Coast Guard members from the Office of Incident Management and Preparedness Policy attended the EPPR meeting in Malmö, Sweden to continue work on matters related to marine environmental response and search and rescue in the Arctic marine environment. The EPPR focuses much of its attention on exercising the Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic (MOSPA Agreement). The objective of the MOSPA Agreement is to strengthen cooperation, coordination and mutual assistance among the Parties on oil pollution preparedness and response in the Arctic to protect the marine environment from pollution by oil.
Source: USCG
Link: 12/26/2017: Coast Guard, Arctic partners continue work on oil spill response, search and rescue in the Arctic marine environment