Glenn Dolphin Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator

Glenn Dolphin
Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator

National Coordination Efforts
American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC)
            AIS Committee

ABYC - Structure
Ø   The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) is a non-profit,
    member organization that develops voluntary global safety
    standards for the design, construction, maintenance, and repair of
    recreational boats.
Ø   ABYC is driven by a voluntary group of technical experts and as an
    independent consensus-based body, these industry experts work
    together to develop standards with the sole purpose of protecting
    the safety of the boating public.
Ø   The Standards and Technical Information Reports for Small Craft
    cover all the major boat systems and the development and annual
    review of these standards provide boat building guidelines which
    correlate directly to the significant reduction in the number of
    boating accidents over the past six decades.
Ø   90% of the boats currently used on US waterways are built to
    ABYC Standards

Ø   Held in January 2015
Ø   Funded by a USFWS grant
Ø   Brought together for the first time AIS Program
    Coordinators across the Western States along
    with Boating Industry Representatives
    §   100 people attended with approximately 50/50 split in
        representation
Ø   First Environmental issue that ABYC took the
    lead on to coordinate cooperative solutions
Ø   Several presentations from Boating Industry and
    AIS Programs
Ø   Summit participants divided into different
    workgroups to discuss AIS and:
    §   Boat Design & Construction
    §   Components/System Design & Installation
    §   Engine & Propulsion Systems
    §   Trailer Design & Construction

ABYC – AIS
    Project Technical Committee (PTC)
                              Balanced committee with no more than 1/3
Ø   Held first PTC            of the membership from any one category AIS/PTC
                                                                       (19)
    meeting in May 2016                                                4
    – Baltimore, MD                                                    2
    §   Worked on initial
        editing of prepared                                         2
        draft Technical                                             0
        Information Report
        (TIR) based on the                                          2
        outcomes from the
        summit                                                      2

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                                                                    0

ABYC – AIS PTC
Ø   Technical Information
    Report (TIR):
    §   “A report published to
        increase the knowledge,
        experience and skills of small   X3
        craft technicians and
        engineers and to aid in the
        design, construction,
        equipage and maintenance of
        small craft.”
Ø   The intended audience of
    the AIS-TIR is boat
    manufacturing company
    owners and CEO’s to
    inform and educate them on
    the AIS issue at a national
    scale of importance.

ABYC – AIS PTC
Ø   Draft document
    comments
    compiled by page
    and line number.
    First public call for
    review collected
    180 comments!
Ø   Full committee
    review and
    discussion of
    every single
    comment

Ø   Committee Timeline:                      ABYC – AIS PTC
    §   May 2016 – Baltimore, MD
        o    Review first round of “call for comments” to the draft TIR
             (180 comments)
    §   October 2016 – Tampa, FL
        o    Review and discussion regarding boat decontamination standards and
             procedures (UMPS III), engine temperature tolerances, antifreeze &
             mussels, Clean/Drain/Dry, TIR introduction section (subcommittee work)
    § June 2017 – Denver, CO
         o   Review the second round of submitted comments (66 recommended edits)
         o   Tour of a Colorado Parks Department watercraft inspection station
    § February 2018 – Webinar to discuss the third round of comments
         o   20 final edits made
    § July 2018 – Release of the final report
    § September 2018 – Annapolis, MD
         o   Final meeting of the PTC to wrap-up project
         o   ABYC hosted AIS Summit – 40 attendees with approx. 30%AIS/70%Ind.

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Glenn Dolphin
Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator
           503-378-2625
    glenn.dolphin@oregon.gov