Response Federal Interagency Operational Plan (FIOP)

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• Response Federal Interagency Operational Plan
  (FIOP)
• Oil/Chemical Incident Annex
• Dave Ormes

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Annex Purpose

• The Oil/Chemical Incident Annex provides
  hazard-specific information supplemental to the
  Response FIOP, Prevention FIOP and NRF.
• The Annex describes the process and structures
  utilized by Federal departments/agencies for
  responding to threats or actual oil/chemical
  incidents, whether resulting from accidents,
  deliberate acts, or natural disasters.
• The Annex describes how the Federal interagency
  responds to oil/chemical incidents under Federal
  authorities in a lead role or in support to
  local, state, tribal, territorial or insular
  areas governments.

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Scope

• Applicable to all Federal responses to
  oil/chemical incidents, regardless of size or
  complexity and including accidental or deliberate
  releases.
• Does not impede Federal departments/agencies from
  exercising authorities to perform inherent
  responsibilities under law.
• Federal departments/agencies take appropriate
  independent emergency actions pursuant to their
  own statutory authority.

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Relationship to Existing Plans
This will be an Annex to the Response FIOP
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Federal Response Coordination Levels
Level of Federal response Based on the following
Response Levels
Critical Considerations

• State and Local Capabilities
• Environmental Contamination
• Life-saving/Life-sustaining requirements
• Amount of property damage
• Number of fatalities and injured
• Extent of Core Capabilities
• Severity of Impacts on Critical Infrastructure

• On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) Assessment Only
• National Contingency Plan (NCP) Response
• NCP Response with Emergency Support Function
  (ESF) Support
• Stafford Act Response

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Federal Coordination Constructs
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OSC Assessment
OSC Assessment

• Vast majority of oil/chemical incidents are
  handled by State and/or local authorities and
  responsible party addressing the issue without
  Federal assistance.
• OSC determines no Federal assistance is required

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NCP Response

• OSC determines NCP capable of delivering Federal
  core capabilities
• Primary departments/agencies responding to
  oil/chemical incidents are EPA for inland zone
  and the USCG for the coastal zone.
• The OSC directs response efforts and coordinates
  all other efforts at the scene of a discharge or
  release in accordance with the NCP.
• OSC coordinates efforts using the Unified Command
  concept.

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NCP Response (contd)
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NCP Response with ESF Support

• OSC or other official determines Federal core
  capabilities beyond NCP are required
• EPA/USCG directs and coordinates the NCP response
  as a member of the Unified Command.
• DHS and FEMA will work cooperatively to activate
  and deploy the Federal response resources that
  have been requested by the OSC or other senior
  EPA/USCG official.
• Appropriate ESFs, a Federal Resource Coordinator
  (FRC), and the RRCC/NRCC may be activated.

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NCP Response with ESF Support (contd)
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Stafford Act Response

• President issues Major Disaster or Emergency
  Declaration
• An oil/chemical incident has or is anticipated to
  exceed State, Local, Tribal, Territorial (SLTT)
  resources request for assistance is made by
  Governor/Tribal Leader.
• Response activity consistent with procedures
  outlined in NRF and Response FIOP.
• RRCC and NRCC may be activated as well as the
  establishment of a Joint Field Office (JFO).
• NCP response structures and coordination
  constructs remain in place but are now
  coordinated with the Federal Coordinating Officer
  (FCO) through ESF 10.

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Stafford Act Response (contd)