app with the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund as it was the specifically designated fund for these types of information and planning purposes. And the question is why haven't those applications been made as part of the sub-area planning for all of these areas that now have tank vessel operations in the middle of winter in 42 inches of ice. You know, clearly I asked yesterday whether the hydrographic information would be gathered and utilized for designing specific salvage, lightering and spill response vessels in those areas. And there seems to be with such a large liability of the Coast Guard at stake here that it would necessarily budget hydrographic surveys and request funding from the OSLTF. And certainly where the state has very specific requests for operation of its public vessels that it also seek funding from the 470 Fund for that purpose as well.
app with the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund as it was the specifically designated fund for these types of information and planning purposes. And the question is why haven't those applications been made as part of the sub-area planning for all of these areas that now have tank vessel operations in the middle of winter in 42 inches of ice. You know, clearly I asked yesterday whether the hydrographic information would be gathered and utilized for designing specific salvage, lightering and spill response vessels in those areas. And there seems to be with such a large liability of the Coast Guard at stake here that it would necessarily budget hydrographic surveys and request funding from the OSLTF. And certainly where the state has very specific requests for operation of its public vessels that it also seek funding from the 470 Fund for that purpose as well.
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