1‐CALL ALASKA
AN ALTERNATIVE PLANNING CRITERIA & MARINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR DEEP
DRAFT NON‐TANK VESSELS TRANSITING WESTERN ALASKA GREAT CIRCLE ROUTE.
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RECORD OF CHANGE
Date
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Description of Change
Version 2.0
Photo on cover page. Removal of “tank” in
title
Added Record of Change
Added Table of Contents
Added footer
Included the Bristol Bay and Kodiak Sub
Areas to AOR. Removed tank vessels
Included the Bristol Bay and Kodiak Sub
areas to AOR. Removed tank vessels
Change to IMO ATBA instead of 50 miles
Changed reporting to sub areas. Added
Client Portal web page for USCG
verification
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Monitoring
USCG Request
Ease of use
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To cover the entire great circle
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Update to APC to reflect current
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Update to APC to reflect current
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Future Plans
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Aleutians. Added and Amended other
bullet points for various areas
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2016. Inserted 1st Qtr for Kodiak Expansion
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Appendix F
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Kodiak Sub Areas, add the
deviation request requirement
from sector WAK
Update APC to reflect current
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Contents
RECORD OF CHANGE......................................................................................................................................................... 2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
APPLICATION..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
PROACTIVE MONITORING AND OBSERVATIONAL REPORTING .................................................................................... 7
1‐CALL ALASKA AIS MONITORING SYSTEM ................................................................................................................. 7
VESSEL TRACKING......................................................................................................................................................... 9
RESPONSE OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................................... 11
AERIAL OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 11
EMERGENCY TOWING ............................................................................................................................................... 11
MARINE FIRE FIGHTING ............................................................................................................................................ 12
EMERGENCY LIGHTERING ......................................................................................................................................... 12
TEMPORARY STORAGE CAPACITY ........................................................................................................................... 12
BOOM ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13
SKIMMERS ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
INITIAL CASCADE REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 14
FUTURE PLANS (2016 - ‐ 2019) .................................................................................................................................... 14
GAP ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................ 15
SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16
APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Appendix A
Vessel Response Plan Citation Contracts .............................................................................................. 17
Appendix B
Sub‐Contractor Support Agreements ................................................................................................. 17
Appendix C
1‐Call Alaska Primary Resource Specifications .................................................................................... 18
Appendix D
Wildlife Protection Guidelines .............................................................................................................. 19
Wildlife Checklist ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Appendix E
WCD-2 Contingency Augmentation Coverage ..................................................................................... 21
Appendix F
1-Call Alaska Vessel Operational Guidelines Version 3.1.................................................................... 23
Appendix G
Response Resource Inventory shortfall analysis .................................................................................. 28
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1‐Call Alaska is a joint venture between National Response Corporation (NRC) and Resolve Marine Group, Inc
(RESOLVE). This combination constitutes unprecedented marine emergency response preparedness in
Western Alaska COTP zone. 1‐Call Alaska maintains salvage, marine firefighting, emergency towing, and
spill response base in Dutch Harbor, AK. Together the companies provide trained response teams that are
prepared for safe and effective deployment of 1‐Call Alaska’s specialized resources. This application details
1‐Call Alaska’s concept to combine a regulatory compliance option with a full service emergency response
capability for ships navigating the Great Circle Route through the waters of the Aleutian Islands, Bristol Bay,
and Kodiak Sub Areas in USCG Sector Western Alaska.
1‐Call Alaska has established a commercial, dedicated risk reduction, emergency response NTVRP
compliance option in COTP zone Western Alaska. 1‐Call Alaska‘s APC is consistent with 33CFR155.5067 and
COTP Western Alaska Marine Safety Information Bulletin 03‐14 as proposed here for USCG approval. In
combination, NRC’s WCD1 and WCD3 classifications, RESOLVE’s SMFF capability and this APC will offer
vessels trading to US ports VRP compliance with OPA 90 OSRO and SMFF requirements when navigating
the great circle route through Western Alaska waters.
1‐Call Alaska APC will enhance casualty prevention and risk reduction by implementing routing measures and
a 24-hour vessel monitoring/compliance verification program. 1‐Call Alaska will utilize a comprehensive AIS
monitoring service to track client vessel navigational conformance to APC operating guidelines, mitigating
possible risk to the environment.
The 1‐Call Alaska plan will be wholly supported by fees collected from client vessels transiting the waters of the
Western Alaska COTP zone in trade to US ports. Our operation is being created without request for state or
federal funding. Enrollment in the 1‐Call Alaska plan will also be available to but not required by those vessels
on innocent passage, many of whom are NRC and/or RESOLVE clients but may see value in contracting this
unparalleled response capability unique to 1‐Call Alaska.
1‐Call Alaska plans to progressively expand toward even more remote locations to offer VR P compliance
support as outlined in the Final Rule (78 FR 60100). The planning for this will be done in conjunction with the
USCG and various stakeholders to develop a practical approach to geographic expansion and future
technological enhancements.
Our 1‐ Call Alaska plan goes beyond previously established APCs by maintaining offshore response resources
for oil spill response and salvage/marine firefighting for the Great Circle Route within COTP zone Western
Alaska.
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APPLICATION
This request is for an APC covering the Aleutian Islands, Bristol Bay and Kodiak sub areas within COTP zone
Western Alaska. The APC is based on preventative procedures, and USCG‐determined methods and
equipment standards to provide an equivalent level of planning, response, and pollution mitigation
strategies. This will be demonstrated by requesting an increased cascade time allowance per USCG
RRI guidelines / regulations for the tier 1 response equipment located in Dutch Harbor, AK to the Adak
and Kodiak ACC’s within COTP zone Western Alaska. In addition to the full complement of tier 1
resident response resources pre‐positioned in Dutch Harbor outlined in this APC application, if
additional response resources are required, NRC’s Contingency Augmentation Package (CAP), see
appendix F, can be mobilized and cascaded in from the lower 48. The CAP is a supplemental equipment
and personnel package specifically designed to be flown in to augment a spill response of any size
and can be tailored to meet a specific environmental need.
Kodiak
Unalaska
Adak
This graphic is intended to be used as a planning standard. Transit times are based on 5 knots straight line distance.
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Planning Standard Distance
Requested Cascade time from Unalaska at 5kts planning
standard straight line distance
Adak
385 NM
77 Hours + 2 Hours mobilization = 79 Hours
Kodiak
530 NM
106 Hours + 2 Hours mobilization = 108 Hours
ACC’s
Upon approval, this APC will be available for citation in vessel response plans for compliance with 33 CFR Part
155. VRPs/NTVRPs citing this APC will commit to contract with 1‐Call Alaska for all levels of OSRO open water
WCD response services.
The 1‐Call Alaska response is based on the complementary prevention and response capabilities available from
and owned by NRC and RESOLVE. The organization described in this plan is for a professional marine emergency
service composed of the proven partners’ open water response resources and expertise that includes:
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Risk Reduction
o Routing measures as recommended by the IMOSUB-COMMITTEE ON NAVIGATION,
COMMUNICATIONS AND SEARCH AND RESCUE for “5 Aleutian Island Areas to be Avoided”
Document # NCSR 2/3/5
o Vessel monitoring of 1‐Call Alaska subscribers to ensure compliance with routing measures
o Provide the sub area committees with a periodic report of 1-Call Alaska activities in a manner
to be agreed upon between COTP WAK and 1-Call Alaska.
o Provide a web page portal accessible to USCG to verify that a vessel has coverage by 1-Call
Alaska.
Intervention to Prevent or Limit Casualties
o Rescue Towing
o Emergency assessments and repairs
o Cargo and Fuel Lightering or on board Transfer
o Fire Fighting
Spill Mitigation, with response equipment as outlined further in this application and includes
o Aerial observation
o Spill Containment
o Spill Collection
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Waste Disposal and Decontamination
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PROACTIVE MONITORING AND OBSERVATIONAL REPORTING
The 1‐Call Alaska APC will focus on specific expectations: Vessel routing guidelines, 24‐hour compliance
monitoring, and timely assistance in reporting of hazardous conditions. These protocols are similar to those
established and approved in existing area APCs and follow guidance contained in the recommendations
advanced by the ongoing Aleutian Islands Risk Assessment project. At 1‐Call Alaska’s Coordination Center,
duty officers will monitor a live data feed from one of the largest global aggregators of AIS signals. This
information is compiled in our database and plotted on interactive maps which the Coordination Center
Duty Officer uses to monitor potential problems or course deviations. The monitoring algorithm
development is conducted by our in‐house team of programmers in conjunction with the AIS data provider to
ensure will always depend on the most contemporary and comprehensive technologies available. The 1‐Call
Alaska Alert program is designed to anticipate potential vessel accident scenarios and to alert our responder
teams, ideally before a casualty occurs. The 1-Call Alaska Coordination Center Operations are managed and
described in the “1-Call Alaska Coordination Center Operations Manual”. This manual describes specific
operations and procedures of the 1-Call Alaska system and is considered Confidential and Proprietary
information and is for Official Use Only. Therefore, its information is incorporated by reference into this
plan.
1‐CALL ALASKA AIS MONITORING SYSTEM
To assist in recognizing circumstances for a potential casualty and identifying navigational alternatives in the
operational area, we can collect several types of information including (but not necessarily limited to):
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Ship name & IMO Number
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Navigation Status
Type of Ship/Cargo
Ship Dimensions and Drafts
Voyage Destination
Actual ETA vs. Published ETA
Latitude/Longitude
Heading & Speed
Track History
Weather
This information is assembled from client ships’ AIS broadcasts captured primarily by low earth orbiting
satellites and augmented with data received at 1‐Call Alaska affiliated terrestrial stations.
At latitude 55N, the combined effect of 108 satellite passes over any one area each 24 hour period. This
increased capability will virtually preclude the need for terrestrial stations to monitor deep draft ships on the
Great Circle route. However, 1‐Call Alaska intends to pursue any opportunity to build terrestrial stations in
anticipation of future requests from vessels that may have reason to navigate closer to shore.
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VESSEL TRACKING
The information is gathered from several different networks consisting of Shore Based AIS Transceivers, Low
Earth Orbiting Satellites, open source and some government sources.
An algorithm or geo fence is then applied to the data set which identifies vessels operating outside normal
conditions or deviating from the route that has been provided to 1‐Call Alaska. The algorithm looks at many
criteria including (but not limited to):
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Sailing within the IMO Areas To Be Avoided (ATBA) while in the Aleutian Sub Area
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Sailing within 50 miles of nearest land mass while in Bristol Bay or Kodiak Sub Area
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Sailing outside the designated fairway while transiting Unimak Pass
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Sailing within 12 miles of nearest land
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Rapid deviation from voyage plan by substantial course change or significant reduction in speed.
If route deviations are detected, an alert is automatically sent to our monitors via email. The in‐house
response team at our Coordination Center can then choose to offer appropriate response services, keep the
vessel on alert status, or reduce the alert level accordingly. The Duty Officer will immediately contact the vessel
to notify them of an observed deviation and determine if a vessel is experiencing a problem. The Duty Officer
will also notify USCG if requested by the vessel. Our Duty Officers have the ability to contact the DPA and QI of
all client vessels and can activate emergency response resources as the situation dictates.
To reduce response times and increase resource mobilization, Duty Officers will have direct access to:
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1‐Call Alaska Response Manager, RESOLVE Salvage Master, NRC Response manager
Captains of Resolve Owned/Operated vessels
Spill Prevention and Control Specialists
USCG offices throughout Alaska
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Reports of Adverse Weather Conditions can be coordinated with sailing directions provided by a vessel’s
routing service company
It is important that this application note that the proposed APC shall be prepared to adapt its operations if
and when USCG or any recognized state authority may set new standards or guidelines such as routes
permitted or distances from land. Our algorithms and geo-fencing has been developed so that this flexibility
has been built in.
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RESPONSE OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
1‐Call Alaska can, upon direction from a vessel or USCG, implement a range of response services which singly
or in combination could address virtually any call for emergency assistance. Such services and specialized
equipment include:
AERIAL OPERATIONS
1‐Call Alaska has the ability to dispatch its own aircrafts with our own pilots, the RESOLVE Pilatus PC-12 or
Husky Float plane, 24/7, weather permitting. Using owned assets and with other aviation assets on full
contract retainer, Ready Aerial Observation is available to confirm an observed or reported departure from
APC guidelines, the effectiveness of evasive actions, the progressive development of casualty
consequences such as the trajectory of an oil slick, and the effectiveness of any specific on‐water response
strategies implemented. Aerial observer reports can be used to specify the best resources and response
action priorities. Frontline observations reduce reliance on subjective judgments and evaluations that rely
on guesswork. More reliable response management decisions can be expected to enhance environmental
protection through informed decision making.
RESPONSE LOGISTICS SYSTEMS
1‐Call Alaska can ensure timely action to mitigate casualty circumstances by mobilizing such measures as
emergency towing, professional casualty assessments, emergency on‐board cargo transfers or ship to ship
transfers including over‐the‐top lightering operations employing portable systems. All marine emergency
responses depend on effective logistics plans implemented by experienced asset managers who can anticipate
the changing situational dynamics that may redefine an effective response in a remote location over a period of
time. As global salvage and OSRO providers, the 1‐Call Alaska team has extensive experience in moving
emergency response equipment into remote areas of the world providing the supply chain to support and
sustain long term operations.
EMERGENCY TOWING
Resolve towing vessels along with towing vessels that are part of the Resolve Rapid Response Network (R3N) are
available to conduct emergency towing should the need arise. Resolve holds USCG approved agreement with
Dunlap towing, Harley Marine, AMAK towing, Survey Point and others. The 1- Call Alaska Coordination centers
actively tracks towing vessels in the area.
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MARINE FIRE FIGHTING
RESOLVE maintains 22 Marine Fire Fighting depots across the United States including one in Anchorage, one in
Juneau and one in Dutch Harbor. The Dutch Harbor Package has a 6,000 GPM fire pump, various monitors and
nozzles, hose, and 1,200 gallons of 1X3 AR‐AFFF foam concentrate. The Juneau and Anchorage depots also has
1,200 gallons of 1X3 AR‐ AFFF foam with a 4,500 GPM pump. These systems are skid‐mounted and sized for air
transport.
EMERGENCY LIGHTERING
RESOLVE keeps portable lightering equipment including pumps, prime movers, fuel hoses and Yokohama fenders in
Dutch Harbor and in Anchorage. Numerous pump heads are available for various types of oil including a Framo
TK‐150 Package, Desmi DOP 160, various air‐diaphragm pumps and a skid mounted vacuum system. These
systems cover a range of capacities and can be adapted to pump oil of any viscosity.
TEMPORARY STORAGE CAPACITY
The primary temporary storage vessel for this plan is the T/B RESOLVE IBIS. This 21,500-barrel tank barge is
outfitted for spill response support and will be stationed in Dutch Harbor and dedicated to emergency lightering or
spilled oil reception. Additional temporary storage available at the RESOLVE facility includes:
Size – Gallons
40,000
60,000
8,000
8,000
10,000
24,000
22,000
172,000 Gallons
Location
Yahveh Barge
Tri Storage Tanks
Vertical
Skid Mounted
Skid Mounted
ISO Tanks
Skid Mounted
Fixed / Portable
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Portable
Portable
Portable
Portable
Notes
2 x 4,000
2 x 4,000
2 x 5,000
4 x 6,000
4,096 Barrels (owned)
This gives a total of 25,596 bbls of Total Storage Capacity owned by 1‐ Call Alaska in Dutch Harbor.
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BOOM
The 1‐Call Alaska inventory includes a total of 32,000+ feet of 18, 24, and 42‐inch boom to be used for
protection and containment of oil. The boom is stored with anchoring and towing systems in 20 ft intermodal
containers at the 1‐Call Alaska facility in Dutch Harbor and ready for rapid deployment.
SKIMMERS
Four different skimming systems are staged at the Dutch Harbor facility for different types of operational areas
including open oceans in up to six foot seas.
Type
Elastec X‐150
Elastec Ocean Skater
Aqua Guard Triton 35
Desmi Mini Max
Quantity
1
1
1
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TOTAL
EDRC (derated)
4600 bbl Inland/ Oceans
8914 bbl Inland/Oceans
1137 bbl Inland
4525 bbl Inland
19,176 bbl per day
All of the above described resources are owned by either NRC or RESOLVE and is under the full control of
1-Call Alaska employees.
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INITIAL CASCADE REQUIREMENTS
The APC is based upon the response personnel and assets owned and operated by the 1‐Call Alaska partner
companies NRC and RESOLVE. Additionally, 1‐Call Alaska has written response agreements in place with, among
other contractors local and national, the prominent western Alaska regional operators American
Marine/PENCO, Harley Marine, Dunlap Towing and Delta Western.
In its history, NRC has employed cascade planning on an unsurpassed large scale throughout the USA. As a
nationally classified OSRO for more than 20 years, NRC has organized and called on an extensive independent
contractor network for support in several notable response events and exercises. NRC has a massive stockpile
of equipment stored throughout the United States, as well as contract access to equipment available from NRC’s
Independent Contractor Network. Virtually any type of needed resources can be cascaded into the region
from the US main land as a situation dictates.
FUTURE PLANS (2016 -‐ 2019)
1‐Call Alaska intends to expand coverage not only in the Aleutian Islands but in all of Western Alaska. Many
factors could drive the expansion of this plan. Both RESOLVE and NRC operate internationally and as such,
consider such expansion to be consistent with their existing business plans. Expansion in western Alaska is
expected to benefit from lessons learned from NRC and RESOLVE’s operations in other parts of the world and
would be used to develop a model for building capabilities along other remote trade routes as well.
In general terms, the 1‐Call Alaska expansion plan for western Alaska include:
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Equipment / Personnel
 Increase in spill response equipment throughout the COTP zone Western Alaska,
particularly Ko dia k, (Qtr-1 2016) through the procurement of additional temporary
storage, boom, and skimming assets
 Improvements to the AIS network
 Increase in trained responders
 Incorporating local maritime assets into the 1‐Call Alaska plan
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Response Team Training
 Continued safety training including, HAZWOPER, OSR, and other maritime courses
 Equipment deployment and drill exercises
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Regional Planning Coordination
 Communications with RRT in Alaska
 Coordination with Aleutians Sub‐Area Planning Committee
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GAP ANALYSIS
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The passage of the USCG Final Rule (78 FR 60100) constitutes a mandate for the organization of a capability to
address worst case discharge scenarios in open waters in Alaska.
Numerous observers have noted that the geographical realities of western Alaska’s very long coastline and vast
contiguous waters together have precluded development of response capabilities consistent with national
contingency planning criteria. Observers have also noted that Western Alaska lacks the infrastructure to
support the practical distribution of resources and lacks the operational access necessary to deliver equipment
and personnel. There have never been any open water classified OSROs in Alaska until 1‐Call Alaska became
operational.
Published reports cite the need to build out and operate over 22 response bases with an annual operating cost
of $330 million to comply with the letter of the regulations. No effort approaching the necessary scale has
ever been undertaken by either government or industry. Consequently, the response resources that currently
do exist are consistent only with inland operations in and around the few, widespread port areas. First
response to a spill in these areas usually consists of a trained supervisor and a limited number of response
personnel who are from allied industries. These OSROs characteristically are not equipped to prevent oils spills
but rather are prepared to protect local environmental resources that may be threatened by an oil spill.
Historically, larger spill responses in Western Alaska have relied on personnel, equipment and incident
management teams cascaded from outside the region and from other states.
The logistical and commercial challenges that characterize response readiness in Alaska remain, but the new
NTVRP requirements published in 33 CFR 155 have provided a commercial basis for organizing a high volume,
open water response capability. Seizing on this incentive, 1‐Call Alaska positioned open water capable booms
and skimmers in Dutch Harbor. Coupled with NRC and RESOLVE‐owned Skimmers, Boom, Temporary Storage
Capacity, and support vessels 1‐Call Alaska is consistent with OSRO classification to the Worst Case Discharge,
Tier One (WCD1) level.
This newly classified OSRO capability is based within Tier One response distance to the highly trafficked
Unimak Pass and its approaches. With this classification, 1‐Call Alaska is eliminating one very significant gap
in spill response coverage along the Great Circle Route.
This proposal does not ignore remaining response coverage gaps along the Great Circle Route. Based on the
specific COTP expectations laid out in MSIB 03‐14, 1‐Call Alaska proposes to offer Alternative Planning Criteria
which provide acceptable risk reduction measures applicable on all reaches of the Great Circle route in 2014.
It is foreseen that 1‐Call Alaska expansion will be a progressive undertaking addressing priorities expressed in
the Sub‐Arctic Contingency Plan or by future communications from the Area Planning Committee. During the
2016 operational year, a plan for expansion based upon revenue and need will be developed and presented to
the USCG for review.
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SUMMARY
The unique features of 1‐Call Alaska are:
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Commercial operator partners’ commitment is to the use of state‐of‐the‐art technologies such as AIS,
consistent with the highest levels of service and efficient business operations.
Anchored with USCG‐approved and NRT RRI‐rated, readily verifiable OSRO equipment up to WCD3 for
open waters; a first in Alaska.
Strategically located operations base at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, for rapid response to heavily trafficked
Unimak Pass and other remote sites throughout the Aleutian Chain and Western Alaska.
Robust emergency towing, salvage and emergency lightering response as part of the spill prevention
and mitigation service package.
Primary equipment – including aviation assets, emergency towing, fixed and floating storage barges
– are owned and operated by the 1‐Call Alaska partners.
The RESOLVE and NRC contracts required by OPA90 are already vetted and found acceptable by both
the USCG and the International Group of P&I Underwriters.
The combination of 24‐hour monitoring and emergency response readiness.
A team of two response companies with proven track records of successful completion of response
operations in the Arctic, the Aleutians, and in some of the most remote areas of the world.
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APPENDICES
Appendix A Vessel Response Plan Citation Contracts
Contracts now on file with USCG Vessel Response Plan Program at U.S. Coast Guard headquarters:
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OSRO (NRC Basic Agreement) ‐ USCG approved and in conformance with International Group
of P&I Clubs guidelines.
SMFF (RESOLVE VRP Citation & Funding Agreement, v3.0) ‐ USCG approved and in conformance
with International Group of P&I Clubs guidelines.
OSRO (NRC Agreement) Addenda (Note: Similar Addendum will be employed for APC
enrollment in Western Alaska
Appendix B Sub‐Contractor Support Agreements
Key sub‐contractor sources of tugs, support vessels, technical personnel, specialized equipment, and project
operations bases.
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American Marine
Penco
Harley Marine
Dunlap Towing
Delta Western
AMAK Towing
Survey Point
NRC Independent Contractor network
RESOLVE Salvage & Fire (Americas)
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Appendix C 1‐Call Alaska Primary Resource Specifications
(Included here for informational purposes, subject to change)
NRC ‐‐ In‐region OSRO Resources (Owned)
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Near Shore/ Inland Boom – 30,000’
Ocean Boom ‐ 2,000’
Elastec X‐150 Skimmer Package
Elastec Ocean Skater Skimmer Package
2 Vessel of Opportunity Outrigger Systems
RESOLVE Marine Group Inc ‐‐ In‐region SMFF & OSRO Resources (Owned)
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OSRV-- TSV “Makushin Bay”
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OSRV – AHTS “RESOLVE Pioneer” 78 TBP – when available
OSRB – Crane Barge “RMG 300”
TSC – Tank Barge “RESOLVE IBIS” – 21,500bbl capacity (cited by NRC per WCD Tier 1 classification
qualification)
Emergency Lighting packages with multiple pump types (Anchorage& Dutch Harbor)
Large Volume firefighting package with foam (Anchorage & Dutch Harbor)
Aqua Guard Triton 35 Skimmer Package
3 Desmi Mini Max Skimmer Packages
Miscellaneous support boats and work platforms
Aerial spotter / cargo aircrafts – (Anchorage base)
Unalaska Logistics/Operations base
Personnel on payroll:
o Salvage masters, Spill Incident Response supervisors, salvage naval architects, QHSE
Manager
o Vessel crews, Divers, Equipment operators, Technical specialists
o Incident Management Staff
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Appendix D Wildlife Protection Guidelines
Wildlife Protection Guidelines
The coast line of Alaska and its offshore areas provide seasonal feeding, reproducing, breeding and staging
grounds for large numbers of migratory birds and marine and terrestrial mammals. Agencies such as National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G), and Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) will normally assist the Unified Command (UC) in determining procedures and guidelines for responders
to follow as strategies for wildlife protection in Alaskan waters.
These strategies or instructions will usually be set forth in the Incident Action Plan (IAP) along with various
contact numbers for those agency representatives responsible.
The primary response strategy for wildlife protection emphasizes controlling the release and spread of spilled
oil at the source to prevent or reduce contamination of potentially‐affected species and/or their habitat.
Primary response strategies may include mechanical cleanup, protective booming, in‐situ burning, and
dispersant use. Decisions regarding the use of dispersants or the use of in‐situ burning are made by the Federal
On‐Scene Commander (FOSC).
The secondary response strategy emphasizes keeping potentially affected wildlife away from oiled areas through
the use of deterrent techniques. These techniques may include visual methods, auditory methods, or other
methods such as capture and relocation. Once again, the various methods will be dictated by the UC and spelled
out in the Wildlife Plan which would be incorporated in the IAP.
The tertiary response strategy, which is a last resort strategy, addresses the potential capture and treatment
of oiled wildlife. Typically, only a small percentage of wildlife that are highly sensitive to the effects of oiling,
and are oiled, will be captured. Of those only a portion will survive the treatment process.
Response activities should also be conducted in a manner that minimizes adverse effects to wildlife. For
example, techniques need to be identified that prevent: (1) unnecessary or illegal disturbance to sensitive
species and habitats such as nesting raptors, seabird rookeries, and marine mammal haulouts and pupping
areas; (2) potential injury and/or disturbance of bears by spill‐related response personnel; (3) illegal collection
of wildlife parts by spill response personnel; and (4) wildlife contacts with cleaning agents and/or
bioremediation substances used for shoreline treatment. The precise techniques need to be identified on a
spill‐specific basis.
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Wildlife Checklist
The following considerations apply to all field response personnel except those assigned specifically to
wildlife‐related activities .
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Be aware that wildlife, including birds, marine mammals (e.g. sea otters, seals, or whales) and
terrestrial mammals (e.g. foxes or bears) may be encountered while you are performing field‐based
response activities.
Do Not approach, disturb, scare, deter, haze, touch, harass, handle, throw objects at, or capture any
wildlife, since those activities may be unlawful and must be overseen and/or permitted by appropriate
State or Federal wildlife resource agency personnel. In addition, exposure to, or handling wildlife can
cause injury and/or illness to the responder.
Report all sightings of wildlife, including animal carcasses and live wildlife, to the Environmental Unit of
the Unified Command, noting the time and location of observation.
Report any sightings of bears to your supervisor, who may in turn, request a bear guard, if
appropriate.
Follow all incident‐specific wildlife‐related protocols included in the Incident Action Plan
Additional information on activities related to oiled or potentially‐oiled wildlife may be found in Annex G
of the Alaska Federal/State Preparedness Plan for Response to Oil and Hazardous Substances
Discharges/Releases. (http://akrrt.org/Unified Plan/G‐Annex.pdf)
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Appendix E WCD-2 Contingency Augmentation Coverage
National Response Corporation (NRC) has prepositioned assets along the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Inland
River Region, and West Coast with consideration not only to rapid local response, but ready accessibility
to long-haul ground transport, airlift facilities, and major seaports as well. The company’s Contingency
Augmentation Package (CAP), a rapid- deployment capability stands as an excellent case in point.
Prepositioned on dedicated NRC owned flatbed trailers at contractor facilities possessing owned or readily
accessible tractor hauling capability, all CAP elements stand within a reasonable driving time of major
air and sea transport facilities. Presented in the attached list, each system element is conducive to
movement by available wide body air transport and sealift transportation methods. NRC currently
possesses direct 24-hour contact capability with the nation’s largest freight forwarders. This network
provides NRC with the capability and the capacity to rapidly move major portions of its response network
into a far reaching spill environment.
NRC also has agreements in place with our current clients to utilize their tank vessels as an offshore temporary
storage mechanism. With our client’s assets navigating worldwide routes, NRC has been able to repeatedly
and rapidly locate assets in a timely fashion as not to hinder the spill response.
With charter and common carrier air transport putting a full complement of HAZWOPER trained personnel
on location in sufficient time to deploy and operate all incoming NRC owned and contracted cleanup
equipment, a combination of well managed air lift and sealift transport operations could quickly move
volumes of NRC owned and contracted resources to a discharge nearly anywhere in the world. The
result is a major rapid response and follow on capability that brings to bear in a responsible manner a
tremendous amount of personnel and equipment resources upon a spill of significant proportions. This
system of cascading resources is fundamental to NRC’s domestic and international response strategy.
Designed as a highly effective response to major spills nationwide, it is especially relevant when a major
and/or sustained response is necessary to augment immediately available, but limited, local response
capability.
The following spreadsheet exemplifies the spill response equipment that NRC has designed to be readily
transportable aboard any available narrow or wide body air cargo transport equipment. This includes the
fundamental assets for a spill response, skimmer recovery capacity and containment boom. These spill
response assets can be at a point of discharge from the US mainland within 48 to 72 hours based on
aircraft availability. Additionally, NRC can arrange for the transportation of its response equipment via sealift
utilizing any of the major ocean carriers.
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Appendix F 1-Call Alaska Vessel Operational Guidelines Version 3.1
Subject to the master’s concurrence, this guidance shall be observed by vessels with VRP’s citing the 1‐Call
Alaska APC when navigating within the Aleutians Islands, Bristol Bay, or Kodiak Sub Areas while on a transit
to or from a U.S. port. Vessels agree to observe these guidelines, in addition to meeting all USCG reporting
requirements, as part of their enrollment with 1‐Call Alaska.
1. When navigating in the area covered by the APC, enrolled vessels must carry on the bridge a copy of the
1‐Call Alaska Enrollment Agreement, the USCG APC approval letter, and a copy of these APC
operating procedures.
2. All reports required in accordance with the APC procedures must be submitted to the 1‐Call Alaska
Coordination Center by phone +1-907-243-0069 or 1-844-AK-SPILL (257-7455) and email
([email protected]) with confirmation of receipt.
3. 96 hours prior to entering Western Alaska waters covered by this APC, the Master will submit a notice of
arrival via Email. The Notice Of Arrival will include the intended date, time, point of arrival, and course through
the area; vessel contact information; voyage details; and, confirmation that the vessel’s AIS has been tested
and found properly operational.
4. 1‐Call Alaska’s reply to the notice of arrival will confirm the Master’s commitment to comply with
APC guidelines to the extent considered safe by the Master.
5. While in the Aleutian Islands Subarea the master shall sail on courses to maintain position outside of the
Aleutian Islands Areas to Be Avoided (ATBA) except when transiting through one of the designated passes
or its approaches.
6.
The Vessel Voyage Plan should be written to use only Unimak, Amchitka, Amutka Passes or, Buldir pass
as created by the ATBA
7.
Sail no closer than 50 miles of nearest land while in the Bristol Bay or Kodiak sub areas except when
approaching and entering or leaving port.
8. If the Master judges it prudent to deviate from the intended course or must navigate within the ATBA for
any reason, a deviation notice must be sent to the 1‐Call Alaska Coordination Center indicating any
course changes and the reason for the deviation.
9. 1-Call Alaska is required to timely submit a deviation notice to the USCG COTP Western Alaska. The
master must submit a deviation notice prior to entering into the ATBA or closer than 50 miles.
10. Failure to report deviations to the 1-Call Alaska Coordination Center or failure to follow these guidelines
will result in the 1-Call Alaska Coordination center contacting the vessel, Q.I., DPA, and potentially
activating Response Assets
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11. Any casualty or otherwise hazardous conditions as defined in 33CFR160.204 or other event requiring
reduced propulsion must be reported to the 1-Call Alaska Coordination Center
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Within one hour when outside the ATBA .
Within ½ hour when inside the ATBA no closer than 25 NM to any land mass
Immediately if any land mass is less than 25 NM from the vessel.
Regular updates will be given to the 1-Call Alaska Coordination center until rectified and
the voyage safely resumed. The updates should occur at least on the ½ hour and in no case
shall they occur less than hourly.
12. A vessel stopping at any port in the area covered by this APC, whether a scheduled call or not, should
comply with procedures proscribed in the applicable Sailing Directions for that port subsequent to filing a
deviation notice per item 7 above.
AREAS TO BE AVOIDED "IN THE REGION OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLAND ARCHIPELAGO"
Reference charts: United States 16011, 2012 edition; United States 16012, 2005 edition.
Note: These charts are based on North American 1983 Datum (NAD 83) which is equivalent to World Geodetic
System 1984 Datum (WGS 84).
Description of the areas to be avoided
In order to reduce the risk of a marine casualty and resulting pollution and damage to the environment "In the
Region of the Aleutian Island Archipelago", all ships 400 gross tons and above solely in transit should avoid the
areas to be avoided bounded by lines connecting the following geographical positions:
East ATBA
An area to be avoided is established and bounded by a line connecting the following geographical positions:
(1)
54° 07'.94 N
162° 19'.48 W
(2)
54° 22'.14 N
164° 59'.57 W
(3)
54° 43'.51 N
165° 09'.77 W
(4)
54° 59'.45 N
165° 14'.74 W
(5)
55° 43'.20 N
163° 38'.05 W
(6)
56° 08'.30 N
162° 22'.14 W
thence back to point (1).
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(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
56° 19'.83 N
56° 04'.91 N
55° 40'.94 N
55° 22'.58 N
54° 41'.38 N
54° 21'.99 N
161° 04'.29 W
160° 29'.04 W
159° 32'.43 W
158° 49'.19 W
158° 31'.66 W
159° 11'.54 W
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Unalaska ATBA
An area to be avoided is established and bounded by a line connecting the following geographical positions:
(13)
51° 41'.19 N
170° 52'.93 W
(14)
51° 53'.22 N
171° 32'.60 W
(15)
52° 41'.95 N
171° 50'.08 W
(16)
53° 17'.64 N
171° 50'.31 W
(17)
54° 09'.49 N
169° 23'.53 W
(18)
54° 17'.62 N
168° 11'.32 W
thence back to point (13).
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
54° 21'.96 N
54° 11'.15 N
53° 40'.84 N
53° 24'.39 N
52° 46'.62 N
51° 57'.40 N
165° 43'.77 W
163° 41'.63 W
163° 41'.67 W
164° 07'.37 W
165° 56'.33 W
168° 57'.60 W
Atka ATBA
An area to be avoided is established and bounded by a line connecting the following geographical positions:
(25)
50° 38'.55 N
180° 00'.00 W
(26)
51° 11'.83 N
179° 50'.46 W
(27)
52° 39'.35 N
178° 39'.78 W
(28)
53° 13'.18 N
173° 49'.18 W
(29)
53° 02'.71 N
172° 51'.16 W
thence back to point (25).
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
52° 41'.07 N
51° 37'.86 N
51° 15'.27 N
50° 21'.63 N
171° 56.15'W
171° 34.53'W
172° 36.40'W
179° 24.20'W
Amchitka ATBA
An area to be avoided is established and bounded by a line connecting the following geographical positions:
(34)
51° 51'.50 N
174° 47'.54 E
(35)
52° 15'.54 N
174° 53'.24 E
(36)
52° 46'.63 N
176° 15'.15 E
(37)
52° 57'.86 N
177° 37'.91 E
(38)
52° 48'.39 N
180° 00'.00 W
thence back to point (34).
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
52° 36'.31 N
51° 32'.27 N
50° 33'.65 N
50° 44'.11 N
51° 21'.00 N
179° 22.09'W
179° 41.19'W
179° 33.12'E
178° 10.33'E
175° 59.57'E
West ATBA
An area to be avoided is established and bounded by a line connecting the following geographical positions:
(44)
53° 40'.90 N
171° 50'.53 E
(45)
53° 49'.20 N
172° 29'.47 E
(46)
53° 47'.85 N
173° 25'.48 E
(47)
53° 24'.41 N
174° 54'.79 E
(48)
53° 07'.49 N' 175° 18'.74 E
(49)
52° 19'.54 N
174° 51'.62 E
thence back to point (44).
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(50)
(51)
(52)
(53)
(54)
(55)
52° 08'.23 N
51° 40'.59 N
52° 20'.90 N
52° 40'.53 N
53° 00'.92 N
53° 23'.69 N
174° 21'.75 E
172° 45'.27 E
171° 29'.34 E
171° 10'.34 E
171° 06'.20 E
171° 19'.71 E
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Appendix G Response Resource Inventory shortfall analysis
(As Attachment)
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