONSE STRUCTURE ....................................................................................................9 1410.1 INCIDENT/SPILL OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE .................................................................................... 9 1420 REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM ............................................................................................................. 11 1430 AREA RESPONSE STRUCTURE .......................................................................................................... 11 1430.1 FEDERAL ROLE IN INCIDENT RESPONSE ......................................................................................... 12 1430.2 STATE ROLE IN INCIDENT RESPONSE .............................................................................................. 12 1430.2.1 TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE (TGLO) ......................................................................................... 13 1430.2.2 TEXAS COMMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ) ................................................... 13 1430.2.3 RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS (TRRC) ............................................................................... 13 1430.2.4 STATE RESPONSE…………………………………………………………………………………..…....……..13 1430.3 LOCAL RESPONSE STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................ 13 1430.4 RESPONSIBLE PARTY POLICY………………………………………………………………………… .....…14 1430.4.1 RESPONSIBLE PARTY COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE.............................................................................. 14 1430.4.2 OIL SPILL RP REPRESENTATIVE………………………………………………………………………………15 1430.4.3 FIRE/SALVAGE RP REPRESENTATIVE………………………………………………………………………..15 1430.5 INDUSTRY RESPONSE PLANS/WORST CASE DISCHARGES ........................................................... 15 1430.5.1 OFF-SHORE FACILITY OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLAN .................................................................. ........16 1430.5.2 ON-SHORE FACILITY RESPONSE PLANS ......................................................................................... 16 1430.5.3 VESSEL RESPONSE PLANS ............................................................................................................... 16 1430.5.4 TANK VESSEL RESPONSE PLANS…………………………………………………………………………….16 1430.5.5 NON-TANK VESSEL RESPONSE PLANS ............................................................................................. 16 1430.5.6 SHIPBOARD OIL POLLUTION EMERGENCY PLAN (SOPEP) ............................................................. 17 1430.5.7 PIPELINE RESPONSE PLANS ............................................................................................................. 17 1440 INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM .......................................................................................................... 17 1450 AREA EXERCISE MECHANISM .......................................................................................................... 17 1450.1 NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS FOR RESPONSE EXERCISE PROGRAM (NPREP) ............................ 18 1450.2 PARTICIPATION IN NPREP……………………………………………………………………………..……...18 1460 FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN ............................................................................................................... .19 1470 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN .............................................................................. 19 1500 STATE/LOCAL RESPONSE POLICY ..................................................................................................... 19 1600 NATIONAL POLICY AND DOCTRINE .................................................................................................... 19 II SOUTH TEXAS COASTAL ZONE AREA CONTINGENCY PLAN JUNE 2016 1610 REGIONAL RESPONSE DOCTRINE ..................................................................................................... 19 1620 AREA RESPONSE DOCTRINE ............................................................................................................. 19 1630 PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE RESOURCE UTILIZATION ................................................................................ 20 1630.1 VESSEL REMOVAL .............................................................................................................................. 20 1640 BEST RESPONSE CONCEPT ............................................................................................................... 20 1650 CLEANUP ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL ................................................................................................ 21 1660 RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES .............................................................................................................. 22 1660.1 DISPERSANT APPROVAL/MONITORING/DECISION PROTOCOL ...................................................... 22 1660.2 IN-SITU BURN APPROVAL/MONITORING/DECISION PROTOCOL ................................................... 23 1660.3 BIOREMEDIATION APPROVAL/MONITORING/DECISION PROTOCOL ............................................. 23 1660.4 SPECIAL MONITORING OF APPLIED RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES (SMART) ................................ 23 1670 WILDLIFE ACTS .................................................................................................................................... 23 1670.1 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT ............................................................................................................. 24 1680 NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT ....................................................................................... 25 1690 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TOOL EVALUATION SYSTEM (ARTES) .................................................. 25 2000 COMMAND .................................................................................................................................................................................27 2100 UNIFIED COMMAND ORGANIZATION .................................................................................................. 27 2110 INCIDENT COMMAND/UNIFIED COMMAND………………………………………………………………….27 2110.2 FEDERAL ON-SCENE COORDINATOR REPRESENTATIVE………………………………………………29 2110.2.1 USCG NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE COORDINATION CENTER (NSFCC) ............................................ 29 2110.3 STATE ON-SCENE COORDINATOR REPRESENTATIVE…………………………………………………..30 2110.4 LOCAL REPRESENTATION WITHIN THE UNIFIED COMMAND .......................................................... 30 2110.5 RESPONSIBLE PARTY ......................................................................................................................... 30 2110.6 AREA COMMAND ................................................................................................................................... 30 2120 GENERAL RESPONSE PRIORITIES…………………………………………………………………………...31 2130 GUIDANCE FOR SETTING RESPONSE OBJECTIVES……………………………………………………...31 2130.1 AREA SPECIFIC RESPONSE OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................ 32 2200 SAFETY ................................................................................................................................................. 34 2210 SITE CHARACTERIZATION AND SITE SAFETY PLAN ........................................................................ 34 2220 OSHA TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS .................................................................................................