Targeted Capabilities ListsEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment

Site Removal, Remediation, Decontamination, and Assessment

2007 APHL Conference 4 June 2007

Where Did THIS Come From?!?!?

WHY Are We Doing This?

• Called for in HSPD-8• A NATION PREPARED with coordinated

capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from all hazards in a way that balances risk with resources.

• A vision of where we’re headed: what national preparedness means, in an environment of uncertainty and risk

• Priorities to guide near-term preparedness planning

• A capabilities-based approach to guide planning, assessment, training, exercises, evaluation, and resource allocation

WHO is Involved?

• Consensus based approach• Federal agencies shaped the Goal and

developed the Target Capabilities List: HHS, USDA, FEMA, DoD, and the US Coast Guard, DHS

• 100+ National Associations reviewed the goal and participated in TCL development

• States, local jurisdictions, private sectors provided input

• 55 States and Territories provided feedback during Mobile Implementation Team visits

TCL Process Development

Scenarios

The National Planning Scenarios highlight the scope, magnitude, and complexity of plausible catastrophic terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies

Capabilities

The Target Capabilities List (TCL) provides guidance on specific capabilities and levels of capability that Federal, State, local, and tribal entities will be expected to develop and maintain

Tasks

The Universal Task List (UTL) provides a menu of tasks from all sources that may be performed in major events such as those illustrated by the National Planning Scenarios

Capabilities Planning Process and Tools

Readiness Readiness AssessmentAssessment

National Planning Scenarios

Task Taxonomy

Universal Task List

Target Capabilities

List

Information System

Exercise & other

Assessments

Threat Threat

AnalysisAnalysis

Mission Mission

Area Area

AnalysisAnalysis

Task Task

AnalysisAnalysis

CapabilitiesCapabilities

DevelopmentDevelopment

Needs Needs

IdentifiedIdentified

StrategyStrategy

DevelopmentDevelopment

PROCESS

TOOLS

National Planning Scenarios

• Goal: prepare for the next major event, not the last one

• Plausible range of major events posing greatest risk to the Nation

• Not intended to be exhaustive or predictive

• Do not address every possible situation

• Illustrate the tasks and capabilities required for response to a wide range of major events

• Allows all government levels to identify critical tasks and capabilities needed to manage major events

15 National Planning Scenarios• Improvised Nuclear Device• Aerosol Anthrax• Pandemic Influenza• Plague• Blister Agent• Toxic Industrial Chemical• Nerve Agent• Chlorine Tank Explosion• Major Earthquake• Major Hurricane• Radiological Dispersal Device• Improvised Explosive Device• Food Contamination• Foreign Animal Disease• Cyber

15 National Planning Scenarios• Improvised Nuclear Device• Aerosol Anthrax• Pandemic Influenza• Plague• Blister Agent• Toxic Industrial Chemical• Nerve Agent• Chlorine Tank Explosion• Major Earthquake• Major Hurricane• Radiological Dispersal Device• Improvised Explosive Device• Food Contamination• Foreign Animal Disease• Cyber

Target Capabilities List

• Defines preparedness and capabilities required to achieve the four homeland security missions: Prevent, Protect, Respond, and Recover

• Provides the basis for assessing preparedness and improving decisions related to preparedness investments and strategies

• Defines capabilities and national targets to prepare the Nation for major all-hazards events such as those defined by the National Planning Scenarios

• Assumes shared responsibility for preparedness across local, tribal, State, and Federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and citizens

Phase 1 Target Capabilities

Respond Mission Area (cont)Public Safety and Security ResponseAnimal Health Emergency SupportEnvironmental HealthExplosive Device Response OperationsFirefighting Operations/SupportWMD/Hazardous Materials Response and DecontaminationCitizen Protection: Evacuation and/or In-Place

ProtectionIsolation and QuarantineUrban Search and RescueEmergency Public Information and WarningTriage and Pre-Hospital TreatmentMedical SurgeMedical Supplies Management and DistributionMass ProphylaxisMass Care (Sheltering, Feeding, and Related

Services)Fatality Management

Recover Mission AreaStructural Damage and Mitigation AssessmentRestoration of LifelinesEconomic and Community Recovery

CommonPlanningCommunicationsRisk ManagementCommunity Preparedness and Participation

Prevent Mission AreaInformation Gathering and Recognition of Indicators

and WarningsIntelligence Analysis and ProductionIntelligence/Information Sharing and DisseminationLaw Enforcement Investigation and OperationsCBRNE Detection

Protect Mission AreaCritical Infrastructure ProtectionFood and Agriculture Safety and DefenseEpidemiological Surveillance and InvestigationPublic Health Laboratory Testing

Respond Mission AreaOnsite Incident ManagementEmergency Operations Center ManagementCritical Resource Logistics and DistributionVolunteer Management and DonationsResponder Safety and Health

Phase 2 Target Capabilities

Prevent MissionIdentification and tracking of suspected terrorists*Identification and tracking of terrorist motivations* Determination and tracking of terrorist support*Recognition and tracking of extremism*Determination of terrorist ability to execute threats*Pre-entry detectionPort of entry inspectionInfrastructure/facility access screeningTransportation screeningCredentialingBorder controlInterdiction/seizure of materialsInterdiction/seizure of terrorist assets and weaponsDefeat weaponsDisruption of terrorist sources of supportProsecution of suspects

Protect MissionDenial of access to materials which may be

weaponized Defense and devaluation of physical assets

and systemsDefense and devaluation of cyber assets

and systemsEnvironmental monitoring

Protect Mission (Cont.)Natural hazard monitoringStockpile managementMitigation and Life safety protection

Respond MissionScene and consequence assessment Incident scene investigationWater rescue

Recovery MissionLong term healthcareLong term assistance of affected personsResettlement and repatriation of affected personsDebris and hazardous waste managementSite remediationNatural resource restorationReconstitution of government servicesRestoration of economy and institutions

* Working groups will not formed for these capabilities which will be addressed by the National Implementation Plan being developed by the intelligence community.

Capability Development Process Worksheets

• 17 Step process• 5 major developmental parts

• Capability Description• Capability Performance• Capability Preparedness• National Capability Targets• Responsibility Assignments

• LOTS of DISCUSSION!

Capability Summaries

• Definition• Outcome• Relationship to the NRP

Emergency Support Function/Annex

• Major Activities• Critical Tasks• Conditions• Preparedness Measures

and Metrics

• Performance Measures and Metrics

• Capability Elements (Resources)

• Planning Assumptions• Planning Factors• National Target Levels• Assignment of

Responsibility• Linked Capabilities• References

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Site Remediation TCLs

• Three in-person meetings, multiple teleconference calls, and many, many, emails and websites

• Variety of differing state and federal SMEs• EPA, Dept. of Natural Resources, NIH, FDA, HHS,

EPA-ERT, DHS, USCG, RadNet

• Heavily weighted towards operational and recovery phases

• Biomonitoring model provided basis for assessment continuity

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment – Defined

• Ability to routinely monitor water, soil, sediment, crops, and air to establish levels of chemical, radiological, or biological contaminants.

• Identify and assess changes in the environment resulting from chemical, radiological, or biological contamination from an incident of national significance.

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment Outcome – What do we hope to achieve?

• The environmental condition of water, soil, sediment, crops and air is characterized on a routine basis before an event or incident and in a timely manner after an event or incident*.

• The information from this characterization is used to assess impacts to public health and the environment from an event or incident* in an accurate and timely manner.

*Catastrophic event and/or an incident of national significance

NRP Annexes Directly Supportedby Environmental Monitoring TCL

Support Annex• Financial Management• International Coordination• Logistics Management• Public Affairs• Volunteers and Donations

Management• Tribal Relations• Science and Technology• Worker Safety and Health• Insular AreaIncidents• Biological Incident• Catastrophic Incident• Cyber Incident**• Food & Agricultural Incident• Nuclear/Radiological Incident• Oil & Hazardous Materials Incident• Terrorism Incident Enforcement and

Investigation

ESF Annex• ESF-1 Transportation• ESF-2 Communications• ESF-3 Public Works and Engineering• ESF-4 Firefighting• ESF-5 Emergency Management• ESF-6 Mass Care Housing and

Human Services• ESF-7 Resource Support• ESF-8 Public Health & Medical

Services• ESF-9 Urban Search and Rescue• ESF-10 Oil and HazMat Response• ESF-11 Agriculture & Natural

Resources• ESF-12 Energy• ESF-13 Public Safety & Security• ESF-14 Economic Stabilization,

Community Recovery, and Mitigation

• ESF-15 External Affairs

Linked Capabilities: What other TCLs are Impacted?

• Transportation Screening

• Public Health (and Environmental) Lab Testing

• Incident Scene Investigation

• Onsite Incident Management

• Emergency Operations Center

• Firefighting Operations/Support

• WMD/Hazardous Materials Response and Decontamination

• Citizen Protection• Structural damage and

mitigation Assessment• Economic and

Community Recovery• Natural Resources and

Protection• Site Restoration• Responder Safety and

Health

Activity Map

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment – What did we find?

• Six main activities – all predicated on routine background monitoring

• Laboratory involvement is absolutely critical• Sampling input and results output • QA/QC consistency, continuity

• Networked system emphasizing uniform methodology, surge capacity, mobile/modular laboratories utilizing an all-hazards approach

• LRN model toted

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment – Critical Preparedness Tasks

• Determine laboratory capacity and capability for testing of samples• All laboratories are not equal

• Determine core parameters which require nationwide monitoring• Determine parameters levels that pose a risk to

human health and the environment• Develop monitoring technologies that can provide

continuous monitoring, accurate data, minimize false positives, are linked to national databases, and are safe to operate and maintain

• Link routine monitoring system to national database

Capability Elements

• Capability elements include:• Personnel, plans, procedures, programs,

organization, leadership, physical equipment and systems, training, exercises, evaluations, and corrective actions.

• Grouped into packages of multiple resources: NIMS “Typed” resources• Ex.: Type 1 HazMat team, Lattice Truck Cranes

• Define packages for non-Typed resources

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment – Capability Responsibility

• Designed around EPA model • Response to 5 incidents or 1 incident of national

significance• Field, mobile lab, and fixed laboratory analysis

based on EPA methodology

• Mobile laboratories – 35 estimated• 20 states with higher risk• 3 per Region (5 regions)• State and federal responsibility• Includes staffing and analysis!• Chemical (organic, inorganic), biological,

radiological, other

Site Removal, Remediation, Decontamination, and Assessment

• Definition: • Ability to restore impacted area to original

state, when possible. Includes reduction or elimination of contamination to acceptable levels to ensure protection of public health and the environment.

• Outcome: • Restoration of the environment and

protection of public health from contaminants. Mitigation of hazardous contaminants to acceptable levels.

NRP Annexes Directly Supported by Site Remediation Capability

ESF Annex• ESF-1 Transportation• ESF-2 Communications• ESF-3 Public Works and Engineering• ESF-4 Firefighting• ESF-5 Emergency Management• ESF-6 Mass Care Housing and

Human Services• ESF-7 Resource Support• ESF-8 Public Health & Medical

Services• ESF-9 Urban Search and Rescue• ESF-10 Oil and HazMat Response• ESF-11 Agriculture & Natural

Resources• ESF-12 Energy• ESF-13 Public Safety & Security• ESF-14 Economic Stabilization,

Community Recovery, and Mitigation

• ESF-15 External Affairs

Support Annex• Financial Management• International Coordination• Logistics Management• Public Affairs• Volunteers and Donations

Management• Tribal Relations• Science and Technology• Worker Safety and Health• Insular AreaIncidents• Biological Incident• Catastrophic Incident• Cyber Incident**• Food & Agricultural Incident• Nuclear/Radiological Incident• Oil & Hazardous Materials Incident• Terrorism Incident Enforcement and

Investigation

Linked Capabilities: What other TCLs are Impacted?

• Environmental Monitoring

• Public Health (and Environmental) Lab Testing

• Animal Health Emergency Support

• Environmental Health• Explosive Device

Response Operations• Firefighting

Operations/Support

• WMD/Hazardous Materials Response and Decontamination

• Structural damage and mitigation Assessment

• Economic and Community Recovery

• Natural Resources and Protection

• Resettlement and Repatriation

• Debris and Hazardous Waste Management

Activity Map

Site Removal, Remediation, Decontamination, and Assessment Critical Preparedness Tasks• Agreement within federal, state, and local

partners:• Standardized electronic data format for sampling

and modeling data• Standardized laboratory certification, methods,

data reporting, and quality assurance• Standardized remedial action plan format with all

stakeholders• MOUs with agencies and partners to outline

procedures for determination of site removal, remediation, and decontamination is complete, including turning over site to stakeholders

Site Removal, Remediation, Decontamination, and Assessment –Capability Responsibility• Based on EPA model for 5 simultaneous

incidents or 1 incident of national significance

• Scenarios selected affect the laboratory capability or capacity peripherally• Other scenarios (blister agent, nerve agent,

chlorine tank car, etc.) may be more appropriate• Worker safety and health will require continuous

monitoring and assessment• On-scene remediation may require complex

sampling plan and needs

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment – APHL, LRN, Laboratory Implications

• Large responsibility falls on Federal & State agencies• Funding will be MAJOR issue – who and how?

• Public Health and Environmental Laboratory capabilities may be tasked or redirected• Not all laboratories conduct environmental,

radiological, chemical, or biological activities to same level

• NELAC Institute or other accreditation may be an issue

• Laboratory space and capacity• Laboratory agreements and contracts - surge

capacity enforcement during sustained incident?• NIMS Typed Labs?

Site Remediation & Assessment –APHL, LRN, Laboratory Implications

• Large responsibility falls on Federal and State agencies• Funding will be MAJOR issue – who and how?

• Laboratory analysis capabilities may be tasked or redirected• Long term analysis and assessment may be

required – Who will pay for it? When does it end?• Laboratory agreements and contracts - surge

capacity enforcement during sustained incident?• Emerging technologies may prove cost prohibitive

to implement

TCL Implications - Funding

• Funding – targeted capability lists and universal task lists are developed under assumption of infinite resources and funding

• Currently no source of funding – implementation strategy under development

• State, local, and regional integration is required -pooling of resources strongly recommended

• Utilization of federal assets when needed or required;• Local, state, regional coordination must recognize need for

federal involvement• 72-96 hours (min.) for federal response in may cases – can

you stand on your own?

Recommendations – Planning for the Future of Public Health

• Public Health strategic planning includes:• All-hazards approach integrating the:

• National Preparedness Goal (NPG)• National Response Plan (NRP)• National Preparedness Scenarios (NPS)• National Incident Management System (NIMS)

• Continuity of Operations (COOP)

Recommendations – Planning for the Future of Public Health

• Expanded laboratories for a variety of analysis types and/or media• All-Hazards Receipt Facility• SAM 3.0• NELAC • Mobile Laboratories

• Expansion of existing monitoring systems• Biomonitoring becomes biota monitoring• Strengthening technologies and techniques for

remote sensing and monitoring• Interoperability of existing and proposed data

networks

Recommendations – Planning for the Future of Public Health

• Integration of laboratory networks utilizing the LRN model (ICLN?)• Expanded LRN model for a variety of

laboratory capabilities (radiological, biological, chemical, etc.)

• Integration with local, state, and regional resources to ensure adequate capability and capacity exists for routine and incident monitoring, analysis, and interoperability of systems

• Integration of data networks and monitoring systems

Continuing Process

• TCLs are continuing through 07• Environmental Health TCL meeting

coincides with EHC In-Person• Environmental Monitoring and Site

Remediation teleconferences• Goal was to be complete by 1 March 07• Phase 3 to begin simultaneously upon

release of Phase 2 documentation• Includes feedback by all stakeholders• Who has received datasheets?

What Should Labs Expect?

• Distribution of current draft of TCLs• Requests for review and comment on

TCL Phase II findings• NIMS Typing of Resources

• Teams standing up – negotiation time!• NIMS! NIMS! NIMS!

• Increased interaction is vital• EPA is lead agency on these TCLs• Assignment of funding• Ownership of targeted resources

Additional Information Available

• Further information can be accessed through secure portals:• Regarding the National Response Plan and

implementation, Lessons Learned:• https:\\www.llis.gov

• Regarding the TCLs through the Office for Domestic Preparedness secure portal:• https:\\www.odp.portal.gov

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Tara M. Lydick, B.S., NBFSPQ Instructor IIDelaware Public Health Laboratory

30 Sunnyside RoadSmyrna, DE 19977

(302) 223-1520Tara.Lydick@state.de.us