The One Plan Project: A cooperative effort of the National Response Team and the Region 6 Regional Response Team to simplify facility emergency response planning

Conference · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:483714

Staves, J; McCormick, K ^[1]; Hawes, J S; Miller, M L ^[2]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, TX (United States). Response and Prevention Branch
2. Ecology and Environment Inc., Houston, TX (United States)

The National Response Team (NRT) in coordination with the Region 6 Response Team (RRT) have developed a facility contingency plan format which would integrate all existing regulatory requirements for contingency planning. This format was developed by a multi-agency team, chaired by the USEPA Region 6, in conjunction with various industry, labor, and public interest groups. The impetus for this project came through the USEPA Office of Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention (CEPPO). The current national oil and hazardous material emergency preparedness and response system is an amalgam of federal, state, local, and industrial programs which are often poorly coordinated. In a cooperative effort with the NRT, the CEPPO conducted a Presidential Review of federal agency authorities and coordination responsibilities regarding release prevention, mitigation, and response. Review recommendations led to a Pilot Project in USEPA Region 6. The Region 6 Pilot Project targeted end users in the intensely industrialized Houston Ship Channel (HSC) area, which is comprised of petroleum and petrochemical companies.

• OSTI ID: 483714
• Report Number(s): CONF-970146--; ISBN 1-890277-00-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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