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Appendix D: Applicability of the Prince William Sound Study to Other Areas
Pages 61-66

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From page 62...
... Coast Guard's vessel traffic service for PWS, which makes it possible to record digit~ images of vessel tracks for tankers. ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM THAT WERE ANALYZED Like aB real-worId modeling studies, the PWS Study necessarily reflects numerous compromises between the desire to capture He reality of the system as fully as possible and the need to economize on the level of detail to make the analysis tractable, given the available time and resources.
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From page 63...
... Moreover, the collective expenential base upon which the 162 participating experts drew appears to represent a substantial portion of the total current operating experience with the system, another fortuitous consequence of the system being relatively closed. Relatively little truly generic data appears to have been used in the PWS Study.
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From page 64...
... Access to local experts and ~ on the local operating environment, including the charactenstics of waterways and information about vessels and facilities and their management, are vital. The dialogues over maritime safety that have developed through the SMART forum in the Puget Sound and San Francisco Bay regions may indicate that appropriate conditions for studies at similar levels of detail can be conducted in these regions.
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From page 65...
... The PWS Study did demonstrate that extensive stakeholder participation is extremely beneficial.
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