FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS
1) What is the East Coast Corridor Coalition?
The EC3 is:
2) Who Are the EC3 Members?
The EC3’s members include the following public sector stakeholders:
3) Why Was the EC3 Formed?
The EC3 was formed to improve coordination and integration of planning and response efforts for catastrophic disasters impacting the states and critical infrastructure owners and operators in the Northeast corridor. UASI leaders in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia & the National Capital Region took the leadership role in this effort resulting from ongoing regional planning projects since 2008 under the FEMA RCPGP (Regional Catastrophic Planning Grant Program).
4) What Does the EC3 Do?
The EC3 works to resolve cross regional operational issues in both the public and private sectors by conducting and/or participating in the following activities:
5) What Is the Governance Structure of the EC3?
The EC3 is governed by an Executive Steering Committee comprised of state and local government representatives. Federal government and private sector representatives act as advisors to the EC3.
6) What Are The EC3 Governing Principles?
The EC3 decided to focus on addressing corridor related operational issues that can meet the following criteria:
7) What Are the EC3 Benefits?
To Government:
To Private Sector:
Provides a multi-regional structure to work with states
8) What Has the EC3 Accomplished?
9) What Is the EC3's Concept of Operations?
The EC3 is a regional working group of the All Hazards Consortium’s Regional Integrated Planning Framework and was not designed to be operational. During emergencies within the region, the EC3 will serve as an information sharing resource to interface with its public sector members and the private sector at the regional, multi-state level. The EC3 will not confuse or conflict with existing state operations efforts or the relationships each jurisdiction has with their local private sector companies.
10) What Is the AHC's Role in the EC3?
The All Hazards Consortium’s is a 9 year old, multi-state 501c3 organization guided by the states, urban areas and private sector in the mid-Atlantic & Northeast Regions. The AHC provides the following support to the EC3 and Fleet Working Groups:
11) What the EC3’s Role?:
The EC3 Is:
The EC3 Is Not:
12) What Federal Doctrine Does EC3 Fulfill?
The EC3 is the public sector side of the Public/Private Partnership Framework created under the AHC’s Regional Integrated Planning Framework. The Fleet Response Working Group represents the private sector side. The NIPP (National Infrastructure Protection Plan) states:
1) What is the East Coast Corridor Coalition?
The EC3 is:
- A regional public sector guided working group of major urban areas and states
- Focused on integrated planning along the Northeast corridor with each other and the private sector
- Focused on expediting power and other lifeline sector supply chain response and restoration efforts following regional natural or man-made disasters
- Part of the Regional Integrated Planning Framework that was developed in 2012 to support integrated planning, education, exercises and solution development.
2) Who Are the EC3 Members?
The EC3’s members include the following public sector stakeholders:
- Major Urban Areas: National Capital Region, New York City, Northern New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore
- States: Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
- Federal Agencies: FEMA Region 2, FEMA Region 3, FEMA Headquarters, Other federal agencies as needed
- Private Sector Advisors (as needed): Electric, Food, Fuel, Telecom
3) Why Was the EC3 Formed?
The EC3 was formed to improve coordination and integration of planning and response efforts for catastrophic disasters impacting the states and critical infrastructure owners and operators in the Northeast corridor. UASI leaders in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia & the National Capital Region took the leadership role in this effort resulting from ongoing regional planning projects since 2008 under the FEMA RCPGP (Regional Catastrophic Planning Grant Program).
4) What Does the EC3 Do?
The EC3 works to resolve cross regional operational issues in both the public and private sectors by conducting and/or participating in the following activities:
- Integrated Planning
- Education & Training
- Exercises & Drills
- Information Sharing w/Private Sector
- Expediting Power & Critical Infrastructure Restoration
5) What Is the Governance Structure of the EC3?
The EC3 is governed by an Executive Steering Committee comprised of state and local government representatives. Federal government and private sector representatives act as advisors to the EC3.
6) What Are The EC3 Governing Principles?
The EC3 decided to focus on addressing corridor related operational issues that can meet the following criteria:
- Simple: not too many variables, organizations, or complexity
- Operationally beneficial to the private and public sectors
- Show results in 6-12 months
7) What Are the EC3 Benefits?
To Government:
- Leverage the regional experience and investments of EC3 members
- Information sharing
- Sharing of best practices between states and urban areas
- Coordinate regionally with the private sector
- Address corridor issues that cut across FEMA regional borders
- Work with private sector on critical regional issues (e.g. power & supply chain restoration)
To Private Sector:
Provides a multi-regional structure to work with states
- Allows for regulatory de-confliction on operational matters w/states
- Ability to plan and address key regional operational issues with government
- Access to a trusted framework for sharing sensitive
8) What Has the EC3 Accomplished?
- Advised the Fleet Response Working Group on their efforts/results
- EC3 Working Group Charter (pending)
- Developed Regional Energy Liaison Office (ELO) Position Specific Guide w/Electric Sector
- Initiated a Regional Mutual Aid Initiative Between Cities (under development)
- EC3 members served as advisers the Multi-State Fleet Response WG
- Developed the following with private sector’s Multi-State Fleet Response WG:
- Developed the Regional Integrated Planning Framework to sustain multi-state integrated
- Developed the annual Northeast Corridor exercise (CATEX) series for expediting power/supply
- Developed Regional Fleet Movement Coordination Process now being used to expedite
- Advised private sector on the following operation processes and products:
- Canadian Border Crossing Process
- Hours of Service Waivers for Fleet Movement
- FLEET-MOVE Service that centralizes 500+ state websites for simplified fleet movement
- E-ZPass Commercial Account process to expedite fleet movement thru E-ZPass toll stations planning, education/training, exercises and solution development chain restoration electric sector fleet movement across Eastern U.S. nationally across 15 states
9) What Is the EC3's Concept of Operations?
The EC3 is a regional working group of the All Hazards Consortium’s Regional Integrated Planning Framework and was not designed to be operational. During emergencies within the region, the EC3 will serve as an information sharing resource to interface with its public sector members and the private sector at the regional, multi-state level. The EC3 will not confuse or conflict with existing state operations efforts or the relationships each jurisdiction has with their local private sector companies.
10) What Is the AHC's Role in the EC3?
The All Hazards Consortium’s is a 9 year old, multi-state 501c3 organization guided by the states, urban areas and private sector in the mid-Atlantic & Northeast Regions. The AHC provides the following support to the EC3 and Fleet Working Groups:
- Legal Framework to support sensitive information sharing
- Regional governance & administrative support
- Relationship Management (Outreach, Education, Alignment of Interests, & Conflict Resolution)
- Communications (Situational Awareness, Best Practices, Reduce Overlap)
- Regional Integrated Planning Framework / Support (Legal, Facilitation, Documentation, Information Library)
11) What the EC3’s Role?:
The EC3 Is:
- Part of the Regional Integrated Planning Framework which consists of the EC3 and Multi-State Fleet Working Groups
- A multi-regional working group for public sector planning, coordination, and FEMA integration
- A facilitator of Northeast corridor planning, exercises, education with the private sector
- A mechanism to connect operations professionals in private and public sector to solve problems
- An advisor to private sector initiatives within the Multi-State Fleet Working Groups
- A bridge for regions of states to the private sector and visa-versa
The EC3 Is Not:
- A governmental coordination body during disasters
- A policy shop
- A state operating entity
12) What Federal Doctrine Does EC3 Fulfill?
The EC3 is the public sector side of the Public/Private Partnership Framework created under the AHC’s Regional Integrated Planning Framework. The Fleet Response Working Group represents the private sector side. The NIPP (National Infrastructure Protection Plan) states:
- NIPP Tenant #5: Regional and SLTT (State, Local Tribal & Territorial) partnerships are crucial to developing shared perspectives on gaps and actions to improve critical infrastructure security and resilience.
- NIPP Call to Action #3: Empower Local and Regional Partnerships to Build Capacity
- NIPP Call to Action #8: Promote Infrastructure, Community, and Regional Recovery
- NIPP Call to Action #12: Learn and Adapt During and After Exercises and Incidents