Environmental Program |
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Program
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What’s New |
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Staff
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Site Directory |
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Reports
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FY 2000 Prospectus (pdf) |
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Supplement to the 1997 Gulf of Mexico
OSRA (pdf) |
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FY
1998 Annual Report and Financial Summary (pdf) |
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Cumulative
Effects (20e) Report to Congress |
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20e
Report (pdf) |
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Environmental Studies Program: National Strategic Plan,
1998-2002 (pdf) |
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Economic
Analysis for the OCS 5-Year Program: Theory & Methodology (pdf) |
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Energy
Alternatives and the Environment - August 1996 (pdf) |
| Environmental
Studies Program |
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History |
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Partnerships |
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Coastal Marine Institutes |
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CMI in Alaska |
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Alaska CMI Research |
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Alaska CMI Publications |
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CMI in California |
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California CMI Research |
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Cooperation with Technology Assessment &
Research |
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Subsea Oil Spills |
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Program Direction |
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Accelerated OCS Activities in Deepwater Areas |
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Deepwater: MMS Perspective |
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Deepwater: Industry Perspective |
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Biology Overview |
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Geologic Overview |
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Physical Oceanography Overview |
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Socioeconomic Overview |
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Monitoring Marine Environments |
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Flower Gardens Banks |
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Seismic and Acoustic Impacts |
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Monitoring the Bowhead Whale |
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Understanding Social and Economic Impacts |
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Oil-Spill Research Techniques |
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Oil Spill Risk Analysis |
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Air Quality Impact Assessment |
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Breton National Wildlife Refuge |
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Assessment of Air Quality |
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Platform Decommissioning and Removal |
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Efficient & Effective Information Management |
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Marine Minerals Activities |
| Environmental Assessment Program |
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Analytical Support for Responses to Congress, States and
Other Parties |
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Environmental and Social Costs, Consumer Surplus
Benefits and Alternative Energy Analysis |
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The Environmental Component of the MMS Corporate
Database |
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Environmental
Impact Statement |
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International Agreements |
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Liaison with Other Agencies and Organizations |
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Environmental
Oversight for Proposals for Offshore Sand and Gravel Mining |
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Environmental Sensitivity and Productivity Analysis |
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Environmental Compliance |
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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) |
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NEPA - Policy and Practice |
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Environmental Impact
Statements |
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The EIS Process |
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EIS Format and Content |
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NEPA Policy -
Environmental Assessments |
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When to Prepare an EA |
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Responsibilities
for an EA |
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Contents of an EA |
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EA Procedures |
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NEPA Policy - Categorical
Exclusion Reviews |
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Actions Requiring Categorical
Exclusion Reviews (CERs) |
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Criteria for Determining
Whether an EA is Required for a Categorically Excluded Action |
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Procedures for Conducting
a CER |
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Documentation
Requirements for a CER |
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NEPA - Organization and
Responsibility |
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NEPA - Procedures |
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Streamlining and Plain
English |
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Cumulative Analysis |
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Principles and
Characteristics of a Cumulative Analysis |
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Cumulative
Analysis and the NEPA Process |
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Cumulative Effects
of Particular Concern in the Arctic |
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Global Climate Change |
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Global
Climate Change Considerations |
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National
Assessment of the Effects of Global Change |
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Transboundary
Environmental Impacts |
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Transboundary
Environmental Impact Assessments (TEIA) Agreement |
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Maritime Application
of the TEIA Agreement |
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Status of the TEIA
Agreement |
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Endangered Species Act (ESA) |
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What Are Our Responsibilities
Under the Endangered Species Act? |
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Where Are the Implementing
Regulations? |
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What Are Consultations? |
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Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) |
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Who is Responsible for the
Management and Conservation of
Marine Mammals Under the MMPA? and What is MMS's Role With Respect to the MMPA? |
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Unintentional, Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals |
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Examples of Specific Regulations,
Under Which Operators May
Request a Site Specific LOA |
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Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) |
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Who Regulates States’
Programs? |
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What is “Consistency?” |
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How Does Federal Consistency Affect the
OCS Program? |
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Clean Air Act (CAA) |
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DOI Air Regulations |
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EPA OCS Regulations |
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Clean Water Act (CWA) |
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Guidelines and Standards |
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Permitting |
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Status of Current NPDES Permits |
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Legal Responsibility and Regulatory
Enforcement |
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Technological Advancements |
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National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) |
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MMS’s Program to Comply with Section
106 |
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MMS Archaeological Studies |
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MMS Archaeological Resources Analysis and
the NEPA Process |
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Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) |
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Environmental Impact Rate Measurement |
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Resource Categories to be Measured |
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Use of the Environmental Impact Rate |
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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (FCMA) |
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Essential Fish Habitat |
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EFH Maps |
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Executive Order 12114 - Environmental
Effects Abroad |
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Actions Included |
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Procedures |
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Executive Order 12898 - Environmental
Justice |
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Guidance |
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An Example of the Incorporation of
Environmental Justice in
the NEPA Process |
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Executive Order 13007 - Indian Sacred
Sites |
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MMS Policy and Procedures for the
Implementation to E.O. 13007 |
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Executive Order 13089 - Coral Reef
Protection |
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The Flower Garden Banks |
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Other MMS-Sponsored Studies Related
to Coral Reefs |
| Social Science in
MMS |
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1999 Social and Economic Planning Conference |
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Letter of Invitation |
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Agenda |
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Table
of Contents |
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Introduction |
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The
Minerals Management Service Mandate |
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The
Conference Process |
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Summary
of Conference Findings |
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Observations of the Scientific Committee |
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Identifying Issues |
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Alaska Issues |
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Gulf of Mexico Issues |
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Pacific Issues |
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Appendices |
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Appendix A: Papers and
Presentations from the First Day of the Conference |
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Office of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction
Act Procedures |
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Community Impacts: Adding Value to Analysis
and Management |
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Oil and the California Mix |
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Theoretical Trends in Environmental Sociology:
Implications for Resource Management in the Modern World |
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Traditional Knowledge |
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Appendix B: Regional Background |
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Alaska
Region |
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Pacific
Region |
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Gulf of Mexico Region |
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Appendix C: “Applied Social Sciences in MMS: A Framework for
Decision Making" |
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Technical
Summaries |
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Alaska Technical Summaries |
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Atlantic Technical Summaries |
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Gulf of Mexico Technical Summaries |
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Pacific Technical Summaries |
| Scientific
Committee |
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Background Information |
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1999 Scientific Committee Meeting |
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1999 Scientific Committee Members |
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Biographies of MMS Personnel and Presenters in 1999 |
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Agenda for Tuesday, November 16 |
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Agenda for Wednesday, November 17 |
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Agenda for Thursday, November 18 |
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Meeting Summary |
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Meeting Summary - MS Word document |
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1998 Scientific Committee Meeting |
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1998 Scientific Committee Members |
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Biographies of MMS Personnel and Presenters in 1998 |
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Scientific Committee Meeting Summary |
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Director Quarterman’s Presentation |
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Associate Director Kallaur’s Presentation |
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Agenda – Wednesday, November 18, 1998 |
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Agenda – Thursday, November 19, 1998 |
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Deepwater Subcommittee |
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Deepwater Subcommittee Report |
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Table of Contents |
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Executive Summary |
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Introduction |
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Conclusions & Recommendations |
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References |
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Research Projects |
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Jim Bennett’s Presentation |
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Jim Bennett's Powerpoint Presentation |
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Slide 1 – Title Slide |
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Slide 2 – The Environmental Component |
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Slide 3 – History |
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Slide 4 – Report to Offshore Environmental
Management |
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Slide 5 – The Environmental Component is
NOT: |
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Slide 6 – The Environmental Component IS: |
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Slide 7 – The Existing TIMS Corporate Data |
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Slide 8 – Environmental Data Sets |
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Slide 9 – Component Web |
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Slide 10 – Tools |
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Slide 11 – CORIS |
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Slide 12 – Corporate Environmental Database |
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Slide 13 – Milestones |
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Bob LaBelle’s and Cort Cooper’s
Presentation |
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Bob LaBelle’s and Cort Cooper’s
Powerpoint Presentation |
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Slide 1 – Deepwater Oil Spills |
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Slide 2 – Issues and Challenges |
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Slide 3 – Oil Properties |
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Slide 4 – Plume Behavior |
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Slide 5 – Subsurface Plume |
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Slide 6 – Trajectory Modeling – 1 |
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Slide 7 – Trajectory Modeling – 2 |
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Slide 8 – Trajectory Modeling – 3 |
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Slide 9 – Trajectory Modeling – 4 |
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Chief Scientist Ken Turgeon’s
Presentation |
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Chief Scientist Ken Turgeon’s Powerpoint
Presentation |
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Slide 1 – Title Slide |
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Slide 2 – National Ocean Initiatives |
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Slide 3 – Initiatives 1-5 |
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Slide 4 – Initiatives 6-10 |
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Slide 5 – Protect Our Oceans from Offshore
Oil Drilling |
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Slide 6 – Build Sustainable Fisheries |
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Slide 7 – New Ports for the 21st
Century |
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Slide 8 – Explore the Last U.S. Frontier |
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Slide 9 – Protect Our Beaches & Coastal
Waters |
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Slide 10 – Monitor Climate & Global
Warming |
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Slide 11 – Public Access to Military
Data & Technology |
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Slide 12 – Law of the Sea Convention |
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Slide 13 – Protect Coral Reefs |
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Slide 14 – Federal Ocean Policy Review |
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Slide 15 – Oceans Act |
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Slide 16 – Oceans Act – Senate Version |
