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New Washington State

Early Spill Reponse

System Implemented

A comprehensive maritime indus- try early response system in the event of an oil spill was recently implemented in Washington State's inland and coastal waters. "The ability to respond within the first minutes and hours following an incident is key to the successful protection of our marine environ- ment," said Hal Schuyler, chair- man of the Washington State Mari- time Commission. "We have de- signed our response system to meet the most stringent mobilization re- quirements."

Nine newly built spill response vessels and a variety of other spill cleanup equipment are being deliv- ered for use under a spill response contract that the commission re- cently awarded.

The three-year contract was awarded to Foss Environmental

Services, Seattle, to serve as the commission's primary oil spill cleanup -contractor in the Puget

Sound, Grays Harbor and Willapa

Bay areas. Foss Environmental was the lowest of three qualified bid- ders.

Under the new Washington State spill response law, the Maritime

Commission's cleanup contractor responds to cleanup requirements of all commercial vessels exceeding 300 gross tons whose owners or op-

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The 32-foot spill response vessels are capable of responding to a ma- rine cargo or fuel oil spill at a speed of 35 knots. Each vessel carries 1,000 feet of oil containment boom.

As provided by the commission's contract, Foss Environmental is sta- tioning the vessels at Seattle,

Tacoma, Everett, Whidbey Island,

Bellingham, Port Angeles, Seiku,

Westport and South Bend. In addi- tion, portable skimmers, extra con- tainment booms and other equip- ment are being positioned at these locations under terms of the con- tract.

Foss Environmental is required by the commission to provide 22 standby personnel so that the ves- sels and other equipment can be rapidly mobilized. Around the clock, these 22 persons must be able to arrive at their assigned equipment within two hours of notification.

The commission also has con- tracted with the Marine Exchange of Puget Sound to provide emer- gency communications and secre- tarial, data processing and billing support. The Marine Exchange will maintain a database on vessel acci- dents—information that state law requires the commission to provide.

Earlier, the commission con- tracted with Foss Environmental to prepare an oil spill response contin- gency plan for infrequently calling vessels not possessing immediate spill cleanup capabilities. This plan was implemented July 1.

Under Washington State's new spill response law, the Maritime

Commission furnishes an emergency response contingency plan for any vessel calling in the state's inland and coastal waters that does not possess a contingency plan approved by the state. The commission is responsible for providing a complete response for the first 24 hours after the initial report of an oil spill.

The commission levies a fee on all vessels without a state-approved spill contingency plan to pay for a cleanup contractor and other ex- penses. No taxpayer money is in- volved in providing emergency re- sponse under the commission con- tract.

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COMSAT Maritime Services now offers a sports news service, called

MariSports, for its customers on the high seas. The satellite-based telex service provides scores and high- lights of sporting games and special sporting events for ships' crews and passengers.

COMSAT is providing the service in conjunction with Gannett News

Service, the publisher of "USA To- day." To receive MariSports, a ship must be equipped with an Inmarsat-

A ship earth station. MariSports is available in the Atlantic Ocean

Regions (East and West), and the

Pacific Ocean Region.

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