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June 25, 2009, 9:30 a.m.
BOPC Office
Pier 9 Suite 102
San Francisco, CA

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Board President to Present at Marine Board of National Academies
Pilot Commission President K. Michael Miller will participate in the
Spring meeting of the Marine Board of the National Academies meeting
to be held in Long Beach on May 11 and 12, 2009. Mr. Miller will
participate in a panel focused on the several investigations of the
Cosco Busan allision with the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge on November 7,
2007. The other panelists will represent the National Transportation
Safety Board and the US Coast Guard. A copy of the tentative agenda
is attached.

Bar Pilot and Crew Member Assist in Sailboat Rescue
Two People Pulled from Frigid Waters

A MAYDAY was received by the pilot boat California about 9 p.m. Saturday night while it was standing station 11 miles west of the Golden Gate. The rescue occurred near the San Francisco Bar Channel where two people were found clinging to the keel of their overturned sailboat in rough conditions. With the wind gusting to 35 knots and seas running 12 feet high pilot Dave Weiss and boat Captain Mike Sposeto responded to the scene in the Pilot Vessel California. Weiss and Sposeto both suffered minor injuries while hoisting one victim to safety. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the other member of the sailboat crew.

Trainee Selection Process Lessons Learned Meeting
The Board of Pilot Commissioners Trainee selection process lessons learned meeting is scheduled for April 1, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Board of Pilot Commissioners office, Pier 9, Suite 102, San Francisco, CA.

Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots Regional Meeting Minutes
The Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots met in a special meeting of West Coast regional pilotage authorities on November 6 and 7, 2008.

USCG Cosco Busan Report


Board of Pilot Commissioners Statement on the NTSB Report


Synopsis of NTSB Report on Cosco Busan


Investigation Procedures Mission Statement
Mission statement of the ad hoc committee to review investigation procedures.

Navigation Technology Mission Statement
Mission statement for the Navigation Technology Committee.

SB 1627 Chapter 567
An act to amend Section 13975 of the Government Code

Senate Bill 1217 Chapter 568
An act to add Section 1157.5 to, and to repeal and add Section 1176 of, the Harbors and Navigation Code, relating to vessels, and making an appropriation therefor.

COSCO BUSAN Incident Review Committee Report
The Board of Pilot Commissioners today received a report of the investigation by its Incident Review Committee ("IRC") of the accident on November 7, 2007 in which the M/V COSCO BUSAN, under the navigational control of Captain John Cota, a Board-licensed pilot, struck one of the towers of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, damaging the ship and releasing over 50,000 gallons of fuel oil into the waters of San Francisco Bay.

As a result of its investigation, the IRC concluded that pilot negligence was a factor in the accident.

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