[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39474-39475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19009]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 95-063]


New York Port Oil Pollution Minimization Demonstration

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Port Demonstration; request for proposals to 
participate.

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SUMMARY: The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution 
Research invites interested parties to participate in the New York Port 
Oil Pollution Minimization Demonstration (Port Demonstration). The 
purpose of this demonstration, which is mandated by the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (OPA 90), is to showcase recently developed innovative 
technologies from oil pollution research and development programs since 
the passage of OPA 90. These technologies are used in spill prevention, 
response, mitigation, fate and effects, and restoration. Interested 
parties are requested to submit proposals for demonstration their 
technologies. Federal, State, and local government officials, as well 
as research institutions, colleges, and universities, will receive 
written invitations to participate and observe. The Port Demonstration 
will be open to the public.

DATES: The Port Demonstration will be held October 26 through 28, 1995. 
Proposals for presentations must be received by September 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The Port Demonstration will be held at the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, NY. Proposals for 
demonstrating technology should be sent to the USCG Research and 
Development Center (Environmental Safety Branch), 1082 Shennecossett 
Road, Groton, CT 06340.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LTJG Dan Frank, USCG Research and Development Center, 1082 
Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340, telephone (203) 441-2761, 
facsimile (203) 441-2792.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All technologies proposed for demonstration 
must have been researched and developed since August 1990. Technology 
presentation proposals will be accepted in any of the following areas:
    (1) Improved designs and operational practices for vessels, 
pipelines, and facilities;
    (2) Improved designs to prevent or mitigate tanker and barge 
spills;
    (3) Improved systems for mechanical recovery including containment, 


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skimming, separation, storage, and collection;
    (4) Improved systems for chemical and biological cleanup;
    (5) Improved spill management and information systems;
    (6) Technologies to protect public and responder safety and health;
    (7) Technologies to monitor exposure to oil and oil by-products;
    (8) Improved training for responders;
    (9) Methods to restore or rehabilitate natural resources;
    (10) Innovations in bioremediation technology;
    (11) Innovations in Vessel Traffic Systems;
    (12) Predictive models for fate, transport and effects of oil 
discharges;
    (13) Methods to assess natural resource damages;
    (14) Ecologically sensitive area assessment, monitoring and 
evaluation;
    (15) Collection of environmental baseline data;
    (16) Monitoring and evaluation of long-term oil discharge effects;
    (17) Application of geographic and vessel simulation models for 
contingency plan development and evaluation, and personnel training;
    (18) Oil pollution risk assessment;
    (19) Improved methods for aerial surveillance, sensor analysis, and 
data transmission to responders;
    (20) Casual relationship of human factors to accidents;
    (21) Oil spill response expert systems;
    (22) Waterways management techniques;
    (23) Alternative countermeasures (e.g., in situ burning);
    (24) Vessel inspection and salvage;
    (25) Spilled oil behavioral studies (e.g., fate and effects); and
    (26) Improved oil spill response management practices and systems 
approaches.
    Each technology presentation proposal must include the following 
information:
    (1) Submitter's name, address, and organization or company;
    (2) A brief description of the technology to be demonstrated, 
including the dates the technology was researched and developed and 
placed into service or may be placed into service;
    (3) Identification of which of the topical areas relates to the 
demonstration. If your technology supports more than one topical area, 
the primary area should be identified and comments made as to secondary 
areas the technology addresses; and
    (4) Type of demonstration (e.g., exhibit booth, outdoor static 
equipment display or on-water demonstration) and an estimate of the 
amount of space needed for the exhibit; booth-type exhibits are limited 
to an area of 10 feet (wide), 10 feet (deep) and 8 feet (high). If your 
technology requires an on-water demonstration, or more detailed 
information is needed, please contact LTJG Frank for requirements.
    If your organization has several technologies, and the technologies 
relate to different topic areas, then a separate proposal is required 
for each technology. Presentation proposals that are not in one of the 
listed topical areas will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
    The Interagency Subcommittee for Port Demonstrations will review 
each proposal and select parties to participate in the demonstration. 
The Interagency Subcommittee for Port Demonstrations reserves the right 
of selection of exhibits and their decisions will be final. Parties 
whose proposals are accepted will be notified in writing. Upon 
acceptance, a one-time fee of $600 is required for each accepted 
proposal. This fee is required by the USMMA Continuing Education 
Department and must be received by them no later than 1 October 1995.

    Dated: July 27, 1995.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-19009 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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