***U. S. Department of the Interior***

**Emergency Management Capabilities**

**And**

**National Response Plan Responsibilities**

The Department of the Interior carries out its emergency management
responsibilities and supports the National Response Plan through the
immediate office of the Secretary and the eight constituent bureaus and
agencies.

The Office of Law Enforcement and Security (OLES) is responsible for
overall coordination of the Department's emergency management
responsibilities and NRP support.

***DOI and the National Response Plan***

During Incidents of National Significance, DOI provides representation
to most National Response Plan (NRP) Emergency Support Functions (ESFs),
and Incident and Support Annexes. DOI can provide personnel to the
ERT/JFO, RRCC, or NRCC, as requested, to assist ESF operations.

The DOI's NRP Contact Matrix contains points of contact roster for the
NRP's Emergency Support Functions.

**[ESF#1: Transportation]{.underline}**

The Office of Wildland Fire Coordination (OWFC) is the Department's
Principal Planner for ESF-1.

The Department can provide:

-   Staffing to the headquarters and regional ESF #1 functions,

-   Supplementary departmental transportation assets (e.g., fixed-wing
    and rotary wing aircraft, boats and other watercraft, and
    all-terrain vehicles (both summer and winter), as well as certified
    operators and support resources (e.g., mechanics),

-   Aviation safety teams.

**[ESF#2: Communications]{.underline}**

The Chief Information Officer is the Department's Principal Planner for
ESF-2.

The Department of Agriculture/Forest Service and DOI the Forest Service
and DOI provide telecommunications support to ESF #2 through assets
located at the National Interagency Fire Center. Support services
include:

-   Radio communications systems for support of firefighters, law
    enforcement officers, and incident response operations;

-   Engineers, technical personnel, and liaison staff to assist the FECC
    and to maintain the National Interagency Radio Support systems;

-   National Interagency Radio Support systems for use by damage
    reconnaissance teams to report information from the incident area to
    the JFO, and such other applications as determined by the radio
    communications coordinator;

-   Communications officers to accompany radio systems for the purpose
    of user training and operator maintenance indoctrination; and

-   Additional radio systems required for the establishment of a JFO
    radio net."

## **ESF#3: Public Works and Engineering** 

Bureau of Reclamation is the Department's Principal Planner for ESF-3
(Public Works and Engineering). The Department can provide:

-   Engineering support to assist in evaluating damage to water control
    systems, such as dams, levees, and water delivery facilities and
    structures,

-   Personnel to assist in damage assessment, structural inspections,
    debris clearance monitoring, and restoration of facilities in
    general,

-   Technical assistance in contract management, contracting,
    procurement, construction inspection, and environmental and
    archeological assessments,

-   Tribal nation liaisons, as described in the Tribal Relations Support
    Annex.

**[ESF#4: Firefighting]{.underline}**

The Office of Wildland Fire Coordination is the Department's Principal
Planner for ESF-4.

The Department:

-   Assumes full responsibility for fighting wildfires burning on lands
    within its jurisdiction,

-   Assists the Forest Service in managing and coordinating firefighting
    operations,

-   Provides firefighting assistance to other Federal land management
    organizations as requested under the terms of existing agreements
    and the NRP.

**[ESF#5: Emergency Management]{.underline}**

The Office of Law Enforcement and Security is the Department's Principal
Planner for ESF-5.

The Department can:

-   Provide personnel to the ERT/JFO, RRCC, or NRCC, as requested, to
    assist ESF operations and provide reports to ESF #5,

-   Identify staff liaisons or points of contact to provide technical
    and subject-matter expertise, data, advice, and staff support for
    operations that fall within the domain of each agency.

**[ESF #6 - Mass Care, Housing, and Human Services]{.underline}**

The Office of Wildland Fire Coordination is the Department's Principal
Planner for ESF-4.

The Department of the Interior can:

-   "Provide available departmental resources (e.g. cots, blankets,
    sleeping bags, personnel) for shelters,

-   Provide logistical guidance and support.

**[ESF#7: Resource Support]{.underline}**

The Office of Wildland Fire Coordination is the Department's Principal
Planner for ESF-4.

Although not listed as a support agency for this ESF, the Department can
provide:

-   support to staff and support mobilization centers and provide
    assistance related to transportation and accountability of
    commodities at the mobilization centers,

-   USGS seismic and hydrological data for proposed construction sites.

**[ESF #8 -Public Health and Medical Services]{.underline}**

The Office of Law Enforcement and Security is the Department's Principal
Planner for ESF-5.

Although not listed as a support agency for this ESF, the Department can
provide:

-   Appropriate personnel, equipment, and supplies, coordinated through
    ESF #4 - Firefighting. This support is primarily for communications
    aircraft and the establishment of base camps for deployed Federal
    health and medical teams,

-   Support for public health matters for radiological incidents as a
    member of the Advisory Team for Environment, Food and Health,

-   Control and eradication of an outbreak of a highly contagious or an
    economically devastating animal disease."

**[ESF#9: Urban Search & Rescue]{.underline}**

Although not listed as a Support Agency for this ESF, the Department has
resources which can be used to support US&R efforts:

-   Provides equipment and supplies from the Interagency Cache System
    and use of Interagency Fire Center contract aircraft,

-   The National Park Service, Fish & Wildlife Service, and Bureau of
    Land Management have personnel specially trained and equipped for
    S&R operations in austere locations, such as forests and wildland
    areas,

-   USGS provides maps and seismic and stream data relative to
    earthquake, volcano, and flood events as necessary to advise workers
    engaged in urban search and rescue missions.

**[ESF#10: Oil and Hazardous Materials Response]{.underline}**

The Office of Environmental Policy Compliance (OEPC) is the Department's
Principal Planner for ESF-10.

The Department of the Interior can provide:

-   Scientific/technical advice, information, and assistance to help
    prevent or minimize injury to natural and cultural resources and
    historic properties such as public lands; units of the National Park
    System; national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries; Alaska Native
    allotments and townsites; wildlife and associated habitat, including
    threatened and endangered species and migratory birds; and national
    monuments,

-   Scientific expertise and assistance in mapping, biological
    resources, geology, and hydrology; earthquakes and other natural
    hazards; minerals; and identification of hazards.

-   Expertise in and information on offshore drilling and production
    practices and facilities and offshore minerals; maintains computer
    models for oil spill trajectory analysis and calculation of pipeline
    oil discharge volumes; funds and makes available information from
    response research; and for spills involving Outer Continental Shelf
    facilities, assists in source identification, oversees spill
    abatement, and approves resumption of operations.

-   FWS advises on a wide variety of birds, fish, reptiles, and marine
    mammals, including appropriate clean-up techniques, actions, and end
    points. FWS coordinates all federal permitting activities for
    hazing, collecting, rescue, and holding migratory birds, certain
    marine mammals, and threatened and endangered species, and
    authorizes entry and activity on national wildlife system lands
    covering about 95 million acres.

-   NPS provides access and advice and participates in activities
    affecting National Park System lands, historic properties and
    cultural resources, and wild and scenic rivers.

-   BIA assists in coordination, communication, and access to Indian
    lands and Tribal officials.

-   BLM advises and provides expertise on and access to the 262 million
    acres of land and minerals managed by BLM, including oil and gas
    exploration, development, production, and pipelines.

-   BOR advises on operation, control and maintenance of water systems
    and related resources including dams, reservoirs and channels. In
    addition, provides expertise in engineering and hydrology and can
    provide design services, construction, contracting, oversight, and
    administration activity.

-   OSM advises on surface coal mining including abandoned coal mined
    lands, coal outcrop fires, waste bank stability, and toxic drainage.

-   The Aviation Management Directorate of NBC provides access to
    DOI-approved aircraft including on-scene inspection and
    certification teams and arranging for air traffic control via the
    FAA.

-   USGS advises on the biological impact of the effects of release of
    hazardous materials.

-   MMS provides scientific/technical advice to minimize damage to OCS
    assets, expertise in offshore drilling and production practices and
    facilities and offshore minerals. In addition, MMS can assist in
    source identification and calculation of pipeline discharge volumes,
    maintains computer models for oil spill trajectory analysis, and
    approves resumption of offshore oil and gas operations.

**[ESF#11: Agriculture and Natural Resources]{.underline}**

The Department of the Interior participates in two sections of ESF-11,
Animal and Plant Disease and Pest Response, and Natural, Cultural and
Historic Properties Resources Protection (NCH).

In the ESF-11 Animal and Plant Disease and Pest Response, the U.S.
Geological Principal Planner serves as the point of contact for any
zoonotic diseases involving wildlife.

-   USGS assists in responding to a highly contagious/zoonotic disease,
    biohazard event, or other emergency involving wildlife by providing
    wildlife emergency response teams; geospatial assessment and mapping
    tools; assistance in the identification of new emerging and
    resurging zoonotic diseases; the services of a Biosafety Level 3
    laboratory for diagnostic disease and biohazard analyses; assistance
    with the prevention, control, and eradication of any highly
    contagious/zoonotic disease involving wildlife; and carcass disposal
    facilities, as appropriate.

-   FWS through Fish Health Centers, provides fisheries resource
    services such as virology, diagnostics, and technical assistance.
    Fish Health Centers specialize in the monitoring, diagnostics, and
    inspections of aquatic animals, and foster proactive and cooperative
    approaches to fish health to prevent catastrophic losses. The FWS
    Fisheries Program also has an Aquatic Animal Drug Approval
    Partnership Program, that may provide technical assistance on drugs,
    chemicals, and therapeutants needed in aquaculture and fisheries
    management programs.

-   BLM can address disease and general health issues based on
    management of wild horses and burros in western states.

-   NPS provides deployable integrated pest management teams to develop
    and implement control plans for insect and plant pests.

In ESF-11 NCH Resources Protection Policies, the Department of the
Interior (DOI) is the initial primary agency for NCH resources. The
Office of Environmental Policy Compliance (OEPC) is the Department's
Principal Planner for this portion of the ESF, and can coordinate
support for NCH Resources Protection:

-   Coordinate NCH resources identification and vulnerability
    assessments

-   Facilitate development and application of protection measures and
    strategies

-   Assist in emergency compliance with relevant Federal environmental
    laws during emergency response activities, such as emergency
    permits/consultation for natural resources use or consumption

-   Manage, monitor, and assist in or conduct response and recovery
    actions to minimize damage to NCH resources

-   Coordinate with ESF #3 and #10 on the removal of debris affecting
    NCH resources

-   Coordinate with ESF #3 to manage, monitor, or provide technical
    assistance on emergency stabilization (and during recovery,
    restoration) of shorelines, riparian buffer zones, and hillsides to
    protect NCH resources

-   Provide Incident Management Teams to assist in NCH resource response
    and recovery actions

-   Provide scientific/technical advice, information, and assistance to
    help prevent or minimize injury to and to restore or stabilize NCH
    resources.

-   Makes available the response resources of the National Interagency
    Fire Center, such as incident management teams, communications
    equipment, transportation resources, temporary housing and feeding
    resources, etc., in cooperation with USDA.

-   Provide technical assistance in contract management, contracting,
    procurement, construction inspection, and NCH resources assessments
    and restoration (natural resources), preservation, protection, and
    stabilization.

-   Provide technical and financial assistance to landowners and
    communities as appropriate to help assess the restoration needs for
    important fish and wildlife habitat and population restoration.

-   FWS provides scientific and technical assistance to protect,
    conserve, and minimize impacts to threatened and endangered species,
    migratory birds, fisheries, and certain marine mammals.

-   BOR advises and provides information on operation, control and
    maintenance of water systems and related resources including dams,
    reservoirs and channels. BOR provides expertise in engineering and
    hydrology and can provide design services, construction,
    contracting, oversight, and administration activity.

-   OSM has the capacity to provide scientific and technical advice on
    reclamation of mined land, including natural resources (such as
    impact to hydrological resources), archeological resources and
    historic properties incident to past and current mining.

-   SOL provides legal advice and support to DOI Bureaus responding to
    protection of natural and cultural resources and historic
    properties. SOL also coordinates with legal counsel of other federal
    agencies working on ESF #11 NCH resources issues.

-   NPS, BLM and BIA provide scientific/technical advice, information,
    and assistance to prevent or minimize injury to and stabilize NCH
    resources.

-   USGS provide~~s~~ geospatial assessment and mapping tools to prevent
    or minimize injury to NCH resources.

-   MMS provides scientific/technical advice, information, and
    assistance to prevent or minimize injury to NCH resources.

-   MMS provides technical assistance in contract management,
    contracting, procurement, and environmental and archeological
    assessments.

**[ESF#12: Energy]{.underline}**

Minerals Management Service (MMS) is the Department's NRP Principal
Planner for ESF-12.

The Department of the Interior can:

-   Provide information on energy production and supply on onshore
    Federal lands.

-   Assess damage to energy-related infrastructure.

-   Provide engineering and technical support as necessary.

-   Develop and maintains information on critical energy-related
    infrastructure on Federal and tribal lands.

-   Provide technical assistance for the assessment of hydroelectric
    facilities and flood control actions as they affect energy
    production.

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-   Assist in the repair of damaged hydropower generation facilities.

-   Modify operations at Bureau of Reclamation facilities to increase
    electrical generation to supplement losses in areas affected by an
    incident.

-   For Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) facilities, provide energy
    production and well reserve information.

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-   Assess energy production damage and projected repair schedules for
    offshore facilities.

-   Assist operators in minimizing the disruption of energy production
    by expediting review and approval of repair procedures for damaged
    facilities and/or in the prompt review and approval of proposals to
    resume production through the temporary rerouting of oil and gas
    production.

-   Provide engineering and technical support as necessary.

-   Assist DHS/U.S. Coast Guard in the development of critical asset
    list of OCS oil and gas facilities, and monitor and updates critical
    asset list of OCS oil and gas facilities."

**[ESF#13: Public Safety and Security]{.underline}**

The Office of Law Enforcement and Security (OLES) is the Department's
NRP Principal Planner for ESF-13. The Department can provide trained law
enforcement personnel and security resources for areas under DOI
jurisdiction or to other locations if appropriate authority is provided
by the requesting jurisdiction. DOI capabilities include:

-   Special event teams/civil disturbance units to handle large-scale
    demonstrations, special events, and crowd control;

-   Protestor device extrication teams;

-   Hazardous materials technicians and first responders;

-   Horse-mounted units, backcountry tracking teams, snowmobile and ATV
    assets;

-   Aviation assets including fixed- and rotary-wing capability;

-   Marine assets including certified boat operators and divers; and

-   Mobile communications cache and command post.

**[ESF#14: Long-Term Community Recovery & Mitigation]{.underline}**

U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the Department's NRP Principal Planner
for ESF-14. The Department can provide technical assistance in community
planning, and natural and cultural resources expertise; community
liaison for federally owned lands and facilities; and natural hazard
vulnerability analysis expertise.

**[ESF #15 - External Affairs]{.underline}**

The Office of Communications is the Department's NRP Principal Planner
for ESF-15. Depending on the nature and scope of the incident, all
Federal departments and agencies support the NRP and are responsible for
providing appropriate support for ESF #15 as required.

**SUPPORT ANNEXES**

**Tribal Relations Support Annex:**

As listed in the NRP, the Department of the Interior/Bureau of Indian
Affairs:

In consultation with tribal officials, DOI/BIA provides, either by
itself, by contract with a tribe, or both, a broad variety of services
in an emergency including basic law enforcement protection, fire
protection, emergency social services assistance to affected individuals
and families, and support for all Federal agencies responding to the
incident. Also, DOI/BIA assesses impacts on trust lands, resources, and
infrastructure and supports tribal efforts commensurate with trust
responsibilities. DOI/BIA responsibilities include:

-   In support of ESF #15, providing liaison officers to ensure
    coordination with tribal governments on all aspects of incident
    management operations, and working closely with DHS to ensure tribal
    relations actions are carried out in accordance with established
    Federal Government policies and procedures;

-   In conjunction with the incident-affected tribes, assisting in
    providing an efficient and reliable flow of incident-related
    information between the tribes and the Federal Government; and

-   Supplying staff and resources as requested by DHS for the Tribal
    Relations Element of the JFO.

**INCIDENT ANNEXES**

DOI can provide support and expertise in numerous areas as indicated in
the Bureau/Office overviews. The Department is listed as a Cooperating
Agency for particular Incident Annexes, as indicated below.

**Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex**

The Department of the Interior:

-   Advises and assists in evaluating processes affecting radioisotopes
    in soils, including personnel, equipment, and laboratory support.

-   Advises and assists in the development of geographic information
    systems databases to be used in the analysis and assessment of
    contaminated areas, including personnel and equipment.

-   Advises and assists in assessing and dealing with impacts to natural
    resources, including fish and wildlife, subsistence uses, public
    lands, Indian tribal lands, land reclamation, mining, minerals, and
    water resources. Further guidance is provided in the Tribal
    Relations Support Annex and the ESF #11 -- Agriculture and Natural
    Resources Annex.

-   Provides liaison between federally recognized tribal governments and
    Federal, State, and local agencies for coordination of response
    activities. Additionally, DOI advises and assists DHS on economic,
    social, and political matters in the U.S. insular areas should a
    radiological incident occur in these areas.

-   USGS provides expertise in mitigating the effects of accidentally
    and purposefully caused releases of nuclear and radiological agents.

**Oil & Hazardous Materials Incident Annex**

DOI is listed as a Cooperating Agency in the NRP. The Office of
Environmental Policy and Compliance (OEPC) is the Department's NRP
Principal Planner for ESF-10. OEPC is responsible for contacting the
appropriate Bureaus and coordinating DOI participation in Oil and
Hazardous Materials Incident Annex activities, when necessary. In
general, DOI provides response related scientific/technical advice and
assistance to help avoid or minimize injury to natural and cultural
resources such as public lands, national parks, threatened and
endangered species, migratory birds, and associated habitats.

-   FWS advises on a wide variety of birds, fish, reptiles, and marine
    mammals, including appropriate clean-up techniques, actions, and end
    points. FWS provides oversight of bird hazing, collection, and
    treatment activities and coordination of all federal permitting
    activities for hazing, collecting, rescue, and holding migratory
    birds, certain marine mammals, and threatened and endangered
    species. FWS authorizes entry and activity on national wildlife
    system lands covering about 95 million acres.

-   NPS provides access and advice and participates in activities
    affecting National Park System lands, historic properties and
    cultural resources, and wild and scenic rivers.

-   BIA assists in coordination, communication, and access to Indian
    lands and Tribal officials.

-   BLM advises and provides expertise on and access to the 262 million
    acres of land and minerals managed by BLM, including oil and gas
    exploration, development, production, and pipelines.

-   OSM advises on surface coal mining including abandoned coal mined
    lands, coal outcrop fires, waste bank stability, and toxic drainage.

-   The Aviation Management Directorate of NBC provides access to
    DOI-approved aircraft including on-scene inspection and
    certification teams and arranging for air traffic control via the
    FAA.

-   BLM provides expertise in mitigating the effects of oil spills,
    explosive ordnance, and hazardous materials on public lands.

-   USGS advises on the biological impact of the effects of release of
    hazardous materials.

-   MMS:

    -   Provides expertise in incidents involving OCS oil spills,

    -   Maintains computer models for oil spill trajectory analysis and
        calculation of pipeline discharge volumes,,

    -   Assists in responsible party determination, and can provide
        contact information of potentially impacted OCS manned and
        unmanned facilities.

    -   Oversees permitting of repair activities and coordinating with
        on scene coordinator during repair activities in effort to
        prevent further releases.

    -   Makes available information from response research and spills
        involving OCS facilities assists in source identification,
        oversees spill abatement, and approves resumption of offshore
        oil and gas operations.