U.S. Coast Guard BIA Providers Conference Tribal Outreach

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U.S. Coast GuardBIA Providers ConferenceTribal
Outreach
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U.S. Coast Guard

• CG Organizational Structure in Alaska
• 17th District Commander Juneau
• Rear Admiral Tom Ostebo
• 2000 CG Personnel Statewide
• Sector Anchorage Sector Juneau
• Manage CG operations in their regions
• Sector Commanders are Federal On-Scene
  Coordinators for Oil Spills Hazardous Materials
  Releases
• D17 Units 24 field units in Alaska
• Units report to Sectors District Commander
• Marine Safety Units/Detachments (6)
• Patrol Boats (6)
• Buoy Tenders (6)
• Small Boat Stations (3)
• CG Auxiliary Stations (3)
• CG Air Stations Kodiak and Sitka
• 16 Aircraft 12 Helicopters/4 C-130 Airplanes

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U.S. Coast Guard Tribal Consultation and
Engagement With Alaska Native Organizations

• In Support of CG Missions Statewide
• Ongoing Meetings/briefings
• Tribes
• Alaska Native Organizations
• Local Governments
• Listen/Engage/Respond
• Integrity in Actions Communications
• Cross-Cultural training for all CG personnel
  deployed to Arctic
• Developing Training for all CG personnel in
  Alaska
• Continuing to focus on tribal engagement
  collaboration statewide
• Working to identify gaps in connections with
  tribes

Rear Admiral Ostebo (CGD17 Commander) Vice
Admiral Zukunft (Pacific Area Commander) at
Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission Meeting in Pt
Hope
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Arctic Operations (Significant CG focus area)

• Summary
• Operations July Oct
• Outreach Mar Sept
• Oil Spill Drill August (Tested 3 types of
  skimming devices)
• Capability Assessment
• Small Boat/Amphibious Vessel/Tracker Testing
• Community Service 1300 Hours
• Tribal Issues
• CG effort to reduce subsistence impacts
• CG effort to communicate with tribes during season

Two H-60 Jayhawks
Mobile Comms Detachment

• Community Outreach
• Village Visits
• Vessel Exams
• Oil Spill Recovery Drill
• Mass Rescue Drills

Medium High Endurance Cutters with H-65 Helos
Two WLB Buoy Tenders
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U.S. Coast Guard Respect for Subsistence

• Marine Mammal Caribou Tracking
• Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
• Penthrite Deliveries
• Bowhead Whale Hunt Avoidance
• Eskimo Walrus Commission
• Carcass Survey (Nome to Cape Espenberg)
• Response to issues complaints
• Caribou Helicopters in Arctic operations
• Tracking info from
• Tribes
• NSB-DWM
• State of Alaska
• Federal Agencies
• Helicopter Noise Study

Satellite Tracking Sites
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Western/SW/Central Alaska Operations Outreach

• Villages
• F/V Lone Star Capsizing/Sinking (Dillingham)
  July - Oct
• 14K Gal Diesel/Fisheries Closure
• F/V Arctic Hunter (Unalaska) Nov
• 15K Gal Diesel Onboard
• Bristol Bay Fisheries
• Alaska Mist (Bering Sea 22 crewmembers)
• Missions
• Boating/Water Safety
• Local Search Rescue Training
• Fishing Vessel Safety
• Emergency Response

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Southeast Alaska Operations Outreach

• Villages
• Sitka Spill Drill actual response in sensitive
  historic areas
• Ketchikan Spill Response Drills
• Metlakatla Commercial Vessel Safety Outreach
• Angoon Local Search Rescue training,
  navigation, radio communications, water safety
• Hoonah, Kake, Elfin Cove, Pelican, Angoon Santa
  to Villages
• Wrangell, Sitka, Haines, Skagway Boating Safety
  Outreach
• Kodiak Island Villages Santa to Villages
• Statewide CG Unit Outreach to local
  villages/tribes
• Missions
• Boating/Water Safety
• Local Search Rescue Training
• Fishing Vessel Safety
• Emergency Response
• Engaging tribes in updates to Subarea Contingency
  Plans

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Examples of Engagements

• St. Lawrence Oiled Wildlife
• Drill Rig Kulluk Grounding
• Tug Polar Wind Barge Unimak Trader
• Oil Dispersant Guideline Proposed Revisions

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CG Outreach Missions Boating Safety, Community
Service, Walrus Rescue
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U.S. Coast Guard Points of Contact
17th District Commander Rear Admiral Tom
Ostebo 17th District Chief of Staff Rear
Admiral Tom Ostebo Coast Guard D17 Tribal
Liaison Ms. Sudie Hargis Susan.D.Hargis_at_uscg.mil
Office 907-463-2034 Cell 907-321-8300