Hazardous Substance Response Plan Regulations

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Hazardous Substance Response Plan Regulations

• Lieutenant Eric A. Bauer, USCG
• Office of Response
• Planning Preparedness Division
• Industry Preparedness Branch
• Manager, Vessel Response Plan Program

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Hazardous Substance Response Plans

• History of the Hazardous Substance Response Plan
  Regulation Project
• Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA-90)
• (5) TANK VESSEL AND FACILITY RESPONSE PLANS.,(A)
  The President shall issue regulations which
  require an owner or operator of a tank vessel or
  facility described in subparagraph (B) to prepare
  and submit to the President a plan for
  responding, to the maximum extent practicable, to
  a worst case discharge, and to a substantial
  threat of such a discharge, of oil or a hazardous
  substance.

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• September 11, 2001
• Terrorist Attacks on the United States.
• November 25, 2002
• The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002
  (MTSA 2002), signed.

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Hazardous Substance Response Plans

• January 01, 2003
• Regulation 16 of Annex II to MARPOL 73/78,
  requiring Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency
  Plans for Noxious Liquid Substances (SMPEP-NLS)
  took effective.
• October 22, 2003
• The FR for the MTSA Regulations for the Vessel
  Facility Security Plans was published.

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Hazardous Substance Response Plans

• Renewed emphasis for Hazardous Substance Response
  Plans
• Mandated by OPA 90.
• By preplanning we will be able to better respond
  to any Hazardous Substance release, whether the
  release is the result of an accidental or an act
  of terrorism.
• Hazardous Substance Response plans are a
  contingency to the Security Plans.

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Hazardous Substance Response Plans

• Where we are now
• We have a NPRM for both Vessel and Facility
  Hazardous Substance Plans.
• Comments were submitted in response to the NPRM.
• The comments have been sorted and combined.
• The comments are being reviewed and addressed.
• Proposed regulations are being compared against
  requirements of the SMPEP-NLS mandates.
• Proposed regulations are being compared against
  the requirements of the MTSA and it regulations.

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Hazardous Substance Response Plans

• Where we are going