(a) The owner or operator of a TAPAA facility shall include the following information in the Prince William Sound appendix to the response plan required by subpart F of this part:
(1) Oil spill removal organization. Identification of an oil spill removal organization that shall—
- (i) Perform response activities;
(ii) Provide oil spill removal and containment training, including training in the operation of prepositioned equipment for personnel, including local residents and fishermen, from the following locations in Prince William Sound:
- (A) Valdez;
- (B) Tatitlek;
- (C) Cordova;
- (D) Whittier;
- (E) Chenega; and
- (F) Fish hatcheries located at Port San Juan, Main Bay, Esther Island, Cannery Creek, and Solomon Gulch.
- (iii) Provide a plan for training, in addition to the personnel listed in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section, sufficient numbers of trained personnel to remove, to the maximum extent practicable, a worst case discharge; and
- (iv) Address the responsibilities required in § 154.1035(b)(3)(iii).
(2) Exercises. Identification of exercise procedures that must—
- (i) Provide for two exercises of the oil spill removal organization each year that test the ability of the prepositioned equipment and trained personnel required under this subpart to perform effectively;
- (ii) Consist of both announced and unannounced drills; and
- (iii) Include design(s) for exercises that test either the entire appendix or individual components(s).
(3) Testing, inspection, and certification. Identification of a testing, inspecting, and certification program for the prepositioned response equipment required in § 154.1130 that must provide for—
(i) Annual testing and equipment inspection in accordance with the manufacturer's recommended procedures, to include—
- (A) Start-up and running under load all electrical motors, pumps, power packs, air compressors, internal combustion engines, and oil recovery devices; and
- (B) Removal for inspection of no less than one-third of required boom from storage annually, such that all boom will have been removed and inspected within a period of 3 years; and
- (ii) Records of equipment tests and inspection.
- (iii) Use of an independent entity to certify that the equipment is on-site and in good operating condition and that required tests and inspection have been preformed. The independent entity must have appropriate training and expertise to provide this certification.
- (4) Prepositioned response equipment. Identification and location of the prepositioned response equipment required in § 154.1130 including the make, model, and effective daily recovery rate of each oil recovery resource.
- (b) The owner or operator of a TAPAA facility shall submit to the COTP a schedule for the training and drills required by the geographic-specific appendix for Prince William Sound for the following calendar year.
- (c) All records required by this section must be available for inspection by the COTP.