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<strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Services</strong><br />

Safe, Responsible, Reliable, Efficient<br />

<strong>October</strong> 2012<br />

<strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Services</strong> Conducts<br />

Triennial Worst Case Drill<br />

By: Andre Nault<br />

On September 10 th and<br />

11 th , <strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong><br />

<strong>Services</strong> performed their<br />

triennial worst-case spill drill in<br />

California. The drill was held at <strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong>’s new<br />

marine facility at LA Pier 301 on Terminal Island in Los<br />

Angeles Harbor. The exercise lasted two days, the first<br />

day included <strong>Inc</strong>ident Command Refresher Training and<br />

development of an ICS 201, which was used to commence<br />

the drill on the second day. Day two was an all day table<br />

top exercise in which <strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> employees, including<br />

Spill Response Team members, as well as various agency<br />

and vendor company representatives responded to a<br />

mock spill scenario designed to test the response<br />

capabilities of the company to meet State of CA<br />

requirements as a spill plan holder.<br />

The training and drill included HMS personnel from Los<br />

Angeles, Alameda, Seattle, Portland, New York, and<br />

Houston. Other drill participants included <strong>Harley</strong><br />

<strong>Marine</strong>’s spill response management team, O’Briens<br />

Response Management, our oil spill response<br />

organization, MSRC, and star contractors such as Patriot<br />

Environmental <strong>Services</strong>, SoCal Ship <strong>Services</strong>, and Double<br />

Barrel Environmental <strong>Services</strong>. Additionally, our salvage<br />

contractor, Resolve <strong>Marine</strong> Group, our legal team from<br />

Keesal, Young and Logan, our insurance carrier from<br />

Thomas Miller/UK Club, and our marine surveyors from<br />

Duncan/Shoemaker attended the drill to provide their<br />

professional input.<br />

Agency representatives from the United States Coast<br />

Guard, CA Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill<br />

Prevention and Response, and CA Department of Finance<br />

also attended the tabletop drill.<br />

The drill was highly praised by the Federal and State on<br />

scene representatives and evaluators. The training and<br />

drill were a useful learning experience for all HMS<br />

participants, continuing to keep the emergency spill<br />

management team sharp. Thank you to all who attended<br />

and helped make the drill a success.<br />

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