Environmental Studies Program Information System
The MMS Environmental Studies Program (ESP)
was initiated in 1973 as a means to gather and synthesize environmental and social and
economic science information to support decision-making concerning the offshore oil and
gas program. In addition to conducting the focused environmental research in areas
of existing or proposed activities, the ESP must also ensure that the research conducted
is accessible.
The Environmental
Studies Program Information System (ESPIS) makes all completed ESP reports available
on-line as full electronic pdf documents, including images and graphics. Technical
summaries of over 700 MMS-sponsored environmental research projects, as well as full pdf
documents of over 2,000 research reports, are available for online full text search. The
information is grouped geographically to locate the most useful documents.
Geographic locations for the research include the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Pacific, and
Alaska. A National study is research that pertains to more than one geographic
region (e.g., the effects of wind on oil spill spreading).
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