U.S. Navy Ship Salvage Manual Volume 6 - Oil Spill Response

S0300-A6-MAN-060• Serving as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) under the NCP for Navy hazardoussubstance releases within assigned geographic boundaries.• Predesignating shoreside NOSCDRs and preassigning geographic areas of responsibility.• Coordinating response operations with adjacent NOSCs, including fleet NOSCs, forNavy oil spills that may impact more than one NOSC region.• Developing, in the general format prescribed by COMNAVSEASYSCOM (Supervisorof Salvage) and consistent with the area coordinator’s instructions, areawide NOSC oilspill contingency plans and coordinating the development of the plans with the overlappingregional federal OSC plans, as prescribed in the NCP.• Coordinating response operations with the DOD representative to the RRT.• Coordinating shoreside NOSC plans with fleet planning and operations and ensuringthat Navy SOPA instructions contain fleet oil spill response guidance that is consistentwith the shoreside NOSC plans.• Ensuring that all federal, state and local oil spill notification procedures are followed.Foreign shoreside NOSCs develop and coordinate contingency plans with host governments.Fleet NOSC responsibilities are outlined in Paragraph 1-5.2.1-5.1.2 Navy On-Scene Commanders (NOSCDR). NOSCDRs are Navy commanders assignedto stop, contain and clean up oil spills in their designated areas. Typically, NOSCDRs are commandingofficers of shore stations. The NOSCDR must set up an Activity Spill Response Center(ASRC) with a constantly manned telephone to receive incident reports. The ASRC, activated atthe beginning of an oil spill, directs the spill response until the end.The NOSCDRs are responsible for:• Overseeing response efforts for Navy oil releases within preassigned NOSCDR areasuntil relieved by the NOSC and supporting the NOSC for Navy response in areas outsideof NOSCDR boundaries.• Developing, reviewing annually and updating periodically subregional or localNOSCDR plans in a format prescribed by COMNAVFACENGCOM and consistentwith policy direction and guidance provided by the NOSC.• Coordinating NOSCDR plans with appropriate state and local environmental and emergencyplanning authorities.• Making all required federal, state and local notifications for Navy oil spills and makingNavy chain of command notifications up to the NOSC level.1-11