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.