ADCI President Mike Brown Appointed to National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

The ADCI would like to announce the formal appointment of Mr. Mike Brown to the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC).  Mr. Brown will represent the view point of offshore diving services.  He will serve for a term of three years. Mr. Brown replaces Mr. Bill Crowley, who successfully served on the committee for two terms.

Mr. Brown has been in the industry for over 35 years. He is the Vice Present and General Manager of EPIC Divers and Marine, a subsidiary company of TETRA Technologies, Inc.  He is also the President of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI), Co-Chairman of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) Commercial Diving Sub-Committee and Co-Chairman of Underwater Intervention.  Mr. Brown is a veteran who served honorably in the United States Navy.

  

NOSAC has made invaluable contributions through its advice to the Department of Homeland Security.  Since 2009, NOSAC has recommended standards for the medical treatment and evacuation of injured workers and divers from the outer continental shelf (OCS) facilities and engineering, training and manning standards for dynamically positioned vessels.  It has also recommended standards for the construction and certification of temporary modular quarters on floating OCS facilities; ballast water discharge; and provided a comprehensive review and prioritization of the Mississippi Canyon Block 252 Incidents Reports’ Recommendations.

The Designated Federal Officer of NOSAC is Commander Rob Smith, from the United States Coast Guard Headquarters Office of Operating and Environmental Standards.