Assessment of the U. S. outer continental shelf environmental studies program. 1. Physical oceanography. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7009149

Federal responsibility for oil and gas development on the U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS) resides with the Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). The DOI's Environmental Studies Program (ESP) is the program through which MMS conducts environmental studies on the OCS and collects information to prepare environmental impact statements (EISs). It appeared to MMS in 1986 that the time was ripe to assess the status of the present program and to explore the needs for future studies. MMS requested an evaluation of the adequacy and applicability of ESP studies, a review of the general state of knowledge in the appropriate disciplines, and recommendations for future studies. Three panels were established, one of which, the Physical Oceanography Panel, investigated the physical oceanographic aspects of the ESP, the subject of the report, which is the first of three in a series. In reviewing the ESP's physical oceanography program, the panel evaluated the quality and relevance of studies carried out in waters under federal control, which extend from the limits of state jurisdictions (3-12 miles offshore) and include the central and outer continental shelf waters and the continental slope.

• Research Organization: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC (United States). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
• OSTI ID: 7009149
• Report Number(s): PB-93-112241/XAB; CNN: DI-14-12-001-30342; ISBN: 0-309-04181-3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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