2000 Co-Chairs Meeting
Counter-Terrorism/Weapons of
Mass Destruction Implementation
Issues and Efforts:
1999 Highlights
Ken Stroech
U.S. EPA Deputy Emergency Coordinator
Wednesday, February 2, 2000
2000 Co-Chairs Meeting
Session Purpose
• To discuss CT issues, exercise results, & recent
funding initiatives
• To learn about NRT agencies’ CT activities
• To further define the role of and future path
for NRT and RRTs in coordination, response,
and technical support
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Session Format
• Presentations
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Ken Stroech - 1999 CT Highlights (10 mins.)
Tom Smith - FEMA Consequence Management (10 mins.)
Alan Peek - USCG CT Update (10 mins.)
Mark Mjoness - Lessons Learned (15 mins.)
• Dennis Carney, Terry Brubaker, Chris Field
– Scott Lillibridge - CDC/ATSDR Update (20 mins.)
• Roundtable discussion
– “The Way Ahead . . . NRT/RRT Options for CT Focus” John Gustafson (20 mins.)
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1999 CT Highlights
• Training Involvement
– Level-A training/exercise for regions
• Emphasized terrorism-specific response and
equipment
– Participation in the Domestic Preparedness
Program
– Emergency Coordination Workshop
– Region III CEPP Conference
– WMD Coordinators Training
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1999 CT Highlights
• Guidance Development
– Regional CT Reference Manual
– Bio Decon Plan
– CT Electronic Resource Center
• Technical Advances
– EPA’s CT Technical Workgroup formed
– Mobile Evidence Collection Lab
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1999 CT Highlights
• Interagency interaction
– Coordination with Department and Agency CT
program leaders
• National Security Council (NSC)
• DOD Workgroups
– National Guard
– Joint Task Force - Civil Support (JTF-CS)
• DOJ’s National Domestic Preparedness Office (NDPO)
– National Joint Information Center Model
approved
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Changes: DOJ Grants
• FY99 County and Municipal Agency Domestic
Preparedness Equipment Support Program
– Provides $69.5 M for equipment purchases
– Eligible to largest 157 metropolitan jurisdictions
• FY99 State Domestic Preparedness
Equipment Support Program
– Targeting 50 States
– Developing planning tools to assess need, risk, and threat
• Municipal Fire and Emergency Services Program
– Provides $25 M to expand equipment and training programs
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Changes: DOJ’s NDPO
• NDPO officially authorized
• Draft "Blueprint" expected to clear soon
• The State and Local Advisory
Committee in final stages of
approval
• Information sharing/
outreach
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NDPO
• Increased interagency coordination
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Standardized Equipment List (SEL)
Training Compendium
Interagency Equipment Standards
National Strategy
JOC/ICS Operational Interface
• Information Sharing/Outreach
– Beacon newsletter
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Changes: DOD
• DOD Joint Task Force - Civil Support
– Ensures DoD assets are prepared to respond
in a national crisis
– Supports the LFA to orchestrate the
deployment of DoD assets
• WMD Civil Support Teams
– Formerly RAID teams
– Creation of 17 new teams
announced = 27 Teams
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FY00 Budget Recommendations
• 19 FTE currently utilized in Regions
– Will focus on top 2 of 5 priorities
• Training (health & safety emphasis) - 11 FTE
• Regional CT Coordinator positions - 8 FTE
– Need additional 19 FTE to expand work on
remaining three priorities
• Special Events - 5 FTE
• External Preparedness - 11 FTE
• Equipment and Maintenance - 3 FTE
• FY00 regional implementation plans
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EPA Budget Needs
• NSC/WMDP CT Budget Initiative
– EPA submitted a 3-tiered CT
initiative
• Tier I - 57 FTE and $28.3M
• Tier II - 89 FTE and $40.9M
• Tier III - 137 FTE and $55.1M
– NSC was expected to recommend
the Tier II option to OMB
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EPA Budget Requests
• FY2001 Initiative
– Reprogramming FTE and dollars
– Over-target request for FTE and dollars
– Infrastructure responsibilities
• Water - dollars for R&D as lead agency for water
supply sector
• Infrastructure - dollars for critical infrastructure
protections (cyber and physical)
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Summary
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Training has been conducted. . .
Guidance has been developed. . .
Technical advances have been made. . .
Interagency actions have been
coordinated. . .
• Changes are occurring - progress is being
made. . .
However, significant challenges remain
for all of us in CT involvement