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The US Coast Guard issued a news release stating that it has begun issuing monetary penalties to operators of tank vessels transiting through the Western Alaska Captain of the Port (COTP) Zone without an approved Geographic Specific Appendix for Western Alaska in their Tank Vessel Response Plan (VRP).  The maximum penalty is $11,000 per violation per day. Since the Alaska Maritime Prevention & Response Network’s Alternative Planning Criteria was approved in 2012, the Coast Guard has issued seventeen Letters of Warning for non-compliance. The agency is now raising the ante for violations.

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