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This is the third of four volumes from the Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Environmental Studies Program (ESP). The first two dealt with physical, oceanographic, and ecological aspects of the program. This book presents the findings of the panel's investigation of the social and economic relevance of OCS oil and gas activities and the social and economic aspects of the ESP. It describes the potential effects of OCS activities on the human environment, presents an ideal socioeconomic studies program, and comments on the current program in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, and Alaska regions.
This is the third of four volumes from the Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Environmental Studies Program (ESP). The first two dealt with physical, oceanographic, and ecological aspects of the program. This book presents the findings of the panel's investigation of the social and economic relevance of OCS oil and gas activities and the social and economic aspects of the ESP. It describes the potential effects of OCS activities on the human environment, presents an ideal socioeconomic studies program, and comments on the current program in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, and Alaska regions.
Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program reviews the ecological studies done by the Environmental Studies Program of the Minerals Management Service. This program, which has spent $10 million a year on ecological studies in recent years, is designed to provide information to predict and manage the environmental effects of outer continental shelf oil and gas activities. The book considers studies on marine mammals and endangered species, birds, benthic organisms, fisheries, and marine ecosystems and makes recommendations for future studies.
A report by the Physical Oceanography Panel of the National Research Council of the United States into the physical oceanographic aspects of the Environmental Studies Program. The Committee evaluated the quality and relevance of studies carried out in waters under federal control which extend from the limits of state jurisdictions (3-12 miles offshore) and include the central and outer continental shelf waters and the continental slope of the United States.
A report by the Physical Oceanography Panel of the National Research Council of the United States into the physical oceanographic aspects of the Environmental Studies Program. The Committee evaluated the quality and relevance of studies carried out in waters under federal control which extend from the limits of state jurisdictions (3-12 miles offshore) and include the central and outer continental shelf waters and the continental slope of the United States.

Alaska OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) Socioeconomic Studies Program: Prudhoe Bay Case Study, Technical Report B1#4; Beaufort Sea Region Petroleum Development Scenarios, Technical Report Executive Summary B1#6a; Beaufort Sea Region Man-made Environment, Technical Report B1#8; Beaufort Sea Region Sociocultural Systems, Technical Report B1#9; Beaufort Sea Region Natural Physical Environment, Technical Report B1#10; Beaufort Sea Region Socioeconomic Baseline, Technical Report B1#11; Beaufort Sea Region Socioeconomic Baseline, Technical Report B1#11a; Anchorage Socioeconomic and Physical Baseline, Technical Report B1#12; Beaufort Sea Petroleum Development Scenarios, Impacts on Anchorage, Technical Report B1#13; Alyeska-Fairbanks Case Study, Technical Report B1#14; Beaufort Sea Region Governance Study, Technical Report B1#16; Beaufort Sea Petroleum Development Scenarios, Economic and Demographic Impacts, Technical Report B1#18; Beaufort Sea Petroleum Development Scenarios, Man Made Environmental Impacts, Technical Report B1#19; Beaufort Sea Petroleum Development Scenarios, Transportation Impacts, Technical Report B1#20; Beaufort Sea Petroleum Development Scenarios, Natural Physical Environment Impacts, Technical Report B1#21; Beaufort Sea Petroleum Development Scenarios, Sociocultural Impacts, Technical Report B1#22; Beaufort Sea Petroleum Development Scenarios, Summary of Socioeconomic Impacts, Technical Report B1#23; Second Program Summary Report, Technical Report B1#25; Developing Predictors of Community and Population Change, Technical Report B1#26; Socioeconomic Impacts of Selected Foreign OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) Development, Technical Report B1#28; Lower Cook Inlet Petroleum Development Scenarios, Commercial Fishing Industry Analysis, Technical Report B1, Bering-Norton Petroleum Development Scenarios, Economic and Demographic Analysis, Technical Report B12 Bering-Norton Petroleum Development Scenarios, Sociocultural Systems Analysis, Technical Report B1#54(v.1); Monitoring Oil Exploration Activities in the Lower Cook Inlet, Technical Report B17 Small Community Population Impact Model, Special Report B2#4; BLM Studies, Reference Papers B3#1; Physical Characteristics, Reference Papers B3#2; Biotic Resources, Reference Papers B3#3; Economic Development, Reference Papers B3#4; Sociological Resources, Reference Papers B3#5; Marine Food Web, Reference Papers B3#6; Oil and Gas Operations, Reference Papers B3#7; Policy Requirements and Controls, Reference Papers B3#8; Energy Alernatives, Reference Papers B3#9; Bering Sea/Norton Sound Petroleum Development Scenarios, Forecast of Conditions Without the Planned Lease Sale, Impact Analysis B4; Bering Sea Cultural Resources, Technical Paper

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