Pacific States-British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington

1. Pacific States-British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington September 25, 2013

2. Geographic Region

3. Project Background • 1999 Safety of Navigation Forum – Homer • 2000 Ports and Waterway Safety Assessment • 2006 Sea Bulk Pride Grounding • 2006 Cook Inlet Vessel Traffic Study • 2007 Navigational Safety Forum – Anchorage • 2008 Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills • 2009 Aleutian Island Risk Assessment

4. Project Background 2007 Navigational Forum – Consensus Points • Cook Inlet RCAC should move forward with a risk assessment, • Engaging in the political process will be necessary to obtain funding, and • Public participation and outreach will be critical to the success of the risk assessment.

5. Funding Partners • State of Alaska • U.S. Coast Guard • National Fish & Wildlife Foundation • Tesoro Alaska • PWS RCAC

6. Organization Management Team • Mike Munger, CIRCAC • Steve Russell, ADEC • Captain Paul Mehler, USCG Project Managers • Nuka Research and Planning Group, LLC. • Pearson Consulting, LLC.

7. Organization Advisory Panel • Fisheries • Local Government • Mariner, Pilot • Mariner, Salvor • Mariner, Containerships • Mariner, Tug and Barge • Mariner, Tank Ship • Mariner, General • Non-Governmental Org. • Resource Manager • Subsistence User

8. Work Plan

10. Vessel Traffic Study Findings • 480 ship port calls • 80% of the calls were made by 15 ships • 218 million gallons of persistent oil and 9 million gallons of non-persistent oil were moved on 83 tank ship voyages to or from the Nikiski and Drift River terminals

11. Vessel Traffic Study Findings • 36% of all persistent oil moved was fuel oil on dry cargo ships calling at Anchorage • 102 oil barge transits moved 366 million gallons of nonpersistent oil; the greatest amount of oil moved by a single vessel type

12. Spill Baseline & Causality Study • Analyzed vessel traffic patterns • Analyzed vessel casualty/spill incidents • Analyzed casualty/spill causes • Analyzed potential spill volumes • Determined most likely scenarios

13. Spill Rates and Scenarios • Vessel Types • Tank Ships and Tank Barges • Non-Tank/Non-workboat vessels (Cargo, Cruise ship) • Highest forecasted spill rate of 1.3 per year • Workboats (OSV, Towboat/Tugboat) • Highest baseline spill rate of 0.96 per year • Sum of the four vessel types is 3.9 spills per year • Scenarios defined for 2,112 unique combinations of vessel types and spill factor subcategories. • Majority of scenarios have low to very low relative risk level. • Tank ships have lowest baseline spill rate, but have the most risk from an oil spill.

14. Consequence Analysis Workshop was held in Anchorage Oct 30 & 31, 2012

15. Consequence Analysis Workshop • Based on Expert Judgment • Considered 7 spill scenarios • Characterized likely impacts

16. Consequence Analysis Workshop • Both persistent and non-persistent oil spill scenarios were evaluated • The conclusion were that even moderate size spills (~100 bbl) can have significant impacts • Over 40 people attended the Workshop • Workshop report completed March 2013

17. Risk Reduction Options Twenty-five Risk Reductions Reviewed: Eight RRO’s for Immediate Implementation Eight RRO’s for Further Consideration Nine RRO’s for Exclusion

18. Risk Reduction Options for Immediate or Sustained Implementation • Establish Process Improvements for All of Cook Inlet • Establish a Harbor Safety Committee • Harbormasters and Port Directors should notify the U.S. Coast Guard if they determine a vessel to be unsafe or unseaworthy

19. Risk Reduction Options for Immediate or Sustained Implementation Enhance Navigational Safety Review and consider revisions to NOAA’s Coast Pilot Add sub-sea infrastructure identified in Cook Inlet to NOAA’s Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System (AWIOS) Continue to update and improve winter ice guidelines, as needed

20. Risk Reduction Options for Immediate or Sustained Implementation • Enhance Navigational Safety (Cont.) • Improve cell phone coverage on marine waters in Cook Inlet • Sustain and expand training for pilots, captains, and crew • Maintain project depth in Cook Inlet, especially at Knik Arm Shoal

21. Risk Reduction Options for Immediate or Sustained Implementation • Improve Spill Response Planning and Capabilities • Promulgate final response planning regulations for non-tank vessels • Update and improve the subarea contingency plan • Seek continuous improvements in spill response equipment appropriate to Cook Inlet conditions

22. Risk Reduction Options for Further Consideration • Increase rescue towing capability in Cook Inlet • Construct cross-inlet pipeline from Drift River to Nikiski • Enhance situational awareness and communication through 2-way AIS • Improve ice monitoring capability • Encourage third-party inspections or audits of workboats

23. Project Schedule

24. www.cookinletriskassessment.com

25. Questions?