- Home
- Companies
- Cook Inlet RCAC
- Services
- Contigency Planning
Contigency Planning
Representing the public`s interest, Cook Inlet RCAC works with state agencies and industry during plan review to reinforce their importance to protecting Cook Inlet`s productive waters. A thorough review of these plans is especially important to the Inlet’s health, since the State of Alaska lengthened the effective period for contingency plans from three years to five. Cook Inlet RCAC staff solicits C-Plans from the Cook Inlet plan holders prior to their application to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) in order to expedite the review process. Doing so allows Cook Inlet RCAC a longer review period, minimizes delays, and allows time for the plan holder to consider our recommendations and to make changes streamlining the formal process.
Non-Tank Plan Review
This project routinely reviews contingency plans for all non tank vessels that enter Cook Inlet. A database has been developed where vessels submitting a C-plan to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for entry into Cook Inlet are compared to all vessels that actually enter Cook Inlet. Cook Inlet RCAC has been instrumental in discovering vessels transiting Cook Inlet without the required C-plan in place. In one instance, ADEC issued a Notice of Violation to an offender. Cook Inlet RCAC will continue to monitor the non-tank vessel traffic and review contingency plans, while also working closely with ADEC in preparing and executing non-tank vessel drills in Cook Inlet.