Jhana EndersJhana EndersFederal OnFederal On--Scene Coordinator (FOSC)Scene Coordinator (FOSC)Federal OnFederal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC)Scene Coordinator (FOSC)

US EPA US EPA –– Region 6/Dallas,TxRegion 6/Dallas,Tx(214) 665(214) 665 22772277(214) 665(214) 665--22772277

What is a Federal OnWhat is a Federal On--Scene Scene W s ede OW s ede O Sce eSce eCoordinator (FOSC)?Coordinator (FOSC)?

● Federal official predesignated to● Federal official predesignated to coordinate and direct federal responses under the National Contingency Plan (NCP) for;under the National Contingency Plan (NCP) for;

‘oil’ and ‘hazardous substances’oil and hazardous substances

What is the ‘NCP’?What is the ‘NCP’?What is the ‘NCP’?What is the ‘NCP’?

The NCP is the U S government’s plan ofaction for responding to both oil spills p g pand releases of hazardous substances

(including biological and disease causing agents, illness generatorsand radioactive materials)

Predesignated FOSCsPredesignated FOSCs

Oil SpillsOil SpillsEPAEPA –– InlandInlandEPA EPA InlandInlandUS Coast Guard (USCG) US Coast Guard (USCG) -- offshoreoffshore

Hazardous Substance ReleaseHazardous Substance ReleaseEPA/USCG or other Agency with ResponsibilityEPA/USCG or other Agency with ResponsibilityEPA/USCG or other Agency with ResponsibilityEPA/USCG or other Agency with Responsibility

First Line of Defense

●● Responsible PartyResponsible Party

First Line of Defense

●● Responsible PartyResponsible Party

●● Local Fire and Police DepartmentsLocal Fire and Police Departments

●● Local Emergency Response Personnel Local Emergency Response Personnel

●● IBWC and OtherIBWC and Other

●● State Agencies State Agencies

●● Local Governments ReimbursementLocal Governments Reimbursement program that will program that will reimburse local governments or Indian tribes up to $25,000 reimburse local governments or Indian tribes up to $25,000 per incident. per incident.

Federal InvolvementFederal InvolvementFederal InvolvementFederal Involvement

-- Exceeds established limitsExceeds established limits

●● If the party responsible is unknown or notIf the party responsible is unknown or not●● If the party responsible is unknown or not If the party responsible is unknown or not cooperative; cooperative;

●● If the spill or release is beyond the capacity of theIf the spill or release is beyond the capacity of the●● If the spill or release is beyond the capacity of the If the spill or release is beyond the capacity of the company, local, or state responders company, local, or state responders

●● IIf the incident is determined to present af the incident is determined to present a●● IIf the incident is determined to present a f the incident is determined to present a substantial threat to public health or welfare due to substantial threat to public health or welfare due to the size or character of the spill.the size or character of the spill.

(Inland Border Plan)

What is a Federal OnWhat is a Federal On--Scene Scene Coordinator (OSC)?Coordinator (OSC)?● The OSC is the federal authority designated in each country to perform the

functions and responsibilities of coordination of joint response actions at the site of the chemical hazardous substances contingency or emergency in the Inland Border Area of that country

The OSC may:● Provide advice, assistance and support to the Tribal Governments, local or

state incident commander and serve as coordinator and director of the federal t ti iti t thgovernment activities at the scene

● Direct the response when it falls under federal jurisdiction or when the emergency is beyond the response capabilities of the state and local incident commandercommander.

● For Mexico, two OSCs are to be designated in the affected zone; one will be designated by a PROFEPA Representative and the other by the General Coordinator of Civil Protection from the Secretariat of Government.

No

Yes

Activation FlowchartActivation Flowchart

Other FOSC ResponsibilitiesOther FOSC Responsibilities

Area Contingency PlanningArea Contingency PlanningArea Contingency Planning Area Contingency Planning (ACP)(ACP)

●● Plan that is developed by an Area Committee and Plan that is developed by an Area Committee and implemented to address worst case dischargeimplemented to address worst case dischargeimplemented to address worst case discharge implemented to address worst case discharge and to mitigate or prevent a substantial threat. and to mitigate or prevent a substantial threat.

● FOSC responsible for overseeing development of the ACP for a designated area in coordinationthe ACP for a designated area in coordination with local, state and other federal agencies.

What makes EPA FOSCs What makes EPA FOSCs Unique/Helpful?Unique/Helpful?

● Contracting Warrant: immediate contracting authority up to $200Kauthority up to $200K

● Training/Contractor Response Support along● Training/Contractor Response Support along the border

● Multiple Resources, Equipment and Special Teams AvailableTeams Available

Border 2012/Sister City PlansBorder 2012/Sister City Plans

AndAnd

Response and Area Contingency Response and Area Contingency p g yp g yPlanning (ACP)Planning (ACP)

Border 2012 Border 2012 GoalsGoalsGoalsGoals

Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3Goal 1Reduce Water Contamination

Goal 2Reduce Air Pollution

Goal 3Reduce Land Contamination

Goal 5 Goal 6Goal 4

Reduce Pesticide Exposure

Goal 5Enhance Joint Readiness for

Environmental Response

Goal 6Promote Environmental

Stewardship

AmistadTri-State

Falcon

Gulf

Jhana Enders

Tri-State

AmistadBrandi Todd

FalconAmistad

P i D l dGulf

Paige Delgado

NorthcomNorthcomNorthcomNorthcom

US Northern Command: Created on October 1, 2002 in the aftermathUS Northern Command: Created on October 1, 2002 in the aftermathof the September 11, 2001 attacks of the September 11, 2001 attacks

Mission: the preparation for, prevention of, deterrence of, Mission: the preparation for, prevention of, deterrence of, preemption of, defense against, and response to threats preemption of, defense against, and response to threats and aggression directed towards U.S. territory, sovereignty, and aggression directed towards U.S. territory, sovereignty, gg y, g y,gg y, g y,domestic population, and infrastructure; as well as crisis domestic population, and infrastructure; as well as crisis management, consequence management, and other management, consequence management, and other domestic civil support. domestic civil support.

NORTHCOM/EPA PartnershipNORTHCOM/EPA PartnershipNORTHCOM/EPA Partnership NORTHCOM/EPA Partnership

BackgroundBackgroundBackgroundBackground

USNORTHCOM d USEPA ll b i i j i iUSNORTHCOM and USEPA are collaborating in a joint interagency approach to build partnership capacity with the U.S. and MexicoMilitary and related civilian emergency preparedness and response communities The intent is to strengthen these capabilities to address acommunities. The intent is to strengthen these capabilities to address a broad range of catastrophic events. This collaborative interagency approach is enhancing cross agency coordination and collaboration while more efficiently leveraging limited resources to significantlywhile more efficiently leveraging limited resources to significantly enhance mutual capabilities of U.S. and Mexican military involved in emergency preparedness and response, and civilian governmentagencies related to those missions. This interagency partnership g g y p pmethod is intended to be a more unified U.S. Government (USG) approach than traditional individual Agency engagement approaches.

ConceptsConceptsConceptsConcepts

Equipment Transfers Equipment Transfers •• HAZMAT Tech TrainingHAZMAT Tech Training

E i t/ICS T i iE i t/ICS T i i•• Equipment/ICS TrainingEquipment/ICS Training

Knowledge Exchanges (KE) Knowledge Exchanges (KE) g g ( )g g ( )•• Information Exchange Information Exchange •• Strengthen biStrengthen bi--national contingency plans at the national contingency plans at the

local, state, regional and national levelslocal, state, regional and national levelslocal, state, regional and national levelslocal, state, regional and national levels•• Exercises and tabletops Exercises and tabletops •• Coordination with local/state/federal to provide Coordination with local/state/federal to provide

training equipment resources or othertraining equipment resources or othertraining, equipment, resources or othertraining, equipment, resources or other