1. 1 Prince William Sound Annual shippers’ exercise unclassified “Guardians of Prince William Sound”

2. General Exercise Goals Ensure readiness to respond to a major oil spill in Prince William Sound Verify the information in the PWS Tanker Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan Provide a training opportunity for Industry, Tribal, Federal, State, and Local response community

3. 2015 Exercise Planning Planning team: BP, ATC, APSC/SERVS, ADEC, USCG, ARRT, PWSRCAC, TRG Objectives Scenario Start time (hour 48) Schedule: September 29-30 (training on September 28) June 2015: 3-day event at SERVs to develop hours 0-48 Task force assignments Sensitive area protection Resources at risk UC decisions Permitting

4. Why hour 48? Exercises often start at hour zero and go until transition 2013 and 2014 exercises focused the scenario on Realistic Maximum Response Operating Limitations (RMROL) Objectives on sensitive area protection as the impacted area increases Objectives focusing on out-of-region resources Focus on use of the PWSSACP plan

5. Contingency Plan vs Subarea Plan PWS SUBAREA PLAN PWS SUBAREA PLAN Involves larger response communityInvolves larger response community Considers additional resource networks as response expands over timeConsiders additional resource networks as response expands over time Apply lessons learned to other types of potential spills and RPsApply lessons learned to other types of potential spills and RPs Supports the contingency planSupports the contingency plan PWS Tanker Oil Discharge Prevention & Contingency Plan Incorporates requirements of the subarea plan Meets Alaska’s response planning standards Immediate response actions Lays the foundation for a solid ongoing response

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