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(a) For a crude oil tank vessel or barge, the plan holder shall maintain or have available under contract within its region of operation, sufficient discharge containment, storage, transfer, and cleanup equipment, personnel, and other resources to
(1) contain or control and clean up within 72 hours that portion of the response planning standard volume set out in (b) of this section that enters open water; and
(2) contain or control within 72 hours, and clean up within the shortest possible time consistent with minimizing damage to the environment, that portion of the response planning standard volume set out in (b) of this section that enters a receiving environment other than open water.
(b) For purposes of the requirements of (a) of this section, the response planning standard volume for a crude oil tank vessel or barge is
(1) 50,000 barrels, if the tank vessel or barge has a cargo volume of less than 500,000 barrels; and
(2) 300,000 barrels, if the tank vessel or barge has a cargo volume of 500,000 barrels or more.
(c) In addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, for all crude oil tank vessels and barges, the plan holder shall plan to have deployed and operating within 72 hours, from within or outside its region of operation, sufficient oil discharge containment, storage, transfer, and cleanup equipment, personnel, and other resources to contain and control, and clean up at least 60 percent of the total cargo capacity of the tank vessel or barge.
(d) The department will, in its discretion, reduce the requirements of (c) of this section, by a percentage up to that shown, for each of the following prevention measures in place for the vessel or barge:
(1) hydrostatic loading: 20 percent;
(2) double hulls and bottoms: 30 percent;
(3) double bottoms: 25 percent; and
(4) emergency-response vessels and procedures described as follows:
(A) vessel escort during entire vessel transit in port area;
(B) escort vessels capable of
(i) providing steering and propulsion assistance with the ability to attach towing cables in a timely fashion under the weather conditions of transit; and
(ii) exerting sufficient force to change or maintain the escorted vessel's course;
(C) limits on the escorted vessel's speed in order to match escort vessel's ability to render assistance; and
(D) escort vessels have on-board oil discharge response equipment: 11 percent.
(e) A crude oil tank vessel or barge that has been exempted under 18 AAC 75.400(b) is exempt from the requirements of this section.
History: Eff. 5/14/92, Register 122
Authority: AS 46.03.020
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