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Best Practices for Western Alaska Lightering Operations 2020 Best Practices for Western Alaska Lightering Operations 2020 Lightering Season Adopted March 11, 2020 Table of Contents Contributions from:......................................................................................................................... 5 Western Alaska Tanker Lightering Best Practices Committee ........................... 6 Prologue ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Annual Update .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Involvement & Outreach .............................................................................................................................. 7 Western Alaska Lightering Background .......................................................................... 8 Common Terms Defined ............................................................................................................................... 8 Overview Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Why We Do This? .......................................................................................................................................... 8 General Information ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Western Alaska Lightering History .............................................................................................................. 10 Regulations ........................................................................................................................................ 12 State of Alaska Regulations ......................................................................................................................... 12 International and Federal Regulations........................................................................................................ 12 Industry Guidelines ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Polar Code Regulations ............................................................................................................................... 13 Marine Pilotage ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Best Practices for Western Alaska ................................................................................... 16 General ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 Notification Time Requirements ................................................................................................................. 16 Common Distribution Email Group ............................................................................................................. 16 Lightering Notification Expectations ........................................................................................................... 16 Routing ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Response Equipment .................................................................................................................................. 17 Ship to Ship [STS] Lightering Operations .................................................................................................... 19 Ship to Barge [STB] Lightering Operations .................................................................................................. 21 Lightering Areas ............................................................................................................................. 23 Justification of Lightering Areas .................................................................................................................. 23 Primary Lightering Areas ............................................................................................................................. 25 P-1 – Unalaska ............................................................................................................................................. 26 Page 2 of 62 P-2 – Unimak Island .................................................................................................................................... 28 P-3 – Egegik ................................................................................................................................................. 29 P-4 – Bristol Bay North ................................................................................................................................ 30 P-5 – Togiak Bay .......................................................................................................................................... 31 P-6 – Nunivak Island .................................................................................................................................... 32 P-7 – Nome.................................................................................................................................................. 34 P-8 – Saint Lawrence Island North .............................................................................................................. 35 P-9 – Port Clarence/Wales .......................................................................................................................... 36 P-10 – Kotzebue Sound ............................................................................................................................... 37 P-11 – Red Dog Mine .................................................................................................................................. 39 P-12 – Icy Cape/Wainwright ....................................................................................................................... 40 P-13 – Utqiaġvik .......................................................................................................................................... 41 Secondary Lightering Areas ........................................................................................................................ 42 S-14 – Unimak Bight .................................................................................................................................... 43 S-15 – Security Cove .................................................................................................................................... 44 S-16 – Hooper Bay ....................................................................................................................................... 45 S-17 – Hazen Bay ......................................................................................................................................... 46 S-18 – Yukon Delta ...................................................................................................................................... 47 S-19 – Saint Lawrence Island SE .................................................................................................................. 48 S-20 – St. Michael ........................................................................................................................................ 49 S-21 – Unalakleet ........................................................................................................................................ 50 S-22 – Norton Sound North ........................................................................................................................ 51 S-23 – Point Hope ....................................................................................................................................... 52 S-24 – Cape Lisburne/Point Lay .................................................................................................................. 53 S-25 – Prudhoe Bay ..................................................................................................................................... 54 Establishing A New Lightering Area ............................................................................................................ 55 Incidents and Lessons Learned .............................................................................................. 55 After Incident Protocol................................................................................................................................ 55 Historical Incidents ...................................................................................................................................... 56 Corrective Actions Implemented ................................................................................................................ 57 Prioritized Lightering Areas for Hydrographic Surveys ...................................... 57 Historical Lightering Tank Vessel Tracks ...................................................................... 58 Best Practices Vision .................................................................................................................... 59 Page 3 of 62 Justification for Long-Term APC Approval
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