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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
155 |
| Date of Summary |
September 30, 1990 |
| Subject |
Identification of Substitute Test
Facilities for OHMSETT |
| Performing Activity |
Emergencies Engineering Division, Environment
Canada |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. Kenneth M. Meikle |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
The Minerals
Management Service initiated a cooperative effort with Environment Canada to participate
in continuing evaluation of innovative oil spill response technology and procedures. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has
suspended operation of the Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (OHMSETT) facility at Leonardo, New
Jersey, and alternative facilities and procedures are necessary to minimize the delay in
testing innovative oil spill response technology and procedures. This project will
identify all suitable test tanks in Canada. It will provide a detailed engineering
assessment of the suitability of each facility to conduct test protocols comparable to
those at OHMSETT, and provide engineering cost and time estimates for necessary
modification at each facility to achieve comparability to OHMSETT. |
| Progress |
Complete. No suitable
substitute has been identified where equipment can be tested in repeatable wave fields in
an advancing mode. The results of this project supported the necessity for reopening the
OHMSETT facility. The MMS entered into a use agreement with the Navy for OHMSETT. OHMSETT
is scheduled to be reopened in Fall 1991. |
Reports |
AA (125 pages)
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Dickins, D., and Solsberg, L., An
Evaluation of Canadian Towing Tanks and Maneuvering Basins as Substitute Test Facilities
for OHMSETT, D. F. Dickins Associates Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, March 31, 1989. |
| AB (25 pages)
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OHMSETT, The National Oil Spill
Response Test Facility FY'96 Review and FY'97 Plan. MAR, Inc. Herndon, VA, December 1996. |
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