The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are seeking additional public input on the proposed update of the Alaska Regional Contingency Plan (RCP) Public Review Draft dated June 2021. The purpose of the RCP is to provide guidance to area planners and Alaska Regional Response Team (ARRT) members. The public comment period for this plan begins on August 1, 2021 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on August 6, 2021.

The plan is available for review from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) website at: https://dec.alaska.gov/spar/ppr/contingency-plans/response-plans/regional-contingency-plan/

Any person wishing to submit a request for additional information or provide comments regarding this application may do so electronically via our public notice site https://spar.alaskadec.commentinput.com/?id=QbcHs. 

If you are unable to submit comments via this site, you may submit them in writing to Allison Natcher, Interagency Coordination Unit Manager, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, 555 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, 907-269-7547 (phone), 907-269-7687 (fax), or allison.natcher@alaska.gov and by electronic mail at decsparplanning@alaska.gov.

The full contents of all submitted comments are considered public records and will be posted online in full after the public comment period. Comments submitted in writing directly to the Alaska Planner will be uploaded to the public comment site. It is preferable to commenters to submit directly through the public comment site. The Department of Environmental Conservation will aggregate responses to similar questions and make the questions and response available from https://dec.alaska.gov/spar/ppr/contingency-plans/response-plans/public-review/.

The State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a disability who may need an accommodation to participate in this public process, please contact Brian Blessington at (907) 269-7660 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 prior to August 6, 2021 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

After the public comment period ends, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation,  the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will either adopt the proposed changes without further notice, revise the proposed changes with information from public review and adopt without further notice, or decide to take no action. Comments received may also be referred to the Alaska Regional Response Team for further consideration.