OAR 340-142-0130: Incident Management and Emergency Operations

(1) Any person required by an approved plan or a rule, contract, permit or formal agreement to coordinate activity with the Department during an emergency involving a spill or release of oil or hazardous material must follow a protocol of organization consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS). (2) Any person required by an approved plan or a rule, contract, permit or formal agreement to coordinate activity with the Department during an emergency involving a spill or release of oil or hazardous material must accept the Department as the Lead Agency of the State for cleanup at oil and hazardous materials incidents. The Department will assign a State On-Scene Coordinator (SOSC). The SOSC will represent all state agencies responding to the incident. The SOSC will be the point of contact through which the Director will delegate assignments in an emergency. The SOSC will assume the NIMS command role from any local Incident Commander when the incident requires state or federal management. (3) Any person required to coordinate with the Department must do so regardless of whether or not the Department staff responding to the spill or other emergency is available at the site of the spill or other emergency. The Department may provide services from a remote location. Telephone communication, electronically transmitted data, facsimile transmission, or other communication with responders constitutes a presence at an incident command location or spill site and carries the full authority of the Department.