U.S. COAST GUARD ATLANTIC STRIKE TEAM

CWO4 David Studer, Engineering Officer, Response Officer

MST1 James Moore, Response Technician

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National Response Framework (NRF)

•“Special Team” – 40 CFR 300.145(a)

•“Develop and provide highly trained and experienced personnel and specialized equipment to Coast Guard and other federal Incident Commanders under the National Contingency Plan (NCP) and the National Response Framework (NRF)”

What We Do•Incident Command / Response Management

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Support•Oil and Hazardous Chemical Response •WMD Response including Radiological and Bio-Terrorism incidents•Preparedness Exercise & Event Planning Support

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NSF Response Standards•24/7, 365 recall status

•4 members dispatched immediately

•10-person Hazmat Team and Heavy equipment on the road within 6 hours

•We can call on other Strike Teams (PST or GST) for additional support

Interoperability•Law Enforcement / Emergency Management

•State / Federal Agencies

•Military (Incl. National Guard Civil Support Teams)

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•Can Advise/Recommend Additional Federal Specialized Resources When Needed

International Deployments

CST: Civil Support Team

NSF: National Strike Force

HMRU: Hazardous Materials Response Unit

CBIRF: Chemical Biological Response Force

EPA RERT Radiological Emergency Response Team

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Average Case Loads•35-40 cases per team •60% Chemical Responses•40% Oil Responses•Personnel average

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12,406 Response Days

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HAZMAT Response /Incident Command Trailers

Flood Operations

Detection

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Major Systems•VOSS ~ C130•Boom Reels ~ C130•Large Pump Loads ~ C130•Level “A” Trailer ~ C-130•Flood Trailer ~ C-130•Boats 18’ and smaller ~ C-130•MICP ~ C-5

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• September 18th – 27th 2011

• Location: Westport, NY – Lake Champlain

• Agency Supported: EPA Region II

Tug William H. McAllister

• Underwater Dive/Lightering operation on sunken WWII-era tug

• Several hot taps conducted determining no fuel remained onboard

• AST provided:

• Site Safety / Oversight assistance

• Contractor Monitoring

• Technical salvage assistance

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United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

• September 18 – 22, 2011

• Location: New York, NY

• Agency Supported: U.S. Coast Guard

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Obama and other World Leaders

attended the UNGA in New York,

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•AST provided personnel & equipment for:

• Technical decontamination

• Air quality testing

• CBRN detection and identification

• Interoperability with CG Maritime Security Response Team

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ELyndon Street Drum Site

• November 14th – December 11th 2011

• Location: Detroit, MI

• Agency Supported: EPA Region V

• EPA discovered over 500 chemical drums,

tanks, & compressed gas containers, many

of which were not labeled, unsecure, and

leaking in an old specialty chemical facility

• Many of the chemicals were ignitable,

corrosive, or toxic

• AST provided:

•326 Chemical Hazard Identifications

•149 with First Defender RMX

•Transportation & Disposal

Documentation Review

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• December 20, 2011

• Location: Fort Pickett, VA

Agency Supported: ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER FORTPICKETT, VA

•AST provided personnel & equipment:

• (1) CHEMPRO100,(2) MULTIRAES, (1) RAD BACKPACK, (2) INDENTIFINDERS, (2) LUDLUMS, (2) RAD PAGER KITS, (1) DIGITAL CAMERA, AND (8) RADIOS

THE SOURCE WAS

DETERMINED TO BE THORIUM-

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ESCHUYLKILL RIVER OUTFALL SHEEN

• February 12, 2012

• Location: Philadelphia, PA

• Agency Supported: U.S. Coast Guard

Sector Delaware Bay

A mystery sheen in the Schuylkill

River required clean up.

•AST provided personnel & equipment for:

• PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CLEAN UP PROCEDURES, SOURCE IDENTIFICATION, AND AIR MONITORING FOR BENZENE

•(1) MULTIRAE, (1) ULTRARAE 3000.

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CONRAIL RAIL CAR DERAILMENT

• November 20, 2012

• Location: Paulsboro, NJ

• Agency Supported: U.S. Coast Guard

Sector Delaware Bay

•5 railcar derailment with vinyl chloride release

•AST provided personnel & equipment for:

•TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, INCIDENT COMMAND POST SUPPORT, AND AIR MONITORING FOR VINYL CHLORIDE

•MULTIRAE, AREARAE, AND DRAEGER TUBES

M/V JIREH Grounding

• June 21 – October 15 2012

• Location: Isla de Mona PR

• Agency Supported: US Coast Guard

• Sector San Juan

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• . At approximately 0700 on 21JUN12, M/V

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aground on the south shore of Isla de

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•3 CAMERA, 2 RESPONSE LAPTOP,

2 AIR CARDS, 1 MULTI RAE.

•field safety over-site, contractor

monitoring, operations section ICS

Support, Site Safety Officer, Planning

Section Chief and cost documentation

Marseilles Dam Barge Breakaway Support

• April 2013

• Location: Marseilles , IL

• Agency Supported: US Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan

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Seven barges rest against the Marseilles, Ill. Dam after breaking free from a

tow due to strong river currents from heavy rainfall on April 18, 2013. The

Coast Guard, responding to the area with other agencies, reports that there

are no injuries, pollution or breaches in the dam or nearby levees.

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Steel plates being lifted

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A crane known as the HERCULES unloads cargo from one of the submerged barges near the Marseilles Dam in Marseilles, Ill., April 24, 2013

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Morrow Power Plant

• October 10, 2012 – December 21, 2012•OSC has requested for our return to finish• Location: Kalamazoo, MI• Agency Supported: EPA Region V

EPA had previously conducted a site

•AST provided personnel & equipment for:

• Air Monitoring, Site Safety, Contractor Oversight, Health and Safety

•4-Data Rams, 1-SKC Kit,1-Dry Cal Kit, 2-MultiRae,1-PAPR Kit,1-Response Laptop Kit,1-Camera,1-Toughbook, Level “C” PPE, Med Monitoring Kit, 1-RadPager Kit, 1-Ahora RMX,1-Lightning Detector ES

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EPA had previously conducted a site

assessment and documented the

significant amounts of friable asbestos

inside the on site building, and some that

has blown out of the building and/or

been intentionally dumped to the building

exterior.

Some waste containers were also

observed on site and are believed to

potentially contain oils; fuels;

degreasers; or other hazardous or non

hazardous materials.

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57TH PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 2013

• January 14-22, 2013

• Location: Washington DC

• Agency Supported: USCG Sector Baltimore

•AST provided personnel & equipment for:

•Provide the Sector Commander with Site Safety, Emergency Stabilization, Weapons of Mass Destruction sampling, Chemical Identification, Air Monitoring, Technical Decontamination, Radiological Isotope Identification and Level A exclusion zone entry capabilities during Inauguration operations.operations.

•12 person HAZMAT team

•Tractor w/Hazardous Materials Response trailer.

•Response UTV

•10 ton flatbed truck

•Response laptops, Portable radios, Daniels repeater, ACU-T kit for interagency comms, Camera, FLIRCamera, Sat Phone, Chempro 100, MultiRAEs, AreaRAE, AreaRAE suite, Data FID, AHURA RMX, AHURA FirstDefender, Identifinder-U Radpack, Radpager kit Ludlums, WMD kit, Neutron/Gamma RAE kit, HAZMAT ID, HAZCAT Kit, Ultra RAE

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EPA REGION V FULL SCALE EXERCISE

•March 13-14, 2013

• Location: Angola, IN

• Agency Supported: EPA Region V

•AST provided personnel & equipment for:

• To provide health and safety support, and medical monitoring for EPA Region V exercise personnel conducting Level A and Level C scenarios IAW EPA Health and Safety Plan

•06 NSF personnel and MEDICAL MONITORING KITS.

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Due to current budgetary constraints, the NSF has additional requirements for prioritizing requests for our support and must seek approval from higher authority. This impacts not only our ability to respond in some circumstances, but may also delay our coordination efforts with OSCs to confirm our support.

We strongly encourage our EPA partners to continue to request our assistance, particularly in the event of an emergent and/or substantial threat to public health or welfare situation.

In the event the NSF cannot support an EPA OSC, we STRONGLY encourage the OSC to communicate with the RRT and seek other avenues for support utilizing this vital component of the National Response System.

When you make the call to our Operations Officer the following is the information we will need:

Case BackgroundDetailed Scope of work for the Strike TeamEmergent: Yes or NoFunding Source: (WAF)Maritime nexus: Yes or NoLife/Safety Concerns:Media interest: Travel: TDYNumber of personnel:

We appreciate our OSCs' understanding and look forward to working with them on future cases.

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Commanding Officer

LCDR David Reinhard

Executive Officer

LT Kristen Potter

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Operations Officer

Office: (609) 724-0008

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/nsfweb/