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Welcome
to the
Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Region of the Minerals Management Service. The MMS has two major
functions. The bureau manages the Nation's offshore energy and
mineral resources, including oil, gas, and alternative energy
sources, as well as sand,
gravel and other hard minerals on the OCS. The MMS is also
responsible for the collection and disbursement of revenues
associated with energy and mineral resource production from all
onshore and offshore Federal and Indian lands.
The MMS Pacific Region is
one of three OCS regional offices. The Region currently manages 50
Federal oil and gas leases offshore southern California, 43 of
which are producing about 26 million barrels of oil and 52 billion
cubic feet of gas annually from 23 platforms. Furthermore,
under authority granted in the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Region will begin accepting
applications for alternative energy (e.g. wind, wave, and
hydrogen) projects in Federal waters offshore Washington, Oregon,
California and Hawaii when final regulations regarding the leasing
and oversight of renewable energy are published.
The Pacific Region places
the highest priority on safety and environmental protection while
working to ensure effective and efficient energy resource recovery
efforts on the OCS.
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From left
to right, MMS
Acting Director Dr.
Walter Cruickshank, California Fish
and
Game Chief
of Enforcement Nancy
Foley, California Secretary of Natural
Resources Mike Chrisman, and
MMS Pacific Regional Director Ellen Aronson
commemorated
MMS's July 13, 2009, approval of California's Coastal Impact
Assistance Program Plan in Dana Point Harbor onboard a state
marine patrol boat that is slated to be refurbished with CIAP
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July 13, 2009 -
DOI Approves California’s Plan for the Coastal Impact Assistance
Program
Today, California
became the sixth state to receive approval for its plan
for the CIAP when MMS Acting Director Walter Cruickshank
joined California’s Secretary of Natural Resources Mike
Chrisman in a signing ceremony onboard one
of the State’s marine-patrol vessels,
the Thresher,
in Dana Point, CA. California’s plan includes a planned grant
for $1 million to fund up-grades to existing California
Department of Fish and Game patrol boats,
of which the Thresher is one, and to
purchase new patrol boats used to enforce marine laws,
investigate fish and wildlife violations, perform search
and rescue missions, respond to marine environmental
incidents, and to assist with marine research
operations. Acting
Director Cruickshank and Secretary Chrisman were joined
in the signing ceremony by Nancy Foley, Chief of
Enforcement with the California Department of Fish and
Game, and Ellen Aronson, Regional Director of the MMS
Pacific Region. (Read
news release)
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