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Texaco Grant

For Webb Institute

Vice Admiral Bryan, president of Webb

Institute (left), accepting a $5,000 con- tribution from vice president James A.

Cole Jr. (right) of Texaco Inc.

Webb Institute of Naval Ar- chitecture, Glen Cove, N.Y., re- cently received a $5,000 grant from Texaco Inc.

Institute officials said that the contribution will be used for the general scholarship program to further its curriculum in naval architecture and marine engi- neering.

Vice Admiral Bryan, president of Webb, stated that "The Texaco

Inc. contribution will be used to offset the unabated rise in Webb's costs and will help assure the continuation of our tuition-free policy." The grant was made on behalf of Texaco by James A.

Cole Jr., vice president.

NRC Releases Study

Assessing The Safety

Of OCS Offshore Oil

The National Academy of En- gineering recently released its study of "Safety and Offshore

Oil." This document was com- missioned by the U.S. Geological

Survey and the U.S. Coast Guard in response to a provision of the

OCS Lands Act Amendments of 1978.

In June, 1979, the Geological

Survey requested that the Na- tional Research Council (NRC) undertake an assessment of the adequacy of technologies and reg- ulations as a major contribution to the mandated study. For its part, the NRC appointed the Com- mittee on Assessment of Safety of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Activities to conduct the assess- ment under the aegis of the Ma- rine Board.

The Committee conducted a comprehensive assessment of safety on the outer continental shelf, taking "safety" to include that of people, the marine envi- ronment and property, and en- compassing the lessening of risk and the avoidance of accidents.

In its work, the Committee did not attempt to place OCS oil and gas development in perspective with other resource development activities. With regard to assess- ing the adequacy of regulations, the Committee directed its atten- tion to regulatory practice and compliance. No attempt was made to broaden this evaluation into a management audit of government responsibilities and programs.

The Committee initiated its study with a request for infor- mation and opinions on the safety of OCS activities from interested parties. This served to identify sources of public and industrial concerns. The Committee then re- viewed the historical record of the safety of OCS activities and the conclusions and recommenda- tions of previous studies. The

Committee then assembled data on OCS technologies and reg- ulations, organizing the data by areas of safety concerns.

The final task of the Commit- tee was to prepare for each area of safety a technical description of technologies and regulations for analysis and assessment.

The final assessment of ade- quacy is a judgment and is the consensus arrived at by the Com- mittee through collective evalu- ation of the technical analysis and discussion.

This report may well be the basis for other studies and addi- tional offshore safety regulations in the future.

Copies of "Safety and Offshore

Oil" are available for $11 from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20418.

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