Update on the Bering Strait Port Access Route Study
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Update on the
Bering StraitPort Access Route Study
CDR James Houck17th Coast Guard District
23 May 2012
August 2011 AIS Vessel Traffic
Potential Ship Routing Measures
Traffic Separation Scheme
Precautionary Area
Area to be Avoided
Recommended Route
PARS Process
Port Access Route Study
Recommendation Published in the Federal Register
International Maritime Organization
(Vessel Traffic, Marine Environmental, AtoN Considerations, stakeholders)
(Departments of State, Defense, and Commerce…)
Second Public Comment Period (4 months)
Joint US-Russia Proposal Negotiations
Notice of Study Published on November 8th, 2010: Federal RegisterPublic Comment Period (ends Sep 6th)
US Interagency Group
(NAV subcommittee meets annually in July and the Marine Safety Committee meets in the spring and fall in even years and only in the spring in odd years.)
PARS Outreach at a Glance
Met with 7 communities:
Barrow Point Hope Kotzebue
Little Diomede Wales
Gambell Savoonga
Nome
Spoke at 16 different forums/workshops to include:
ICAS Environmental Justice AEWC and EWC meetings
ICC NSB/NWAB Joint Planning Meeting
Northern Waters Task Force Northern Oil/Gas Research Forum
NWALTNWAB
Sent letters to:
229 Native Village Presidents Nanuuq
EWC AEWC NMFS NPFC
USACE’s 1000+ contacts Sector Anchorage’s Maritime contacts
Other avenues:
KNOM KOTZ
FOX Anchorage news Publication in the weekly Local Notice to
Mariners
27 submissions during the first public comment period (08Nov2010 – 06Sep2011)
• Arctic Slope Regional Corporation• Audobon Alaska• Bering Straits Native Corporation• Bob Pawlowski • Center for Biological Diversity,
Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth, Oceana, Pacific Environment and World Wildlife Fund
• City and Borough of Wrangell• City of Kotzebue• City of Nome• DEC• Dr. Lawson Brigham• Gay Sheffield • Institute of the North
• Kawerak, Inc• Marine Exchange of Alaska• Marine Mammal Commission• NANA Regional Corporation• Native Village of Kotzebue• New Century Overseas Management Inc.• North Slope Borough• North West Arctic Borough• Ocean Conservancy• Oceana• Robert Locke• Shell Exploration and Production
Company• Susan Hope• US Arctic Research Commission• Wales Native Corporation
Examples of discussions and ideas brought up at the PARS workshop in Anchorage on 15 August.
Questions?
Contact LT Faith Reynolds(907) 463-2270
View other comments at:http://www.regulations.gov
Document type: “Notices”Keyword: “USCG-2010-
0833”