Alaska Annual
Studies Plan
The
Alaska Environmental Studies Program (ESP) was initiated by the U.S.
Department of the Interior (USDOI) in 1974 in response to the Federal
Government’s decision to propose areas of Alaska for offshore gas and
oil development. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)
requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct environmental
studies to obtain information pertinent to sound leasing decisions as
well as to monitor the human, marine, and coastal environments.
The Plan contains brief profiles of ongoing and
proposed studies. The Plan also describes background, strategic
overview, projected Outer Continental Shelf activities, examples of
affected decisions, information by discipline, and information needs.
An "electronic" version of the Annual Studies
Plan can be viewed or downloaded from this web page in Adobe
Acrobat pdf file format.
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