Marine Spills Contingency Plan - National Chapter

2^nd Edition: 2018-05-31
Revised: 2018-05-31
Valid Until: 2018-12-31

Table of contents

• Letter of Promulgation
• Terminology
• 1 Plan Overview
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Purpose
  • 1.3 Mission Statement
  • 1.4 Application
  • 1.5 Legislative Mandate
  • 1.6 National Integrated Government of Canada Response
    • 1.6.1 Supporting Departmental Plans
    • 1.6.2 Other Coordinating Government Departments
  • 1.7 Health and Safety
  • 1.8 Geographic Scope – Canadian Coast Guard Regions
• 2 Roles and Responsibilities
  • 2.1 Background
  • 2.2 Canadian Coast Guard Headquarters
  • 2.3 Canadian Coast Guard-Environmental Response Regions
  • 2.4 Internal Support Agencies
  • 2.5 External Support Agencies
  • 2.6 External Resources
• 3 Preparedness
  • 3.1 Levels of Service
  • 3.2 Contingency Planning
    • 3.2.1 Regional Risk Based Response Planning
  • 3.3 Training
    • 3.3.1 National Training Program
    • 3.3.2 National Training Plan
  • 3.4 Quality Assurance
    • 3.4.1 Exercise
  • 3.5 Canadian Coast Guard Resources
    • 3.5.1 Pollution Response Equipment
    • 3.5.2 Life Cycle Management
• 4 Response
  • 4.1 Responder Health & Safety
    • 4.1.1 Volunteers
  • 4.2 Regional response
  • 4.3 Response Operations – General
    • 4.3.1 Pattern of Response
    • 4.3.2 Emergency Phase
    • 4.3.3 Project Phase
    • 4.3.4 Incident Core Response Priorities and Response Domains
  • 4.4 Watchkeeping Function
    • 4.4.1 Regional
    • 4.4.2 National
  • 4.5 Canadian Coast Guard Incident Management
  • 4.6 Marine Pollution Reporting
  • 4.7 National Environmental Response Team Concept
    • 4.7.1 Background
    • 4.7.2 National Response Team Activation Criteria
    • 4.7.3 Operational Protocols for Response Assistance
    • 4.7.4 National Environmental Response Team Subject Matter Expert Roles and Responsibilities
  • 4.8 Canadian Coast Guard as an Assisting Agency
  • 4.9 International Cooperation in Pollution Response
    • 4.9.1 Providing/Requesting Assistance to/from Other Countries
    • 4.9.2 General Guidelines for Providing Assistance to Other Countries
    • 4.9.3 General Guidelines for Requesting Assistance from Other Countries
• 5 Post-Response Activities
  • 5.1 Cost Recovery and Claims
  • 5.2 Post-Incident Review and Evaluation
    • 5.2.1 Conduct of a Post-Incident Review
• 6 Plan Maintenance
  • 6.1 Custodians
  • 6.2 Review Requirements
  • 6.3 Revision Request
• 7 Marine Pollution Incident Reporting
  • 7.1 Atlantic Region
  • 7.2 Central and Arctic Region
  • 7.3 Western Region
• 8 References
• Annex A Existing Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding
  • A.1 International Agreements
  • A.2 Memoranda of Understanding and Letters of Agreement
• Annex B Internal and External Support Agencies
  • B.1 Internal Support Agencies
  • B.2 External Support Agencies
• Annex C National Environmental Response Standards
  • C.1 Geographically Specific Response Plans
  • C.2 Notification Call-out and Activation Assessment
  • C.3 Assessment
  • C.4 Assessment Termination
  • C.5 Activation
  • C.6 Response Termination
  • C.7 Regional Watchkeeping Officer
  • C.8 Regional Response

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Canadian Coast Guard Regions.
• Figure 2: Canadian Coast Guard Offices and Equipment Depots.
• Figure 3: Pattern of Response.
• Figure 4: National Environmental Response Team Process.