‘‘(bb) provides vessel routing measures 
consistent with international routing meas-
ure deviation protocols; 
‘‘(cc) maintains real-time continuous 
vessel tracking, monitoring, and engagement 
protocols with the ability to detect and ad-
dress vessel operation anomalies; 
‘‘(dd) has the capability to manage 
wildlife protection and rehabilitation; 
‘‘(ee) controls oil spill response re-
sources of dedicated and nondedicated re-
source providers within such area, through 
ownership, contracts, agreements, or other 
means approved by the President, sufficient 
to mobilize and sustain a response to a 
worst case discharge of oil and to contain, 
recover, and temporarily store discharged 
oil; and 
‘‘(ff) has pre-positioned all of its oil 
spill response resources in strategic loca-
tions throughout such area in a manner 
that ensures the ability to support response 
personnel, marine operations, air cargo, or 
other related logistics infrastructure. 
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‘‘(V) Temporary storage capability using 
both dedicated and non-dedicated assets located 
within such area. 
‘‘(VI) Non-mechanical oil spill response re-
sources, to be available under contracts, agree-
ments, or other means approved by the Presi-
dent, capable of responding to both a discharge 
of persistent oil and a discharge of non-persistent 
oil, whether the discharged oil was carried by a 
vessel as fuel or cargo. 
‘‘(VII) With respect to tank barges carrying 
non-persistent oil in bulk as cargo to be delivered 
to communities within such area, oil spill re-
sponse resources that is required to be carried on 
board. 
‘‘(VIII) Ensuring that oil spill response re-
sources otherwise required to be included in a re-
sponse plan for purposes of compliance with sal-
vage and marine firefighting requirements are 
not used to meet the requirements of this sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘(IX) Specifying a minimum length of time 
that approval of a response plan under this sub-
paragraph is valid. 
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‘‘(iii) The President may approve a response 
plan for a vessel under this subparagraph only if the 
owner or operator of the vessel demonstrates the avail-
ability of the oil spill response resources required to 
be included in the response plan under the planning 
criteria established under clause (ii). 
‘‘(iv) Nothing in this subparagraph affects— 
‘‘(I) vessels operating within the area of re-
sponsibility of the Coast Guard sector responsible 
for Anchorage, Alaska, with primary operations 
occurring within Cook Inlet, Alaska; or 
‘‘(II) the requirements applicable to tank 
vessels subject to section 5005 of the Oil Pollu-
tion Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2735).’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF ALASKA OIL SPILL PLANNING 
CRITERIA.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall 
establish the planning criteria required to be estab-
lished under subparagraph (J) of section 311(j)(5) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of (33 U.S.C. 
1321(j)(5)), as added by this section. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing such plan-
ning criteria, the President shall consult with the 
State of Alaska, owners and operators of vessels sub-
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