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Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance NRDAR Regional CoordinatorsNRDAR Regional Coordinators provide staff support to the NRDAR Program Manager, coordination prior to designation of an Authorized Official (AO), and program advocacy. The Regional Coordinators focus on improving the overall efficiency of the program and linkages with headquarters among bureaus and other agencies, rather than on routine case management tasks. Staff support to the Program Manager includes participation in policy/guidance development, helping assure consistent administration of Program policy, participation in case reviews for appropriate regions, providing input to the NRDAR database, reviewing NRDAR case decision documents at major milestones for policy consistency, reviewing funding proposals to the Departmental NRDAR Fund, and participation in dispute resolution at the field, regional or staff level, at the request of the Program Manager or an AO. Regional NRDAR coordination prior to designation of an AO includes ensuring that all bureaus/offices are given the opportunity to participate in NRDAR actions, coordination of Departmental decision whether or not to participate in a NRDAR action, coordination of AO designation, providing early coordination to ensure that the Department's NRDAR activities are coordinated with response activities prior to designation of an AO, and coordination of development of NRDAR Initiation Requests/Funding agreements with RPs/PRPs or the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and may serve, if requested, as lead representative for the Department. Program advocacy consists of participation in outreach/inreach to Departmental bureaus/offices, State, Federal and Tribal trustees and the public.
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