planes similar to those used by the U.S. Coast Guard for airborne oil 

 spill detection patrols. 



The Santa Barbara County Office of Environmental Quality points out 

 that radar and radio equipment exists at Vandenberg Air Force Base in 

 northern Santa Barbara County to provide the necessary traffic monitor- 

 ing and communications for such a system in the Channel. Additional 

 equipment would have to be installed in the Los Angeles area to provide 

 similar traffic control for harbors there. 



2. Pilot Training . The OCS Task Force and the Santa Barbara 

 County Office of Environmental Quality are considering the use of train- 

 ing equipment to familiarize captains and tanker pilots with conditions 

 in an increasingly crowed Channel. The system under consideration is 

 CAORF, operated by the Maritime Administration of the Department of 

 Commerce, which uses computerized vessel traffic simulation to give 

 pilots the "feel" of a ship in a certain location. The facility would 

 have to be programmed for the Santa Barbara Channel . 



3. Modular Processing and Storage Facilities . Consolidation of 

 facilities that will service oil and gas fields being developed at 

 different periods requires special design of processing facilities. 

 The facilities must be able to store, transport, or refine a wide 

 range of volume production and to accommodate oils of different weight 

 and chemical characteristics. Operators may wish to develop special 

 processing practices designed for specific circumstances. The co-mingl- 

 ing of oil, or expansion and contractions of processing facilities, may 

 be different or impossible due to the unique design of each facility. 

 New designs of heater-treaters, Stretfield Units, burners and other 



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