Air Traffic Organization Operational Contingency Plan
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1. Purpose of This Order. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Order 1900.47B, Air Traffic
Organization Operational Contingency Plan, establishes the ATO procedures, requirements, and
responsibilities to develop, coordinate, support, maintain, revise, test, train, document, and implement
operational contingency plans (OCP) for FAA air traffic control (ATC) facilities, Federal contract towers
(FCT), FAA flight service stations (FSS), and contract automated flight service stations (AFSS),
hereafter known as “ATC facilities.”
2. Audience. This order is distributed to select offices and services within Washington headquarters,
the William J. Hughes Technical Center; the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center; the FAA Eastern,
Central, and Western Service Areas; the Alaska and continental United States Flight Services
Information Areas; Technical Operations Services; the David J. Hurley Air Traffic Control System
Command Center; FAA contract ATC service providers; and all ATC facilities.
3. Where Can I Find This Order. You can find this order on http://dmis.faa.gov.
4. What This Order Cancels. FAA Order 1900.47A, Air Traffic Services Contingency Plan, dated
March 20, 1997, and all changes to it are canceled.
5. Scope. The purpose of an OCP, also known as the facility contingency plan (CP), is to
reduce the impact(s) and risk(s) to the National Airspace System (NAS) in the event a facility is,
or facilities are, unable to safely and efficiently provide ATC services as required by FAA
Orders 7110.65, Air Traffic Control; 7210.3, Facility Operation and Administration; 6000.15,
General Maintenance Handbook for National Airspace System (NAS) Facilities; 7110.10, Flight
Services; and 1900.1, FAA Emergency Operations Plan, as amended. En Route and Oceanic,
Terminal, System Operations, Operations Planning, and Technical Operations Services, and
FAA contract ATC service providers must jointly develop and maintain OCPs for all
ATC facilities. OCPs can be triggered by a natural disaster, major system failure(s) or other
event(s) that directly affects personnel, the delivery of operational ATC services, or other
technical capabilities. In the event the Parent Facility or facilities become(s) incapacitated, all
affected airspace must be assumed by other Support facilities. ATC services, to the extent
possible, must also be assumed by other Support facilities. The event(s) may require activation
of the OCP, the facility Emergency Operations Plan, or the national Business Continuity Plan
(BCP). Nothing in this order should be construed as relieving facility managers of the
responsibility to have procedures in place to respond to the wide variety of OCP events that may
derogate the capability to provide ATC services.
Effective Date:
12/1/06
Air Traffic Organization Policy
SUBJ: Air Traffic Organization Operational Contingency Plan
ORDER
JO 1900.47B
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6. Definitions. The following terms and their definitions are used throughout this order. Appendix 1
contains a list of abbreviations and acronyms.
a. David J. Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC). ATC facility
responsible for monitoring and managing the daily flow of air traffic throughout the NAS. The
following functions are located at the ATCSCC: (1) National Operations Control Center (NOCC),
(2) Central Altitude Reservation Function (CARF), (3) Airport Reservation Office (ARO),
(4) U.S. Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Office, and (5) Weather Unit.
b. Automated Contingency Tool (version 2 ). A real-time, Web-based administrative
software application tool that is housed, maintained, and secured behind the FAA’s Intranet firewall
that is used to collect, organize input, maintain, modify, display, share, publish, and distribute OCPs.
c. Business Continuity Plan (BCP). A precoordinated national plan containing operational and
administrative instructions and procedures to be implemented following the execution of an OCP in
the event of a declared long-term ATC Zero event. Transition from OCP to BCP is a System
Operations executive decision.
d. Control Center (CC). Control Centers maintain, monitor, and manage the availability of the
NAS at the local service level.
e. Crisis Response Plan. A crisis management plan developed by the ATCSCC to respond to
events, circumstances, etc., that, while "external" to the direct delivery of air traffic services, have both
broad Agency and/or ATO impact and the need for common information to ensure coordinated
actions. An example would be the coordination of the operational response to a natural disaster which
is disruptive but may not have significantly impacted ATC facilities. The crisis response plan
identifies the manner and need for the ATCSCC to provide support for all personnel performing crisis
response actions and essential functions. Support may include the activation of the Crisis
Management Center (CMC) within the ATCSCC that contains the necessary equipment and resources
(communications, automation, logistics, security, technical operations, etc.) required by all affected
lines of business to manage a crisis from start to finish.
f. Must. FAA Order 1000.36, FAA Writing Standards, dated March 31, 2003, Chapter 2,
Writing principles, paragraph h, states, “Avoid using ‘shall.’ Shall is an ambiguous word. It can
mean must, ought, or will. While shall cannot mean ‘should’ or ‘may,’ writers have used it incorrectly
for those terms and it has been read that way by the courts. Almost all legal writing experts agree that
it’s better to use ‘must’ to impose requirements, including contractual requirements.”
g. National Operations Control Center (NOCC). The NOCC is located with the ATCSCC
and monitors and manages the availability of the NAS at the national level.
h. Operations Control Centers (OCC). OCCs maintain, monitor, and manage the availability
of the NAS at the service area level.
i. Operational Capability Level (OCL). Reduced level of ATC service(s) that a facility can
provide requiring activation of an OCP. Also refer to OCL “Trigger”.
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j. Operational Contingency Plan (OCP). A precoordinated plan containing operational and
administrative instructions and procedures to be implemented by Parent Facility and affected Support
ATC facilities in the event of an OCL declaration.
k. Parent Facility. A facility for which an OCP is developed. A facility can only be "parent" to
its own OCP.
l. Parent Facility Procedures. Documents that describe the operational requirements for the
Parent Facility. They contain precoordinated, predefined OCP steps to be implemented for the Parent
Facility activating its OCP.
m. Points of Contact (POC).
(1) National Contingency Planning POC (System Operations Services). Person(s)
responsible within the ATCSCC for the maintenance of this order and the administration of the ACT2.
(2) Service Area Administrative POC. Person(s) responsible for service area ACT2 and
OCP administrative matters.
(3) Facility Operations POC. Person(s) responsible for the operations area. This position
may be different in each facility, and must be designated in the Parent Facility Procedures. Normally
only the Facility Operations POC may activate or cancel an OCL.
(4) Facility Administrative POC. Person(s) responsible for facility ACT2 and OCP
administrative matters.
(5) National Operations Group POC (Technical Operations Services). Person(s) designated
as the national OCP focal point for Technical Operations.
n. Primary Notification Facility. The Support Facility(s) responsible for making the initial
notification for a Parent Facility activating its OCP.
o. Support Facility. Any ATC facility or Technical Operations center that participates in the
OCP of a Parent Facility. A facility can be a Support Facility for many OCPs. The designation
“Support Facility” is not limited to those facilities assuming airspace.
p. Support Facility Procedures. Documents that describe the operational requirements for the
Support Facility. They contain precoordinated, predefined OCP steps to be implemented by affected
Support facilities in response to the declaration of a Parent Facility OCL.
q. Trigger. A listing of predefined conditions that describe the point at which a Parent Facility
Operations POC must declare an OCL.
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7. Responsibilities.
a. Air Traffic Organization Executive Council (EC) must:
(1) Provide funding in the fiscal budget sufficient for all ATC facilities and their Support
facilities to develop and maintain their OCPs, the Crisis Response Plan, and to implement agreed upon
improvements to their OCPs.
(2) Provide funding in the fiscal budget for System Operations to maintain and upgrade the
ACT2.
b. Vice President, System Operations Services, or designee, must:
(1) Ensure that all ATC facilities develop and maintain OCPs in the ACT2.
(2) Develop and maintain a Crisis Response Plan for the ATCSCC.
(3) Serve as the Office of Primary Interest (OPI) for this order including the responsibility to
coordinate and obtain approval for any or all changes to this order with the other ATO lines of business
included in this section.
(4) Coordinate reviews of OCPs, lessons learned, and post-event assessments with affected
ATO lines of business.
(5) Serve as the national focal point for ATO OCPs, the ATCSCC Crisis Response Plan, and
the national BCP.
(6) Ensure the continued maintenance and update of all aspects of the ACT2 software.
(7) Decide when transition from OCP to BCP is required.
c. Vice President, En Route and Oceanic Services, or designee, must provide oversight for and
approve OCP-related actions, corrective plans, and decisions that will impact procedures, budget,
staffing, equipment, ATC facility operations, or training.
d. Vice President, Terminal Services, or designee, must provide oversight for and approve OCPrelated actions, corrective plans, and decisions that will impact procedures, budget, staffing, equipment,
ATC facility operations, or training.
e. Vice President, Technical Operations Services, or designee, must:
(1) Assign the National Operations Group to serve as the national OCP focal point for
Technical Operations.
(2) Designate a POC at CCs as focal points for Technical Operations service area OCP
coordination.
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(3) Develop, maintain, test, and execute Technical Operations CPs in support of the
ATO OCP.
(4) Ensure CC POCs serve as a liaison between System Operations and air traffic facilities
within their service area.
f. Manager, David J. Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Center, or designee, must:
(1) Participate in and ensure notification of OCL declarations.
(2) Respond operationally as defined in the ATCSCC support procedures.
(3) Activate a facility’s OCP based on an OCL if the facility is unable to activate its own OCP.
The ATCSCC National Operations Manager (NOM) must notify all appropriate management officials
either verbally or through electronic means.
(4) Notify customers (e.g., the airlines and business aviation), as necessary, when advised an
OCL has been declared.
(5) Declare unannounced ATC Zero exercises to evaluate the readiness of a facility.
(6) Publish an annual schedule for air route traffic control centers (ARTCC) and certain large
terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facilities to conduct scheduled tabletop exercises.
g. Facility traffic management units must:
(1) Participate in the development of facility OCPs.
(2) Provide air traffic flow management (ATFM) services when OCPs are activated.
(3) In coordination with Facility Operations POC, orchestrate a “return to service” ATFM plan
to ensure a safe and efficient transition.
h. Service center manager, or designee, must:
(1) Designate the Systems Support Group as OPI for OCP oversight for field facilities within
their service area.
(2) Designate Service Area Administrative POCs for OCP planning and coordination.
(3) Provide service area oversight and review of OCPs including facility ATC Zero and
ATC Alert events and lessons learned reports that may be relayed to their respective ATO executive(s).
(4) Ensure adequate resources including administrative support as appropriate for OCP
development, training, implementation, maintenance, and exercises.
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i. Service Area Administrative POCs must:
(1) Serve as a liaison between the ATCSCC Procedures and Traffic Flow Management (TFM)
Requirements Group and the field facilities within their respective service area.
(2) Collect and submit recommendations and suggestions for changes to this order or the ACT2
to the ATCSCC Procedures and TFM Requirements Group OCP Program Manager.
(3) Serve as service area focal point for administration of facility OCPs, training issues, and use
of the ACT2.
(4) Identify, with the ATCSCC, facilities that may require direct coordination with the
ATCSCC during OCP events.
(5) Set up and maintain a process for identification of those facilities to be notified by the
ATCSCC and those that are notified by other Support facilities (e.g., ARTCCs.)
(6) Ensure notification phone numbers are verified by facilities at least once during the fiscal
year.
(7) Collect, review, and distribute lessons learned reports as appropriate.
j. Facility manager, or designee, must:
(1) Ensure his/her facility(s) has developed and entered an OCP in the ACT2 that follows the
formats prescribed in the ACT2 including the identification of operational and/or service limitations.
(2) Designate Facility Administrative POC(s) if available. Ensure the Service Area
Administrative POC is advised upon the assignment of a new Facility Administrative POC.
(3) Designate Facility Operations POC(s) (i.e., position or individual where applicable).
(4) Ensure Parent Facility Procedures and Support Facility Procedures are developed in
coordination with facility traffic management units. Where no TMU exists, ensure procedures are
coordinated with the overlying facility TMU.
(5) Ensure appropriate Parent Facility Procedures and Support Facility Procedures are available
and easily accessible to facility operational personnel.
(6) Ensure all operational changes to his/her Parent Facility OCP(s) are coordinated in advance
with his/her Support facilities, the traffic management unit, and Technical Operations with a mutually
agreed upon date of implementation.
(7) Ensure Parent Facility and Support Facility documents use the same version of the plan.
This includes hard copies in position binders located in the operations area and the ACT2.
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(8) Ensure, at a minimum, the facility conducts and documents in the ACT2 an annual
review during the fiscal year of its OCP procedures, and completes a training exercise that includes
updates to the OCP.
(9) Develop and include in the facility OCP a division of duties, tasks, and responsibilities
for operational personnel during a simulated or actual OCP event.
(10) Review lessons learned reports and disseminate information to employees, as
appropriate. Ensure lessons learned reports are entered into the ACT2 within 30 days of the OCP
event termination.
(11) Review changes as appropriate to their Parent Facility OCP and re-certify their OCP in
the ACT2 during the fiscal year in accordance with ACT2 generated notifications.
(12) Ensure the completion of post-event analysis and reports as required in paragraph 14 of
this order.
k. Facility Administrative POC(s) must:
(1) Serve as the focal point for administrative matters such as forwarding questions,
comments, and suggestions concerning the ACT2 to their Service Area Administrative POCs.
(2) Ensure that an OCP is developed and maintained after prior coordination with Technical
Operations, Safety and Operations Support, their Support facilities, and their traffic management unit.
(3) Ensure that OCPs are readily available at appropriate operational control and
maintenance positions.
(4) Ensure facility OCP data are accurate and entered into the ACT2.
(5) Ensure annual checks for currency and the accuracy of OCP Parent Facility and Support
Facility personnel lists, including their notification telephone numbers.
(6) Facilitate the development, coordination, and maintenance of Support Facility Procedures
to their Parent Facility OCP.
(7) At Technical Operations facilities, the Facility Administrative POC(s) may be appointed
by their Service Area Administrative POC to serve as an OCP focal for training, development,
implementation, and maintenance for some or all Support facilities in their Parent Facility plan.
(a) At ARTCCs, the Facility Administrative POC(s) must be appointed by their service
area to serve as OCP focal for training, development, implementation, and maintenance for some or
all Support facilities in their Parent Facility plan, including those in another service area.
(b) At terminal district facilities, the Facility Administrative POC(s) must be appointed
by their service area to serve as an OCP resource in training, development, implementation, and
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maintenance for some or all facilities within their district. The POC may also, with approved access,
enter OCP data into the ACT2 for other facilities in their district.
l. Facility Operations POC(s) must:
(1) Serve as the single operational focal point and authority for the declaration of an OCL
and implementation of the Parent Facility Procedures, and for declaring their Parent Facility
operationally recovered. In most cases, this is the responsible manager or his or her designee as
defined in FAA Order 7210.3, the Supervisory Traffic Management Coordinator-in-Charge
(STMCIC), or the CC Team Lead-in-Charge.
(2) When activating the OCP, ensure the facility TMU and/or the ATCSCC NOM Watch
Desk is advised. At ARTCCs and large TRACONs, this must be done directly. At all other ATC
facilities, this may be accomplished through their notification ARTCC or other designated Support
Facility (e.g., associated TRACON).
(3) Decide when to declare their Parent Facility operationally recovered. This can only occur
after the equipment is certified as operational when necessary by Technical Operations and the
decision is coordinated with all affected Support facilities, their TMU, and the ATCSCC NOM, and
all parties agree the facility is ready to resume normal operations.
Note: Facility Administrative and Operations POC duties and responsibilities may be combined.
In the absence of Facility Administrative and Operations POCs, the facility manager is responsible for
the completion of these activities.
8. Documentation. All ATC facilities and Technical Operations centers must maintain easily
accessible and current printed copies of their own Parent Facility and Support Facility OCPs in the
operations and maintenance areas. For control, processing, and distribution purposes, facility OCPs
are considered “For Official Use Only” and should be marked appropriately following the guidance
contained in FAA Order 1600.75, Protecting Sensitive Unclassified Information (SUI). Copies of the
Parent Facility OCP and Support Facility OCPs must be made available to all personnel reacting to the
OCP event. Implementation of the OCP process described in this order also requires an understanding
of the framework used in documentation. The relationships of these documents are shown in the
following:
a. The Parent Facility OCP includes Parent Facility Procedures, Support Facility Procedures
(those that support the Parent Facility) and attachments. The Parent Facility Procedures and Support
Facility Procedures are documents that describe operational requirements for each facility and contain
OCL descriptions, trigger thresholds, Support facilities’ checklists and step-by-step instructions.
b. Each procedures document has attachments containing pertinent data needed to activate the
OCP. Attachments must include if appropriate:
(1) Data Tables.
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(2) Airspace Charts. Graphical representations of the airspace released and assumed.
Airspace charts must be jointly developed and agreed to by all participating facilities. There are
three types of airspace charts.
(a) Airspace Divestment Charts. Graphical depictions and the operational/service
limitations of the airspace divested by the Parent Facility and assumed by Support facilities during
implementation of an OCP. These charts must be developed and supplied to all applicable Support
facilities so they are all aware of who is in control of the various portions of the Parent Facility’s
airspace. Airspace divestment charts are intended to be used by all applicable Support
facilities/sectors. Airspace divestment charts must include at a minimum:
(1) ARTCC and approach control airspace boundaries and their operational/service
limitations, as they will exist during the OCP implementation.
(2) Common frequencies, altitudes, sector names, and their operational limitations of
assuming sectors of Support facilities.
(3) Any other useful information agreed upon by all participating facilities.
(b) Airspace Assumption Charts. Mandatory graphical depictions tailored for each
Support Facility/sector, showing the airspace assumed by the Support Facility/sector in support of
each Parent Facility from which it assumes airspace, and, if appropriate, other facilities. These charts
are intended to be used by Support facilities/sectors before implementation, if needed, to design
electronic maps and/or during implementation on/near operational positions to show controllers the
airspace and the operational limitations they have assumed. They must be coordinated with the
airspace divestment charts and should show, if possible, the following:
(1) Facility and assumed airspace boundaries and operational/service limitations as
they will exist during the OCP implementation.
(2) Sector names, navigational aid (NAVAID) fixes common to facilities, common
frequencies, and altitudes of assuming sectors with which the facility must interact during a
contingency plan implementation.
(3) Any other useful information as described by the Support Facility, including
operational limitations.
(c) AFSS Divestment Charts. FSSs and AFSSs must develop divestment charts as
applicable showing graphical depictions and operational/service limitations of the area(s) of
responsibility divested by the Parent Facility and assumed by the Support facilities during
implementation of OCPs. Facilities providing En Route Flight Advisory Services (EFAS) must
include divestment of the EFAS area in their Parent Facility plan.
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9. Automated Contingency Tool (version 2 ). All required documentation for the
development, publication, sharing, and maintenance of OCPs is housed in the ACT2. The ACT2 is a
real-time, Web-based administrative software application maintained by System Operations. Every
ATC facility must:
a. Ensure that its Parent Facility OCP data and all changes are entered into the ACT2.
b. Coordinate any changes to its Parent Facility OCP data in advance with its Support facilities
and Technical Operations directly affected by its OCP.
10. Procedures.
a. Decision. When a potential or actual OCP condition exists, the Parent Facility Operations
POC must:
(1) Refer to the OCL triggers. Triggers group events into the following categories:
(a) Communications (e.g., loss of critical air/ground communications).
(b) Telephony (e.g., loss of critical ground/ground communications).
(c) Automation (e.g., loss of critical NAS automation or other critical automation
capabilities).
(d) Power (e.g., loss of critical or backup power).
(e) Staffing (e.g., significant reduction in staffing or the partial or full evacuation of a
facility).
(f) Surveillance (e.g., loss of primary/secondary radar or other surveillance capabilities).
b. OCL Declaration. First, determine whether an OCL trigger threshold has been or soon will be
met. If any possibility exists that the Parent Facility may/will be left in a vulnerable position resulting
from an OCL triggering event, then the Facility Operations POC must declare one of the following:
(1) ATC Alert. A major planned (e.g., scheduled outage) or unplanned reduction of ATC
service(s) is occurring, or has occurred. ATC alerts do not divest (release) airspace. These are
precautionary notifications to ensure that the ATCSCC NOM and affected Support facilities are
quickly informed of possible OCL events affecting the Parent Facility. It also indicates that other
OCL declarations may be made if the condition(s) deteriorate (e.g., partial loss of communications
becomes full loss of communications and declaration of ATC Zero). ATC facilities are encouraged to
declare ATC alert(s) for all scheduled outages (e.g., host out-of-service (OTS), using Direct Access
Radar Channel (DARC) even though sufficient backups exist and appropriate precautionary measures
have been taken. Notify the ATCSCC NOM and/or the overlying Support Facility who will notify the
ATCSCC NOM when the OCL condition that initially triggered the ATC alert event notification
returns to normal and the ATC alert is canceled.
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(2) ATC Zero. A facility has reached an OCL trigger threshold, determined by the Facility
Operations POC, that the entire facility can no longer safely provide ATC service(s) as required by
FAA Orders 7110.65, 7110.10, or 7210.3. Any ATC facility can declare ATC Zero to indicate it is
unable to provide ATC service(s), even if it doesn’t normally control traffic in its own airspace (e.g.,
the ATCSCC or an AFSS, if it had to evacuate, would declare ATC Zero, even though it doesn’t have
airspace to divest).
(3) ATC Temporary Tower. Any FAA or FCT ATC facility that is operating in a temporary
location under OCP conditions and procedures.
(4) ATC Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Tower. An instrument flight rules (IFR) terminal
facility (e.g., terminal radar approach control in tower ) has reached an OCL trigger
threshold that it has predetermined it can no longer provide an acceptable level of approach control or
IFR service(s). It can only provide ATC VFR tower services. All Parent Facility approach control
airspace is divested to Support facilities. For example, an IFR tower would declare ATC Zero if it can
no longer provide any ATC services (e.g., due to an evacuation). If it can still provide local VFR
services (e.g., digital bright radar indicator tower equipment (DBRITE) is OTS) it should declare
ATC VFR tower. A VFR tower can only declare ATC Zero (e.g., due to an evacuation) because it
normally operates VFR tower only.
(5) The person declaring the OCL must clearly state the full name of the facility, the OCL as
noted below, the OCL trigger, and, if known, the expected duration of the outage.
(6) If the recovery from the ATC Zero event is long-term, OCP must transition to BCP until
restoration of the Parent Facility is achieved.
c. Notification.
(1) The Parent Facility Operations POC must follow the notification process as outlined in
the Parent Facility Procedures.
(2) The Support Facility Operations POC, upon notification and/or verification of the OCL,
must refer to the Support Facility Procedures and make any additional notifications if required.
(3) The ATCSCC NOM must be notified of all OCL declarations, including unscheduled
ATC alerts. The ATCSCC NOM must notify the appropriate FAA managers or their designees for all
ATC Zero events.
(4) Any Support Facility suspecting a possible Parent Facility OCP event must attempt to
contact the Parent Facility and or the Technical Operations CC to verify the OCL.
d. Implementation.
(1) Response. Support facilities must implement the Support Facility Procedures appropriate
to the OCL trigger(s) declared by the Parent Facility.
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(2) Stabilization of Operations (except for ATC alert). All Parent Facility airspace must first
be divested to Support facilities during ATC Zero. After assumption of airspace Support facilities
must ensure that ATC operations in the affected airspace are stabilized (including sterilization, if
applicable) and under control. This may be accomplished with the assistance of the affected Parent
Facility.
(3) All Support facilities must report stabilization of operations to the ATCSCC NOM.
e. Transition and Return to Normal ATC Operations Coordination.
(1) Any decision to begin the transition and return to normal ATC operations must be a
collaborative decision agreed to in advance by all affected parties and facilities to the OCP event.
(2) Before resumption of ATC services, as outlined in the Support Facility procedures,
coordination must be affected between the ATCSCC NOM and the Support Facility(s).
(3) The ATCSCC NOM will make the final decision to resume normal ATC operations.
f. Recovery or Transition to BCP.
(1) When the Parent Facility is able to safely resume partial or normal ATC operations, it
must coordinate with the ATCSCC NOM, the local Technical Operations personnel, the local TMU if
applicable, and its Support Facility before reassuming its airspace.
(2) When the Parent Facility is unable to safely resume normal ATC operations for an
extended period, System Operations is responsible for invoking the national BCP.
11. Technical Operations Support During OCP Activation.
a. Upon notification of a triggering event, the NOCC must notify and coordinate the OCP
response with the appropriate CC and the Technical Operations Service Area Administrative POC.
b. The NOCC is the primary CC authorized to declare an OCL for all CC facilities.
c. The NOCC must collaborate with the appropriate CC and service area OCC to ensure
Technical Operations support for the affected facility’s OCP.
d. The NOCC must notify the ATCSCC NOM when a CC OCP has been triggered.
12. Notification Development. Notification of Support facilities, administrative personnel, and
system users is a vital part of the OCP. When developing notification procedures, facilities should use
the following guidelines:
a. The ATCSCC must normally make notifications for Parent Facility OCLs for all ARTCCs,
consolidated approach control facilities, and certain large TRACON facilities.
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b. The overlying or designated ARTCC must be responsible for making Parent Facility OCL
notifications for FAA and FCTs, associated approach controls, FSSs, and AFSSs not on the ATCSCC
facility notification list.
c. Facilities must ensure priority notification to operational Support facilities and Technical
Operations. Other notification(s) receive secondary priority (e.g., administration).
d. Regional Operations Centers (ROC) may be included in the secondary administrative
notification process as determined by the Parent Facility and their Service Area Administrative POC
(e.g., personnel notifications).
13. Post-Event Analysis and Reports.
a. Each participating facility must conduct an internal review of its OCP procedures for
effectiveness.
b. Within seventy-two (72) hours of the termination of an OCP, the Parent Facility must report
the event and enter its initial findings into the ACT2.
c. The Support Facility Administrative POC must prepare a lessons learned report and enter it
into the ACT2 within 18 administrative workdays of the OCP event.
d. The Parent Facility that experienced the OCP event is responsible for collecting and
conducting post-implementation analysis and data collection from all Support facilities that
participated in the OCP event.
e. The Parent Facility Administrative POC must prepare the final lessons learned report, which
considers the inputs from all Support facilities that participated in the OCP event and enter it into the
ACT2 within 33 administrative workdays of the OCP event.
14. Exercises.
a. Every ATC facility must conduct an annual review and exercise of its own Parent Facility and
each Support Facility OCP unless it has activated the plan within the last 12 months. This
requirement, if justified in writing and the reason(s) are fully documented in the ACT2, may only be
waived by the overriding line authority. This requirement is in addition to the scheduled annual
ATCSCC tabletop OCP exercises conducted at certain designated facilities.
b. The Facility Administrative POC must, after coordinating in advance with all facilities that
will participate in the OCP training exercise, notify the Service Area Administrative POC in advance
of the start of a facility OCP exercise. The Service Area Administrative POC must coordinate the
time and date of the exercise with the appropriate notification facility (e.g., ATCSCC or overlying
Parent Facility such as an ARTCC) before the exercise start. If the ATCSCC or overlying facility
cannot accommodate the facility exercise at the requested time and date, the Facility Administrative
POC must coordinate a new time and date with the Service Area Administrative POC. The Service
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Area Administrative POC must coordinate the new time and date with the ATCSCC OCP POC who
must agree to the change.
c. The National Contingency Planning POC must coordinate with the Technical Operations POC
to request participation in scheduled exercises.
d. Exercises must be conducted with as much detail and realism as possible without impact to the
NAS and must include a sampling of response links identified in the ACT2 Map of Assets. Airspace
must not be divested. All phone numbers must be verified as current.
e. Select OCL triggers must be tested and exercised to ensure their wording and expected actions
produce the desired results.
f. Following an exercise, every ATC facility involved must review their performance and
forward any input to the Parent Facility Administrative POC. The Parent Facility must enter a lessons
learned report into the ACT2. Any areas (e.g., operational procedures, training, personnel
performance, notification, equipment, etc.) identified in the exercise as needing improvement must be
addressed and adopted, or rejected with justification.
g. Exercises must be tracked by Facility Administrative POCs and the results documented in the
ACT2. Exercises must also meet appropriate facility quality assurance directive documentation
requirements.
h. Significant operational or procedural OCP differences (e.g., airspace divestment) discovered
during the exercise conduct must be reevaluated and resolved by all affected facilities.
i. Any significant change(s) to the affected OCP(s) discovered during the exercise must be
agreed to in advance by all affected facilities, and the OCP changes(s) must be retested within 30 days
of the final agreement to ensure they remain viable.
j. Any significant change(s) (e.g., airspace realignment) to a Parent Facility and/or Support
Facility OCP must be evaluated by all affected facilities and tested in advance of implementation to
ensure all affected OCP(s) remain viable.
k. Upon completion of an exercise, the facility manager or designee must certify the
completeness of the facility OCP in the ACT2.
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15. Training. All operational supervisors and managers must maintain a working knowledge of their
own Parent Facility and Support Facility OCPs. ATC and Technical Operations personnel must be
trained on their specific duties and responsibilities. At a minimum, refresher training on operationally
relevant items seen during an actual event (e.g., automation failure or radar outage) must be conducted
for all operational personnel and, where appropriate, administrative personnel.
Michael A. Cirillo
Vice President, System Operations Services
Air Traffic Organization
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APPENDIX 1
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
ACT2 Automated Contingency Tool (version 2)
AFSS Automated Flight Service Station
ARO Airport Reservation Office
ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATCSCC David J. Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Center
ATFM Air Traffic Flow Management
ATO Air Traffic Organization
BCP Business Continuity Plan
CARF Central Altitude Reservation Function
CC Control Center
CP Contingency Plan
CMC Crisis Management Center
DARC Direct Access Radar Channel
DBRITE Digital Bright Radar Indicator Tower Equipment
DTO Director of Tactical Operations
EC Executive Council
EFAS En Route Flight Advisory Service
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FCT Federal Contract Tower
FSS Flight Service Station
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
NAS National Airspace System
NAVAID Navigational Aid
NOCC National Operations Control Center
NOM National Operations Manager
NOTAM Notice to Airmen
OCC Operations Control Center
OCL Operational Capability Level
OCP Operational Contingency Plan
OPI Office of Primary Interest
OTS Out-of-Service
POC Point of Contact
ROC Regional Operations Center
STMCIC Supervisory Traffic Management Coordinator-in-Charge
TFM Traffic Flow Management
TMU Traffic Management Unit
TRACAB Terminal Radar Approach Control in Tower
TRACON Terminal Radar Approach Control
VFR Visual Flight Rules
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