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Enhancing WMD Response Planning: Insights from Lancaster, Pennsylvania EPA Team

On September 15, 2011, a crucial meeting was held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, focusing on improving the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) response planning for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) scenarios. Key topics included lessons learned from past incidents, the necessity of state outreach, and preparation for five simultaneous national crises. The discussion emphasized the involvement of state agencies in the response process, effective resource allocation, and the need for tailored state annexes to national plans. This collaborative effort aims to enhance national preparedness and local capabilities against potential WMD events.

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Enhancing WMD Response Planning: Insights from Lancaster, Pennsylvania EPA Team

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  1. WMD Response Planning Regional Response Team Lancaster, Pennsylvania September 15, 2011 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  2. EPA WMD Planning History • Core NAR Emergency Response (9/11 & Katrina) • Getting to Five 2007 • State Outreach (late) 2009 • Liberty RadEX 2010 • Food Modernization and Safety Act 2011 • Core NAR CBRN 2011 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  3. Getting to Five • Prepare for 5 Simultaneous Incidents of National Significance 2007 • Select 5 Scenarios • Catastrophic Hurricane • Catastrophic Earthquake • Aerosol Anthrax • Radiological Dispersion Device • Blister Agent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  4. Getting to Five • Back-up Region Group planning • Resource needs and gap identification • EPA Regions 3, 4 & 5 were assigned: • Aerosol Anthrax • Radiological Dispersion Device • Other EPA Backup Regions performed other scenario planning • Completed 2008 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  5. Getting to Five • Results: • Five simultaneous scenarios are beyond EPA’s current capabilities • Did not account for state resources and priorities • Regions 3,4,5 Approach to RDD Response/Anthrax response • Need state outreach • Need for national EPA ESF-10/post-emergency exercise U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  6. National State Outreach Initiative 9/09 • Each Region to meet with Individual States • Engage state environmental, health, & emergency management agencies • Address State priorities, resources and planning for 5 scenarios • Other State hazardous materials disaster needs and priorities • EPA 3 busy with Liberty RadEx in 2010 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  7. National EPA Exercise: Liberty RadEx • Week of April 26 – 30, 2010 • 1000 Participants • 500 EPA participants from across country • Post-emergency ESF-10 response • Based upon Regions 3,4,5 RDD plans • 150 Lessons Learned • 11 Principal Findings U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  8. Liberty RadEx Results • Need state involvement in RDD planning • Planning Section Management • Wide-area contamination disasters • Waste Disposal • Community Recovery • Community Involvement U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  9. Core NAR CBRN 2011 • Push EPA preparedness for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response • Addresses all aspects of preparedness: • Technology research • Laboratory/analytical capabilities • Training, resources, and capabilities • Cleanup & Disposal • State input for CBRN response planning U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  10. Core NAR CBRN Requirements • Develop national EPA plans for chemical, biological and radiological decontamination & cleanup • Regions work with states to develop state annexes to national plans • CBRN disposal planning • No current disposal options • Need local solutions • Work to develop siting and design criteria U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  11. Region 3 WMD Planning • Support national EPA CBRN planning efforts • Region 3 pushed “national” planning • Will participate in national planning work groups • Want to bring state perspective to planning effort • ESF-10 support planning • If wide area contamination disaster strikes, what does state need from EPA???? • How can we support your state? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  12. Region 3 WMD Planning • Engaging Region 3 states • Initiated Pennsylvania support/outreach efforts in May 2011 • 2 – 3 other states in 2012 • Others states in 2013 • Several year process U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  13. Pennsylvania WMD Planning Outreach • Met with PADEP, PADOH, PEMA and PDA • FEMA 3 participated • Discussed • State agency planning status • State agency priorities • State agency planning needs • Follow-up on specific issues in over next months U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  14. Pennsylvania Priorities • PEMA: Post plume exercise, ESF-14 community recovery planning • PDA: Zoonotic diseases, large animal disposal, large outbreak • PADEP: RDD Disposal • PADOH: Biological agents U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  15. Pennsylvania Next Steps • Follow-up subgroup meetings on: • WMD disposal • Meeting with PDA, EPA & USDA • PEMA Community Recovery Planning: ESF-10 & ESF-14 coordination • Community Involvement • Large Group task: Pennsylvania role(s) in ESF-10 ICS: • Which Sections/units are state and local led? • Which are state and local supported and what positions? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  16. Next Steps Other States? • Schedule initial scoping meetings with other states • Environment, health, emergency management, agriculture, other? • Larger meeting to follow within 2-3 months • Meetings to address specific Issues/state input to national plans • Long-term EPA R3 develops state specific annexes to national/regional WMD plans U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  17. Questions? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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