Maryland’s Emergency Response Plan for Invasive Forest Pests Revised May 2005
	Title Welcome letter (pdf, 171K) Introduction I. Scope and Purpose II. Authorization III. Agency Roles and Responsibilities IV. Members of the Forest and Tree Invasive Species Incident Command System: Incident Command Group Planning and Finance Team Operations Team Communications Team V. Notification and Mobilization VI. Direction and Control Glossary

Glossary:

APHIS - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

COMAR - Code of Maryland Regulations

DNR - Maryland Department of Natural Resources

IC - Incident Commander

ICG - Incident Command Group

ICS - Incident Command System

MCE - Maryland Cooperative Extension

MD. [Agric.] Code Ann - Annotated Code of Maryland, subject Agriculture

MDA - Maryland Department of Agriculture

NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act

NRCS - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

PPQ - USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine

USDA - United States Department of Agriculture

USFS - USDA Forest Service

Eradication - the complete destruction of every trace of something

Incident Commander - Person responsible for overall coordination

Incident Action Plan - Specific response recommendations to an incident