Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands Designing a Comprehensive Risk Assessment - Special Report 293 (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Such incidents are of concern because of the biological, cultural, and economic significance of the Aleutian Islands, as well as their geopolitical importance for the United States. Vessel accidents and spills can have serious negative impacts on the region's ecosystem, devastating endemic and migrating wildlife and plant species and the economies that depend on the region's rich resources.
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, "Those deploying fishing fleets, cruise ships, mining, and the associated ore transit ships, as well as petroleum recovery and tanker ship transport, anticipate increased operations in the region. When current orders for icestrengthened tankers have been filled, the worldwide fleet of these vessels will double in number" (NRC 2007, 5)
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A central factor is the unique and valuable natural resources of the region that could suffer damage from vessel accidents. The Aleutians contain one of the most important marine ecosystems in the world (including the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge)
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The Alaska-1 sank, although its entire crew was rescued. CURRENT RISK REDUCTION MEASURES The M/V Selendang Ayu accident highlighted the lack of knowledge about the extent and nature of vessel traffic transiting the North Pacific Great Circle Route between the west coast of North America and the Far East and sharing waters used by local marine traffic.
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• A multistage risk assessment of maritime transportation in the Bering Sea and the Aleutian archipelago is being planned. The United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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On August 14, 2007, following the M/V Selendang Ayu accident investigation, IMC Shipping Company PTE Ltd., the owner of the ship, pled guilty to two counts of illegal discharging and one count of killing migratory birds. Under the plea agreement, IMC is required to pay $3 million to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation "for the purpose of conducting an Aleutian Islands risk assessment of the shipping hazards for that area as well as projects identified by the risk assessment" (Selendang Ayu Settlement 2007, 12)
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When the decision was made to conduct a risk assessment for the Aleutian Island region, the State of Alaska and USCG proactively solicited the National Academies' input in advance of conducting the study. They requested that this committee develop a framework and procedure for the risk assessment, as described in the committee's statement of task: to examine available data and evidence about the risk of spills from vessels transiting the Aleutian Islands, determine the information needed to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment, recommend the appropriate framework for such an assessment, and identify how a comprehensive risk assessment could be conducted in discrete steps.
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. The present study describes the fundamental steps of risk assessment and applies them to the question of how to minimize vessel accidents and spills in the Aleutian Islands.
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2007. USCG Agency Representative for Vessel Source Pollution Prevention and Compliance Fund, Aleutian Island Risk Assessment Sub-Account.
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