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4 Needs and Planning Game Actions
Pages 29-38

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... In addition to the participants, each Needs and Planning Game included one or two members from the Offshore Situation Room (OSR) planning committee.1 On Day 3 of the event, following the conclusion of the second Needs and Planning Game, these committee members provided a brief to all participants about the discussions and priorities of their stakeholder groups.
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... In his report out to the OSR participants on Day 3, OSR planning committee member Francis Wiese (Stantec) summarized the participants' discussions and grouped these actions into the following six categories: • Adaptive policy focused on continuous improvement.
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... ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY The Engineering and Technology stakeholder group identified 12 actions arising from their discussions at OSR. Of these, only eight actions received participant votes during the prioritization portion of the Needs and Planning Game.
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... ; for example, a targeted focus on Gulf-wide compound flooding and associated impacts 6 (tie) Reauthorize and update the Oil Pollution Act of 1990; update governance of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to provide greater support for joint research 9 Expand public–private partnerships to establish and sustain experimentation capacity and capabilities; consider government incentives to develop shared, equitable governance 10 (tie)
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... Utilize regulatory action to implement best available proven technologies -- blowout preventer, dynamic positioning system, drilling system 2 (tie) Improve understanding and near-real-time telemetry of deepwater/ littoral environmental resources, conditions, and sensitivities to support response prioritization 5 Address the negative public perception of dispersant use 6 (tie)
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... , one of two OSR planning committee members participating in this group, began his Day 3 summary of the discussions by drawing connections that he observed between gameplay and reality. For example, Barnes commented on the fairly realistic representation within the games of the failure to sufficiently reflect the community's value and its needs.
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... Hold a major annual information-sharing event with community representatives 5 Engage all educational and training development programs, both traditional and nontraditional, in disaster preparedness, response, and managementa 6 (tie) Work directly with local colleges -- minority-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, etc. -- to ensure oil spill and social science is a critical part of the curriculum 6 (tie)
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From page 36...
... , the OSR planning committee member participating in the group, began his summary of the discussions by highlighting frequently raised items of discussion, including the following: • Strategic analysis and joint planning, in which the strategic analysis was meant to go beyond "thinking about everything as our own individual issues," and the joint planning was intended for all of the stakeholders and groups • Communication and collaboration in the context of collecting data, particularly baseline data • Modernizing and upgrading regulations • Better communicating progress on what has been done, what has changed, and what has been accomplished in the past 10 years In addition, Williams reviewed each of the top-voted actions listed in Table 4-4.
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... Reexamine processes and regulations to address oil spills in open water in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan: planning and preparedness regulations, subpart D, subpart E 11 (tie) Review improvements to offshore safety and environmental protection available from the American Petroleum Institute, government regulators, etc.
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