Washington Administrative Code › Title 363 - Pilotage Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 363-116 - Pilotage rules › Section 363-116-082 - Limitations on new pilots

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The
			 following limitations and pilot license upgrade requirements shall apply to a
			 newly licensed pilot during their first five years of active service. For
			 purposes of this section, the term "tank vessel" shall, in addition to tank
			 ships, include any articulated or integrated tug and tank barge combinations,
			 and any tonnage restrictions thereon shall be calculated by including the gross
			 tonnage of the tug and tank barge combined. For purposes of this section, the
			 term "petroleum products" shall include crude oil, refined products, liquefied
			 natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas. GT (ITC) as used in this section
			 refers to gross tonnages measured in accordance with the re-quirements of the
			 1969 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships.
(2) Puget Sound pilotage district - License
			 limitation periods. Except for trips being made for pilot license upgrades,
			 licenses issued in the Puget Sound pilotage district shall have the following
			 limitations:
License Year
Maximum Size of Tank Vessels
						  Carrying Petroleum Products as Bulk Cargo
Maximum Size of Other
						  Vessels
Waterways
1
Piloting on vessels of any size prohibited
38,000 GT (ITC) except for passenger vessels which may
						  only have a maximum size of 5000 GT (ITC)
Prohibited in the Duwamish Waterway on vessels greater
						  than 3,000 GT
2
32,000 GT (ITC)
48,000 GT (ITC)
No restrictions
3
40,000 GT (ITC)
60,000 GT (ITC)
No restrictions
4
50,000 GT (ITC)
70,000 GT (ITC)
No restrictions
5
65,000 GT (ITC)
95,000 GT (ITC)
No restrictions
(3)
			 Puget Sound pilotage district - Pilot license upgrade requirements. Progressive
			 lifting of tonnage limitations requires a newly licensed pilot to
			 satisfactorily pilot vessels on the trips specified in this section. The
			 trainee evaluation committee shall recommend to the board a series of trips to
			 be made by each pilot in the last 180 days of each year of the license
			 limitation periods specified in subsection (2) of this section. As to these
			 trips, the trainee evaluation committee shall specify the size and type of the
			 vessel; origin and destination, whether the transit is to include a docking,
			 waterway transit or other particular maneuvering requirement, whether any tank
			 vessel trips are to be made while in ballast or loaded and whether the trip
			 shall be taken with training pilots, trainee evaluation committee member pilots
			 or pilots with a specified experience level. To the extent practical, the trips
			 shall be on vessels of at least a size that falls between the upper limit in
			 the expiring license limitation and the upper limit in the upcoming license
			 limitation period. All of these trips shall be complete trips between one port
			 and another port, between the pilot station and a port, or harbor shifts. The
			 supervising pilots shall complete and submit to the board a familiarization
			 form provided by the board for each trip a new pilot performs.
(4) Grays Harbor pilotage district - License
			 limitation periods. Pilots licensed in the Grays Harbor pilotage district shall
			 not pilot vessels in violation of the restrictions set forth in the table below
			 during the indicated license year.
License Year
Maximum Size of Tank Vessels
						  Carrying Petroleum Products as Bulk Cargo
Maximum Size of Other
						  Vessels
1
Piloting on vessels of any size prohibited
32,000 GT (ITC) except that piloting on vessels of any
						  size is prohibited through the Chehalis River Bridge unless vessel is in
						  ballast and does not exceed 25,000 GT (ITC)
2
15,000 GT (ITC)
42,000 GT (ITC)
3
32,000 GT (ITC)
52,000 GT (ITC)
4
42,000 GT (ITC)
62,000 GT (ITC)
5
52,000 GT (ITC)
72,000 GT (ITC)
Notwithstanding subsection (7) of this section, upon
				determination that a bona fide safety concern may result from no pilot without
				license restrictions being available within a reasonable time to pilot a vessel
				requiring pilotage services, the chairperson or acting chairperson of the
				board, on a single trip basis, may authorize a newly licensed pilot holding a
				restricted license to provide pilotage services to the vessel, irrespective of
				the tonnage, service or location of the assigned berth of the vessel.
(5) Grays Harbor pilotage district
			 - Pilot license upgrade requirements - Progressive lifting of tonnage
			 limitations requires a newly licensed pilot to satisfactorily pilot vessels on
			 the trips specified in this section. The trainee evaluation committee shall
			 recommend to the board a series of trips to be made by each pilot in the last
			 180 days of each year of the license limitation periods specified in subsection
			 (4) of this section. As to these trips, the trainee evaluation committee shall
			 specify the size and type of the vessel; origin and destination, whether the
			 transit is to include a docking, waterway transit or other particular
			 maneuvering requirement, whether any tank vessel trips are to be made while in
			 ballast or loaded and whether the trip shall be taken with training pilots,
			 trainee evaluation committee member pilots or pilots with a specified
			 experience level. To the extent practical, the trips shall be on vessels of at
			 least a size that falls between the upper limit in the expiring license
			 limitation and the upper limit in the upcoming license limitation period. All
			 of these trips shall be complete trips between one port and another port,
			 between the pilot station and a port, or harbor shifts. The supervising pilots
			 shall complete and submit to the board a familiarization form provided by the
			 board for each trip a new pilot performs.
If vessels are not available in the Grays Harbor pilotage
				district to allow a pilot to comply with this subsection in a timely manner,
				the board may designate substitute trips in the Puget Sound pilotage district
				as allowed by law and in so doing may specify the size of the vessel and any
				other characteristics of the trips that the board deems appropriate. Such
				designation shall be considered a modification of the pilot's state license to
				authorize the specified trips in the Puget Sound pilotage district.
(6) The initial license shall
			 contain the limitations contained above and list the date of commencement and
			 expiration of such periods. If a newly licensed pilot is unable to pilot for 45
			 days or more in any one of the five years the trainee evaluation committee may
			 put a hold on the upgrade program. Upon the newly licensed pilot's return to
			 the program, the trainee evaluation committee may prescribe an
			 extension.
(7) Except as provided
			 in subsection (4) of this section, no pilot shall be dispatched to, or accept
			 an assignment on, any vessel which exceeds the limitations of their license. On
			 vessels in which there is more than one pilot assigned, the license limitations
			 shall apply only to the pilot in charge.
(8) All limitations on a pilot's license
			 shall be lifted at the beginning of the sixth year of piloting provided they
			 have submitted to the board a statement attesting to the fact that the pilot
			 has completed all the required license upgrade trips and the vessel simulator
			 courses.
(9) Whenever the governor
			 issues a proclamation declaring a state of emergency, the board may determine
			 whether there is a threat to trainees, pilots, vessel crews, or members of the
			 public. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, the board, at its
			 discretion, may suspend or adjust the pilot training program during the
			 pendency of a state of emergency lawfully declared by the governor.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  88.16 RCW and 2008 c 128.
				  08-15-119, §
										363-116-082, filed 7/21/08,
				  effective 8/21/08. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   88.16.105 and
				  88.16.035. 07-17-148, §
										363-116-082, filed 8/21/07,
				  effective 9/21/07. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  88.16 RCW and 2005 c 26.
				  05-18-021, §
										363-116-082, filed 8/29/05,
				  effective 10/1/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   88.16.105 and
				  88.16.035. 05-04-028, §
										363-116-082, filed 1/26/05,
				  effective 2/26/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   88.16.105. 99-08-003, §
										363-116-082, filed 3/25/99,
				  effective 4/25/99; 97-14-032, §
										363-116-082, filed 6/25/97,
				  effective 7/26/97. 97-08-042, recodified as §
										363-116-082, filed 3/28/97,
				  effective 3/28/97. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   88.16.035 and
				  88.16.105. 93-09-016, §
				  296-116-082, filed 4/14/93, effective 5/15/93. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   88.16.105. 92-24-056, § 296-116-082,
				  filed 11/30/92, effective 12/31/92; 92-08-051, § 296-116-082, filed
				  3/26/92, effective 4/26/92; 89-18-063 (Order 89-6, Resolution No. 89-6), §
				  296-116-082, filed 9/1/89, effective 10/2/89; 89-11-060 (Order 89-5, Resolution
				  No. 89-5), § 296-116-082, filed 5/18/89. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   88.16.035. 80-03-081 (Order 79-6, Resolution
				  No. 79-6), § 296-116-082, filed
				  3/4/80.