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SERVES MANT PURPOSES 



The James River model is useful to private and public groups on local, state, 

 and national levels. Some recent studies and proposed ones are as follows : 



Virginia Electric and Power Company used the model to test the environ- 

 mental effects of heated effluent from a proposed nuclear power plant to be 

 located at Hog Point in Surry County. 



The City of Newport News used the model to help choose one of three pos- 

 sible plans for a proposed fill project at Newport News Point. 



The Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission used the model to 

 help select the best site for a sewage treatment plant outfall. 



The Navy u.sed the model to aid in solving navigation channel and berthing 

 area sedimentation problems. 



VIMS scientists are using the hydraulic model to test the accuracy and 

 precision of such devices and as an experimental "flume" to develop mathe- 

 matical models of estuarine circulation. 



The Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, VIMS, and the 

 State Water Control Board of Virginia are using the model to study the 

 dispersal and diffusion of pollutants. 



VIMS projects a series of tests to study distribution of simulated plankton 

 in the estuarine portion of the James. 



The Corps of Engineers plans to use the model to conduct tests relating to 

 spoil disposal and other projects. 



USE COORDINATED BY VIMS AND CORPS 



The operational responsibility for the Commonwealth's interests in the James 

 River Hydraulic Model was assigned to VIMS by the General Assembly with the 

 concurrence of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. The model is now a 

 facility of the Institute, and its use is coordinated hy formal agreement between 

 VIMS and the Corps of Engineers. 



To get full benefit from the model, VIMS and WES have made its uses avail- 

 able to qualified private industries, political subdivisions, state and federal agen- 

 cies, and scientific institutions. Since a heavy demand is expected, certain condi- 

 tions have been imposed to maintain an orderly and productive operation — as 

 follows : 



1) All use — state, city or county, public or private — ^must be cleared through 

 VIMS. 



2) Schedules will he established by VIMS through consultation with the pros- 

 pective users and the Corps. 



3) Copies of all data resulting from use of the model will be forwarded to 

 VIMS as it is generated. This includes raw data, semi-digested data, and reports 

 of results. 



4) All costs of modification, special verification, use, and reporting of model work 

 will be borne by the user. The Commonwealth assumes no responsibility or lia- 

 bility for results. 



5) Public users, especially federal and state agencies, will have priority over 

 private users. 



6) Studies that will help solve problems of interest to Virginia will also be given 

 assigned preference where possible. 



Dr. Hargis. Several agencies of tlie State are becoming oriented 

 toward management of the "coastal zone" as are many localities. We 

 are party to the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, an effective 

 interstate body, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and 

 hope to help develop and participate in an effective interstate compact 

 for joint attention to the Chesapeake Bay. 



Hence, the "coastal zone authority," either State or interstate, con- 

 cept is not new at all. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is the 

 separate State agency responsible for research and service to these 

 State and interstate management agencies and evidence that Virginia 

 is developing a coastal zone laboratory. 



I have included an article "Oceanography in Virginia" which also 

 indicates our interest in State support of oceanographic activities. 



