report from the 3 rd . meeting of the task force oil pollution prevention
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Report from the 3 rd . Meeting of the Task Force Oil Pollution Prevention. Picture: EPPR Chair at 80 O North. Discussed documents. Draft Action Plan for Cooperation between the Arctic States Document Arctic Petroleum Safety Draft list of measures Comments and background - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Report from the 3rd. Meeting ofthe Task Force Oil Pollution Prevention
Picture: EPPR Chair at 80ONorth
Discussed documents
• Draft Action Plan for Cooperation between the Arctic States
• Document Arctic Petroleum Safety Draft list of measures Comments and background
• Document Arctic Maritime Safety Draft list of measures Comments and background
Highlights from the meeting – Oil and Gas
• Preliminary agreement to establish Arctic Regulators Forum. The link from the Forum to Arctic Council is not clear. EPPR might have a role.
• Presentations from the oil industry– Proposed a workshop to share information
about what the oil industry is doing. EPPR might have a role to arrange this (March 2015?)
Highlights from the meeting Maritime safety– Traffic monitoring and management
• Ship reporting systems• Aerial surveillance –( EPPR possible link to UAV project) • Access to and use of relevant data to improve analysis
(EPPR - CMERA??)
– Maritime services• Navigational charts – (PAME project?)• Improved meteorological and oceanographic forecasts• Marine Aids to Navigation• Identification of location and availability of emergency
response vessels and equipment to prevent groundings (SDWG AMAATI project - EPPR)
• Pilotage in Arctic waters• Increase availability of MARPOL port reception facilities
– Human resources – training, education, expertise– Reducing risk assosciated with the use of HFO
The way forward
• Binding Agreement or Action Plan?• Chairs/Canada will merge all documents
to one document • Canada to lead correspondence group on
behalf of Chairs• Next meeting: Nuuk, Greenland
September 10.-11, 2014• Most likely a last meeting in November
2014