FOR RELEASE:  April 6, 1994              CONTACT:  John Barclay
                                                 (202) 208-3983

                     **SPECIAL INFORMATION**

        MMS RELEASES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY 


     The Interior Department's Minerals Management Service (MMS)
today announced that a new Bibliography of Scientific Journal
Articles based on MMS environmental research is available from the
agency.

     The publication contains citations to some 750 peer-reviewed
scientific articles resulting from research funded under MMS's
Environmental Studies Program (ESP).  The ESP was created in 1973
to produce scientific information and data on the marine, offshore
and coastal environments for use by MMS officials planning the
Outer Continental Shelf natural gas and oil program.  Since 1973,
MMS has spent some $600 million on environmental studies.

     Copies of the bibliography are available at no cost, one copy
per person, from: 
                              ESPIS
                 Environmental Studies Program 
                     381 Elden St.; MS-4310
                       Herndon, VA  22070

     For more information, call (703) 787-1715.


                 
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