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SUMMARY:Using Existing Environmental Laws to Build Resilient Arctic Commun
 ities
DESCRIPTION:Paper\n\nJereme Altendorf and Matthew Richards (US Coast Guard
 ) and Jessica Garron (University of Alaska at Fairbanks)\n\nThe rapid pace
  of climate change in the U.S. Arctic is posing an increased risk for oils
  spills from vessels traveling in Arctic waters and from above ground bulk
  fuel tanks located in every rural Arctic community. Arctic annual mean su
 rface temperatures have increased by approximately three times the global 
 average over the last 50 years.  Specific consequences include, but are no
 t limited to, reduced seasonal sea ice (further opening the Bering Strait 
 to international traffic), significant shoreline erosion, increased permaf
 rost thaw and more powerful storms, all leading to more severe infrastruct
 ure degradation.  In some instances, entire Alaskan villages are forced to
  relocate from the lands their ancestors have called home for thousands of
  years.  While some areas around the world are planning on how to react to
  the consequences of climate change, in the U.S. Arctic, consequences are 
 being felt right now. Region by region, each community must cope with the 
 difficulty of exposure to different climate change related shocks, risks, 
 and contingencies to their established way of life. These documented vulne
 rabilities may be as unique as the communities, families and individuals t
 hat are affected.  This makes building and sustaining resilient geographic
  communities and villages incredibly difficult. By merging legacy federal 
 environmental law compliance programs with an intentional effort to build 
 a dynamic community adaptive capacity the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has crea
 ted a blueprint for building and sustaining resiliency within the Arctic. 
 Therefore, government agencies with relevant statutory or regulatory compl
 iance requirements, to include any of their associated public-private-part
 nerships, have a duty to incorporate adaptive capacity concepts within the
  bounds of their associated compliance verification program(s).\nThis pape
 r describes how the USCG Sector Anchorage prevention, preparedness and res
 ponse regulatory program activities changed in conjunction with the changi
 ng Arctic environment. Over the last 5 years, USCG Sector Anchorage has bu
 ilt the foundation for expanding community adaptation and mitigation strat
 egies via well publicized Area Committee meetings and workshops, ensured p
 revention regulatory compliance and help with non-compliance, and then exe
 rcised interagency actions in conjunction with government and industry exe
 rcise requirements. Since 2019, USCG Sector Anchorage has acted upon two o
 f the three lines of effort from the USCG’s Arctic Strategic Outlook: part
 nerships and unity of effort. By merging legacy federal environmental law 
 compliance programs with an intentional effort to build dynamic community 
 adaptive capacity the USCG created a blueprint for building and sustaining
  infrastructure resiliency within the Arctic.\n\nTag: Response\n\nSession 
 Chair: John Inge Karoliussen (NOFO)
URL:https://iosc2024.conference-program.com/presentation/?id=PAPER228&sess
 =sess111
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