WAC 173-182-700   Drill participation, scheduling and evaluation.  (1) Plan holders and PRCs shall participate in a drill and equipment verification program for the purpose of ensuring that all contingency plan components function to provide, to the maximum extent practicable, prompt and proper removal of oil and minimization of damage from a variety of spill sizes. In Washington, a modified triennial cycle for drills, as found in the National Preparedness for Response Drill Program (PREP), is relied on to test each component of the plan.

     (2) Ecology shall be provided an opportunity to help design and evaluate all tabletop and deployment drills. To ensure this, plan holders shall schedule drills on the NWACP area exercise calendar. Scheduling requirements are noted in the table below.

     (3) Ecology shall mail a written drill evaluation report for drills to the plan holder. Credit will be granted for drill objectives that are successfully met.

     (4) Objectives that are not successfully met shall be tested again and must be successfully demonstrated within the triennial cycle, except that significant failures will be retested within thirty days.

     (5) Plan deficiencies identified in the written evaluation may require plan holders to make specific amendments to the plan.

     (6) A plan holder may request an informal review of the ecology evaluation within thirty days of receipt of the report.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 88.46, 90.56, and 90.48 RCW. 06-20-035 (Order 00-03), § 173-182-700, filed 9/25/06, effective 10/26/06.]