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Report from the 3 rd . Meeting of the Task Force Oil Pollution Prevention

Report from the 3 rd . Meeting of the Task Force Oil Pollution Prevention. Picture: EPPR Chair at 80 O North. Discussed documents. Draft Action Plan for Cooperation between the Arctic States Document Arctic Petroleum Safety Draft list of measures Comments and background

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Report from the 3 rd . Meeting of the Task Force Oil Pollution Prevention

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  1. Report from the 3rd. Meeting ofthe Task Force Oil Pollution Prevention Picture: EPPR Chair at 80ONorth

  2. Discussed documents • Draft Action Plan for Cooperation between the Arctic States • Document Arctic Petroleum Safety • Draft list of measures • Comments and background • Document Arctic Maritime Safety • Draft list of measures • Comments and background

  3. Highlights from the meeting – Oil and Gas • Preliminary agreement to establish Arctic Regulators Forum. The link from the Forum to Arctic Council is not clear. EPPR might have a role. • Presentations from the oil industry • Proposed a workshop to share information about what the oil industry is doing. EPPR might have a role to arrange this (March 2015?)

  4. Highlights from the meeting Maritime safety • Traffic monitoring and management • Shipreporting systems • Aerialsurveillance –( EPPR possiblelink to UAV project) • Access to and use of relevant data to improve analysis (EPPR - CMERA??) • Maritime services • Navigational charts – (PAME project?) • Improved meteorological and oceanographic forecasts • Marine Aids to Navigation • Identification of location and availability of emergency response vessels and equipment to prevent groundings (SDWG AMAATI project - EPPR) • Pilotage in Arctic waters • Increase availability of MARPOL port reception facilities • Human resources – training, education, expertise • Reducing risk assosciatedwiththeuse of HFO

  5. The way forward • Binding Agreement or Action Plan? • Chairs/Canada will merge all documents to one document • Canada to lead correspondence group on behalf of Chairs • Next meeting: Nuuk, Greenland September 10.-11, 2014 • Most likely a last meeting in November 2014

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