On Feb. 1, 2021, the Acting Director Andrey Khaustov of the Russian Federation’s Marine Rescue Service (MRS) and the U.S. Coast Guard’s Deputy Commandant for Operations, Vice Adm. Scott Buschman signed the 2020 update to the Joint Contingency Plan (JCP), which is a bilateral agreement focused on preparing for and responding to transboundary maritime pollution incidents. The updated JCP promotes a coordinated system for planning, preparing and responding to pollutant substance incidents in the waters between the U.S. and Russia. The U.S. and Russian Federation have shared a cooperative bilateral agreement on trans-boundary marine pollution preparedness and response in this area since 1989. The newest JCP revision requires joint planning and trans-boundary exercise efforts to be coordinated by a Joint Planning Group led by Coast Guard District Seventeen and is guided by a non-binding two-year work plan. In addition, the updated JCP creates the new International Coordinating Offic
Photo of the Bering Strait. Washington (KINY) – The U.S. Coast Guard and the Russian Federation’s Marine Rescue Service have recently signed the 2020 Joint Contingency Plan of the United States of America & the Russian Federation in Combating Pollution on the Bering & Chukchi Seas.
On Monday, February 1st the Acting Director Andrey Khaustov of the Russian Federation’s Marine Rescue Service and the U.S. Coast Guard’s Deputy Commandant for Operations, Vice Admiral Scott Buschman signed the 2020 update to the Joint Contingency Plan, which is a bilateral agreement focused on preparing for and responding to transboundary maritime pollution incidents.