Geographic Response Plans (GRPs)

Geographic Response Plans (GRPs) are geographic-specific response plans for oil spills to water. They include response strategies tailored to a specific beach, shore, or waterway and meant to minimize impact on sensitive resources threatened by the spill. Each GRP has two main priorities:

To identify sensitive natural, cultural or significant economic resources.
To describe and prioritize response strategies in an effort to minimize injury to sensitive natural, cultural, and certain economic resources at risk from oil spills.

GRPs are developed in partnership with Washington State Department of Ecology, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (OR-DEQ), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the Region 10 Response Team (RRT) and Northwest Area Committee (NWAC).

The following interactive map shows all GRPs currently developed for Washington State; both marine and inland areas. A listing of Washington State GRPs is also provided below.

The following is a list that shows all GRPs currently developed for Washington State; both marine and inland areas. These chapters are also available for download from the Spills FTP site.

GRP Name	Partner Agencies
Admiralty Inlet/Hood Canal	WA-Ecology, USCG
Central Puget Sound	WA-Ecology, USCG
Clark/Cowlitz	WA-Ecology
Columbia River	WA-Ecology, OR-DEQ, USCG, US-EPA
Grays Harbor	WA-Ecology, USCG
Nisqually River	WA-Ecology, EPA
North Central Puget Sound	WA-Ecology, USCG
Outer Coast	WA-Ecology, USCG
San Juan Islands/North Puget Sound	WA-Ecology, USCG
Snake River	WA-Ecology, OR-DEQ, US-EPA
South Puget Sound	WA-Ecology, USCG
Spokane River	WA-Ecology, US-EPA
Strait of Juan de Fuca	WA-Ecology, USCG
Willapa Bay	WA-Ecology, USCG
WRIA-7	WA-Ecology, EPA