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Hampton Roads Section SNAME Hears

Paper On Environmental Control In

Shipbuilding And Ship Repair Facilities

Shown at the SNAME Hampton Roads Section December meeting, left to right: E.E.

Jaeger, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., papers committee; T.B. Roy, speaker; C.E. Peacock Jr., Section vice chairman; A.K. Woodward, executive committee, and R. Broad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Section representative.

The Hampton Roads Section of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held their second meeting of the 1972-73 sea- son at the Fort Monroe Officers

Club, Hampton, Va., on December 7, 1972.

Following the social hour and dinner, which were enjoyed by approximately 125 members and guests, chairman Joseph D. Deal

Jr. opened the meeting by introduc- ing the distinguished guests and welcoming those in attendance.

After disposing with Section business, chairman Deal introduced the Section representative, Richard

Broad, vice president of nuclear operations at Newport News Ship- building and Dry Dock Company, who gave a comprehensive report of the Society's annual meeting held at the New York Hilton in

November.

T.B. Ray, senior design environ- mental control engineer at the

Newport News Shipbuilding and

Dry Dock Company, Newport

News, Va., presented a paper on "Environmental Control in Ship- building and Ship Repair Facili- ties." The author is a graduate of

Newport News Shipbuilding and

Dry Dock Company Apprentice

School and received his degree in civil engineering from Purdue Uni- versity.

The paper dealt first with the prolific regulatory legislation, both

Federal and state, relating to en- vironmental control. These include the following: (a) National En- vironmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970; (b) Federal Water Pol- lution Control Act Amendment (FWPCAA) of 1970; (c) Refuse

Action of 1899; (d) Oil Pollution

Action of 1961; (e) Clean Air Act

Amendments of 1970; (f) Air Pol- lution Control Law of Virginia of 1966, as amended in 1968 and 1970; (g) Virginia Water Control Legis- lation, and (h) Proposed Regula- tion 5 of Virginia's State Water

Control Board.

The author noted that while the above legislation covers such areas as decision making affecting the en- vironment, public hearings, issu- ance of licenses or permits and funding for construction of treat- ment plants, etc., criminal and civil penalties, there are many areas which are unclear and require in- terpretation.

With the governing regulations as a background, the varied range of problems confronting shipyards in particular and all industry in general, were discussed. It was —______

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W noted that environmental problems of shipyards vary in relation to their age, size, timing of growth spurts, proximity of nearby com- munities, geographical locations, judicial involvement of enforce- ment agencies and environmental criteria and that some of the prob- lem areas confronting the ship- builder are solid waste disposal, surface preparation and protective coatings, liquid waste, and oil spil- lage.

Pollution abatement measures and the economic impact of en- vironmental control were presented in considerable detail as they relate to shipbuilding and ship repair fa- cilities. It was pointed out that shipyard facilities vary and that en- vironmental control programs must be tailored to each activity. The fact that a shipyard must be lo- cated on a body of water is a con- tributing factor to environmental problems.

Written discussers were Robert

C. Strasser, director of research,

Clifton W. Loveland, machinery design propulsion section manager, and W.D. Lyliston Jr., materials engineering chemical engineering section manager, all of Newport

News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock

Company.

Marine Fraternity Honors Tom Darnell

Shown above at the reception, left to right: Grant L. Johnson, International Paint

Company; Edwin K. Linen, Todd Shipyards Corp.; Thomas E. Darnell, honored guest;

W.C. Brodhead, Gulf Oil Corp.; Harry A. Berke, Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock

Company; Thomas M. Reinhardt, International Paint Co., and Capt. Warren G. Leback.

Thomas E. Darnell, vice presi- dent of the International Paint

Company, was recently honored at a reception in the Downtown Ath- letic Club, New York City, by his many friends from the ship operat- ing and shipyard fraternity on the occasion of his retirement.

One of the most popular individ- uals in the maritime industry, Mr.

Darnell joined International Paint in 1941 and devoted a rewarding career of 31 years to servicing

American-flag fleet owners and giv- ing able guidance to the labor de- partment of International Paint when the company employed its own crews working on both Amer- ican and foreign ships.

An avid golfer, Mr. Darnell will spend a good part of his retirement on the links of Long Island and at marine golf outings.

Tom Darnell, guest of honor, is flanked on the left by Frederick A. Ganter, Norfolk

Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., and on the right by Thomas M. Reinhardt, president of

International Paint Company.

From left to right: J.B. Montgomery, chairman, papers committee; T.B. Ray, speaker; J.D. Deal Jr., chairman of the SNAME Hampton Roads Section;

C.E. Peacock Jr., Section vice chairman, and C.M. Brooks, secretary-treasurer.

ASTILLEROS ESPANOLES DELIVERY: The 16,000-dwt Freedom-Hispania type vessel

Cigoitia was recently delivered to her owners "Naviera Ramirez Escudero, S.A.," fol- lowing her successful sea trials. This is the 10th unit of this type built at the Sevilla

Shipyard of Astilleros Espanoles, S.A. and the second one for these owners. The ap- proximate measurements and main particulars are as follows: length overall, 475 feet; breadth, 68 feet; depth, 42 feet; draft, 31 feet, and cargo capacity, 729,267 cubic feet. The propulsion machinery comprises a 6RD68 type AESA-Sulzer engine totaling 8,000 bhp, built at the Sestao Works of Astilleros Espanoles, S.A. The Freedom-

Hispania vessel can carry bulk cargo, general cargo, containers, etc., has a '"closed shelter" and the essential characteristics of a bulkcarrier. 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News