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in the Pacific OCS
Region
Emergency Information Hotline
The Pacific OCS Region, Minerals
Management Service What's New page contains significant
activities and developments occurring within the past 120
days.
 UCSB
News Release: Study
Reveals an Oily Diet for Subsurface Life
Thousands of feet below the bottom of the sea, off the shores
of Santa Barbara, single-celled organisms are busy feasting on
oil.
Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI):
ExxonMobil's
Proposal to Repair the C1 Power Cable: Lease OCS-P 0182, Santa Ynez
Unit, Santa Barbara Channel, Offshore Santa Barbara County
The MMS prepared the attached Environmental Assessment for
ExxonMobil's project, "Proposal to Repair the C1 Power Cable." In
this analysis, MMS determined that the following environmental
resources potentially could be affected by the proposed project: air
quality, water quality, benthic resources, commercial fishing,
cultural resources, and environmental justice. The MMS concluded
that potential impacts on all resources that could be affected
during the C1 cable repair project will be insignificant based on
significance criteria utilized in the analyses and that the
incremental increase of the proposed action to cumulative impacts is
negligible for all resources.
Federal Agencies Join States to Launch Governors’ West Coast
Ocean Action Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House
Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Department of
Commerce, U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency joined the governors of
California, Oregon and Washington to launch an historic action
plan addressing challenging ocean and coastal management
issues along the West Coast.
PXP Revisions
to the Point Pedernales Field
Development and
Production Plan (DPP) to Include Development of the Tranquillon Ridge
Field
Advancing
Marine Biotechnology: Use of OCS Oil Platforms as Sustainable
Sources of Marine Natural Products
This report follows studies worldwide of
the potential commercial use of pharmaceutically important
products contained in marine species. Interest in marine
natural products for use in medical applications continues to
grow worldwide but the need to conserve ocean resources
suggests that these organisms on structures such as offshore
oil and gas platforms may provide a sustainable source of
future pharmaceutical products.
Male-specific AFLP Markers Reveal Extreme Female-biased
Sex-ratios in the Surfgrass Phyllospadix torreyi (Zosteraceae)
Biodegradation in the Subsurface as a Selective Filter for
Natural Petroleum Emissions
Trophic Links and Condition of a Temperate Reef Fish:
Comparisons among Offshore Oil Platforms and Natural Reef
Habitats
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Recruitment to Rocky Shores:
Relationship to Recovery Rates of Intertidal Communities
Hidden
Oases:
Download this 4-minute video by clicking:
HERE!
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most commonly used for creating disk images for distribution of
large programs over the internet. After the download is complete,
the end user's best option is to burn or copy the download onto a CD
or DVD.
Alternative
Energy and Alternate Use Program
News Release:
MMS
Supports Inaugural Clean Pacific Conference
News Release:
MMS Named Pioneer in Energy Education
News Release:
MMS Gives Key Support to Workshop on Ecological Effects of Wave
Energy Development in the Pacific Northwest
Physical & Chemical Characteristics of the Platform Gina Shell
Mound
California Allocated $7.4 million Under Coastal Impact
Assistance Program: $4.8 million to State and $2.6 million to 17
Counties in FY 2007 & 2008 Allocations
Studies and those proposed for funding in future
fiscal years are described in the
Environmental Studies Development Plan: 2008-2010
Web Master:
Nollie Gildow-Owens
Page content last updated 10/7/2008
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