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CIRCULAR
020-09; OCTOBER 7, 2009
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New California On-Water Response Requirements for Santa
Barbara Channel, Port Hueneme and HVP OPRAs
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BACKGROUND
As reported in our Circular 016-09 the State of
California has been very active in adopting additional regulations and
requirements that affect vessels calling certain State of California
waters and ports. The State of California Office of Spill
Prevention and Response (OSPR) sent a letter to all California Marine Oil
Spill Contingency Plan Holders on August 10, 2009 advising of these new
on-water response requirements.
The increased response planning requirements affect vessels that call
Port Hueneme, that transit the southbound traffic lane in the Santa
Barbara Channel or that transit the area south of the San Mateo Bridge
while en route to Redwood City in southern San Francisco Bay. These
increased response planning requirements became effective on July 1, 2009
and enforcement commenced on October 1, 2009.
APPLICABILITY
- All
Plan Holders who have vessels that call Port Hueneme, that transit
the southbound traffic lane in the Santa Barbara Channel or that
transit the area south of the San Mateo Bridge while en route
to Redwood City in southern San Francisco Bay must obtain the
required additional OSRO coverage to comply with the new regulations
being enforced starting October 1, 2009.
OSRO SERVICE PROVIDERS OFFER ADDITIONAL COVERAGE
O'Brien'sRM has been in contact with the two nation-wide OSRO service
providers, Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) and National Response
Corporation (NRC) regarding their abilities to make the necessary
response equipment available for vessels to come into compliance with
these new regulations.
- MSRC
did not apply to OSPR to revise their OSRO classification
application, but are able and willing to provide the additional
required coverage on a per voyage basis in accordance with the MSRC Service Agreement
Schedule 3
ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
- Plan
Holders who have vessels that call/transit the areas mentioned above
will need to make arrangements with their contracted OSRO service
providers in order to obtain the required additional coverage not
already included in their contracts. The additional coverage
should be arranged directly with the service provider on a per
voyage basis at least 24 hours before the coverage is needed.
Marine
Spill Response Corp.
(MSRC)
National Response Corporation (NRC)
455 Spring Park Place,
Suite
200
3500 Sunrise Highway, Suite T103
Herndon, VA 20170
USA
Great River, NY 11739, USA
Tel:
+1-800-645-7745 (24 Hrs),
+1-732-417-0175 Tel:
+1-631-224-9141 (24 Hrs), +1-800-899-4672
Fax:+1-732-417-0097
Fax:+1-631-224-9086
Website: www.msrc.org/communications
Email: iocdo@nrcc.com
- Please
note that these new regulations do NOT require a revision to the
California Vessel Contingency Plan nor the Federal Vessel Response
Plan.
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US
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have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at inquiry@obriensrm.com.
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