This ERTP course is open to our Federal, State, Local and Tribal partners, with On-Scene Coordinators (OSC’s) and U.S. Coast Guard Staff having priority registration preference.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This 5-day course is designed primarily for On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state agencies, and other first responders is delivered at the EPA ERT Warehouse in Erlanger, Kentucky.  The goal of this course is to have participants learn then demonstrate containment and recovery techniques for an inland oil spill in either a fast or slow water environment.  Participants will learn boater safety; operate boats and deploy containment boom on lakes or rivers; provide protection to shorelines and sensitive areas; establish an oil recovery site; and install weirs, underflow dams and filter fences on streams.

This course will be delivered in-person.  Instructional methods include classroom instruction, case studies, and primarily on-water field work.

After completion of the course, the participants will be able to demonstrate or discuss small boat safety and operations, various methods of containment boom deployment and anchoring, recovery site selection and operations, and health and safety issues relevant to oil spill response and recovery operations.  All this will be based on the topics presented, situations covered, and suitability of the selected location(s) for delivery.

Course instructors may include current and former federal and state OSCs who may also serve as technical advisors in oil spill control and cleanup.  Other instructors include experienced oil spill responders from the public and private sectors.

Class size is limited to 30 students. 

Continuing Education Units: 4.0

Participants must complete all modules for all days of the course to receive the course completion certificate.

This course includes hands-on field activities that can be strenuous.

COURSE PARTICIPATION NOTES**

**Attendees will need to wear appropriate attire for fieldwork and on-water operations.  This includes appropriate work gloves, eye protection, footwear, and outerwear for foul weather.  Attendees are encouraged to bring their own sunscreen, insect repellant, and Personal Flotation Device (PFD) since supplies will be limited.*

COURSE MATERIALS

In compliance with Executive Order 13589 - Promoting Efficient Spending, Section 5; the ERTP will not be regularly printing or providing students hard copies of the course materials. The general course agenda is found at ertpvu.org.

QUESTIONS

For general information, contact the Registrar by telephone at 513-251-7669 or via e-mail at ertp-registrar2@tetratech.com. 

For technical details related to course content, including tailoring of course content, contact the EPA Oil Course Technical Lead – Fred Stroud by telephone at 702-784-8007 or via e-mail at stroud.fred@epa.gov. 

For all other details related to ERTP contractual matters, courses, as well as EPA's 5170 processing & approvals for this course, etc. contact ERTP staff at:

• Henry Gerard at 702-784-8009, gerard.henry@epa.gov, and
• Shelly Norland at 702-784-8004, norland.shelly@epa.gov

Unless otherwise specified, THIS COURSE, AND OTHER ERTP COURSES, IS NOT OPEN TO CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS, OR ANY PRIVATE ENTITIES.
*This course is offered free of charge to all registrants who are confirmed to attend.*

IMPORTANT NOTICES – Applicable to all ERTP courses :

1. ERTP’s receipt of a Trainex course registration is a Registration Request, it is not a Guaranteed Enrollment in the Course. All ERTP training courses require applicant registration thru the Trainex system. Last minute course arrivals without prior ERTP Trainex course registration approval is not permitted. Before ERTP issues final approval to deliver any course and/or any EPA offices incurring expenses for the training event (including but not limited to EPA staff travel TA’s and/or ERTP training contractor expenses incurred), all EPA mandatory pre-approvals must all be met. The pre-approvals include (but are not limited to) the following:
   
   • Training location’s availability;
   • COVID status and/or other COVID Guidelines in effect for the location, as well as staff;
   • Agency limitations, scrutiny, and approvals of ‘Conference Spending Requirements (known as the “5170”)’ for the specific training course(s) scheduled delivery timeframe;
   • Weather (blizzard, hurricane, etc);
   • Contractual number of available course training slots;
   • EPA training location staff having priority registration over all other registrations; and/or
   • Hosting site Training Coordinator approval.
   
   In the event a course is subsequently postponed or canceled, or notification of registration cancellation is received, all EPA travel arrangements (airline/car rental/hotel) should be canceled in a timely manner. Registered students will receive a notification via email if/when a course is postponed and/or cancelled.
    
2. For in-person course deliveries, confirmed course registered participants must abide by all facility physical access requirements for the location (examples: check-in at the security gate, Federal ID, Government PIV/CAC cards, photo id’s, etc.). If applicable for the course or location, restrictions may apply to non-citizens and acceptable identification may be required for facility entry.

**IMPORTANT please carefully review all course prerequisite pre-registration details:  

Erlanger, Kentucky – September 19 – 23, 2022, Training course times:  Daily from 0830 through 1600 hours Eastern**

To achieve the goal of providing an equitable distribution of training to the U.S. EPA Regions, one or two training course slots are provided to each U.S. EPA region.  The ERTP Contracting Officer Representatives (COR’s) will provide for final approval to adjust the final enrolled participant roster, from among both registered and waitlisted applicants. Formal enrollment decisions will be confirmed with the registered participants by email 2-3 weeks prior to course delivery.  Additionally, the required pre-requisites below are applicable to this training course:

1)   THIS COURSE IS FOR U.S. EPA ONLY, with On-Scene Coordinators (OSC’s) having priority registration preference for this course.

2)   Pre-registrations are now accepted for this course.  The intent is for participation in this course to be equitable across all EPA Regions.  Therefore, preference is for the POC’s at Regions 1 through 10 to identify one or two Regional staff (preferably OSC’s) to be pre-registered for the course.  Regions may add additional “to be waitlisted” staff names to be on standby (in the event the primary staff selected cannot attend).

Region points of contact to consolidate and submit one or two Region pre-registration staff names by emailing the ERTP COR’s at: gerard.henry@epa.gov and norland.shelly@epa.gov as soon as possible, or no later than 7/15/2022.  As needed, substitutions can be made later. 

Note: Upon receipt from the Region POC, all pre-registrations will occur through Trainex & pre-registrants will receive a subsequent “HOLD the TRAINING DATE” Outlook Calendar event in their inbox that contains the required prerequisite pre-registration details.

3)   Although there is no training/tuition cost for this course, all EPA Regions, EPA Program Offices, EPA Partner Federal or other agencies are responsible for participant travel & per diem costs.

4)   IMPORTANT:  Travel Authorizations, Vouchers & Training SF-182 forms- Because the required EPA 5170 pre-approval process is underway for this course, a site-specific project code will be assigned and provided to course pre-registrants at a later date that must be entered pror to approval on the travel authorization (TA) and/or travel voucher prior to travel document approval and funding.  This is also applicable to training (SF-182) forms.

QUESTIONS

For general information, contact the Registrar by telephone at 513-251-7669 or via e-mail at ertp-registrar2@tetratech.com. 

For technical details related to course content, contact the EPA Oil Course Technical Lead – Fred Stroud by telephone at 702-784-8007 or via e-mail at stroud.fred@epa.gov. 

For all other details related to ERTP contractual matters, courses, and the EPA 5170 approval process through ERTP, etc. contact ERTP staff at:

• Henry Gerard at 702-784-8009,gerard.henry@epa.gov, and
• Shelly Norland at 702-784-8004, norland.shelly@epa.gov