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Caps Final Rule Overview

LT Xochitl Castañeda

CG-5431 (Office of Vessel Activities, VRP Program)

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History of this Rule The regulations in the 1996 toward gradually increasing the resources

required to respond to a worst-case discharge, and to support development of a national system of response preparedness.

Under these regulations, the Coast Guard periodically reviews existing oil removal equipment requirements to determine if increases in mechanical recovery systems and additional requirements for new response technologies are practicable.

The Coast Guard increased mechanical recovery Caps in 2000 via Federal Register notice (65 FR 710).

This current rulemaking was scheduled to be published in 2003.

ISB has been removed from the rule because the limited use window did not justify the cost

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Objective

To increase pollution response preparedness before oil spills occur, thus mitigating the possible environmental harm from such spills.

These regulations apply to approximately 795 tank vessel plan holders and cover about 7,000 vessels and 2,798 facilities.

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Overview of Requirements

This rulemaking will require Vessel and Facility Owner/Operators to contract for:

Dispersants and related delivery equipment in pre-authorized areas

Aerial tracking and trained observation personnel.

Compliance date Feb 22, 2011

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Individual Regional Requirements

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Federal Agency

Internal Plans

State/Local Plans

Vessel Response

Plans

FacilityResponse

PlansArea

Contingency Plans

National Oil & Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP)

Federal Response Plan

International Joint Plans

RegionalContingency

Plans

Relationship of Plans

COMDTINST M16000.14

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OSRO Classification

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• The National Strike Force Coordination Center (NSFCC) will classify OSROs for

•dispersant capability•Aerial observation

• This information will be available via the Regional Response Database (RRI) Database

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Response Tiers

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The requirement for vessels and facilities is for WCD only

Gulf Coast All other US PortTier 1 12 hours 8,250:165,000 4,125:82,500Tier 2 36 hours 23,375:467,000 23,375:467,000Tier 3 60 hours 23,375:467,000 23,375:467,000Total 60 hours 55,000:1,100,000 50,875:1,017,500

(Oil treated in gallons)

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CG-5431/VRP Team

CG-543 (Office of Vessel Activities) CDR Eric Christensen

CG-5431 (Domestic Vessels Division) CDR Lee Boone

VRP Program Staff LCDR Ryan Allain Program Manager

LT Xochitl Castaneda Asst Program Manager/Tank VRPs

LT Kelly Hartshorn Nontank VRP

Mr. Tim Brown SOPEPS/SMPEPS

Ms. Patricia Adams Policy Development/Industry Outreach

MST1 C “Dean” Johnston Database Manager

MST2 Matt Ferraro VRP Policy & Enforcement

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