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Title: Benthic study of the continental slope off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Volume 1. Executive summary

Abstract

Because of the potential impact on the environment associated with development and production activities, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandated that a panel of experts, the North Carolina Environmental Sciences Review Panel (NCESRP), be convened. Their purpose was to consider whether the availability of scientific information was adequate for making decisions about oil and gas leasing, exploration, and development off North Carolina. The present study was developed by the Minerals Management Service because of concern raised by the NCESRP (1992) that not more than 5 percent of the unusual benthic community be covered by drill muds and cuttings. The principal task of the study was to determine if the communities extended over an area of the sea floor that was 20 time larger then the area estimated to be covered by drill muds and cuttings. If more than 5 percent of the unusual benthic community were covered by drill muds and cuttings, the NCESRP recommended that a study be carried out to determine the recovery rate of this community.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6430159
Report Number(s):
PB-93-186062/XAB
CNN: DI-14-35-0001-30672
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also Volume 2, PB--93-186070
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; BENTHOS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AVAILABILITY; COMMUNITIES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATION; FISHES; INFORMATION NEEDS; INVERTEBRATES; LEASING; MANAGEMENT; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERALS; NORTH CAROLINA; OILS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL DATA; SURVEYS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DRILLING; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; USA; VERTEBRATES; 540350* - Environment, Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-); 020800 - Petroleum- Waste Management; 030700 - Natural Gas- Waste Management

Citation Formats

Diaz, R J, Blake, J A, and Rhoads, D C. Benthic study of the continental slope off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Volume 1. Executive summary. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Diaz, R J, Blake, J A, & Rhoads, D C. Benthic study of the continental slope off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Volume 1. Executive summary. United States.
Diaz, R J, Blake, J A, and Rhoads, D C. 1993. "Benthic study of the continental slope off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Volume 1. Executive summary". United States.
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abstractNote = {Because of the potential impact on the environment associated with development and production activities, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandated that a panel of experts, the North Carolina Environmental Sciences Review Panel (NCESRP), be convened. Their purpose was to consider whether the availability of scientific information was adequate for making decisions about oil and gas leasing, exploration, and development off North Carolina. The present study was developed by the Minerals Management Service because of concern raised by the NCESRP (1992) that not more than 5 percent of the unusual benthic community be covered by drill muds and cuttings. The principal task of the study was to determine if the communities extended over an area of the sea floor that was 20 time larger then the area estimated to be covered by drill muds and cuttings. If more than 5 percent of the unusual benthic community were covered by drill muds and cuttings, the NCESRP recommended that a study be carried out to determine the recovery rate of this community.},
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