COMDTINST 16471.3
2.
ACTION.
a.
Commandant (G-MOR), as program manager, shall coordinate the input of national
level protocols and procedures and provide Area Contingency Plan guidance,
clarification, and programmatic oversight as appropriate.
b.
Area commanders shall ensure that district commanders review, exercise, and
promulgate ACPs as per the guidance provided by this Instruction.
c.
District commanders shall provide regional level ACP guidance and develop
procedures for formal ACP review submissions within their jurisdictions to ensure
approval by 1 October 2005, and triennially thereafter.
d.
Commanding officers of national strike force units shall review and maintain on file
a current copy of each ACP within their area of responsibility (AOR).
e.
Commanding officers of marine safety offices (MSOs) and captains of the port
(COTP) who oversee development of ACPs shall direct revision of ACPs consistent
with the guidance provided in this Instruction.
3.
DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. The ACP organization and revision cycle provided for in
reference (a) and (c) is amended by this Instruction.
4.
BACKGROUND.
a.
Area contingency plans are required to contain sufficient guidance to ensure
activities directed by FOSCs are conducted in compliance with applicable statutes
and regulations. Area committee membership, responsibilities, and the content of
ACPs are addressed in Section 311(j)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(FWPCA), as amended by the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Oil Pollution Act
(OPA). Each area committee, under the direction of the FOSC for the area, is to
prepare and submit an area contingency plan that shall -
(1)
be implemented in conjunction with the National Contingency Plan (NCP),
be adequate to guide actions to remove a worst case discharge, and to
mitigate or prevent a substantial threat of such a discharge, from a vessel
operating in or near the area, offshore facility, or onshore facility;
(2)
describe the area covered by the plan, including the areas of special
economic or environmental importance;
;
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