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Studies
The
Office of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs (OAEP) oversees development of offshore alternative
energy projects on the OCS. This new activity in the marine environment
requires an assessment of the potential environmental impacts to
resources on the OCS. Through the
Environmental
Studies Program (ESP), MMS will collect information to be used
in this assessment. The
Bureau’s responsibilities include determining and evaluating the effects
of OCS activities on natural, historical, and human resources and the
appropriate monitoring and mitigating of those effects. The ESP is
required by the
Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act,
as amended in 1978 (OCSLAA) to provide information for sound
decision-making and management. The ESP conducts research across the
spectrum of the physical, biological and socioeconomic environments as
required by the OCSLA and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA).
The ESP
Alternative Energy
Studies Development Plan for Fiscal Years 2009 – 2011 (241.13
KB; PDF)
identifies information needs for the Alternative Energy Program,
presents profiles of the studies proposed for Fiscal Year 2009 and 2010,
and provides topical areas for Fiscal Year 2011 and beyond.
Additionally, the
Technology Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program is a research
element encompassed by the MMS Regulatory Program. The TA&R Program was
established in the 1970's to ensure that industry operations on the
Outer Continental Shelf incorporated the use of the Best Available and
Safest Technologies subsequently required through the 1978 OCSLA
amendments. The Program supports research associated with operational
safety, engineering standards and pollution prevention.
TA&R studies related to alternative energy and alternate use are
available online.
![Proposed FY '08 Studies](Assets/TaglineIcons/ProposedFY'08Studies.gif)
Note:
The proposed FY '08 studies are all in Portable Document Format
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![Ongoing Studies icon](Assets/Icons/OngoingStudies.gif)
![Completed Studies icon](Assets/Icons/CompletedStudies.gif)
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Worldwide Synthesis and Analysis of Existing
Information Regarding Environmental Effects of Alternative Energy on
the Outer Continental Shelf Report (OCS Report MMS 2007-038)
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