U S Coast Guard National Strike Force Coordination

U. S. Coast Guard National Strike Force Coordination Center LT. Jonathan Cooper

What is the National Strike Force? • The National Strike Force (NSF) which includes the NSFCC, AST, GST & PST, provides rapidly deployable technical experts, specialized equipment, and incident management capabilities for Lead Agency Incident Commanders and FOSCs for their response and preparedness missions. • As a vital component of the National Response System and homeland security mission, the NSF minimizes the adverse impact to public and the environment from oil discharges, hazardous materials releases, natural disasters and WMD incidents.

National Strike Force Programs • Strike Team Support/Response/Operations Equipment/Training/Funding • Response Resource Inventory (RRI) Database OSRO Classification Program Preparedness Assessment Verification (PAV) Program • Preparedness Readiness Exercise Program (PREP) FSE (Gov’t Lead) SORS (16 WLBs) VOSS (6 OCONUS/3 Strike Team)

Recent NSF Changes • Transition from Deployable Operations Group (DOG) to LANT AREA FY 13 • Public Information Assistance Team (PIAT) to Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) FY 13 • FORCECOM Center Of Expertise (COE) establishment FY 14 • INCONUS VOSS Consolidation 2014 -2016 • National Maintenance Contract (NMC) to SILC Civil Engineering Unit Miami 2014 • CG HQ 721 CBRNE

Response Resource Inventory (RRI) • Created by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. • OPA 90 mandated the creation of a national database of response resources that would be maintained by the National Strike Force Coordination Center (NSFCC). • Section 4202(2) - National Response Unit “(a) Shall compile and maintain a comprehensive computer list of spill removal resources, personnel, and equipment that is available worldwide and within the areas designated by the President pursuant to paragraph (4), which shall be available to Federal and State agencies and the public. ”

OSRO Classification Program • OSROs are classified based on “core equipment” that they either own or contract for. Core equipment includes: boom, estimated daily recovery capacity (EDRC), storage, support equipment (such as response vessels and response personnel), dispersant product, dispersant application platforms, and aerial oil tracking capabilities. • If the OSRO is classified by the Coast Guard, it means their capacity has been determined to equal or exceed the response capability needed by the plan holder for regulatory compliance (33 CFR 154. 1035 and 155. 1035). • If Industry utilizes a CG-Classified OSRO in their Facility/Vessel Response Plans, they are only required to list the name of the classified OSRO within their plans. • Group V Oils under discussions with CG and Industry

2015 COTP/ACC SITES Sector Sault Ste. Marie Miles City, MT Sector Lake Michigan Milwaukee, WI Missoula, MT Alpena, MI Sector Buffalo MSU Duluth Sector Puget Sound Traverse City, MI MSU Pittsburgh Marquette, MI Cape Flattery, WA Oswego, NY Aberdeen, SC Sector Columbia River, Astoria, OR Sector Boston Sector Southern New England Woods Hole, MA; Providence, RI Portland, OR Salt Lake City, UT MSU Detroit Denver, CO Coos Bay, OR Sector Long Island Sound New Haven, CT Toledo, OH Lincoln, NE Eureka, CA Sector San Francisco Sector Honolulu Sector Baltimore Sector Lower Mississippi, Memphis, TN Labbock, TX Sector San Diego Sector Delaware Bay Philadelphia, PA Sector Ohio Valley Louisville, KY Gallop, NM Sector Los Angeles. Long Beach, CA Sector New York MSU Chicago Sector Upper Mississippi St. Louis, MO Oaklahoma City, OK Morro Bay, CA Sector Hampton Roads Fort Macon, NC Sector Houston. Galveston Sector North Carolina Wilmington, NC American Samoa Sector Corpus Christi Sector Charleston Sector Guam MSU Port Arthur MSU Savannah MSU Morgan City Prudhoe Bay, AK Sector Jacksonville Sector New Orleans Panama City, FL Sector Mobile Sector Juneau Kodiak, AK Adak, AK Sitka, AK Unalaska, AK Sector Miami Sector Key West Yakutat, AK Sector Anchorage Port Canaveral, FL Sector St. Petersburg MSU Valdez Nome, AK Sector Northern New England South Portland, ME Ketchikan, AK KEY COTP ACC Sector San Juan

RRI DATA ACCESS METHODS http: //www. uscg. mil/hq/nsfweb/

Preparedness Assessment Verification (PAV) Visits • A Preparedness Assessment Verification (PAV) Visit is the NSFCC’s primary mechanism for assessing a region’s environmental emergency response capabilities. • Currently conducted on four-year cycle to Captain of the Port (COTP) Zones. High Volume Port and OCONUS Zones are conducted Annually New York, New Orleans, Houston and LA/LB divided in to 1/2 each year. Alaska and Pacific Rim (Hawaii/Guam/American Samoa) divided into 1/3 each year. • A PAV Visit consists of the following: • • Viewing of 100% of the equipment listed in the RRI that is provided to NSFCC for the OSRO Classification application. Operate a minimum of 10% of the OSRO’s RRI-listed equipment (skimmers, pumps, trucks, etc). Verify existence/currency of personnel training records, to include OSHA certificates (40 -hr initial, 8 -hr annual refresher) Review equipment maintenance records, confirm that an equipment maintenance plan is in place.

Exercise Program CPS- COE# Contingency Planning System –Concept of Exercise # NSF Support: • NSF (Funded by CPS) (No cost to Unit) – Government Lead Exercises ( Strike Team – Exercise Planning/Support) – SORS – OCONUS VOSS – Strike Team VOSS Exercise (One per Team) • Local (Funded by local Unit) – TTX/FE/FSE-Industry Lead – AMSTEP (Strike Team – if pollution involved) – Any other District/Sector Exercise/Equipment Support

Contingency Preparedness System CPS http: //cps. uscg. mil/cps/ Concept of Exercise (COE) Funding (CPE-HQ/FORCECOM) • Click on COE’s • Retrieve by FY or AOR – FY – Area – District • Click on COE number – – – Exercise name Type Exercise Where Dates – C&O/IPC/MPC/FPC Finance/Spend Plan § Request for CPS Funding – Major Objectives – Participants § Request for NSF Support

Area Contingency Plan (ACP) Oversight • Requirements – 40 CFR 300. 210 (c) Federal Contingency Plans – CG COMDTINST 16471. 3 Area Contingency Plan Organization, Content, Revision Cycle, and Distribution • Process – – Area Committee – develop/review/update District Commander review District Commander provide NSFCC & RRT review period After reviews/changes & approval – plans distributed – NEW ACP Guidelines are part of the new MER MANUAL § Still in re-write /FY 15 release expected

Contact Information • NSF Websites – National Strike Force § http: //www. uscg. mil/hq/nsfweb – RRI Program § § OSRO: o https: //cgrri. uscg. mil/User. Reports/Web. Classification. Report. aspx USCG: o https: //cgrri. uscg. mil/rriadmin/Log. On. aspx – RRI Program Distribution email address: § D 05 -SG-NSFCC-RRI@USCG. mil • Phone Numbers – – National Strike Force Coordination Center: (252) 331 -6000 Pacific Strike Team: (415)883 -3311 Gulf Strike Team: (251)441 -6601 Atlantic Strike Team: (609)724 -0008

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