RRT 4 Meeting - August 29, 2013
FEMA Mission Assignment Roundtable
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States need EPA/CG on site pre landfall planning. Potential under FOS or surge staffing.
States need EPA/CG immediate assistance after incident
Commonly done under a FEMA T.A. in the past
PMSA with CG (Clean hands/dirty hands). Most work previously done under a TA now seen as
“dirty hands” should have been under DFA
FEMA agrees they have to do a better job of sharing more information
Direct federal assistance kicks in after a declaration
States are concerned about the lag in time between assistance and incident
Can EPA/CG participate in PDA activities and share that info with States?
Funding – how to get it.
Incident Management Assistance Team (CG) Lt. Jim Litzinger
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Below Joint Field Office – All hazards
CG-IMAT: Assist CG IC responding to maritime transportations system & training
Located in Norfolk, VA
There to tie in to other agency assets
Group was activated on 8/1
CG-IMAT is concentrating on outreach now.
MTEP process is the best place to write in the IMAT
IMAT are IC supporters not actual “dirty hands”
NOAA Navigational Response Team (Kyle Ward)
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Focus on surveying
Cartographers in D.C. making updated maps
State Report
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KY
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Upgrading air monitoring capabilities
Budget remains the same
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Had some high visibility impacts recently
Submitted an LDR for significant restructuring
Participated in the May 2013 Hurrex and Vigilant Guard Exercise
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Completed restructuring
FL
SC
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Budget remains the same
Letter of designation in to the government, waiting on signatures
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Director approved 6 man ER team (2 persons in 4 different areas)
$5,000 for E-Plan funding – No regulatory authority to force facilities electronically
submit/pay
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Has MOU in with EPA
Letter of designation still on his desk
Some reorganization
Dam break exercise (Falls Lake) last month
Working on Geographic Response Plans
Shoreline Assessment Training – mid September
Oil Response near Wilmington – PCB contaminated oil
GA
NC
TN
o Divisional reorganization is ongoing
FEMA
o HQ method for responding to disasters is about to change – type 1 incidents, FEMA HQ
will be sitting in IMAT. Full National Response Supervision will be heading the response.
Responses will no longer be managed at a Regional level.
o Lots of changes since Hurricane Sandy (Sandy Recovery Improvement Programs) – Tribal
nations can now ask for declaration of emergency; more Public Relations/ Assistance to
disaster survivors.
o Policy changes coming soon as a result of Sandy Recovery Improvement Programs
o Bruce Kinney retiring 9/7 – looking for a suitable replacement
o Regional Interagency Steering Committee meeting 10/28-29 2013 at GA Tech
Conference Center
o January 2014 FEMA will lose lots of people – retirements
DOI
o FUD database has been transferred to GIS based system
NOAA
o Inland SCAT Training for Fall 2013?
o Webinar Training for PR in September 2013
o Science of Oils Spills training – 4x a year; 2 in Seattle and 2 elsewhere. Next year one of
those locations may be Mobile.
Sector NC
o Change of commands including Captain
o NCEM hurricane exercise
o NCEM emergency summit and Forum
o Cherry Point Exercise – Anti-terrorism exercise with environmental element
o GRP planning process meeting last Monday. Will have a GRP by end of this year.
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o NOAA to provide SCAT Training 9/17/-19 2013 at Fort Fisher
Sector Jacksonville
o Last Spring had an exercise with Maritime Oil
o Exercise in September 2013 at Kings Bay – Anti terrorism exercise
Sector St. Petersburg
o New Captain
Sector Ohio Valley
Navy DoD
Corps of Engineers
o Change in commanding officers
o Coop exercise 10/22/13
o RISC Meeting with FEMA region 4
o Hurricane Rehearsal Exercise 4/14/2014
Gulf Strike Team
FL Oil Spill Commission
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In response to BP Oil Spill
Generate a report
Final Report available for review
RULET Forum – Update
Action items
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Next RRT meeting will be in late February in Mobile, AL
NOAA, CG, Corps of Engineer Resource Facility are potential meeting sites
Request for a meeting between states and NPFC re: claims process
Executive Order on Chemical Facility Safety impact to RRT 4? – RRT2 Has a work group set up to
implement requirements. We should reach out to them.
Increased lifespan for E-Plan. Seek comments from V. Weeks.