The
Integrated Contingency Plan Guidance (One Plan) formulated by
the National Response Team (NRT) is "intended to be used by
facilities to prepare emergency response plans for responding
to releases of oil and non-radiological hazardous substances."
The Integrated Contingency Plan creates one functional
emergency response plan by consolidating plans necessary to
comply with multiple regulations.
The
NRT's guidance encourages facilities to provide a single integrated
response plan organized along the lines of the National Interagency
Incident Management System (NIIMS) Incident Command System (ICS)
with suggested plan organization structured as:
Plan
Introduction Elements
- Purpose and Scope of Plan Coverage
- Table of Contents
- Current Revision Date
- General Facility Identification
Core
Plan Elements
- Discovery
- Initial Response
- Sustained Actions
- Termination and Follow-up Actions
Annexes
- Facility and Locality Information
- Notification
- Response Management System
- Incident Documentation
- Training and Exercises/Drills
- Response Critique, Plan Review, and Modification Process
- Prevention
- Regulatory Compliance and Cross-reference Matrices
The
plans and regulations listed below may be incorporated into
the Integrated Contingeny Plan or One Plan:
- EPA's Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation (SPCC and Facility
Response Plan Requirements)
- MMS's Facility Response Plan
- RSPA's Pipeline Response Plan
- USCG's Facility Response Plan
- EPA's Risk Management Programs
- OSHA's Emergency Action Plan
- OSHA's Process Safety Hazard
- OSHA's HAZWOPER Regulation
- EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Contingency
Planning Requirements
- State and local regulations
What
are the Benefits of an Integrated Contingency Plan?
- Saves time and money in preparing and updating emergency
response plans
- Satisfies all overlapping state and federal emergency
response planning requirements
- Minimizes duplication in preparation and use of emergency
response plans
- Provides effective guidance during emergencies
- Eliminates confusion for facility first responders
- Improves coordination between facility response personnel
and local, state, and federal personnel
- Increases employee and community confidence in facility's
ability to handle potential emergencies
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