PORT ACCESS ROUTE STUDIES AN UPDATE NAVSAC 4 - 5 MAY 2016

PORT ACCESS ROUTE STUDY (PARS) Coast Guard is required (by law) to conduct a PARS before establishing new or adjusting existing fairways or TSS’s. Consult/coordinate with Federal, State, and foreign state agencies (as appropriate) and maritime community representatives, environmental groups, and other interested stakeholders. Primary purpose of this coordination is, to the extent practicable, to reconcile the need for safe access routes with other reasonable waterway uses. PARS process (complete or modified) may be used to determine and justify if safety zones, security zones, recommended routes, regulated navigation areas and other routing measures should be created

ACPARS

MOST SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES Marine Planning Guidelines (MPGs) (Enclosure 2) Identification of Alongshore Towing Vessel Routes (Appendix VII) Major Deep Draft Routes (Appendix VII)

MARINE PLANNING GUIDELINES Developed using input from: – Confed. of European Shipmasters’ Assoc. (CESMA) – World Shipping Council (WSC) – UK Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) MGN-371 – German Waterways and Shipping Directorates Major topics: – Port Approaches and Traffic Separation Schemes (TSSs) – Along Shore Routes – Offshore Deep Draft Routes – Navigational Safety Corridors – Other Considerations Contributions to Risk Mitigations

USES OF MARINE PLANNING GUIDELINES Will assist in initial Area Identification Assist offshore developers/marine planners in evaluating navigational impacts of their project Navigation Safety Risk Assessments (NSRA) – development and review Consider sea space to safe maneuvers Appropriate separation distances Non-regulatory TSSs, alongshore routes and offshore deep draft routes Evaluation of any other type projects

IDENTIFICATION OF ALONGSHORE TOWING VESSEL ROUTES Identified traditional tug and barge routes – Applied MPGs to routes to identify Navigation (Safety) Corridors – 9 NM for tug and barges

NAVIGATION SAFETY CORRIDORS

IDENTIFICATION OF MAJOR DEEP DRAFT ROUTES Identified major deep draft routes Applied MPGs to a lesser degree due to deep draft traffic location and wind farm interaction 10 NM for deep draft vessels

DEEP DRAFT ROUTES

ALL TOGETHER

WAY AHEAD Final Report is complete. Published in Federal Register on March 14, 2016. Report to Congress 30 Day comment period closed on April 13 Comments under review Posted on www.uscg.mil/LANTAREA/ACPARS Apply navigation corridors during marine planning activities Develop Navigation corridors into shipping safety fairways or other routing measures (U.S. Regulations and IMO submissions) Incorporate MPGs in future Coast Guard documents

BERING STRAIT PARS Started in 2010 Comments reviewed Continued and expanded in 2014 Continuation included a proposed route for comment Comment period closed / comments are under review AIS data being analyzed Some surveying of route conducted by NOAA Couple of areas that appear to warrant further evaluation for unknown hazards, but most of the route was described as “flat and featureless” Final Report being drafted Final Report published in Federal Register w/comment period IMO submission if recommended

PROPOSED ROUTE

NANTUCKET SOUND PARS Mandated by CG Authorization Act Utilize the “standards and methodology of the ACPARS” First District conducting Announced in Federal Register Comment period closes 20 June 2016 Outreach being conducted Completion date 1 DEC 2016 Report to Congress Act on recommendations as required

George Detweiler George.H.Detweiler@uscg.mil 202-372-1566 QUESTIONS George Detweiler George.H.Detweiler@uscg.mil 202-372-1566

LIFE JACKETS December 31, 2015, two new standards for personal flotation devices were published ANSI/CAN/UL 12402-5, Standard for Personal Flotation Devices – Part 5: Buoyancy Aids (Level 50) – Safety Requirements ANSI/CAN/UL 12402-9, Standard for Personal Flotation Devices – Part 9: Test Methods. USCG and Transport Canada working on transition plan for adoption of new standards Full transition to take several years POC for info is: Jacqi Yurkovich Jacqueline.P.Yurkovich@uscg.mil

UMS History High Interest – NOAA, USN, Public, Industry IMO showing signs of interest MSC 95/INF.20 paper “The IMO regulatory framework and its application to Marine Autonomous Systems” by UK, IAIN, IMarEST US submitted TRENDS, DEVELOPMENTS, AND CHALLENGES (TDCs) on UMS MSC 96 – Lunchtime Presentation by UK’s specially formed and focused industry-led group, MASRWG, in existence since August 2014 Review Best Practices (BP) document with goal toward NAVSAC Resolution USCG develop draft BPs and share with NOAA, USN, Public, Industry for comment USCG publish final BPs