United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response
(5104)
April 1998
550-F-98-015
http://www.epa.gov/swercepp
&EPA
INTEGRATED CONTINGENCY PLAN
TONE PLAN") GUIDANCE
FACTSHEET
The National
Response Team
(NRT) has
developed Integrated
Contingency Plan (ICP)
Guidance. This
guidance (also known
as "one plan" guidance)
provides a way to
consolidate multiple
plans that a facility may
have prepared to
comply with various
regulations, into one functional emergency
response plan. The ICP Guidance resulted from
recommendations in the December 1993 NRT
Report to Congress: A Review of Federal Authorities
for Hazardous Materials Accident Safety. The NRT
received input from representatives from state and
local agencies, industry, and environmental
groups prior to developing the guidance.
WHICH AGENCIES DEVELOPED
THE ICP GUIDANCE?
Five agencies signed the one-plan guidance:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
the Coast Guard, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA), the Office of
Pipeline Safety of the Department of
Transportation (DOT), and the Minerals
Management Service (MMS) in the Department of
the Interior. The NRT and the agencies
responsible for reviewing and approving federal
response plans to which the ICP option applies
The National Response Team announced the "one-plan" guidance for integrated contin-
gency planning in June 1996. EPA and four other agencies signed the guidance, which
gives facilities a common-sense option for meeting multiple emergency planning require-
ments under nine different regulations. The guidance is an outgrowth of the 1994
Presidential review of federal authorities related to hazardous materials accident preven-
tion, mitigation, and response. That review identified multiple and overlapping facility
emergency response plans as a problem area. Within the guidance document is a core
facility response plan for releases of oil and hazardous substances. Plans prepared by
facilities in accordance with the guidance will satisfy requirements of the five participat-
ing agencies and will be the federal preferred method of such planning. This one-plan
approach will minimize duplication of effort and unnecessary paperwork burdens.
agree that integrated response plans prepared in
accordance with this guidance will be acceptable
and will be the federally preferred method of
response planning.
WHAT is THE PURPOSE OF THE
ICP GUIDANCE?
T
he ICP Guidance is to:
4- Provide a mechanism for consolidating
multiple facility response plans into one plan
that can be used during an emergency
4- Improve coordination of planning and response
activities within the facility and with public and
commercial responders
4- Minimize duplication and simplify plan
development and maintenance
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
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Integrated Contingency Plan ("One Plan") Guidance
April 1998
THE
ICP GUIDANCE COVER?
Rather than a regulatory initiative, the ICP
document is guidance. It presents a sample
contingency plan outline that addresses
requirements of the following federal regulations:
* The Clean Water Act (CWA) (as amended by
the Oil Pollution Act [OPA]) Facility Response
Plan Regulations (EPA, Coast Guard, DOT,
MMS)
^ EPA's Risk Management Program Regulation,
Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation, and the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) Contingency Planning Requirements
^ OSHA's Emergency Action Plan Regulation,
Process Safety Management Standards, and the
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response (HAZWOPER) Regulation
A facility may use the ICP sample format or
use an alternate format. The ICP sample
format includes the following three
sections:
4- Plan introduction
4- A core plan that serves as the primary response
tool
4- A series of annexes that provide more detailed
supporting information and regulatory
compliance documentation
The ICP sample format is based on the Incident
Command System (ICS). Organizing an integrated
contingency plan according to the structure of the
ICS will allow the plan to dovetail with established
response management practices. This should
promote its usefulness in an emergency.
CROSS-REFERENCES
The ICP Guidance supports the use of linkages
(i.e., references) to facilitate coordination with
other facility plans and with external plans
such as local emergency planning committee
(LEPC) plans and OPA Area Contingency Plans.
When a facility submits a plan for federal agency
review, it must provide a table indicating where
the regulatory required elements can be found in
the one-plan format. The ICP Guidance includes
tables that cross-reference the requirements of
individual regulations with the ICP sample format.
The NRT intends to continue promoting the use of
the ICP Guidance by regulated industries and
encourages federal and state agencies to rely on the
ICP Guidance when developing future regulations.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...
The ICP Guidance was published in the Federal Register on June 5,1996 (61 FR 28642). For copies and
more information, call the RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline: (800) 424-9346 (TDD: (800) 553-7672).
In the Washington, DC area, call the Hotline at (703) 412-9810. The ICP Guidance is also available on
EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office website at
http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/pub/one-plan.html.
For questions on the interface of the ICP Guidance with specific regulations, call the contact listed for
that particular regulation:
Coast Guard Facility Response Plan Regulation: LCDR Mark Hamilton, (202) 267-1983
DOT/Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) Pipeline Response Plan Regulation: Jim Taylor,
(202) 366-8860
EPA Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation: Dana Stalcup, (703) 603-8735 or the Spill Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasures (SPCC) Information Line at (202) 260-2342
OSHA regulations and standards: Contact either your regional or area OHSA office
MMS Facility Response Plan Regulation: Larry Ake, (703) 787-1567
EPA Risk Management Planning Regulation: William Finan, (202) 260-0030
RCRA Contingency Planning Requirement: Contact the RCRA, Superfund, and Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Hotline (see above)
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