; and (B) data regarding marine casualties and near-miss events that have occurred during the period covered by the report. (c) Risk assessment program (1) In general The Secretary shall develop a continuous risk assessment program to evaluate and mitigate safety risks for each vessel traffic service area to improve safety and reduce the risks of oil and hazardous material discharge in navigable waters. (2) Method for assessment The Secretary, in coordination with State and Tribal governments, ports, nongovernmental organizations, and private citizens, shall develop a standard method for conducting risk assessments under paragraph (1) that includes the collection and management of all information necessary to identify and analyze potential hazardous navigational trends within a vessel traffic service area. (3) Information to be assessed (A) In general The Secretary shall ensure that a risk assessment conducted under paragraph (1) includes an assessment of the following: (i) Volume of vessel traffic, categorized by type of vessel. (ii) Total volume of flammable, combustible, or hazardous liquid cargo transported, categorized by vessel type. (iii) Data on near-miss events. (iv) Data on marine casualties. (v) Geographic locations for near-miss events and marine casualties, including latitude and longitude. (vi) Cyclical risk factors such as weather, seasonal water body currents, tides, bathymetry, and topography. (vii) Weather data, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (B) Information storage and management policies The Secretary shall retain all information collected under subparagraph (A) and ensure policies and procedures are in place to standardize the format in which that information is retained to facilitate statistical analysis of that information to calculate within a vessel traffic service area, at a minimum, the incident rate, intervention rate, and accident prevention rate. (C) International coordination With respect to vessel traffic service areas that cross