CSEPP PLANNING GUIDANCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

(Note: Due to electronic file conversion and web publishing, layout of the Planning Guidance may not appear as originally published in hard copy form.)

 

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

ACRONYMS

 

1. INTRODUCTION 1-1

1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1-2

1.2 PROGRAM OVERVIEW 1-3

1.3 DOCUMENT OVERVIEW 1-6

 

2. PROGRAM ORGANIZATION 2-1

2.1 AUTHORIZATION 2-1

2.2 FEMA/ARMY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 2-3

2.2.1 FEMA Responsibilities 2-3

2.2.2 Army Responsibilities 2-4

2.2.3 Joint Responsibilities 2-5

2.2.4 Implementing the MOU 2-5

2.3 APPROACH AND PLANNING SEQUENCE 2-7

2.3.1 Approach 2-7

2.3.2 Planning Sequence 2-8

 

3. TECHNICAL BACKGROUND 3-1

3.1 PROPERTIES OF CHEMICAL AGENTS 3-1

3.1.1 Physical and Chemical Properties 3-1

3.1.2 Toxicity 3-4

3.1.3 Public Health Impacts 3-4

3.1.4 Environmental Impacts 3-5

3.2 CHEMICAL STOCKPILE CHARACTERISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION 3-6

3.2.1 Distribution 3-6

3.2.2 Configurations 3-6

3.2.3 Storage and Security 3-6

 

4. CHEMICAL ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT RESPONSE AND ASSISTANCE

(CAIRA) 4-1

 

5. EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONES (EPZs) 5-1

5.1 IMMEDIATE RESPONSE ZONE (IRZ) 5-3

5.2 PROTECTIVE ACTION ZONE (PAZ) 5-4

5.3 PRECAUTIONARY ZONE (PZ) 5-5

5.4 METHODOLOGY FOR DELINEATING ZONES 5-5

5.4.1 Hazard-Generated Concentric Boundaries 5-5

5.4.2 Setting the Actual Boundaries 5-8

 

6. CHEMICAL EVENT ASSESSMENT AND EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION 6-1

6.1 CHEMICAL EVENT ASSESSMENT 6-1

6.2 CHEMICAL EVENT EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM 6-1

6.2.1 Non-Surety Emergency Notification 6-2

6.2.2 Chemical Event Emergency Notification 6-3

6.2.2.1 Limited Area Emergency 6-3

6.2.2.2 Post Only Emergency 6-3

6.2.2.3 Community Emergency 6-4

6.2.3 Adaptation of the Chemical Event Emergency Notification System 6-5

 

7. PROTECTIVE ACTION DECISION MAKING 7-1

7.1 IMMEDIATE RESPONSE ZONE (IRZ) 7-2

7.1.1 Available Information and Time 7-2

7.1.2 Available Options 7-2

7.2 PROTECTIVE ACTION ZONE (PAZ) 7-3

7.3 PRECAUTIONARY ZONE (PZ) 7-3

7.4 FINAL CHOICES 7-3

 

8. PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS 8-1

8.1 EMERGENCY PLANS 8-3

8.1.1 Emergency Plans Checklist 8-4

8.2 COMMAND AND CONTROL 8-5

8.2.1 Command and Control Planning Checklist 8-8

8.3 COMMUNICATIONS 8-10

8.3.1 Communications Planning Checklist 8-11

8.4 CHEMICAL EVENT EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION 8-12

8.4.1 Chemical Event Emergency Notification Planning Checklist 8-13

8.5 PROTECTIVE ACTION DECISION MAKING 8-13

8.5.1 Protective Action Decision Making Planning Checklist 8-14

8.6 PROTECTIVE ACTIONS AND RESPONSES 8-15

8.6.1 Protective Actions and Responses Planning Checklist 8-17

8.7 PUBLIC ALERT AND NOTIFICATION 8-17

8.7.1 Public Alert and Notification Planning Checklist 8-19

8.8 TRAFFIC AND ACCESS CONTROL 8-20

8.8.1 Traffic and Access Control Planning Checklist 8-22

8.9 SPECIAL POPULATIONS 8-23

8.9.1 Special Populations Planning Checklist 8-26

8.10 EMERGENCY SUPPORT OPERATIONS 8-27

8.10.1 Emergency Support Operations Planning Checklist 8-28

8.11 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 8-29

8.11.1 Emergency Medical Services Checklist 8-29

8.12 TRANSPORTATION 8-30

8.12.1 Transportation Planning Checklist 8-32

8.13 COMMUNITY RESOURCE COORDINATION 8-33

8.13.1 Resource Planning in the IRZ 8-34

8.13.2 Resource Planning in the PAZ 8-34

8.13.3 Resource Planning in the PZ 8-35

8.13.4 Summary 8-35

8.13.5 Community Resource Coordination Planning Checklist 8-36

8.14 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INFORMATION 8-37

8.14.1 Public Education 8-37

8.14.2 Emergency Public Information 8-39

8.14.3 Public Education and Information Planning Checklist 8-40

8.15 EVACUEE SUPPORT 8-42

8.15.1 Evacuee Support Planning Checklist 8-45

8.16 AGENT DETECTION AND MONITORING 8-45

8.17 DECONTAMINATION 8-46

8.17.1 Decontamination Planning Checklist 8-47

8.18 REENTRY 8-48

8.19 TRAINING 8-48

8.19.1 Training Courses 8-49

8.19.2 Training Drills 8-50

8.19.3 Training Planning Checklist 8-50

8.20 EXERCISES 8-51

8.20.1 General 8-52

8.20.2 Exercise Planning Checklist 8-53

8.21 AUTOMATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS 8-54

 

9. RELATED DOCUMENTS 9-1

9.1 COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMMATIC GUIDANCE 9-1

9.2 CSEPP TECHNICAL ANALYSES AND SUPPORT STUDIES 9-3

 

10. GLOSSARY 10-1

 

APPENDIX A Planning Guidelines for Command and Control A-1

 

APPENDIX B Planning Guidelines for EOC Location,

Design, and Equipment B-1

 

APPENDIX C Communications Support Network: System Design Criteria

and Evaluation Guide C-1

 

APPENDIX D Planning Guidelines for Protective Action

Decision Making D-1

 

APPENDIX E Planning Guidelines for Protective Actions

and Responses E-1

 

APPENDIX F Public Alert and Notification Systems: System Design Criteria

and Evaluation Guide F-1

 

APPENDIX G Planning Guidelines for Traffic and Access Control G-1

 

APPENDIX H Planning Guidelines for Emergency

Support Operations H-1

 

APPENDIX I Planning Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services I-1

 

APPENDIX J Planning Guidelines for Public Education

and Information J-1

 

APPENDIX K Planning Guidelines for Evacuee Support K-1

 

APPENDIX L Planning Guidelines for Response-Phase

Decontamination L-1

 

APPENDIX M Planning Guidelines for Recovery-Phase

Activities M-1

 

APPENDIX N Functional Requirements for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency

Preparedness Program Automated Emergency Management

Information System N-1

(THIS APPENDIX NOT INCLUDED IN WEB VERSION)

 

 

LIST OF FIGURES

 

Fig. 1 The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program process 1-4

Fig. 2 Chemical agent storage configurations 3-8

Fig. 3 Chemical agent storage igloo 3-9

Fig. 4 Emergency planning zone concept. 5-2

Fig. 5 Relationship between distance traveled and time of plume travel 5-7

 

 

LIST OF TABLE

 

Table 1. Type and quantity of chemical agent at each stockpile location 3-2

 

ACRONYMS

ACP access control point

ANAD Anniston Army Depot

APG Aberdeen Proving Ground

ARC American Red Cross

BGAD Blue Grass Army Depot

BDO battle dress overgarment

CAIRA Chemical Accident or Incident Response and Assistance

CBDCOM U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

CSDP Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program

CSEPP Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program

DA Department of the Army

DHHS Department of Health and Human Services

DOD Department of Defense

EAS Emergency Alert System

EBS Emergency Broadcast System

EMS emergency medical services

EOC emergency operating center

EOP emergency operations plan

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPG Emergency Planning Guide

EPZ emergency planning zone

ERCP Emergency Response Concept Plan

ETE evacuation time estimate

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FPEIS Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the CSD

HAZWOPER Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response regulations (29 CFR 1910.120)

ICCB Intergovernmental Consultation and Coordination Board

ICS Incident Command System

IPR in-progress review

IRF Initial Response Force

IRZ immediate response zone

JIC Joint Information Center

LEPC Local Emergency Planning Committee

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

NAAP Newport Army Ammunition Plant

NCP National Contingency Plan

NDA National Defense Area

NRC National Response Center

NRT National Response Team

ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory

OSC On-Scene Coordinator

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PAPR powered air-purifying respirator

PAZ protective action zone

PBA Pine Bluff Arsenal

PL Public Law

PUDA Pueblo Depot Activity

PZ precautionary zone

RRT Regional Response Team

SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 1986

SCBA self-contained breathing apparatus

SERC State Emergency Response Commission

SOP standard operating procedure

SRF Service Response Force

TCP traffic control point

TDD teletype device for the deaf

TEAD Tooele Army Depot

UMDA Umatilla Depot Activity

USANCA U.S. Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency

 

ORNL Disclaimers