Functional Tabletop and Worst Case Drills in 2014 Commander Katie Blanchard Sector Puget Sound & Elin Storey Ecology Spills Program Drill Coordinator

Washington Drills in drills were conducted for Ecology credit – 57 Deployment drills (DPX) – 22 GRP deployment drills – 12 Functional Tabletop drills (TTX)- – 9 Combined functional tabletop and deployment drills – 11 worst case scenario functional tabletop drills (WCD) – 3 Government Initiated Unannounced Exercises (GIUE)- USCG and EPA led

Ecology Evaluation and Self- Certification 84 drills evaluated by Ecology – 44 DPX – 20 GRP DPX – 2 GIUE – 5 Combined TTX-DPX – 4 TTX – 9 WCD 30 drills self- certified – 13 DPX – 2 GRP DPX – 1GIUE – 4 Combined TTX-DPX – 2 out of state WCD – 8 TTX

Oregon Drill Summary (Projected) Worst Case Drills79 Tabletop Drills59 Deployment Drills ( DEQ Observed)1110 Deployment Drills (Not Observed)17? GUIE’s12-3 Credit Accepted from WA, CA, AK33 Other Drills (railroad focused, etc.)21 (completed)

Why track and report lessons learned? To share knowledge to improve, performance, efficiency and organizational learning throughout the entire response community Even the most successful drills have lessons from which we can learn Whether you're in Unified Command creating the objectives that drive the response or staff in a unit filling orders, there will be lessons you can learn An effective spill management team will analyze the lessons learned from drills and spills and apply them to future training, plans, drills and spills

The Washington State Response Community IS: Well prepared for drills and spills Trained on equipment and ICS Committed to the Federal and State drill program Capable of managing spills and drills

The Oregon State Response Community IS: Generally prepared to work within Incident Command System. Dealing well with new scenarios in their AOR. Aware that New Petroleum Products in the region can greatly affect tactics.

Lessons Learned from TTX and WCD

WA Lessons Learned Focus Areas Drill planning and design Staffing and Training Command Posts ICS Process, Forms and Displays

OR Lessons Learned Focus Areas Continued focus on ICS Enhanced discussions on new Petroleum and the affect they have on tactics. Ensuring exercises employ and utilize the NWACP Effectively managing expectations and planning for Booming Strategies

Ad Hoc Strategies some worked, some didn't.

Revised strategy New robust ad-hoc strategies with skimming components

Ecology Drill Focus Areas for 2015 Outreach for local and community education Tribal Involvement in Environmental Unit and TOSC Activation of Ecology situation room Complete SOSC position task books for 2 staff Complete Environmental Unit Leaders position task books for 2 staff Ecology Information Officer path back to Functional Tabletops Participate in the MTSRU and Salvage Participate in Truth or the Simulation Cell

DEQ Focused Objectives for 2015 Increased focus on the use of the NWACP, use more realistic scenarios, tides, and tactics Truth/Control Performance will be graded Conduct another Gasoline based Scenario Conduct Wildlife focused tabletop exercise Conduct drill focused on waste management/demobilization Conduct Social Media Focused Drill Increased outreach to LOSC’s, Tribal, and other stakeholders Dept of Energy has asked for a scenario creating a fuel distribution crisis reducing supply by >20%. Likely to be roundtable discussion, not Tabletop Exercise. Proper staffing of and better communication between ICS sections/units

Federal Drill Focus Areas for 2015 Ensure compliance with 33 CFR Unified command with representatives from Local, Tribal, State, and Federal Utilization of the ACP and Facility/Vessel plan Timely press updates and JIC utilization Following the prescribed ICS processes, including agendas Play different coordinating areas, i.e. dispersants, ISB, MTSRU, ESA 7 consults, etc More robust MSEL/injects to ensure exercise objectives are met

Upcoming Drills Interested in the drills Reach out to the USCG and Ecology / DEQ Roles in the command post Observer and outreach Drill calendar on the RRT website

Worst Case Drills in 2015 for Washington State drill credit MFSA Paramount Petroleum SeaRiver Maritime Navy Region Northwest BP West Coast Seattle Terminal Tidewater Polar Tankers Alaska Tanker Company & BP Shipping Imperium Grays Harbor

Oregon Worst Case Drills Expected in 2015 Arc Terminals Columbia Pacific Bio Refinery Coos Bay Regional Cooperative Harley Marine Services Kinder Morgan Willbridge and Linnton Terminals MFSA NuStar Portland Terminal Pacific Terminal Services Tidewater Umatilla Pipeline

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