SUPSALV Skimmer - Supervisor of Salvage and Diving

SUPSALV Skimmer 

Spring 1999 

Department of the Navy 

Volume 8, Number 1 

From the Captain 

Our last issue of the 

Skimmer, dated Summer 1998 

(Volume 7, Number 1), introduced a 

new format which we plan to continue. 

This format consists of a feature 

article on the cover page, followed 

by one or more articles under 

the broad topics of Readiness 

(includes Planning, Training and 

Exercises), Operations, Technology 

and a Calendar of Upcoming Events. 

With a fortunate absence of 

large spill events and associated 

response operations during the previous 

six months, this issue is 

focused primarily on Readiness and 

Technology. Particularly in the area 

of contingency planning, technology 

is becoming more and more important 

to a complete readiness posture. 

The U.S. Navy is working hard, and 

smartly, on many fronts to leverage 

current hardware and software applications 

for environmental protection. 

This issue provides an update on 

several technology initiatives specific 

to Navy oil spill response planning. 

Concurrent with our technology 

initiatives, we are working 

diligently to coordinate our Navy 

regional response plan updates with 

our other Federal partners, particularly 

the U.S. Coast Guard and 

NOAA, and with the Area 

Committees. Also described in this 

issue are the Navy's plans to continue 

In This Issue 

- From the Captain 

- SUPSALV Test Water-Cooled Fire-Boom 

Blankets 

READINESS 

Planning 

- NOAA Develops All-Risk-All Hazard 

ICP Plan 

Training 

- Response Training for U.S. Marine Corps 

Drills&Exercises 

- SUPSALV Personnel and Equipment 

Readiness 

- Cheatham Annex Equipment Test 

- Stockton Equipment Drill and Training 

Exercise 

- Alaska SONS Drill 1998 

- SUPSALV Assists DESC in OPA 90 

Training Compliance 

OPERATIONS 

- Chinese Vessel Cleaning Operations 

TECHNOLOGY 

- Fleet Planners Environmental Support 

System Development 

Fire-Boom Water Filtration System 

SUPSALV TESTS WATER-COOLED 

FIRE-BOOM BLANKETS 

By Bob Urban and Kate Wheelock, PCCI 

SUPSALV conducted a 

series of tests of water-cooled 

fire-boom blankets at Naval 

Weapons Station (NWS) Earle, 

New Jersey in October 1998. 

These blankets are intended for 

use on SUPSALV's large oil containment 

booms. According to 

Project Engineer, Joe Stahovec, 

the goal of the project is to develop 

the capability to provide fire containment 

in support of marine 

salvage operations or other highrisk 

operations. The blanketcontinued 

on page 2 

- Remotely Operated Lightering System 

(ROLS) 

continued on page 2 

UPCOMING EVENTS!


The Supervisor of Salvage and 

Diving publishes the SUPSALV 

Skimmer to bring you the latest and 

most informative news available on 

the Navy Oil Spill program. 

Discussion or illustrations of commercial 

products do not imply 

endorsement by the Supervisor of 

Salvage and Diving or the U.S. 

Navy. 

Articles, letters, queries and comments 

should be directed to the 

Commander, Naval Sea Systems 

Command, NAVSEA 00C, 2531 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 

VA 22242-5160 (Attn: SUPSALV 

Skimmer). Visit our web site at 

http://www.navsea.navy.mil/sea00c 

Captain Bert Marsh, USN 

Director of Ocean Engineering 

Supervisor of Salvage and Diving 

NAVSEA 00C 

Ninette Sadusky 

NOSC Readiness Manager, 

00C25A 

Managing Editor 

Don Graham, PCCI 

Production Editor 

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continued from page 1 

From the Captain 

and improve our NOSC Oil and 

Hazardous Substance Spill 

Contingency Planning Course 

through the addition of several new 

modules dealing with Risk 

Communications and Spill 

Prevention. 

Please pay particular attention 

to this issue's Calendar of 

Events. We have attempted to identify 

important events for the entire 

year in this first issue, and we will 

update this list with each future 

issue. 

In addition to summarizing 

the feature articles contained in this 

issue, I also want to take this opportunity 

to inform you that this will be 

my last issue of the Skimmer. I 

have enjoyed tremendously the 

opportunity to work with each of 

you…sometimes in person, but more 

often through this Newsletter…to 

advance the Navy's Oil Spill 

Program. Along these lines, I 

recently received a comprehensive 

briefing from my Pollution 

Manager, Will Healy, and my 

Readiness Coordinator, Ninette 

Sadusky, on our Pollution Strategic 

Plan and where we want to go over 

the next three years. I am excited 

about the many ideas these individuals 

presented and secure in the 

knowledge that through their 

demonstrated dedication and hard 

work, as well as the tireless effort of 

our dynamic and forward-looking 

resource sponsor, CNO’s N45, our 

pollution program will continue to 

advance as a model DOD environmental 

program. 

The future success of our 

strategic plan will be communicated 

to you by our staff and by my successor, 

Captain Bert Marsh, who 

recently came aboard. The Navy 

diving, salvage and pollution 

response community is truly a small, 

close organization, and I have had 

numerous opportunities to work 

with Captain Marsh and observe his 

skills, knowledge and professionalism. 

I'm leaving you in good hands! 

CAPT R. S. McCord 

Director of Ocean Engineering 

Supervisor of Salvage and Diving 


SUPSALV Test Water-Cooled 

Fire-Boom Blankets 

boom system can also support in-situ 

burning of oil on the sea's surface. 

The tests have shown that 

water-cooled barriers can withstand 

large oil fires for several 

hours with little damage if cooling 

water is continuously supplied. 

The adaptation of this 

cooling technique into an effective 

blanket cover for the larger 

Navy host salvage booms presents 

many challenges and 

requires several development 

steps in order to build a reliable 

full-scale system. 

Three types of blankets, 

each 50 ft. in length, were tested 

in the Oil and Hazardous 

Materials Simulated 

Environmental Test Tank (OHM- 

SETT) on NWS Earle. The tests 

used a unique submerged 

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propane bubbler fire system to 

replicate a fully developed 

marine oil fire. After several 

hours of burn testing, the blankets 

were inspected for damage, 

and additional tests were conducted 

to determine durability 

during handling, cleaning and 

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SUPSALV Test Water-Cooled Fire-Boom Blankets 

Blanket Preparation 

Fire-Boom Test 

maintenance. 

The tested prototype blankets 

each had different characteristics 

which provided insight to 

the essential components needed 

for a reliable fire-boom blanket 

system. Also, performance problems 

were identified related to 

fitting of the blankets onto conventional 

host booms. The 

results of this test program allow 

for the development of a fullscale 

SUPSALV fire-boom blanket 

system. The next step is to 

investigate improvements in 

water distribution and reliability. 

Full-scale system development 

and evaluation is expected to be 

completed next year. 

READINESS - PLANNING/TRAINING/ 

DRILLS&EXERCISE 

NOAA DEVELOPS 

All-Risk, All-Hazard 

ICP PLAN 

By Bob Miles, PCCI 

With the assistance of 

SUPSALV, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration's 

(NOAA) Western Regional 

Center (WRC) located in Seattle, 

Washington recently developed 

an All-Risk, All-Hazard 

Response Plan utilizing the 

Integrated Contingency Plan 

(ICP) format. 

Responding to an administrative 

order by Washington 

state, WRC was charged with 

updating its Oil and Hazardous 

Substance Response Plan. It was 

decided to revise the plan in an 

ICP format, and if possible, 

expand the response planning 

beyond the usual oil and hazardous 

substances. 

NOAA's WRC campus is 

a large federal facility that 

employs approximately 1,000 

personnel engaged in numerous 

research, weather and administrative 

functions. These personnel 

belong to dispirit agencies within 

the NOAA organization and are 

all collocated on the same campus. 

Many of the research laboratories 

contained exotic and 

potentially dangerous chemicals, 

albeit in small quantities. 

However, WRC did not meet the 

thresholds required to fall under 

the various federal regulations 

that apply to most Navy facilities. 

Thus, WRC had a relatively 


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READINESS - PLANNING/TRAINING/DRILLS&EXERCISE 


NOAA DEVELOPS 

All-Risk, All-Hazard 

ICP PLAN 

free hand in formatting its plan 

within the ICP guidelines. 

Development of the plan 

did require much coordination 

and "buy in" meetings among the 

many independent organizations 

located on the WRC campus. 

For response management, the 

same response team was utilized 

in all responses regardless of the 

nature of the hazard. 

The All-Risk, All-Hazard 

portion of the core plan of the 

ICP was developed for: oil and 

hazardous substance response; 

fire; earthquakes; workplace violence 

which included bomb 

threats, suspicious packages and 

personnel disturbances; and 

severe weather which included 

high winds, floods, heavy snow 

and power outages. 

During November 1998 

personnel stationed at Marine 

Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), 

located in Kaneohe Bay, HI, 

received a tailored spill response 

management training course. 

MCBH is located in a particularly 

environmentally sensitive area on 

the windward side of Oahu and 

has been proactive in addressing 

Response Training for 

U.S. Marine Corps 

By Bob Miles, PCCI 

designed the agenda to address 

spill response issues specific to 

the Marine Corps operating in 

their local Hawaiian environment. 

One of the more unique 

and useful presentations was a 

roundtable presentation and discussion 

by the major oil spill 

responders located in Hawaii. 

Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay 

spill response issues. 

The course was patterned 

after the Navy On-Scene 

Coordinator (NOSC) course 

which is presented three times a 

year at various locations worldwide. 

However, for the MCBH 

training, Rocky Owens, MCBH 

Environmental Coordinator, 

Clean Islands Council, Marine 

Spill Response Corporation- 

Hawaii (MSRC), PENCO and 

Tesoro all gave presentations 

regarding their capabilities. 

After the presentations the representatives 

opened the floor for 

discussion regarding specific 


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Response Training for 

U.S. Marine Corps 

issues peculiar to spill response 

in Hawaii. 

In addition to presentations 

by the local responders, 

representatives from the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Hawaii 

Department of Health and the 

local Marine Safety Office 

(MSO) gave presentations on 

Hawaii sensitivities and available 

resources with which to conduct 

an effective response. 

While not unique to 

Hawaii, the course included two 

presentations on public relations. 

A similar curriculum has been 

added to the NOSC course. 

The Federal On-Scene 

Coordinator, the State On-Scene 

Coordinator and the U.S. Marine 

Corps (USMC) On-Scene 

Coordinator all gave presentations 

regarding their roles, 

responsibilities and response 

philosophies and priorities. 

These presentations were similar 

to the NOSC course. 

Hawaii State Representative 

Briefs USMC 

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SUPSALV Personnel and 

Equipment Readiness 

By Joe Stahovec, SUPSALV and Ron 

Worthington, GPC 

Cheatham Annex 

Training Exercise 

Shore Boom 

SUPSALV's oil spill 

response capabilities pre-staged 

at Cheatham Annex, Virginia, 

underwent a deployment training 

and equipment testing exercise 

during the period 31 August 

through 4 September 1998. The 

major objective of the exercise 

was to deploy a Class V skimmer 

system and 1000 feet of containment 

boom in a timed deployment 

drill format. The skimmer 

system was deployed within four 

hours, and the 1000 feet of 

boom was deployed within two 

hours. Additional equipment 

deployments included the salvage 

skim system containing 

weir, skim-pak and rope mop 

skimmers; the offshore fire fighting 

system; and the supporting 

command, rigging and shop vans. 

Deployed for the first time was 

the USS 42-inch and 26-inch 

shore boom. This boom with its 

bottom two chambers filled with 

water is 

used to 

form a bottom 

seal on 

the shoreline. 

The 

outboard 

ends of the 

shore boom 

readily connect 

to the 

USS 42- 

inch and 26- 

inch boom, 

forming a 

sealed containment 

pocket in shoreline interface 

operations. 

These training exercises 

ensure that SUPSALV oil spill 

recovery equipment and personnel 

are prepared to support the 

Navy's facility and fleet operations 

worldwide. 


Equipment Test 



SUPSALV is continually 

developing enhanced oil recovery 

and logistical support systems to 

ensure that the Navy is better 

prepared to respond to a spill situation. 

Developed equipment is 

extensively and continuously 


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tested to ensure that both the 

equipment and the personnel are 

efficient and effective. During 

the period 26 through 30 October 

1998, several new systems were 

tested in an integrated scenario at 

Cheatham Annex. Two new systems, 

the oil bladder transfer system 

and the modular barge system 

were integrated with the 

floating hose system to transfer 

product from 

oil storage 

bladders 

located threequarters 

of a 

mile offshore 

to the 

Cheatham 

Annex Pier. 

In this exercise 

the modular 

barge and 

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Equipment Test 

Transfer Pump 

Transfer System 

the oil transfer system and the 

large oil storage bladder were 

anchored off shore. The 

smaller oil 

recovery 

bladders 

filled with 

water were 

towed and 

subsequently 

connected to 

the transfer 

station where 

the smaller 

bladder contents 

were 

transferred to 

the larger bladder. 

Subsequently, the 

contents of the larger 

bladder were 

pumped 3,500 feet through the 

floating hose system to the pier. 

The combination of systems 

developed and tested allows 

SUPSALV to transfer recovered 

product in draft restricted and 

undeveloped terrain operational 

scenarios. The many lessons 

learned in these testing exercises 

will be incorporated into system 

configuration 

and personnel 

training 

programs 

to 

further 

enhance 

capabilities 

and response 

readiness. 

Stockton Equipment Drill and 

Training Exercise 



Ropemop Deployment 

The SUPSALV 

Emergency Ship Salvage 

Material (ESSM) Base in 

Stockton, California conducted a 

drill and training exercise during 

the period 16-20 November 

1998. During the drill Stockton 

personnel successfully deployed 

the Class V skimmer system and 

1000 feet of USS 42-inch boom 

within the allocated deployment 

time frames. Training also 

included the deployment of the 

command, shop and rigging vans. 

The hot tap system was deployed 

and was used to access a ship's 

cargo hold by attaching and 

drilling through a ½ inch steel 

plate set up to simulate a ship's 

hull structure. Additional training 

included the deployment of the 

boom mooring system and the 

salvage skim system. 

The exercise again displayed 

the readiness of both 

equipment and personnel located 

on the West Coast to support the 

Navy, DOD and other activities 

in the event of a significant oil 

spill. 

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The T/V Northern Dancer 

was heading outbound from Port 

Valdez laden with 850,000 barrels of 

Alaska North Slope Crude oil when 

something went wrong. It ran 

aground on Middle Point of 

Montague Island and spilled more 

than 307,000 barrels of its cargo. 

Alyeska immediately responded, but 

it was evident by day three that 

more resources were needed as the 

oil slick proceeded southwest out of 

Prince William Sound threatening 

the Gulf of Alaska. 

This was the scenario 

for the Spill of 

National Significance 

(SONS) drill held in 

Alaska 21-23 

September, 1998. 

It was the second 

such drill in the 

United States to test 

the capabilities of 

responding to a "rare 

catastrophic spill which 

greatly exceeds the 

response capabilities at the 

local or regional level" as 

defined in the National Contingency 

Plan. The scenario was designed to 

test the third day of such an event in 

which out-of-region oil spill 

response resources are deployed to 

assist. 

SUPSALV participated in 

the equipment deployment portion 

of the drill. Equipment was mobilized 

out of Emergency Ship 

Salvage Material (ESSM) Base 

Anchorage to Seward, Alaska. 

Equipment mobilized included a 

Marco Class V skimming system 

with two 24-foot boom handling 

boats, a 18-foot boom tending boat, 

a 23-foot inflatable boat, 1,000 feet 

Alaska SONS Drill 1998 -- By Lee Majors, GPC 

of ocean boom, a command van, a 

rigging van and a workshop van. 

SUPSALV was incorporated into 

Free Oil Recovery Task Force 7 out 

of Resurrection Bay to contain and 

recover the oil as it moved southwest 

toward Kodiak Island. The 

task force also included a U.S. Coast 

Guard (USCG) buoy tender with its 

VOSS system, Oil Spill Response 

Limited (OSRL) equipment from 

Alaska SONS Drill 

Southampton, England, and local 

fishing vessels from the Alyeska 

Ship Escort Response Vessel System 

SERVS response fleet. The fishing 

vessels deployed the SUPSALV 

ocean boom in an open apex u- 

boom configuration in front of the 

USCG skimming system. These 

vessels also deployed OSRL equipment 

in u-boom and j-boom recovery 

strike teams. Another free oil 

recovery task force was mobilized in 

the Chenega area of Prince William 

Sound. 

In addition to deploying the 

equipment, SUPSALV also coordinated 

the logistical requirements for 

cranes, forklifts and similar equipment 

for the Seward area. The 

Alaska Department of 

Environmental Conservation and the 

local regional citizens advisory 

councils noted that the Marco Class 

V skimming system was the first to 

be on scene and in a skimming formation. 

High praise was also given 

by the fishing vessels for the durability 

and ease of towing of 

the SUPSALV ocean 

boom. 

The SUPSALV 

Resource Asset 

Tracking System 

(RATS) was of special 

interest to all 

involved. GPS 

transmitters were 

deployed on two 

fishing vessels, the 

USCG buoy tender 

and a SUPSALV 

boom handling boat to 

assist in tracking the individual 

strike teams within the 

task force. The display was 

maintained in the command van 

and was able to track the vessels 

during the entire equipment deployment 

that extended to the southern 

end of Resurrection Bay. 

The SONS drill again 

demonstrated SUPSALV's capability 

to respond and participate in a unified 

response as requested by the 

Federal On-Scene Coordinator. 

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SUPSALV Assists DESC in 

OPA 90 Training Compliance 

By Tom Griggs, PCCI 

During 1998 SUPSALV 

provided direct support to the 

Defense Energy 

Supply 

Center 

(DESC) in 

meeting its 

federal training, 

drill and 

exercise compliance 

requirements 

under the Oil 

Pollution 

Abatement 

Act of 1990 

(OPA 90). 

Specifically, 

SUPSALV 

provided 

training and 

tabletop exercises for Defense 

Fuel Supply Points (DFSPs) 

Tampa and Charleston and for 

Eielson Air Force Base, where 

DESC is responsible for environmental 

compliance for the military's 

Fairbanks to Eielson 

Pipeline. 

For each location several 

hours of "schoolhouse" training 

was provided that emphasized the 

OPA 90 regulatory requirements 

and oil spill management using 

an incident command system 

(ICS). A thorough review of the 

facility response plan (FRP) was 

also conducted. Following the 

half day of schoolhouse training, 

a half-day tabletop exercise 

(TTX) was conducted. In addition 

to meeting "core components" 

included in the federal 

drill and exercise program, these 

TTXs exercised the ability of the 

Boom Deployment 

activity's spill management team 

to: effectively set up an incident 

command system; address difficult 

environmental 

tradeoffs; 

issue timely 

press releases; 

and 

evaluate the 

facilities' 

contracted 

response 

contractors 

or the Oil 

Spill Removal 

Organizations (OSROs). 

DESC has requested 

SUPSALV's continued support in 

meeting its 1999 and 2000 OPA 

90 exercise requirements for the 

facilities in Tampa, Charleston, 

and Fairbanks and also for DFSP 

Verona, New York. SUPSALV's 

goal during the 

upcoming exercises 

is to continue 

to refine the 

use of the ICS, 

in a Unified 

Command structure 

that includes 

the State and 

Federal governments. 

SUP- 

SALV may be 

able to assist 

your command 

in meeting its 

OPA 90 exercise 

requirements. 

Call Will Healy 

at 703-602-8206 ext. 

247 to discuss your requirements 

in detail. 

Boat Returns to Mooring Location 

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READINESS - OPERATIONS 

Chinese Vessel Cleaning 

Operations 

By Mike Pricola, GPC 

One of the Two Chinese Vessels 

Two Chinese vessels were 

seized by U.S. Federal officials off 

the waters of Guam U.S.A. The 

vessels were reportedly being used 

for the smuggling of illegal Chinese 

immigrants into the United States. 

The U.S. Marshals Service tasked 

SUPSALV with the decontamination 

of the two vessels to prepare them 

for deep ocean disposal. 

On September 17, 1998, 

SUPSALV Emergency Ship Salvage 

Material (ESSM) Base Stockton and 

ESSM Base Hawaii personnel along 

with subcontractor personnel began 

the decontamination process on the 

first vessel. The work was divided 

into three major categories: 1) biological 

hazard removal, 2) debris 

removal and 3) petroleum disposal. 

On October 6, 1998, the 

decontamination process began on 

the second vessel. The work on the 

second vessel was divided into the 

same three major categories as the 

first. 

The clean-up process of 

both vessels generated a large quantity 

of waste. Approximately twenty-six 

33-gallon bags of biological 

waste were removed. Additionally, 

approximately six yards of wet 

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garbage, four 30-yard dumpsters of 

general debris, seven 30-yard dumpsters 

of wood debris and approximately 

27,000 gallons of oily 

water/fuel were removed during the 

decontamination process. Also three 

cubic yards of asbestos containing 

material were removed. 

On October 16, 1998, both 

vessels were inspected by the U.S. 

Coast Guard Marine Safety Office 

on Guam and by an inspector from 

the Government of Guam 

Environmental Protection Agency 

and declared suitable for disposal. 

These vessels were turned over to 

the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Marianas Islands for subsequent 

sinking and use as recreational dive 

sites. 

Fleet Planners Environmental 

Support System Development 

By Fred Touchstone and Bill Hanlon, PCCI 

SUPSALV is taking advantage 

of new computer tools to assist 

fleet planners prepare for operations. 

Naval Warfare Publication, 

Environmental Protection NWP 4- 

11, was recently promulgated in 

September 1998. It requires that 

Navy and Marine Corps commanders 

and planners develop an environmental 

annex, Annex L, to an 

operation order or operation plan. 

This requirement ensures that environmental 

considerations are factored 

into an operation before it 

occurs, and this proactive assessment 

will help the Navy deter 

adverse environmental impacts of 

operations. 

At the request of the Chief 

of Naval Operations Code N45, 

SUPSALV is working to incorporate 

a prototype Geographic Information 

System (GIS) that has been devel- 

oped for the Black Sea into an electronic 

tool that will help Navy planners 

develop an Annex L. The current 

Black Sea GIS has all of the 

information necessary to support an 

Annex L creation -- including environmental, 

physical, political and 

infrastructure data. Furthermore, the 

Black Sea GIS will be of significant 

value to responders to oil spills and 

will have functionality that can be 

of use to Navy operational planners. 

The Annex L tool will be a 

modification of this Black Sea GIS. 

The planner will only have to "point 

and click," and the program will 

instantly print a report and describe 

all of the environmentally sensitive 

areas in the region. Planners and 

commanders will then have the 

information to make decisions. 

Current development plans 

have the system ready for field testing 

by June 1999. Watch the SUP- 

SALV 00C Website for more information. 

Remotely Operated lightering 

System (ROLS) 

By Eric Glaubitz, SUPSALV and 

Tony Kuppersmith, PCCI 

Under the auspices of the 

DOD's Foreign Comparative Testing 

(FCT) Program, SUPSALV recently 

purchased a Remotely Operated 

Lightering System (ROLS) from 

Frank Mohn A/S (FRAMO) in 

Norway. The ROLS functions as a 

diver-less hot tap and pumping system 

to remotely recover petroleum 

or other liquid products contained in 

the tanks of sunken vessels. "Hot 

tap" refers to the technique of 

drilling into a tank, pipeline or other 

cavity without disturbing or spilling 

the contents which are under pres- 


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Remotely Operated Lightering System 

(ROLS) 

sure. 

SUPSALV's interest in the 

new tool stems from its twenty-year 

involvement with diver deployed hot 

tap systems. The remotely controlled 

ROLS complements an existing 

suite of diver deployed hot tap 

systems prepositioned at Emergency 

Ship Salvage Material (ESSM) sites. 

The new remotely controlled tool 

safely extends the depth and range 

of SUPSALV's technical know-how 

and operational response to salvage 

missions. 

The ROLS was first utilized 

by FRAMO in the spring of 1996 

under contract to the Finnish 

Environment Institute to help recover 

the remaining oils from the passenger 

ferry M/V Estonia prior to 

securing the vessel as a mass grave. 

During the summer 1998, SUP- 

SALV leased the ROLS to FRAMO 

for use in the recovery of 500 metric 

tons of oil from two sunken tank 

vessels, the Yuil#1 and Osung#3 off 

of Pusan, Korea. The operation was 

included as part of the FCT operational 

evaluation of the ROLS. 

SUPSALV was permitted wide 

access to monitor the oil recovery 

operation that was performed by 

Smit Tak BV, Rotterdam, the salvage 

contractor, and FRAMO, the 

equipment operator, working under 

contract to the Korea Marine 

Pollution Response Corp. 

(KMPRC). 

The unique opportunity to 

witness the ROLS performing in a 

practical field operation in lieu of 

the earlier scheduled simulation tests 

provided SUPSALV with evaluation 

insights that could not otherwise be 

obtained. 

“UPCOMING EVENTS” 

National Pollution Prevention Roundtable Annual Conference 

Washington, DC 

6-10 Apr 

American Wetlands Conference San Francisco, CA 14-17 Apr 

Earth Day 

Intl. In-Situ & Bioremediation Symposium 

San Diego, CA 

17 Apr 

19-22 Apr 

States / BC Task Force Meeting Portland, OR 22-23 Apr 

NOAA STOCS Course Seattle, WA 26-30 Apr 

NOSC Course Newport, RI 4-7 May 

BIO '99 Intl Conf of the Biotechnology Industry 

Seattle, WA 

Computer Aided Mgmt. of Emerg. Ops. (CAMEO) Workshop 

Phoenix, AZ 

16-20 May 

24-28 May 

CANUSLANT '99 Exercise Eastport, ME 7-10 Jun 

Waste Expo '99 Dallas, TX 8-10 Jun 

Water & Enviro Resources Mgmt for Asia & the Pacific 

Honolulu, HI 

29 Jun-3 Jul 

NOSC Course Yokosuka, Japan 20-23 Jul 

ASCE-CSCE Environmental Engineering Conference 

Norfolk, VA 

25-28 Jul 

Oceans '99 Conference Seattle, WA 13-16 Sep 

For more information on these and other “UPCOMING EVENTS”, 

contact PCCI at (703)684-2060 

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