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You have an opportunity to review oil spill plans, manuals, Geographic Response Plans (GRP) process and other spill related proposals. We welcome your feedback to ensure the highest standards of prevention, preparedness and response to oil spills. The list contains current proposals Ecology is seeking feedback from the public.
If you would like to be notified when documents are available for public review, you may join our contact list by the following way:
Washington Administration Code (WAC) 173-182 requires certain oil handling facilities, pipelines and vessels to have state approved oil spill contingency plan that ensures their ability to respond to major oil spills. This is a regulatory requirements with a 30 day public review period.
Any facility or delivering vessel may submit a proposal for equivalent compliance for alternative measures during oil transfers. Facility or delivering vessel must pre-boom or meet the applicable alternative measures until equivalent compliance is approved.
There will be a 30-day period for the public to provide comments on final Geographic Response Plans for each region. In addition, members of the public can provide feedback following any GRP workshop(s) scheduled in their area.
The rules require delivering facility and delivering vessel owners or operators to determine the “threshold values” for sea and wave conditions, wind speed, current velocity, and any other pertinent conditions, beyond which they believe pre-booming is unsafe and/or ineffective for each location the facility conducts Rate A transfers.
Shared Strategic Work Plan
There is an opportunity for the public to comment on the shared strategic work
plan between Ecology and USCG.
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