Response Planning. The primary purpose of the Wildlife Branch is to provide the best achievable care for impacted wildlife and to minimize wildlife losses, which includes preventing injury to wildlife or habitats from both the oil and the implementation of response countermeasures. However, undertaking an effective response requires planning and preparation before the need to respond to an actual incident. State and federal trustees are encouraged to work with the oil industry and Northwest Area wildlife recovery and rehabilitation organizations to prepare an adequate response capability for Wildlife Branch operations. Preparation involves assessing potential impacts to wildlife; ensuring that adequate equipment, personnel, and wildlife response protocols are available; and practicing the planned response through oil spill exercises. In particular, oiled wildlife rehabilitation requires large amounts of space, water, and personnel, and these resources are not readily available without prior planning. The Wildlife Task Force of the Regional Response Team/NWAC will continue to work with state and federal trustees to develop a list of trained personnel and existing and needed equipment.
Response Planning. NoRedInk further agrees to have a written incident response plan that reflects good practices and is consistent with industry standards for responding to a data breach, breach of security, privacy incident or unauthorized acquisition or use of Covered Information.
Response Planning. Response to a pollution incident within the area of responsibility and/or area of interest of each Party shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the NCP of the Lead State, under the overall Operational Command of the Lead Authority exercised through the SOSC. In order to help the Joint Response Operations to proceed smoothly, the Parties shall inform each other on the relevant parts of their NCPs and, in particular, those sections describing: • national response organization; • likely sources of marine pollution incidents, vulnerable resources and priorities for protection; • resources available at the national level for responding to marine pollution incidents; • rules concerning the use of dispersants; • logistic support available within the country. Copies of English translations of these sections of the NCPs or, preferably, the complete NCPs are attached to the Plan in Annex 3. Maps showing possible sources of pollution, environmentally sensitive areas, priorities for protection and areas where the use of dispersants is allowed, restricted or forbidden, within the area of responsibility of each Party, should be part of each NCP. Deciding upon the response strategy to be applied in each particular pollution incident and the planning of specific operations shall be the responsibility of SOSC. In taking such decisions, the SOSC shall follow the outline given in Article 4.8.
