# Presentation: 940372

## EPA’s Emergency Response Organizational Structure

**EPA’s Emergency Response Organizational Structure**

**June 15, 1998**

## EPA’s Roles and Capabilities for Terrorism Events

**Overview:  EPA’s Counter-Terrorism (CT) Roles and Responsibilities**
**EPA’s Programs and Resources**
**Hazardous Materials (Includes Biological Agents)**
**Radiological**
**Enforcement**
**EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event**
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## EPA’s CT Roles and Responsibilities:  Overview

## EPA’s CT Roles and Responsibilities:  Overview

**EPA and U.S. Government-wide plans and directives clarify EPA’s specific roles and responsibilities**

**EPA’s CT Roles and Responsibilities:  ****Overview**

**EPA has specific responsibilities and authorities**
**Protection of human health and the environment**
**“****Pollutant or contaminant”**
**Regardless of cause**

## EPA’s CT Roles and Responsibilities:  Overview

**EPA’s CT Roles and Responsibilities:  ****Overview**

**EPA participates in U.S. Government CT activities using the  National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP)**
**When the President activates the Federal Response Plan (FRP), EPA has the lead function for the FRP’s Emergency Support Function #10 (Hazardous Materials) **
**Presidential Decision Directives #39 & #62 establish relationship of EPA to lead agencies during CT response:**
**FBI for crisis management**
**FEMA for consequence management**

## EPA’s CT Roles and Responsibilities:  Overview

**EPA’s CT Roles and Responsibilities:  ****Overview**

**Response scenarios**
**Incident not yet determined to be terrorism-related: EPA lead under NCP**
**Crisis Management/FBI lead: EPA prepares to lead ESF #10 activities while providing technical support to FBI**
**Consequence Management/FEMA lead: EPA leads ESF #10 activities incorporating the NCP**

## EPA Programs and Resources

## EPA Programs and Resources

**EPA’s CT activities are based on existing programs that address:**
**Hazardous material emergencies**
**Radiation emergencies**
**Enforcement of environmental regulations**

## EPA Programs and Resources:  Hazardous Materials 

**Overview**
**The National Response System (the system established under the NCP) has been the U.S. Government’s mechanism to prepare for and respond to HAZMAT releases for almost 30 years**
**Primary objective:  Protect public health and the environment by supporting state and local response efforts**

## EPA Programs and Resources:  Hazardous Materials

**EPA Programs and Resources:  ****Hazardous Materials**

**The National Response System (under the NCP) is a multi-agency, multi-level response network**

## EPA Programs and Resources:  Hazardous Materials

**Federal On-Scene Coordinators**
**Coordinate all federal containment, removal, and disposal efforts and resources during an incident under the NCP or the FRP;  **

**One point of contact for coordination of U.S. Government efforts with the local HAZMAT response community;**
**230 EPA OSCs at 17 locations nation-wide; **
**46 USCG Marine Safety Offices, spread among 9 USCG Districts, each headed by a Captain of the Port, who acts as the OSC**

## EPA Programs and Resources:  Hazardous Materials (cont.)

**National Response Systems Special Resources**
**Special Forces**
**EPA’s Environmental Response Team (ERT)**
**USCG National Strike Force (NSF)**
**Other Special Forces**
**Laboratories**
**Research Laboratories**
**Contract Laboratories**
**Radiological Laboratories**
**National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC) **

## EPA Programs and Resources:  Hazardous Materials (cont.)

**EPA Programs and Resources:  ****Hazardous Materials (cont.)**

## EPA Programs and Resources:Radiological Response

**Overview**
**The NCP applies to most radiological incidents**
**EPA role outlined in the FRERP**
**Monitor and assess potential public health and environmental impacts.**
**Develop/provide protective action guidance.**
**Serve as Lead Federal Agency (LFA) if certain criteria, defined in FRERP, are met.**
**Assist LFA in coordinating recovery, clean-up, and mitigation activities.**

## EPA Programs and Resources:  Radiological Response

**Radiological Emergency Response Team (RERT)**
**Radiation Environmental Laboratories**
**Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System**
**Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center**

**EPA Programs and Resources:  ****Radiological Response**

## EPA Programs and Resources:  Enforcement

**EPA's National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC) is the technical support center for EPA enforcement and compliance assurance programs.**
**Provides a full spectrum of investigative and forensic support for environmental civil and criminal cases.**

**EPA Programs and Resources:  ****Enforcement**

## EPA Programs and Resources: Map of EPA Assets

## EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event

## EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event:  Crisis Management

**EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event:  ****Crisis Management**

**Coordinate through FBI with others**
**Participate in FBI-led Domestic Emergency Support Team (DEST)**** **
**Incident-specific technical support**** **
**Chemical hazards evaluation**
**Modeling**
**Coordination/notification**
**Evidence collection support**
**Resources available to support FBI-led response teams**
**OSCs, Special Forces deployment (ERT, USCG, NEIC)**

## EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event:  Crisis Management

- NSC Groups

***FBI HQ***

***Strategic Information Operations Center***

- Attorney General

- FBI Director

- The President

*Indicates potential EPA role*

***Domestic Emergency Support Team (DEST)***

***      ******FBI Field Office               Joint Operations Center***

## EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event:  Crisis Management

*Indicates potential EPA role*

- Current Concept

## EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event:Consequence Management

*Indicates EPA lead*

- ESF #12   Energy

- ESF #8               Health & Medical Services

- ESF #6    Mass Care

- ESF #1 Transportation

- ESF #3             Public Works & Engineering

- ESF #2 Communications

- ESF #4 Firefighting

- ESF #5 Information & Planning

- ESF #7 Resource Support

- ESF #9       Urban Search & Rescue

***ESF #10    Hazardous    Materials***

- ESF #11      Food

- Support Annexes                  - Terrorism Incident Annex           - Congressional Relations                        - Public Information                                  - Financial Management

- Appendices                   - Authorities/Directive          - Terms/Definitions

- BASIC PLAN/FRP

## EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event:Consequence Management

**EPA’s Role in a Terrorism Event:****Consequence Management**

**Conduct response action through ESF #10:**
**Threat assessment, site evaluation and removal actions, agent identification, hazard detection and reduction, environmental monitoring, decontamination, and long-term site restoration**
**Integration with and assistance to Incident Command System/Unified Command**
**Coordinate with local, state, and key U.S. government partners such as FEMA, FBI, DOD, PHS, CDC, DOE, USCG, and others**

## Summary

**EPA’s mission is to protect human health and the environment**
**NBC incidents are also hazmat incidents and require very similar hazmat response**
**EPA brings the existing system for hazmat response of the U.S. Government response to a terrorism event, in coordination with the Federal Response Plan and additional systems created specifically to deal with potential terrorist incidents**