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ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company - SERVS
October 31, 2008

  1. Alliance Background

    Date Signed: September 24, 2003

    Renewed: October 14, 2005 and September 26, 2007

    Overview

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and APSC - SERVS recognized the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American workplaces. OSHA and APSC - SERVS formed an alliance to provide APSC - SERVS members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources and preventing exposure to Marine Oil Spill Response hazards and/or addressing Hazwoper issues. The State of Alaska, Occupational Safety and Health (AKOSH) was asked to be a signatory member in October 2005.

    Implementation Team Members

    Scott Ketcham, Area Director, OSHA Anchorage Area Office (AAO)
    Gail Colby, Compliance and Preparedness Manager, APSC - SERVS
    Grey Mitchell, Director, State of Alaska, Division of Labor Standards & Safety
    Contributors

    Lloyd Kompkoff, Fishing Vessel Program Coordinator, APSC - SERVS
    Matthew T. Pauli, CSHO, OSHA AAO
    Prince William Sound Community College

    Evaluation Period

    This evaluation describes events, meetings, and correspondence dating back to the October 25, 2007 annual update.

     
  2. Implementation Team Meetings

    Updates were conducted via telephone and email by representatives of the implementation team. Regular discussions included training, training schedule, and training topics.

     
  3. Events and Products

    Training and Education
    • Events

      Spring Fishing Vessel Training, April 29-May 4, 2008, Cordova, Alaska.

      Fall Fishing Vessel Training, October 7-10, 2008, Cordova, Alaska.

      Additional training held for Southcentral Alaska fishing fleets in April and May 2008 in Valdez and Whittier, Alaska, and September 2008 in Kodiak, Homer, and Seward, Alaska.

      Participants attended training sessions to establish proficiency in the training developed as a result of alliance objectives. The training curriculum includes classroom (theory and compliance discussions) as well as practical use of spill response equipment. The latter portion was accomplished through individual work stations as well as on-water spill response scenarios which included equipment deployment.

      OSHA AAO representatives observed and evaluated training sessions. OSHA AAO representatives were available to provide information from a regulatory aspect as well as fulfilling the role of Subject Matter Experts (SME).
    Outreach and Communication
    • Events

      AKOSH was not represented at any of the spring or fall training sessions. An AKOSH point of contact is needed to ensure continued participation.
       
    • Products

      The program continues to provide up-to-date oil spill response training to a diverse group of individuals. Communities where the training takes place play an active role in ensuring its success.
    Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
    • Events

      Alliance participants continue to evaluate, modify, and develop a training curriculum specific to marine oil spill response. The unique environments in which the activities occur require modifications to the curriculum to ensure responders recognize the hazards they may encounter.
      Discussions of the curriculum have occurred via telephone and email. Observations of curriculum changes are made during the spring and fall training sessions. Methods of good practices, deficiencies, and observed safety and health hazards are brought to the attention of the training providers.
       
    •  Products

      The parties, particularly APSC - SERVS, continue to participate in forums which highlight the benefits of the alliance as well as the training provided to the fishing vessel owners and operators that participate in the program.

       
  4. Results

    The alliance continues to train fishing vessel operators in marine oil spill response both within the Prince William Sound region and outside the Prince William Sound region. In the region includes the communities within Prince William Sound. Outside the region includes communities that may be affected by an oil spill occurring within Prince William Sound. Outside the region includes Cook Inlet and Kodiak Island.

    Areas outside the region are included because of the tidal and current action of the northern Gulf of Alaska. This included communities affected during the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989.

    Many of the fishing vessel operators participate annually to maintain their proficiency on the equipment and competency in the Marine Hazardous Material Technician objectives. Each year, new operators and crew members participate. A total of 277 fishing vessels accounted for the 817 individuals for this annual review.
     
    Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
    Training, Spring 2008, All locations, Alaska 469 (140 fishing vessels)
    Training, Fall 2008, All locations, Alaska 348 (137 fishing vessels)
    TOTAL 817 (277 fishing vessels)


  5. Upcoming Milestones

    None to report at this time. Affected parties continue to review the curriculum to ensure objectives and regulatory compliance are met.