Publication Summary

Title

Central Puget Sound Geographic Response Plan (GRP)

Month-Year PublishedJuly 1993
Revised onDecember 2000
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Short Description

Geographic Response Plans (GRPs) are used during the emergent phase of a spill which lasts from the time a spill occurs until the Unified Command is operating and/or the spill has been contained and cleaned up. Generally this lasts no more than 24 hours. The GRPs constitute the federal on-scene coordinators′ and state on-scene coordinators "orders" during the emergent phase of the spill. The GRP includes maps and narrative for the specified area.

(Also see abstract below)
Publication Number94-205
Author(s)Dale Davis
Print Availability Not available as a printed document
Number of pages 94
Keywords Commencement Bay, geographic response plan, oil spill, orchard, plan, Puget Sound, response, response plan, spill
Abstract Long Description

Geographic Response Plans (GRPs) are used during the emergent phase of a spill which lasts from the time a spill occurs until the Unified Command is operating and/or the spill has been contained and cleaned up. Generally this lasts no more than 24 hours. The GRPs constitute the federal on-scene coordinators′ and state on-scene coordinators "orders" during the emergent phase of the spill. The GRP includes maps and narrative for the specified area.

Central Puget Sound is bounded by Edmonds to the north and Commencement Bay to the south, and includes Liberty Bay, Port Orchard, Sinclair Inlet and Dyes Inlet.

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