Joint Response Team. When the magnitude of an incident exceeds local and state response capabilities, or when a response involves more than one state jurisdiction, or federal lands, the federal government will coordinate the response operation and provide assistance as necessary. The U.S. EPA Regional Response Team performs regional level contingency planning, and national level contingency planning is performed through the National Response Team (NRT). In Mexico, Civil Protection has jurisdiction of hazardous materials incident planning. The Joint Response Team performs U.S.-Mexico border area contingency planning and training activities. The U.S. EPA co chairs the Joint Response Team for the U.S. and PROFEPA co-chairs for Mexico.
3.6.1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Joint Response Team. When the magnitude of an incident exceeds local and state response capabilities, or when a response involves more than one state jurisdiction, or federal lands, the federal government will coordinate the response operation and provide assistance as necessary. The U.S. EPA co-chairs the Joint Response Team for the U.S. and PROFEPA co-chairs for Mexico. When the U.S. and Mexico have agreed to initiate a joint response to an incident, the functions and responsibilities of the Joint Response Team include: $ Advise the Federal On-Scene Coordinator about measures needed to respond to the incident and the resources that are available to carry out those measures $ Evaluate and make recommendations concerning the measures taken by the Federal On-Scene Coordinator $ Provide continuing advice to the Federal On-Scene Coordinator $ Coordinate and use as appropriate the resources that agencies or persons of the U.S. or Mexico or a third party can contribute Binational Prevention and Emergency Response Plan Between Naco, Sonora and Cochise County, Arizona $ Assist the Federal On-Scene Coordinator in preparing information releases for the public $ Participate in the termination of response In a non-emergency mode, the JRT coordinates U.S.-Mexico border area contingency planning and training activities. For inland releases, the U.S. EPA provides the Federal On-Scene Coordinator. Upon notification of a release of hazardous substances that is crossing or is likely to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, the National Response Center will notify the Federal On-Scene Coordinator. The Federal On- Scene Coordinator will determine as quickly as possible the need for activating the Regional Response Team, the Joint Response Team, the Environmental Response Team (ERT), or the National Response Team. For incident notification in Mexico, Civil Protection maintains a 24- hour telephone number in Mexico City. For incident notification in the U.S., the NRC maintains a 24-hour number in Washington D.C. Binational Prevention and Emergency Response Plan Between Naco, Sonora and Cochise County, Arizona
