nfpa technical committee ON Gas Hazards

(updated July 2008)


Norman W. Wallace, Chair
American Bureau of Shipping
16855 Northchase Drive
Houston, TX 77060
 

PRINCIPALS


Stephen R. Bayer

Mine Safety Appliances Co. (MSA)

Instrument Division

PO Box 427

Pittsburgh, PA 15230

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: ISEA

 

John T. Bell

Marine Inspection Services Inc.

PO Box 1289

Houston, TX 77530-1289

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: MCA

 

Leslie Blaize

Belay Inc.

9630 NW Skyline Blvd.

Portland, OR 97231

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: MCA

 

Joseph J. Cox

Chamber of Shipping of America

1730 Main Street NW

St. 407

Washington, DC 20036

Member Type/Office: Principal

 

Joseph V. Daddura

U.S. Dept of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

200 Constitution Ave., NW, Rm. N-3621

Washington, DC 20210

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: OSHA

 

Robert V. Albert, PhD.

U.S. Department of the Navy, NAVSEA

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Code 106.11, Bldg 44

Portsmouth, NH 03804-5000

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: US Navy Shipyard Conversion/Repair

 

Matthew Barker

United States Coast Guard

Commandant (G-MSO-3)

2100 Second Street, SW

Washington, DC 20593-0001

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: USCG

 



   

Teresa Preston

Atlantic Marine, Inc.

P. O. Box 3202

Mobile, AL 36652-3201

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: Shipbuilders Council of America

 

Don Raffo

Electric Boat Corporation/General Dynamics

Department 341

75 Eastern Point Road

Groton, CT 06340

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: American Shipbuilding Association

 

John Sansing

Kirby Inland Marine, LP

16402-1/2 DeZavala

Channelview, TX 77530

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: American Waterways Operators

 

Stanley P. Smith
ITS Inc.

PO Box 1939

Gig Harbor, WA 98335

Member Type/Office: Principal

 

James R. Thornton

Northrop Grumman Newport News

Shipbuilding

4101 Washington Avenue

Newport News, VA 23607

Member Type/Office: Principal


Paul Manzi

BP Shipping, Ltd.
Chertsey Rd.
Sunbury, Middlesex
TW16-7LN United Kingdom

Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: American Petroleum Institute

 

R. Eugene Godwin

U.S. Marine Corps
Commandant HQ (Safety Division)
2 Navy Annex Room 2122
Washington, DC 20380-1775
Member Type/Office: Principal

Representing: Military Sealift Command

 


alternates


 

Karen M. Haase

American Petroleum Institiute

1220 L Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005-4070

Member Type/Office: Alternate

Representing: American Petroleum Institute


Charles Anderson
Naval Sea Systems Command

1333 Isaac Hull Avenue SE

Stop 1210

Washington Navy Yard

Washington, DC 20376-4618

Member Type/Office: Alternate

 

Frank G. Monaghan

Monaghan & Associates

260 American Canyon Rd.

Space 59

Vallejo, CA 94589

Member Type/Office: Alternate

Representing: MCA

 

 

Mark C. Swiatkiewicz (non-voting)

Case Chemicals

Unit 212 Solent Business Centre

Millbrook Road West

Southampton, Hampshire

S015 OHW UK

Member Type/Office: Alternate

 

Edward J. Willwerth

Atlantic Environmental & Marine Services, Inc.

41 George Hill Road

Grafton, MA 01519

Member Type/Office: Alternate

Representing: MCA

 

Lawrence B. Russell, Staff Liaison (non-voting)
National Fire Protection Association

Member Type/Office: Staff Liaison

 

 

Scope:
 
The Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the prevention of fire and explosion of flammable vapors in compartments or in spaces on board vessels and within shipyards and on the conditions that must exist in those compartments or spaces in order that workers can safely enter them and perform work.