The Offshore Environmental Studies Program (1973-1989)
- eds.
This report provides an overview of the first 15 years of the Environmental Studies Program (ESP), conducted initially by the Bureau of Land Management and now as part of the Minerals Management Service. From 1973 to 1988, the ESP spent nearly $500 million on studies directed to better understand the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and coastal environment and to use this information to document or predict effects of offshore oil and gas activities. This report organizes the hundreds of completed studies and thousands of resulting documents into 15 study topic chapters. Each chapter cites selected studies and provides a general discussion of program objectives and results. Where appropriate, each topic is discussed by OCS Region (Alaska, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific). The goal of this report is to provide readers with a general account of the ESP's technical accomplishments and sources of detailed information. An introductory chapter provides background on the history of the ESP, the OCS leasing process, and the planning processes and ongoing objectives of the ESP. Technical chapters explain: geology and hazards; physical oceanography and pollution transport; remote sensing; air quality; water quality; coastal impacts; ecological monitoring; fish and fisheries resources; coastal and marine birds; protected species; archaeological resources; sociology and community planning; economics; visual and recreational resources; and information synthesis, management, and dissemination. Each chapter has been processed separately for inclusion on the data base.
- Research Organization:
- Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOI; Department of the Interior, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5914216
- Report Number(s):
- OCS/MMS-90-0095; ON: TI91009823
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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