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      <title>LNG AND LPG HAZARDS MANAGEMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The study, was authorized by the Washington State Legislature to determine the special safety and jurisdictional problems of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessels and marine facilities and to assess the capabilities of state and local government to manage the hazards and problems effectively.  Although the project was not a siting study, six illustrative site areas were used to identify selected site-specific factors pertinent to LNG and LPG hazards management.  The six locales were Cherry Point, Freshwater Bay (near Port Angeles), Discovery Bay (near Port Townsend), Tacoma, Cottonwood Island (on the Columbia River) and Grays Harbor. The experience of the states of Oregon, California, Maryland and Massachusetts in dealing with LNG and LPG marine transport also were studied.  The study concludes that the State should adopt policies concerning the marine importation of LNG and LPG which provide adequate to the public from the hazards of these commodities.  No recommendation is made on whether the state should encourage or discourage development of liquefied gasses as an alternate energy source.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 1979 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MARINE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN COMPANY'S CLASS VII OIL SKIMMER VESSEL</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Marine Construction and Design Co. (MARCO) of Seattle has delivered a third oil spill recovery vessel to the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company for use in the harbor and bay areas in the vicinity of the Trans Alaska pipeline system's marine tanker terminal at Port Valdez.  The newest Alyeska skimmer also is the first of a new model--designated Class VII--to be built by MARCO.  The 48-foot all-aluminum vessel is designed for oil spill recovery in choppy coastal and open sea areas.  The vessel has a fork-like stern and travels in reverse through a spill to pick up oil.  The reversible concept also is employed on 24 small MARCO Class V skimmers in use by the U.S. Navy for ocean salvage.  According to a MARCO spokesman, the Class VII skims oil of any viscosity, as well as any oil-soaked floating debris in its path.  Oil and debris are recovered by a porous filterbelt, which conveys the material to the deck of the skimmer.  Oil is separated and drains into a 3300-gallon tank for off-loading.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 1977 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A COMPENDIUM OF CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN PUGET SOUND AND NORTHWEST ESTUARINE WATERS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This reference tool is a descriptive record of 1974 marine research conducted in Puget Sound, Washington coastal waters, and related estuaries.  Over 250 studies are comprehensively summarized.  Arranged in fourteen major research categories, these project summaries are also indexed by investigator subject geographical area and both sponsoring and performing organization.  Marine science disciplines treated include such areas as: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Oceanography-Fisheries-Pollution and Water Quality-Marine Bio-systems and Ecology-Engineering and Technology-Coastal Zone Management.  Provides the user with the knowledge of who is doing what research, where, when, and for whom.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>OFFSHORE PETROLEUM TRANSFER SYSTEMS FOR WASHINGTON STATE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Oceanographic Commission of Washington was funded to determine if it would be feasible to locate an offshore petroleum trasfer system somewhere on the Olympic Peninsula, as an alternative to the use of existing or expanded oil facilities near Anacortes and Bellingham.  Single Point Moorings (of which monobuoys are one type) are feasible west of Port Angeles and off the Mobil refinery near Cherry Point.  They are not feasible along Washington's Pacific coast or off the Texaco and Shell refineries at Anacortes. A monobuoy system west of Port Angeles would cost more to construct and operate through the next 24 years than would (1) a common-use, deepwater fixed terminal at Port Angeles, Cherry Point, or Burrows Bay near Anacortes or (2) four independent deepwater terminals at each refinery in the Cherry Point-Anacortes area.  These answers evolved from the intensive study of a complex issue and they represent a greatly oversimplified summary of the Commission's 525 page report to the legislature.  The question of feasibility itself was answered in terms of engineering, economic, social, jurisdictional, and environmental considerations. This is not a siting study, however.  The study did not ask "Where is the best site in the state to locate a monobuoy or other deepwater oil terminal?"  What the study did was assess feasibility: "Is it feasible to transfer oil from ship to shore somewhere on the Olympic Peninsula?"  Because the degree of feasibility of almost any development is relative, the study also examined the alternatives of continued use of the existing facilities and expansion of these facilities as points of contrast to the development of completely new facilities on the Olympic Peninsula.  The purpose of studying all these alternatives was to develop any relative differences that might exist among them.  This is a step in the decision making process.  As a result of this study, public policy makers now know which alternatives are similar, in terms of dollars and degree of impacts, and they can make rational choices about what sort of development to encourage or discourage at various locations. A next step would be to focus on those alternatives which now hold the most interest, by making site-specific analyses.  Whereas this study of feasibility was on the general level using typical facilities and typical impacts, the sitespecific step could develop budgets for a potential owner-operator.  In this way, the study results do not recommend sites for development for the state and do not pre-empt the environmental impact statement process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 1975 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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