The OSRO Classification Program: Implementation of New Guidelines and its Impact on Industry Planholders and the US Coast Guard after September 11, 20011

Jorge Argudo, Annemarie Stewart
2003 International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings  
The Coast The main cause for loss of classification was the regulatory mobilization time requirements for MMPD and WCD at Tier 1. This paper describes the process the NSFCC applied in order to accomplish the re-classification of 140 OSROs and the major issues that impacted all stakeholders: facility and vessel plan holders, Captains of the Ports (COTPs), OSROs and the NSFCC. Despite a twelve-month delay in the implementation timeline, the new guidelines were adjusted to reflect OSRO national
more » ... ponse capability, allowing vessel and facility operators to fulfill the mandatory response planning criteria under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90).
doi:10.7901/2169-3358-2003-1-805 fatcat:h44im6citbhztancnofd5kdb7y