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PORT ACCESS ROUTE STUDY. PARS. AUTHORITY - RESPONSIBILITY. PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY ACT (PWSA) P.L. 95-474; 33 U.S.C. 1223 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
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AUTHORITY -RESPONSIBILITY • PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY ACT (PWSA) P.L. 95-474; 33 U.S.C. 1223 • SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION • “Designate necessary fairways and traffic separation schemes” to “provide safe access routes … to and from ports or other places… United States.” • Delegated to the Coast Guard
REQUIREMENTS • REQUIRED WHEN WE CONSIDER NECESSITY FOR FAIRWAYS OR TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME(S) (TSS) • OPTIONAL FOR OTHER ROUTING MEASURES • RECOMMENDED ROUTES • ANCHORAGE/NO ANCHORAGE AREA • ATBA
HISTORY • FIRST STUDY INITIATED 1979 • ENTIRE COAST • 32 ORIGINAL STUDY AREAS • COMPLETED BY 1982 • SOME AREAS RESTUDIED
OBJECTIVES • DEFINE NEED • TRAFFIC DENSITY (Present and future) • FORM/TYPE OF MEASURE • EXISTING MEASURE: STILL NEEDED? • MANDATORY USE FOR CERTAIN CLASSES OF VESSELS
INITIAL REVIEW • REVIEW ORIGINAL AND SUBSEQUENT STUDIES • DETERMINE IF CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED TO WARRANT NEW STUDY
STUDY ITSELF • IDENTIFY STUDY AREA • NOTICE OF STUDY IN FED REG • GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF AREA • EXPLANATION OF CONTEMPLATED ACTIONS AND IMPACTS • INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT • PRESENT ISSUES AND QUESTIONS
STUDY ITSELF (CON’T) • COLLECT DATA • VESSEL TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS • FISHING (COMMERCIAL/TRIBAL) • REC BOATING TRAFFIC • DOD ACTIVITIES • OCS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT • ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS • DREDGING PROJECTS • ECONOMIC IMPACT
STUDY ITSELF (CON’T) • CONSULTATIONS • VARIOUS FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES • MARITIME COMMUNITY • PORT AND HARBOR AUTH/ASSOC • LOCAL CITIZEN GROUPS • ANALYZE DATA • RECOMMEND ROUTING MEASURE(S)
STUDY COMPLETE • SUBMIT TO G-MWV • HQ PUBLISHES NOTICE OF STUDY RESULTS IN FED REG • HQ REVIEWS RECOMMENDED MEASURES AND DETERMINES IF: • FEDERAL RULEMAKING REQUIRED • IMO MEASURE REQUIRED • BOTH
PARS TO REDUCE VESSEL STRIKES OF NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES • COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 2004 • USCG SHALL COOPERATE WITH NOAA TO ANALYZE POTENTIAL ROUTING MEASURES • PROVIDE FINAL REPORT TO CONGRESS WITHIN 18 MONTHS
TIMELINE • CG & MTA ENACTED AUG 9, 2004 • NOTICE OF STUDY (PARS) PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER FEB 18, 2005 • COMMENT PERIOD WILL CLOSE APR 19, 2005 • COMPLETION DATE SEP 2005 • REPORT TO CONGRESS JAN 2006
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS • NORTHERN REGION: Cape Cod Bay; the area off Race Point at the Northern end of Cape Cod and the Great South Channel • SOUTHERN REGION: 31o27’N - 81oW - 29o45’N – shoreline. Includes Ports of Jacksonville and Fernandina, FL and Brunswick, GA
ACTIONS • REVIEW COMMENTS • REVIEW PREVIOUS PARS • REVIEW EXISTING/PREVIOUS STUDIES • MEET WITH NOAA/NMFS AS NECESSARY
ACTIONS (CON’T) • DRAFT REPORT • SUBMIT REPORT TO CONGRESS • PUBLISH NOTICE OF STUDY RESULTS IN FEDERAL REGISTER
POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS • IMPLEMENT VESSEL ROUTING MEASURES PER NMFS ANPRM • CREATE NEW VESSEL ROUTING MEASURES OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED • VALIDATE EXISTING MEASURES – NO CHANGES • CHANGES TO EXISITING MEASURES
FINAL ACTIONS IF REQUIRED • RULEMAKINGS • IMO MEASURES • BOTH