Environmental studies results: 1973-1992. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6323769

Wilson, J M

The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Environmental Studies Program was initiated in 1973 under the Bureau of Land Management by the Secretary of the Interior. The Purpose of the program was to conduct studies needed to predict, assess and manage impacts on the human, marine and coastal environments of the OCS and nearshore areas that may be affected by oil and gas activities. The narrative summary updates the version printed in 1986, which covered studies managed by the MMS in the Atlantic OCS region between 1973 and 1985. Descriptions of the study results are divided into the following categories: baseline studies and environmental inventories, biology/ecology, drill site monitoring, endangered species, geology/chemistry, oil spill studies, physical oceanography/meteorology, and social and economic studies. Results of each major type of study are subdivided into North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and multiregional studies in chronological sequence.

• Research Organization: Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA (United States). Atlantic OCS Region
• OSTI ID: 6323769
• Report Number(s): PB-93-202893/XAB; OCS/MMS-92/0057
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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