Agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on cooperation in combating pollution in the Bering Sea and the Chuckchee Sea in emergencies

СОГЛАШЕНИЕ МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ СОЮЗА СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ СОЕДИНЕННЫХ ШТАТОВ АМЕРИКИ О СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВЕ В БОРЬБЕ С ЗАГРЯЗНЕНИЕМ В БЕРИНГОВОМ И ЧУКОТСКОМ МОРЯХ В ЧРЕЗВЫЧАЙНЫХ СИТУАЦИЯХ

The Parties pledge to render assistance to each other in combating incidents that cause pollution irrespectively of the place of incident (art. 1). Incident causing pollution means discharge or real risk of discharge of oil or other hazardous substance from any source, the scale and character of which shall require emergency intervention for the prevention of such discharge or limitation of spreading thereof, collection and removal of substance for the purpose of prevention of risk or reducing to minimum hazardous impact on living resources, marine flora and marine fauna, human health and well-being of the population (art. 2). The Parties shall elaborate early warning national systems for the immediate detection and information of incidents causing pollution (art. 3).