Branch of Environmental Assessment
(BEA)
Environmental Studies Program
(ESP)
More Information about the Clean Air Act
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Breton National Wilderness Area. Part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, is classified as a Class I area under EPA's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations, and is managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Concerns have arisen about the cumulative effects of industrial development, both onshore and offshore. |
In response to this, the MMS Gulf of Mexico
Region (GOMR) has been developing an
overall strategy to deal with OCS activities that could affect the
Breton NWA. This has included developing an updated inventory of
platform emissions, air quality monitoring activities in the Breton
NWA, and a review process for new plans that includes close
coordination with the FWS.
The MMS has a program for meteorological, quality, and emissions
data collection, data analysis and synthesis, model, model
development/enhancement, and air quality impact modeling. Most of
the studies are conducted in the
Gulf of Mexico Region.
MMS has completed a
meteorological dataset
for use in the CALPUFF or OCD air quality model.
The
Alaska Region is conducting a study of the
mesoscale meteorology in the Beaufort Sea.
The Region completed a
meteorological data collection program in the Beaufort Sea.
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