alaska regional response team places of refuge by john bauer
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Alaska Regional Response Team Places of Refuge By John Bauer Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. ARRT Places of Refuge Working Group. Alaska Regional Response Team Places of Refuge Working Group Meeting March 10 with industry, regulators, RCACs, pilot association - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Alaska Regional Response Team
Places of RefugeBy
John BauerAlaska Department of Environmental Conservation
ARRT Places of Refuge Working Group
Alaska Regional Response Team Places of Refuge Working Group
• Meeting March 10 with industry, regulators, RCACs, pilot association
• Present guidelines for use throughout Alaska
• Identify process for decision making• Concurrent with the PS/BC Task Force POR
ARRT Places of Refuge Working Group
Alaska POR Guidelines• Assist authorities in POR decision making• Use standardized format for evaluating risks• Recognize the authorities and resources of
agencies, local governments, landowners• Decision making guidelines separate from
pre-identifying POR• Include guidelines in the Unified Plan update
ARRT Places of Refuge Working Group
Identifies jurisdiction of:• US Coast Guard• State• Local and tribal governments• Resource agencies• Vessel masters
ARRT Places of Refuge Working Group
Management Structure • If time allows, COTP activates a Unified
Command• Provide for consultation of local and tribal
governments, landowners, resource agencies
• If time does not allow, COTP addresses the POR request and notify stakeholders as soon as possible
ARRT Places of Refuge Working Group
Risk-based decision-making process to evaluate the risks of the vessel, public health and the environment
• If the ship remains in the same position• If the ship continues on its voyage• If the ship reaches a place of refuge• If the ship is taken out to sea
ARRT Places of Refuge Working Group
Step by step process and checklists • Master or company to provide status of
ship• Evaluate if ship should be offered a place
of refuge• Determine a specific place of refuge or
grounding site• Identify environmental resources at risk
ARRT Places of Refuge Working Group
Process for pre-identifying Places of Refuge
• Local committee performs risk analysis• Pre-identify potential places of refuge• Include places of refuge in subarea
plans
PWS Places of PWS Places of RefugeRefuge
Scope of Work OverviewScope of Work Overview
Larry IwamotoLarry Iwamoto
PWS RCACPWS RCAC
BackgroundBackground
COOK INLETCOOK INLET - Prior Events: - Prior Events:
Perl Island Drill – October 1996Perl Island Drill – October 1996
Barge Oregon – January 1997Barge Oregon – January 1997
PWS Tanker Drill – October 2003PWS Tanker Drill – October 2003
Latest Updates:Latest Updates:
9 sites pre-identified, part of Change 19 sites pre-identified, part of Change 1
INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL
Prestige Spill – November 2002Prestige Spill – November 2002
Cook Inlet Subarea - Places of Refuge
Anchorage
Drift River
Nikiski
Kachemak Bay
Koyuktolik Bay
Port Graham
Port Chatham
Seldovia
Seward
Whittier
Other Other InitiativesInitiatives
Pacific States/BC Task Force Work Group formed to address this issue
Aleutians GRS development will address Places of Refuge as well
Separate Initiative for Prince William Sound underway, sponsored jointly by PWS RCAC and DEC
General Criteria● Status of the vessel ● Public safety● Vessel traffic ● Prevailing winds● Anchoring ground● Water Depths for Anchoring*● Environmental resources at risk● Strategies to protect sensitive areas● Navigational approach to the mooring site● Available dock/support facilities● Available skilled/spill response labor● Economic concerns and potential impacts* *added for PWS
PWS POR PWS POR DevelopmentDevelopment
Work Group – 1st Meeting in May
Use PWS Marine Firefighting Plan as a source document
Process to be reviewed as part of pre-drill training for PWS PREP Drill
Overall product incorporated as part of Change 2 to PWS SCP
PWS Northeast Zone
Project Project DeliverablesDeliverables
Risk Assessment Map (draft completed)
Facilitate Meetings of the PWS POR Work Group (Initial meeting, monthly meetings planned)
Prepare Initial Draft Document of PWS POR for review and comment by Work Group
Prepare Final Draft Document for inclusion into the PWS SCP, Change 2 public review draft
June 2004: Initial draft document to work group for review and comments; possibly applied during MATES training
July 2004: Public comments solicited; comments reviewed by work group for action
July 2004: Final product submitted to DEC and RCAC Project Managers.
Fall 2004: Incorporated as part of Change 2 for public review
Project TimelineProject Timeline
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS?QUESTIONS/COMMENTS?
PWS RCACPWS RCAC