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1 Arctic Spill of National Significance (SONS) Seminar 2013 ARRT Briefing May 22,

2 Workgroup One Evaluate and identify potential areas for improvement: Governmental, tribal, and other stakeholder awareness of decision-making in selection of response tactics, especially environmental/economic tradeoffs associated with the use of alternative countermeasures Sudie Hargis (USCG) Leader Dr. John Whitney (NOAA) Co-Leader Pamela Bergmann (DOI) Frederick Brower (NSB) Gordon Brower (NSB) Rusty Brown (ConocoPhillips) CAPT Scott Bornemann (USCG) Dale Gardner (ADEC) John Hopson Jr. (Village of Wainwright Mayor) Nick Knowles (EPA) Doreen Lampe (ICAS) Lisa Pekich (ConocoPhillips) Qinugan Roddy (ICAS) Todd Sformo (NSB) Brad Smith (NOAA) 2

3 Workgroup Two Evaluate and identify potential areas for improvement: Capabilities for total logistics (e.g., telecoms, responder support, transportation, etc.) including potential gaps that may require use of non-responsible party capabilities (i.e., industry, federal, state, local) Givey Kochanowski (GSA) Leader Major Todd Stull (Region 10 DCE) Co-Leader Freddie Bizzell (USCG) Christy Bohl (BSEE) Tom Brower III (NSB) Greg Buie (NPFC) Heather Collins-Ballot (ConocoPhillips) LT Kion Evans (USCG) Rick Everson (JTF-AK) LCDR Glenn Galman (USCG) Cristeta Lachica (NSB) Bark Lloyd (ACS) Lokeni Lokeni Jr. (NSB) Joseph LoSciuto (ASRC Energy) Major Derek Moore (DLA) CDR Daryl Schaffer (USCG) Raphaela Stimmelmayr (NSB) Paul VanderWeide (JTF-AK) Alan Wien (ADEC) Craig Wilson (MWH Global) Curtis Wright (Shell) Captain Jonathan Elliot (JTF-AK) 3

4 Workgroup Three Evaluate and identify potential areas for improvement: Alignment of strategic messaging vertically and horizontally across all response agencies and organizations from the local to national level LT Veronica Colbath (USCG) Leader Amy Burnett (ConocoPhillips) Richard Camilleri (NSB) INF2 Allyson Conroy (USCG) Jack Frantz (NSB) Doug Helton (NOAA) Ty Keltner (ADEC) Natalie Lowman (ConocoPhillips) Mark MacIntyre (EPA) Michelle Malerich (Shell) CDR Christopher O Neil (USCG) Thomas Olemaun (Native Village of Barrow) Nick Pardini (DOI) ENS Victoria Swinghamer (USCG) PAC Kip Wadlow (USCG) 4

5 Workgroup Four Evaluate and identify potential areas for improvement: The SONS command structure in Alaska CDR Bo Stocklin(USCG) Leader Ned Arey Sr. (NSB) Raymond Atos (NSB) CDR Agustus Bannan (USCG) John Brown (ADEC) Jason Charton (ConocoPhillips) Buddy Custard (Shell) CDR Paul Gill (USCG) Larry Iwamoto (ADEC) Jozieta Slatton (NSB) CAPT Daniel Travers (USCG) CDR Adam Tyndale (USCG) 5

6 Participating Agencies Federal U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Region X Defense Coordinating Element (DCE) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Department of the Interior (DOI) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Pollution Funds Center (NPFC) General Services Administration (GSA) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Department of Commerce (DOC) JTF-AK FEMA 6

7 Participating Agencies State Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) Alaska Department of Military & Veterans Affairs and Emergency Management (DMVA&EM) 7

8 Participating Agencies Local/Tribal North Slope Borough Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS) Native Village of Barrow Native Village of Wainwright 8

9 Participating Agencies Industry and Port Stakeholders Shell Alaska Venture ConocoPhillips Alaska Clean Seas Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) 9

10 Seminar Audience (Senior Leaders) CG District 17: RADM Thomas Ostebo ADEC: Commissioner Larry Hartig DMVA&EM: John Madden EPA: Dennis McLerran FOSC: COTP Sector Anchorage: CAPT Paul Mehler SOSC: Tom DeRuyter (ADEC) LOSC: Gordon Brower (NSB) BSEE: Mark Fesmire NOAA: Amy Holman Industry: Sean Churchfield DOI: Pamela Bergmann FEMA: Robert Forgit ALCOM/JTF-AK: CAPT Joel Jungemann 10

11 Seminar Audience (Senior Leaders) NSB Mayor: Charlotte Brower Barrow Mayor: Bob Harcharek Wainwright Mayor: John Hopson, Jr. Pt. Hope Mayor: Alzred Steve Ommittuk NWA Boro Mayor: Reggie Joule Nome Mayor: Denise Michels DH Mayor: Shirley Marquardt 11

12 Seminar Audience (Senior Leaders) ICAS Executive: George Olemaun NV of Barrow: Thomas Olemaun NV of Wainwright: Blair Patkotak NV of Pt. Lay: Julius Rexford NV of Pt. Hope: Caroline Cannon Kawerak: Melanie Bankhe ASRC: Rex Rock, Sr. AMMC 12

13 Seminar Schedule Tuesday, June 18th Time Event Registration Welcome, Introductions, & Participant Brief Work Group 1 Summary Report/Q&A Break Work Group 2 Summary Report/Q&A Break Work Group 3 Summary Report/Q&A Break Work Group 4 Summary Report/Q&A Break Final Thoughts/Closing Remarks 1200-TBD Facilitated Hotwash/Recorder Debrief 13

14 Questions? 14

15 Scenario Scenario starts at Day 3 (September 20, 2013) from a drill platform in the Chukchi Sea A SONS is declared by USCG Commandant on Day 2 Uncontrolled subsurface release of 25,000 barrels (bbl)/day (50,000+ bbls to date) Drill rig #1 relocated & preparing to start drilling relief well Drill rig #2 repositioning from Beaufort to assist Capping stack positioned above for well cap Wainwright 200 person responder camp will be operational by Day 5 All Oil Spill Recovery (OSR) offshore vessels have arrived and commenced mechanical skimming operations Dispersant equipment is being staged in Barrow Awaiting response on in situ burning request Awaiting response on surface dispersant use request 15

16 Scenario (continued) Shoreline ops [waste/wildlife support/shoreline Cleanup & Assessment Team (SCAT)] on-line in Barrow awaiting stand-up of Wainwright camp Alaska Clean Seas (ACS) mobilizing equipment & personnel from Prudhoe Bay Shoreline protective booming plan being finalized Incident Command Post (ICP) staffed and active in Anchorage with full Incident Management Team (IMT) and Crisis Management Team (CMT) support, forward operating base (FOB) operating in Barrow Marine mammals & seabirds sighted in vicinity of operations would likely be at risk: bowhead, beluga, and gray whales; ringed, bearded, and spotted seals; walrus; polar bears; waterfowl, shorebirds, and seabirds; and least cisco, chum and pink salmon, and char/dolly varden. It is important to note that impacts to wildlife will also affect the Inupiat people who depend on those resources for cultural and nutritional needs Media interest high and increasing 16

17 Scenario (continued) The oil spill trajectory analysis by Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and which the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) condones, shows that for oil spills >1,000 bbls using seasonal currents and winds (E, NE, and ENE winds are typical in this area), during the drilling season (July to Sept), shoreline oiling impacts would not occur until Day 28. This corresponds to a probability of landfall typically of 1 to 11 percent within the region between Peard Bay and Kasegaluk Lagoon, assuming no cleanup response for the first 30 days from initial spill occurrence in the vicinity of the release. However, in the unlikely event that strong, sustained winds develop out of the WNW, trajectory modeling estimates that Day 6 is the earliest possible time oil could reach shore, again with assuming no cleanup response for the first 30 days from initial spill occurrence. 17

18 Contact Information District Seventeen POCs Name: Mark Everett Title: Exercise Planning Team Leader Phone: (907) Name: LT Karen Hewes Title: Asst. Exercise Planning Team Leader Phone: (907) Exercise Support Team Name: LCDR Kevin Morgan Name: James Borders Jr. Title: EST Leader Title: EST Member Phone: (757) Phone: (757) Name: LT Erica Elfguinn Title: EST Member Phone: (757)

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