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Scientific Advisory Committee

Agenda - 11/17/99

OCS Scientific Committee Meeting Agenda for Wednesday, November 17, 1999

8:30 - 10:00 Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring In Development Area (ANIMIDA) Update
(Discussion Leaders: Dr. Steve Murray, Chair, Arctic Monitoring Subcommittee and Dr. Cleve Cowles, Chief, Environmental Studies Section, Alaska Region, MMS)
  1. Overview of Current Beaufort Activities and ANIMIDA
    (Dr. Cleve Cowles)
  2. Summary of July 1999 Post-Award Meeting and Field Season
    (Dr. Richard Prentki, Oceanographer, Environmental Studies Section, Alaska Region, MMS)
  3. Summary of ANIMIDA Phase II Planning Workshop
    (Dr. Richard Prentki)
  4. Potential Follow-On Task Orders for FY 2000
    (Dr. Richard Prentki)
  5. Subcommittee Report and Perspectives
    (Subcommittee Members - Drs. Murray, William Schroeder, Doug Wartzok, Lee Huskey, and Joe Niebauer)
  6. Committee discussion
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - noon Coastal Marine Institutes Session
(Discussion Leader: Mr. Jim Cimato, Oceanographer and Acting Chief, Environmental Studies Branch, MMS)
  1. Alaska CMI
    (Dr. Vera Alexander, CMI Director)
  2. Louisiana CMI
    (Dr. Lawrence Rouse, CMI Director)
  3. California CMI
    (Dr. Russell Schmitt, CMI Director)
  4. Committee discussion
noon - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Session
(Discussion Leaders: Dr.William Schroeder, Chair, Deepwater Subcommittee and Dr. Jim Kendall, Chief, Environmental Studies Section, Gulf of Mexico Region, MMS)
  1. Current Industry Activity and Interest
    (Ms. Debbie Cranswick, Gulf of Mexico, MMS)
  2. Current MMS Research Activities
    (Dr. Jim Kendall)
  3. Deep Spill Experiment
    (Dr. Cortis Cooper, Member, Deepwater Subcommittee and Mr. Bob LaBelle, Chief, Environmental Division, MMS)
  4. Methane Hydrates: MMS White Paper
    (Dr. Mary Boatman, Oceanographer, Environmental Studies Section, Gulf of Mexico Region, MMS)
  5. Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Systems
    (Ms. Debbie Cranswick)
  6. Committee discussion
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 5:30 Environmental Studies Program Session: Overview of FY 2001-2002 Annual Study Plans
  1. Alaska Region
    (Dr. Cleve Cowles, Chief, Environmental Studies Section, MMS)
  2. Gulf of Mexico Region
    (Dr. Jim Kendall, Chief, Environmental Studies Section, MMS)
  3. Pacific Region
    (Dr. Fred Piltz, Chief, Environmental Studies Section, MMS)
  4. National Office
    (Mr. Jim Cimato, Acting Chief, Environmental Studies Branch, MMS)
  5. Committee discussion
5:30 Adjourn for the day

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