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My name is Dave Schneidler and I have the pleasure of serving as Chair of the Puget Sound Harbor Safety and Security Committee. This group was created in 1997 by stakeholders with an interest in promoting safety and the protection of Puget Sound. Our sole mission is to provide a “…proactive forum for identifying, assessing, planning, com-municating and implementing those operational and environmental measures that promote safe, secure and efficient use of Puget Sound and adjacent waters.” The committee is made up of delegates appointed by broadly based organizations representing a span of interests focused on Puget Sound. Additionally, various governmental agencies formally support the work of Puget Sound Harbor Safety & Security Committee in advisory roles. I thought it might be useful for you to have an overview of the organizational structure and work of the Harbor Safety and Security Committee. The stakeholder members and advisors represent: Aquaculture WA State Ferry System Commercial Fishing (non tribal) Steamship Lines Environmental Groups (vacant) Tug & Barge Labor Local Government (vacant)Native American (treaty) Organizations serving in an advisory role Passenger Vessel Operators NOAA Petroleum Shippers US Army Corps of Engineers Pilots US Coast Guard Public at large MARAD Public Ports US Navy Recreational Boaters WA State Dept. of Ecology The business of The Puget Sound Harbor Safety & Security Committee is built from ...

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My name is Dave Schneidler and I have the pleasure of serving as Chair of the Puget

Sound Harbor Safety and Security Committee.

This group was created in 1997 by

stakeholders with an interest in promoting safety and the protection of Puget Sound. Our

sole mission is to provide a “…proactive forum for identifying, assessing, planning, com-

municating and implementing those operational and environmental measures that

promote safe, secure and efficient use of Puget Sound and adjacent waters.”

The

committee is made up of delegates appointed by broadly based organizations representing

a span of interests focused on Puget Sound. Additionally, various governmental agencies

formally support the work of Puget Sound Harbor Safety & Security Committee in

advisory

roles.

I thought it might be useful for you to have an overview of the organizational structure

and work of the Harbor Safety and Security Committee. The stakeholder members and

advisors represent:

Aquaculture

WA State Ferry System

Commercial Fishing (non tribal)

Steamship Lines

Environmental Groups (vacant)

Tug & Barge

Labor

Local Government (vacant)

Native American (treaty)

Organizations serving in an

advisory

role

Passenger Vessel Operators

NOAA

Petroleum Shippers

US Army Corps of Engineers

Pilots

US Coast Guard

Public at large

MARAD

Public Ports

US Navy

Recreational Boaters

WA State Dept. of Ecology

The business of The Puget Sound Harbor Safety & Security Committee is built from

common interests. Each member has one vote and we have agreed not to take an action

unless there is unanimous consensus. In this way, each of our stakeholder groups has

equal influence. Our work is accomplished by sub committees. These sub committees

reach beyond the Puget Sound Harbor Safety & Security Committee delegates for their

membership in order to insure a complete and representative perspective appropriate to

the issues at hand.

Since our inception, and one of our very first actions implemented in early 1998, we sent

an advisory to vessel owners and operators calling in Puget Sound to conduct an open

ocean exchange of ballast water. This local and voluntary initiative predates the 1999

National Invasive Species Act and ballast water management legislation in CA, OR and

WA. From the beginning we have received excellent cooperation in ballast water

exchange. This cooperative spirit continues to be reflected in recent Washington State

and USCG ballast water reporting in which Puget Sound shipping is approaching 100%

reporting. In addition, of vessels arriving from outside the US Exclusive Economic Zone

and discharging ballast water in Puget Sound over 90% have completed open ocean

exchange.

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Another significant accomplishment of the Puget Sound Harbor Safety & Security Com-

mittee is development and promulgation of a Puget Sound Harbor Safety Plan. This plan

focuses on insuring safe vessel operation in the Puget Sound environment. It includes:

Informational elements such as

Unique Standards of Care for Puget Sound

Required Charts

Heavy weather

Pilotage protocols

Low visibility

Aids to Navigation

Anchorage

Emergency Response / Comms

Equiv. levels of safety in event of eqpt. failure

Small Vessels and Marine Event Mgmt

Tanker escort protocols

Fishing Net Conflict Resolution

Under keel clearance standards

Lightering

Stds. of care for towing vessels

Pre arrival maint. & testing of direct drive diesel

Bridge Team Management (proposed)

The Harbor Safety Plan was recently adopted by the Committee. This is a NOAA chart I

recently picked up for our family fishing vacation at Cape Flattery. The chart references

the Harbor Safety Plan, briefly describes the Puget Sound Harbor Safety & Security

Committee, provides a website address and lists the informational and standard of care

elements of the plan.

Ballast water and the Harbor Safety plan are two examples of the work of the Puget

Sound Harbor Safety & Security Committee. Also in place in this region is an industry

developed and maintained International Tug of Opportunity System (ITOS). ITOS came

from a call for the USCG to develop and submit a plan to Congress on the most cost-

effective means of implementing a tug response system specifically for vessels in distress

operating in the waters of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and the Strait of

Juan de Fuca.

A self-initiated marine industry coalition formed to establish and manage ITOS. To date

ITOS has placed transponders on board 100 tugs and vessels in the Pacific Northwest

Area. These transponders transmit messages via VHF every 5 minutes 24 hours a day.

Information is constantly monitored by the Marine Exchange in Seattle. These signals

provide real time data listing the course, speed, latitude and longitude along with the date

and time for each tug in the system. This information is displayed on CRT screens and

each tug is clearly defined. Additionally, tug information such as horsepower, special

capabilities and dispatch contact is available on the screen.

Simultaneously this same

data is transmitted to the U.S. Coast Guard's Vessel Traffic Center (VTS), to Canadian

Coast Guard, to Canadian Search and Rescue to the B.C. Chamber of Shipping in

Vancouver, British Columbia. In the event of an emergency, the coast guards of both

countries have the ability to see at a glance what resources are available. By having the

characteristics of the equipment and the contact numbers they can save valuable time in

deciding which resources would be most suitable for dispatch to assist in a given

situation.

ITOS is completely funded by the maritime industry. There is no state or federal funding

involved and it is, to the best of my knowledge, the only such system operated by the

maritime industry in the Untied States.

Complementing ITOS is a Washington State dedicated fund so that our Capt. of the Port

can call upon commercial tug resources to be available in the event of anomalous

conditions that might lead to a potentially hazardous condition.

Finally, I will leave it to our partners in the US Coast Guard to describe, at another time

perhaps, this region’s unique Cooperative Vessel Tracking System. This includes an

international partnership between US and Canada to mutually manage vessel traffic from

offshore, through the Straits of Juan de Fuca and right up to the pier face at the

destination port.

Puget Sound Harbor Safety & Security Committee has taken the initiative to be proactive

in issues of marine safety and environmental stewardship. We are not alone or unique.

There are similar committees in virtually every major US seaport and many river ports.

Some, like the Puget Sound Committee are stakeholder initiated, some are federally

mandated and some are born of state regulations. All are stakeholder based.

I invite your questions or comments.

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