Okaloosa County BOCC — January 18, 2013 — Non BCC agency Printout — reading text

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: January 8, 2013 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Commissioner Dave Parisot SUBJECT: Governor's Oil Spill Commission Report The Governor's Oil Spill Commission held 7 meetings from August - December 2012. The Commission membership consisted of County Commission representatives of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, and Wakulla counties along with State Staff Agencies (Governor, FDEP, Attorney General, Agriculture & Consumer Services, FDEO, Financial Services, Health, Emergency Management and Fish & Wildlife). Attached is the cover sheet, list of participating organizations, executive summary, and the recommendations of the Governor's Oil Spill Commission titled "Recommendations for Improving Oil Spill Planning and Response Capabilities in Florida". I forwarded a complete copy of this report to each of the Commissioners, Jim Curry, John Dowd, Dino Villani, Dan O'Byrne and Jim Trifilio on December 20, 2012. Dino Villani, Okaloosa County Director of Emergency Management, attended five of the seven meetings as my advisor and provided many first-hand inputs to the Commission from his experiences in dealing with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. This Commission was formed per Section 496 of Chapter 2011-142 of the Laws of Florida, "Commission on Oil Spill Response Coordination" following the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill in April 2010. In addition to the above report, the Commission produced three Background Reports (NOTE: These Reports as well as commission membership by name and agency and meeting information and background are posted at www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/commission.htm): Report 1. Analysis of Current State and Federal Laws Addressing Oil Spill Planning and Response Report 2. An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Use of the Incident Command System in the DWH Incident Report 3. A Comparison of the National Response Framework and National Contingency Plan during a Major Oil Spill Incident A copy of the full report of "Recommendations" should be posted to the above FDEP website soon. The purpose of the Commission was to review past and current spill response practices, assess shortcomings, and recommend improvements. Some recommendations that directly impact counties are that counties be included in Area Contingency Plan development and exercises; better involvement of local knowledge in assessing tidal impacts and flow patterns in predicting the movement of spilled oil; having pre-approved contracts for emergency equipment and services, e.g., boom acquisition and placement, and use of skiffs (pre-contract similar to what we do for debris clean-up following a hurricane); better assessment of pre-impact conditions (e.g., water quality, shoreline conditions, etc.); and placing U.S. Coast Guard and Responsible Party representatives in State and impacted County Emergency Operations Centers for better command and control functions.