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1. REPORT NUMBER 



TN-1440 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



I DN244123 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBEF 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



MATERIALS FOR OIL SPILL CONTAINMENT 

 BOOM 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Final; April 1975 - July 1975 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPOF 



7. AUTHORS 



Donald E. Brunner 



CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMSERf.s) 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND . 



CIVIL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 



Naval Construction Battalion Center 

 Port Hueneme, California 93043 



63721N; 

 Y41-21.001.01.001 



CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

 Alexandria, VA 22332 



'2. REPORT DATE 



June 1976 



14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME 8 ADDRESS'!' dille 



Controlling Ol/ice) 



Unclassified 



6 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT fol thin Report) 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of the abs 



In Block 20. it dillerenl trorr Report) 



SUPPLEMEN 



9. KEY WORDS (Continue on reverse side it necessary and identity by bloc* number) 



Oil spill containment boom; oil boom materials; materials for booms; containment 

 devices; harbor oil boom materials. 



20 ABSTRACT (Contlnu 



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A study was recently conducted at the Civil Engineering Laboratory 

 to investigate containment boom material requirements, which were defined and 

 weighted in terms of their relative importance. When available, standard test procedures 

 for use in evaluating each requirement were identified. Both substrate materials and 

 coatings to be applied are discussed in this report. From the limited investigation, 



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