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Appendix I: Statement of Task
Pages 125-125

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... The committee will also hold extensive discussions with Coast Guard and other officials who are charged with regulating and managing lightering in local regions. The committee will prepare a final report within twelve months of its first meeting that includes all analyses conducted during the study and presents their final conclusions and recommendations.
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Key Terms

  • oil spill
  • spill risks
  • receive careful
  • prevention including
  • hold extensive

  • risk reduction
  • spills associated
  • management framework
  • recommend measures
  • spill incidence

  • realistic expectations
  • extensive discussions
  • reduce oil
  • operator training
  • managing lightering

  • local regions
  • pay particular
  • proposed risk
  • reduction measures
  • accident prevention

  • careful examination
  • human error
  • including considerations
  • various conditions
  • existing regulatory

  • visit lightering
  • coast guard
  • risk investigation
  • current lightering
  • lightering practices


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