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prevention plan, and all events that occur thereafter for tankers that operate in Puget Sound.
"2. Operating Procedures—Watch Practices—[WAC 317- 21-200]. Requires tankers to employ specific watch and lookout practices while navigating and when at anchor, and requires a bridge resource management system that is the 'standard practice throughout the owner's or operator's fleet,' and which organizes responsibilities and coordinates communication between members of the bridge.
"3. Operating Procedures—Navigation—WAC 317-21- 205. Requires tankers in navigation in state waters to record positions every fifteen minutes, to write a comprehensive voyage plan before entering state waters, and to make frequent compass checks while under way.
"4. Operating Procedures—Engineering—WAC 317-21- 210. Requires tankers in state waters to follow specified engineering and monitoring practices.
"5. Operating Procedures—Prearrival Tests and Inspections—WAC 317-21-215. Requires tankers to undergo a number of tests and inspections of engineering, navigation and propulsion systems twelve hours or less before entering or getting underway in state waters.
"6. Operating Procedures—Emergency Procedures— WAC 317-21-220. Requires tanker masters to post written crew assignments and procedures for a number of shipboard emergencies.
"7. Operating Procedures—Events—WAC 317-21-225. Requires that when an event transpires in state waters, such as a collision, allision or near-miss incident, the operator is prohibited from erasing, discarding or altering the position plotting records and the comprehensive written voyage plan.
"8. Personnel Policies—Training—WAC 317-21-230. Requires operators to provide a comprehensive training program for personnel that goes beyond that necessary to obtain a license or merchant marine document, and which includes instructions on a number of specific procedures.
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