U.S. Department of the Interior
Minerals Management Service
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
| March 2002 |
Air Quality: User's Guide for the Gulfwide Offshore Activities
Data System (GOADS)
Final Report
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, announces the availability of a new study report, Air Quality: User's Guide for the Gulfwide Offshore Activities Data System (GOADS), Final Report.
This report describes computer hardware requirements and instructions for installing the software for the Gulfwide Offshore Activities Database System (GOADS). The purpose of developing the GOADS software is to aid offshore operators in complying with the MMS reporting requirements. This report also provides instructions on how to use this software in the collection of offshore activity data for estimating the pollutant emissions in the entire Gulf of Mexico. The emissions estimates from this study will help assess the air quality impacts on the Gulf of Mexico Region. The primary difference between GOADS and BOADS (Breton Offshore Activities Database System) is that GOADS includes some additional equipment types and an annual survey for fugitive emission sources; it also can print a Quality Assurance Summary Form.
For more information about this study or the Environmental Studies Program in general, contact the Environmental Sciences Section (MS 5430), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, telephone (504) 736-2752.
You can obtain copies of the report from the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, at a charge of $10.00 by referencing OCS Study MMS 2001-052. You will be able to obtain this report also from the National Technical Information Service in the near future. Here are the addresses. You may also inspect copies at selected Federal Depository Libraries.
| Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Public Information Office (MS 5034) 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 Telephone requests may be placed at (504) 736-2519 or 1-800-200-GULF or FAX: (504) 736-2620 |
U.S. Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, Virginia 22161 (703) 487-4650 or FAX: (703) 321-8547 Rush Orders: 1-800-336-4700 |
MMS is the federal agency in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the nation's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf in federal offshore waters. The agency also collects, accounts for and disburses mineral revenues from federal and Indian leases. These revenues totaled nearly $10 billion in 2001 and more than $120 billion since the agency was created in 1982. Annually, nearly $1 billion from those revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the acquisition and development of state and federal park and recreation lands.
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