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The Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Rudolf J. Engelmann
Affiliation:
Director, Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Environmental Research Laboratories, Boulder, Colorado 80303, U.S.A.

Extract

The Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) is a multidisciplinary environmental study that is designed to provide timely inputs which are needed for decisions on off-shore oil and gas development. Approximately 100 projects in the Program address six tasks that are universal to environmental prediction and assessment. These include determination of predevelopment contamination, anticipation of future contaminants, transport of contaminants through the environment to receptors, location and character of biological populations, and the effects on organisms of exposure to a contaminant. The sixth task identifies and characterizes the various physical hazards which the environment poses to human safety, installations, and oil and gas operations.

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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1979

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