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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE USCG Reaches Out The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is in the midst of an aggressive cam- paign to work with the internation- al maritime community to create, alter and eliminate rules and regu- lations in order to streamline processes for shipowners. Zbigniew J. Karaszewski, chief, Shipbuilding Design and Operations Facilitations Division, recently presented some of these views to the international maritime sewage systems solve all your marine sanitation needs. Pre-Engineered Vacuum Collection System Standard Design and Components No Special Engineering ORCA II Marine Sanitation Device Sizing to Fit 12 to 500 People JI ' • EVAC 90 Toilet Low Volume Fresh Water Flush Toilet (3 pints/flush) Small Diameter Piping . . . 1-1/2" and 2" Reduces Sewage Volume by 90% Flexible Piping Layout . . With Vertical Lift Reduced Holding Tank Size . . . 80% Smaller Eliminates Toilet Vents Reduces Material & Labor Costs, and Topside Piping Weight Proven History of Reliability Over 5,000 Marine Installations Worldwide ORCA II (165-500 People] ORCA IIA (12-70 People) « a'/r Microprocessor Control and Monitoring System Simple Operation & Maintenance Fully Automatic Hands-off Operation Simple and Inexpensive Installation 1 Compact and Lightweight 1 Designed Specifically for the Marine Industry Over 500 Installations Worldwide 1 Operates in Fresh, Salt or Brackish Water 1 U.S.C.G. Certified and IMO Approved 1 Available with ORCACLOR Automatic Chlorine Generator ENVIROVAC INC. 1260 Turret Drive • Rockford, IL 61 1 15 • U.S.A. S15/654-8300 • Toll Free: 800/435-6951 • Fax: 815/654-8306 Circle 245 on Reader Service Card WHY AMPCO PUMPS FOR SEA WATER SERVICE? • More tensile strength than stainless, iron, or bronze. m Better corrosion/cavitation erosion resistance in salt water. m Made of Ampco Alloy #483. (ASTM B-271 and MIL-B-24480) • Less expensive than stainless steel. ^ RSW, Circulation, brine tanks, condenser cooling, process seawater, bilge, fire, potable water and more. maesooa M iMH slatt Ampco Pumps 1 4000 W. Burnham St., Milwaukee, Wl 53215 414/643-1852 FAX 41 4/643-4452 Circle 206 on Reader Service Card CREATIVE SYSTEl I NC. CREATORS OF GHS Stability Software Products GHS Full-featured hydrostatics BHS Mid-range package BHS/YACHT Yacht designer's package GLM Shipboard trim and stability GHS/SALVAGE Salvage oriented package P.O. Box 1910 Port Townsend, WA 98368 USA TEL (360) 385-6212 FAX (360) 385-6213 IMSA Developers of advanced hydrostatics software since 1972. Member Circle 233 on Reader Service Card community via the SEA 2000 Conference, held in conjunction with the SMM '96 exhibition last month. Here are some excerpts from his presentation. The world is constantly in a state of flux and the methods to achieve or attain our goals must change also. The USCG began a regulato- ry reform program to reduce the economic burden of regulation 25 years ago. Some will say, if so, then progress is slow. Yes, progress may be slow, but nonethe- less it has been steady. Over the past two years the pace has increased and the programs that are evolving now show real eco- nomic promise and financial return to both industry and the USCG. The USCG, working domestical- ly and internationally, has devel- oped the groundwork for some very important program and regu- latory changes. The U.S. federal government is in the midst of a process we call "downsizing." The USCG will cer- tainly survive and even thrive in these challenging times. By rethinking how we do business and focusing our efforts and resources to provide the maximum return on investment, we are meeting these difficult challenges. Here are the major steps we are taking to do this: Coast Guard Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, the office involved with the safety and environmental protection for mer- chant vessels, has already reorga- nized to align itself to better meet the needs of the maritime indus- try. As part of this reorganization we have established a new National Maritime Center as the means to serve the private sector and provide support to the USCG's marine safety field offices. The National Maritime Center consists of the once self-standing Marine Safety Center, which does plan reviews of new U.S. ships and for- eign passenger ships having U.S. ports of call; a centralized National Vessel Documentation Center, which is a consolidation of our regional vessel documentation system; an Office of Marine Personnel Administration to han- dle licensing, personnel, training and certification issues; an Office of Shipbuilding, Design and 106 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
