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CANADA-UNITED STATES JOINT INLAND POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN. Signed by Canada and the US in 1994 Divided the common border into 5 segments we Southern border of British Columbia and the US is called “CANUSWEST” Tasked regional Environment Canada (EC) & EPA offices to develop regional annexes - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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United StatesEnvironmentalProtection Agency
EnvironmentCanada
United StatesEnvironmentalProtection Agency
EnvironmentCanada
CANADA-UNITED STATES JOINT INLAND POLLUTION
CONTINGENCY PLAN
• Signed by Canada and the US in 1994• Divided the common border into 5 segments we
– Southern border of British Columbia and the US is called “CANUSWEST”
• Tasked regional Environment Canada (EC) & EPA offices to develop regional annexes– CANUSWEST Plan
• Complements the Canada-U.S. Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA
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CROSS-BORDER WORKING GROUP
• Formed in 1995; co-chaired by EPA & EC• Quarterly meetings• Drafted, reviewed, published and distributed
CANUSWEST
Participants and special advisors:• Tribes/First Nations• County/Municipal• State/Provincial• Other Federal
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MAJOR TRANSBOUNDARY ISSUES IDENTIFIED
• Response roles and responsibilities• Integration with other plans• Movement of people and equipment across the border• Worker health & safety• Worker compensation• First responder training requirements• Communications• Information Management (Joint Information Center)
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PURPOSE
• Facilitate effective joint response to cross-border incidents
• Address response issues unique to international hazmat & oil releases along the inland border
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES
• Establish international coordination mechanism and the Regional Joint Response Team (RJRT)
• Ensure timely notification
• Ensure timely and meaningful information sharing with responders and public
• Facilitate efficient international movement of equipment and personnel
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SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY PLANS
• CANUSWEST is intended to complement existing plans– Northwest Area Contingency Plan– International Hazardous Materials Response
Plan for Whatcom County and Lower Mainland British Columbia
– BC Major Industrial Emergency Plan– BC Emergency Program Act
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RESPONSE OPERATIONS
Principle of Escalation• Local responders
• State/Provincial
• Federal
Responsible Party (RP) is always expected to take full operational and functional responsibility
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RESPONSE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
• Incident Command System (ICS), based on U.S. National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) uses five major functional groups
– Unified Command
– Finance
– Logistics
– Operations
– Planning