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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-023 Order Primary source read

WSDOT news release, Aug. 20, 2020: two-boat weekend service restored Aug. 22 on Edmonds/Kingston and Mukilteo/Clinton after operating one boat short since June 20 'due to a lack of crewmembers needed to meet U.S. Coast Guard safety requirements'; more than 100 high-risk employees unavailable since late March; new hires unable to undergo mandatory face-to-face training until June; face covering required in compliance with the state's health order; WSF 'will enforce reduced occupancy on sailings for walk-on passengers'

Service to be restored to near pre-pandemic levels on some state ferry routes (Changes set to begin August 22)

Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF) · Washington (Edmonds/Kingston, Mukilteo/Clinton, Seattle/Bainbridge routes; system-wide precautions) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Washington (Edmonds/Kingston, Mukilteo/Clinton, Seattle/Bainbridge routes; system-wide precautions) · Washington
Level
State
Authority
Secretary of Health Order 20-03 (recited as 'the state's health order'); WSF operating authority; Coast Guard crewing requirements
Issued
2020-08-20 Aug. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-08-22 (weekend two-boat service on two routes); 2020-08-30 (Seattle/Bainbridge two-boat schedule seven days); mask rule from June 26, 2020 (read as 2020-08-22)
End
Mask requirement continued under Order 20-03 and its amendments through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond (statewide indoor rule ended Mar. 12, 2022) and under the federal conveyance order from Feb. 1, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 22, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • WSF passengers (vehicle and walk-on)
  • WSF vessel and terminal employees
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (mask condition; walk-on occupancy caps; crew shortages cutting sailings)
  • HR (mandatory face-to-face training suspended until June 2020; high-risk employees unavailable)
  • TV travel
  • CB customer access
Character
binding
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Both runs have been operating without one of their normal two vessels each Saturday and Sunday since June 20, due to a lack of crewmembers needed to meet U.S. Coast Guard safety requirements. Since late March, more than 100 high-risk WSF vessel and terminal employees have been unavailable due to the pandemic. In addition, new hires were unable to undergo mandatory face-to-face training until June.... A face covering is required in compliance with the state's health order - inside or outside - if riders are unable to physically distance from others. To maintain physical distancing standards, if necessary, WSF will enforce reduced occupancy on sailings for walk-on passengers.

Enforcement

Order 20-03: violation is a misdemeanor under RCW 70.05.120 (as recited in the Washington State file); WSF occupancy enforcement at terminals and gangways

Notes

Implementing rule under the Secretary of Health's order, plus the authority's own occupancy enforcement and its account of a workforce suspension (100-plus employees unavailable; training halted) that cut service for two months.

Retrieval note

Rendered copy of the WSDOT release dated Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 11:28 (no Wayback banner in the text layer).