UPDATE SOW NEGOTIATIONS WTH CORPS AND
BP: Update provided on 7/9/2012.
As stated in the
attached letter from David S. Dolling, GW’s Dean of the School
of Engineering and Applied Science, to Colonel Estok, District Engineer,
Department of the Army, Seattle District, Corps of Engineers, dated
June 11, 2012, after almost a year of discussions, the VTRA team has
withdrawn from continued negotiations to perform additional studies
under a Vessel Traffic Risk Assessment Scope of Work (SOW).
Throughout the
negotiations the VTRA Team consistently maintained availability and
willingness to conduct a mutually acceptable SOW based on an open communication
platform (i.e., without confidentiality
restrictions on work-in-progress) that is integral to
the VTRA Team’s risk assessment/ management methodology involving
high levels of technical detail and ongoing feedback from stakeholders
as the analysis progresses.
The parties were
already well past the May 21st deadline for concluding negotiations
and several significant issues remained, including the communication
platform mentioned above, that could not be resolved in a timely manner.
Despite the good faith efforts of everyone involved in the negotiations,
and
as the Dean’s letter states, we concluded that the gap between
the parties simply could not be bridged.
VTRA FINAL REPORT PRESENTATION:
Presented on: 4/27/2012. Hosted by Puget Sound
Harbor Safety Committee at Army Corps Seattle District, Seattle:
VTRA
MODELING APPROACH - JRVD270412- (PDF 40mb)
VTRA
CASE A - H RESULTS - JRVD270412- (PDF 7mb)
VTRA
Release letter from Army Corp of Engineers - Seattle District
received on: 12/9/2011
VTRA FINAL REPORT: 821
Total Pages
Released on: 3/23/2012
Submitted to
BP:
8/31/2008 - Final
Report Outline - (2mb)
MAIN
REPORT - 83 Total Pages
(48mb)
APPENDIX
A: Database Construction & Analysis - 126 Total Pages
(3mb)
APPENDIX
B: System Description - 22
Total Pages (3mb)
APPENDIX
C: Simulation Construction - 63
Total Pages (47mb)
APPENDIX
D: Expert Judgment Elicitation - 61
Total Pages (20mb)
APPENDIX
E: Oil Outflow modeling - 146
Total Pages (18mb)
APPENDIX
F: Future Scenarios - 18
Total Pages (2mb)
APPENDIX
G: Geographic Exposure, Accident and Oil Outflow Profiles
- 302 Total Pages
System
Context
Summary
Results
Callibration
VTRA Case B Results
VTRA
Case Comparison: A-B-C
VTRA
Case Comparison: B-D-E
VTRA
Case Comparison: B-F-G
VTRA
Case Comparison: B-H-I
VTRA
Case Comparison: B-J-H-K
VTRA
Case Comparison: B-L-H-M
VTRA
Case Comparison: B-N-H-O
COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
J.R. van Dorp,
J.R.W. Merrick, J.R. Harrald, M. Gabowksi, "VTRA
Final Report Addendum: A response to 23 comments from the Corps",
Submitted to BP
: 1/6/2009. Released
on 3/23/2012.
J.R. van Dorp, J.R.W.
Merrick, "A
Response to Seven Additional Questions Related to the VTRA Project",
Submitted to BP
: 5/20/2009. Released on 3/23/2012.
PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS
Original
Proposal to BP 18APR06.pdf
Proposal
Ammended - 30MAR07.pdf
