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Goal M4: Eliminate delays to commerce caused by ice and navigation hazards.
Workload Data and Projected FY99 Activity Levels to Achieve Mobility Performance Goals
Coast Guard Annual Performance Plan - index
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16010.8
MOBILITY
Goal M5:
Maintain the navigation
season
in ice-bound areas of the Great
Lakes
where
such
service is in the national interest.
FY99
Target:
0% of designated critical
waterways
closed during the
open
shipping
season.
Measure:
Percentage
of critical
waterways
closed for
more
than 2 days if
winter is of average severity, or 8 days if winter is severe during the
open
shipping
season.
Measurement
Issues: This is a
new
goal
and
measure
added
to reflect the
Coast
Guard's contribution to Mobility from
domestic
ice breaking. Seven
waterways
have
been
identified as critical to Great
Lakes
icebreaking
based
on historical ice conditions,
volume
of traffic,
and
potential for
flooding
.
FY96
data indicates 0% of
waterways
were
closed for more than 8
days (FY96
was
a severe winter.) Data for
FY96
reflects initial
measurement
methodology; further data capture refinements will be
developed. Winter conditions are defined by a severity index (-6.2 or
milder defines average severity;
more
than -6.2 defines severe.) Data
obtained from the
Coast
Guard
and the
Army
Corps
of Engineers. It is
validated by
program
managers.
Selected
Program
Standards/Customer
Service Standards:
Respond
to requests from vessels beset or stranded in ice within 2 hours
of notification.
Relieve ice
jams
prior to water level exceeding flood stage with a
minimum
notification of 24 hours.
Causal
Factors to be
Addressed:
Ice blockage
reduces
mobility
and
delays navigation.
Strategies to Achieve Target:
Ongoing
Strategies:
Conduct
icebreaking escorts of
commerci
al vessels.
Establish
and
maintain ice-free tracks.
Free vessels beset in ice.
Efficiency Strategies:
Replace
the aging buoy tender fleet with
new
vessels, providing
essential navigation services with less resources by leveraging
technology.
Buoy
tenders perform icebreaking as
secondary
missions.
Lay up the icebreaking tug
MORRO
BAY. Current workload
doe
s not justify
its operation in a highly constrained budget environment.
New
Resources
that will Support Strategies:
Acct
Item
Goal Contribution:
AC&I
Seagoing
Buoy
Tender
(WLB)
Replacement
Secondar
y
AC&I
Great
Lakes
Icebreaking
Primary
OE
Commission
1
Seagoing
Buoy
Tender
Secondary
External Factors:
Some
sources of delay
and
disruption require action by other
government
agencies.
Icebreaking
performance
is affected by ice thickness which is linked
to the severity of winter weather.
Other Related
Government
Programs:
Canadian
Coast
Guard: U.S.
and
Canada
operate under a
cooperative
agreement
to
meet
icebreaking requirements in the Great
Lakes
and
Saint
Lawrence
Seaway.
Private sector: Very limited icebreaking capabilities provided by
commercial
tugs at the request of carriers
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