Welcome
The Prevention and Emergency Response Program protects public health, safety and the environment by preventing and mitigating the effects of oil and hazardous substance releases and ensuring their cleanup.
Our primary services include:


Our primary services include:
- Leading the state’s response to spills.
- Responding to spills through Area Teams located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau.
- Implementing the Incident Command System for large events.
- Planning, developing and coordinating a statewide hazardous materials response team.
- Preventing and reducing the occurrence of spills from unregulated sources.


Prevention
Oil Spill Prevention topics
Preparedness
Spill response planning and
preparedness efforts in Alaska
preparedness efforts in Alaska
- Aleutian Islands Subarea Plan Update Project
- Drill Exercise Schedule (April 2013)
- Community Spill Response Program
- Hazmat Response
- Pacific States/BC Oil Spill Task Force (external site)
- Unified Plan/Subarea Contingency Plans
- Geographic Response Strategies
- Potential Places of Refuge
- Spill Tactics for Alaska Responders (STAR) Manual
- AK Regional Response Team
(external site) - Permits Tool
- Oil Spill Response Research
Active Spills
Of Interest
Spill response topics of interest
- Marine Debris Cleanup
- Aleutian Islands Subarea Plan Update Project
- Southeast Alaska Subarea Plan Public Review (Jan 28 - March 11, 2013)
- Southeast Alaska Vessel Traffic Study (July 2012, 23.8MB)
- Aleutian Islands Risk Assessment
- Cook Inlet Risk Assessment
(external site) - Emergency Towing System Project
- Program Publications
- Drug Labs
- Toxics Release Inventory
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