Update on the

Bering StraitPort Access Route Study

CDR James Houck17th Coast Guard District

23 May 2012

August 2011 AIS Vessel Traffic

Potential Ship Routing Measures

Traffic Separation Scheme

Precautionary Area

Area to be Avoided

Recommended Route

PARS Process

Port Access Route Study

Recommendation Published in the Federal Register

International Maritime Organization

(Vessel Traffic, Marine Environmental, AtoN Considerations, stakeholders)

(Departments of State, Defense, and Commerce…)

Second Public Comment Period (4 months)

Joint US-Russia Proposal Negotiations

Notice of Study Published on November 8th, 2010: Federal RegisterPublic Comment Period (ends Sep 6th)

US Interagency Group

(NAV subcommittee meets annually in July and the Marine Safety Committee meets in the spring and fall in even years and only in the spring in odd years.)

PARS Outreach at a Glance

Met with 7 communities:

Barrow Point Hope Kotzebue

Little Diomede Wales

Gambell Savoonga

Nome

Spoke at 16 different forums/workshops to include:

ICAS Environmental Justice AEWC and EWC meetings

ICC NSB/NWAB Joint Planning Meeting

Northern Waters Task Force Northern Oil/Gas Research Forum

NWALTNWAB

Sent letters to:

229 Native Village Presidents Nanuuq

EWC AEWC NMFS NPFC

USACE’s 1000+ contacts Sector Anchorage’s Maritime contacts

Other avenues:

KNOM KOTZ

FOX Anchorage news Publication in the weekly Local Notice to

Mariners

27 submissions during the first public comment period (08Nov2010 – 06Sep2011)

• Arctic Slope Regional Corporation• Audobon Alaska• Bering Straits Native Corporation• Bob Pawlowski • Center for Biological Diversity,

Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth, Oceana, Pacific Environment and World Wildlife Fund

• City and Borough of Wrangell• City of Kotzebue• City of Nome• DEC• Dr. Lawson Brigham• Gay Sheffield • Institute of the North

• Kawerak, Inc• Marine Exchange of Alaska• Marine Mammal Commission• NANA Regional Corporation• Native Village of Kotzebue• New Century Overseas Management Inc.• North Slope Borough• North West Arctic Borough• Ocean Conservancy• Oceana• Robert Locke• Shell Exploration and Production

Company• Susan Hope• US Arctic Research Commission• Wales Native Corporation

Examples of discussions and ideas brought up at the PARS workshop in Anchorage on 15 August.

Questions?

Contact LT Faith Reynolds(907) 463-2270

Faith.a.reynolds@uscg.mil

View other comments at:http://www.regulations.gov

Document type: “Notices”Keyword: “USCG-2010-

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