STATE OF LOUISIANA OIL SPILL COORDINATOR’S OFFICE OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN As published on September 20, 1996 Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office Office of the Governor 150 Third Street, Suite 405 Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Ph. (225) 219-5800 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... II LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................... VI LIST OF FORMS ............................................................................................................................. VI CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................1-7 A. AUTHORITY AND PUBLIC POLICY.......................................................................................................1-7 A.1 Federal Authority ..................................................................................................................1-7 A.2 State Authority......................................................................................................................1-7 B. ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS...........................................................................................................1-9 B.1 Acronyms..............................................................................................................................1-9 B.2 Definitions...........................................................................................................................1-12 C. BOUNDARY MAP............................................................................................................................1-16 CHAPTER 2. STATEWIDE RESPONSE SYSTEM AND POLICIES .......................................................2-1 A. OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL OIL SPILL RESPONSE SYSTEM AND POLICIES ...............................................2-1 A.1 The National Response System...........................................................................................2-1 A.2 National Response Policy ....................................................................................................2-1 B. STATEWIDE RESPONSE SYSTEM AND POLICIES-LOSCO...................................................................2-2 B.1 The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator......................................................................................2-2 B.2 Role of the State On Scene Coordinator..............................................................................2-2 B.3 Role(s) of Trustee and Other Agencies................................................................................2-2 B.4 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality..................................................................2-2 B.5 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries...................................................................2-3 B.6 The Department of Natural Resources - Office of Coastal Restoration and Management .......................................................................................................................2-5 B.7 Louisiana Department of Natural Resources - Office of Conservation ................................2-7 B.8 Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness.....................................................................2-7 B.9 Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals....................................................................2-7 B.10 Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections .....................................................2-8 B.11 Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry...............................................................2-8 B.12 Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.................................................2-8 CHAPTER 3. ORGANIZATION .......................................................................................................3-1 A. PLANNING ORGANIZATION................................................................................................................3-1 A.1 Overview of Federal Planning Organization.........................................................................3-1 A.1.a National Response Team ................................................................................................3-1 A.1.b Regional Response Team ...............................................................................................3-1 A.1.c Area Committee ...............................................................................................................3-2 A.2 Overview of Louisiana Oil Spill Planning Organization ........................................................3-3 A.2.a Interagency Council .........................................................................................................3-3 A.2.b Duties of the Interagency Council ....................................................................................3-3 B. RESPONSE ORGANIZATION ..............................................................................................................3-3 B.1 Overview of Federal Oil Spill Response Organization .........................................................3-3 B.2 Overview of the State Oil Spill Response Organization.......................................................3-4 B.3 Incident Command System/Unified Command System (ICS/UCS) .....................................3-4 B.4 Federal Response Structure ................................................................................................3-4 B.5 State Response Structure ....................................................................................................3-5 CHAPTER 4. STATE RESPONSE TEAMS .......................................................................................4-1 A. NOTIFICATION OF SPILL ....................................................................................................................4-1 ii B. RESPONSE TEAMS...........................................................................................................................4-1 B.1 Mission .................................................................................................................................4-1 B.2 State Natural Resource Response Team ............................................................................4-1 B.2.a On-Site Initial Assessment Team:....................................................................................4-2 B.2.b Resources Reconnaissance Teams: ...............................................................................4-2 B.2.c NRDA teams: ...................................................................................................................4-2 B.3 Public Safety Response Team.............................................................................................4-2 B.4 NRDA-Natural Resource Damage Assessment Teams.......................................................4-2 B.4.a Policy and Authority .........................................................................................................4-2 B.4.b Responsibilities of the Coordinator and the Trustees ......................................................4-3 B.4.c NRDA and Response.......................................................................................................4-3 B.5 Interagency Inspection Team...............................................................................................4-3 C. TRAINING ........................................................................................................................................4-4 CHAPTER 5. ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE ...............................................................................5-4 A. ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND ..............................................................5-4 A.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................5-4 A.2 Scope ...................................................................................................................................5-4 A.3 Background ..........................................................................................................................5-4 A.4 Acting as the FOSC Contractor............................................................................................5-5 A.5 Claims...................................................................................................................................5-5 A.6 Additional Information...........................................................................................................5-5 B. REQUESTING FUNDS .......................................................................................................................5-5 B.1 Eligibility Considerations ......................................................................................................5-5 B.2 Costs incurred before FOSC contact ...................................................................................5-5 B.3 Contacting the FOSC. ..........................................................................................................5-6 B.4 Evaluation by FOSC.............................................................................................................5-6 B.5 Obligation of the fund and assignment