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Environmental information for outer continental shelf oil and gas decisions in Alaska / Committee to Review Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Information, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Resources and the Environment.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Offshore oil industry--Environmental aspects--Alaska.
- Offshore oil industry.
- Offshore gas industry--Environmental aspects--Alaska.
- Offshore gas industry.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects--Alaska.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Environmental impact analysis--Alaska.
- Environmental impact analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press], 1994, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book reviews the adequacy of information available for predicting and managing the environmental and human effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It examines how the Alaskan OCS and adjacent onshore natural and human environments differ from those in more temperate waters and to what degree the information characterizes those differences. (It also recommends alternatives to further studies in some cases where more information would be helpful for decisionmaking.)
- Contents:
- ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION FOR OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS DECISIONS IN ALASKA
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- Contents
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- ADEQUACY OF INFORMATION FOR OCS DECISIONS
- MAJOR INFORMATION GAPS
- ALTERNATIVES TO ADDITIONAL STUDIES
- Bowhead Whales
- Oil Spills
- Mitigating Long-Term Socioeconomic Effects
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- THIS STUDY AND REPORT
- Criteria for Adequacy
- Completeness
- Scientific Quality
- Application of the Standard
- Report Organization
- DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA
- In What Ways are High Latitudes Different?
- Rationale for Exploring for Oil in a Hostile Environment
- Exploration and Production in the Lease Areas
- MANAGEMENT OF OCS ACTIVITIES
- ESP Mandate
- Environmental Information and OCS Oil and Gas Leasing
- 2 DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS
- PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF ARCTIC INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
- Environmental Concerns
- Routine Operations and Habitat Disturbance
- Waste Discharges
- Environmental Effects
- Regulatory Controls
- 3 GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND HYDROCARBON RESOURCE BASE
- INTRODUCTION
- GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE BEAUFORT AND CHUKCHI OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELVES
- PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
- Chukchi Sea
- Beaufort Sea
- ADEQUACY OF THE GEOLOGICAL DATA BASE AND ITS TREATMENT BY MMS
- RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS
- QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES
- ADEQUACY AND RELIABILITY OF ESTIMATES
- Data Base and Regional Studies
- Methods
- ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
- Permafrost and Thaw Subsidence
- Sedimentary Erosion and Transport
- Soil Mechanics of Silts
- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
- 4 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
- ARCTIC OCEAN
- SOUTHEASTERN BERING SEA
- NORTHERN BERING SEA AND BERING STRAIT
- CHUKCHI SEA
- BEAUFORT SEA
- Orography
- Currents
- SEA ICE
- PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC STUDIES
- Models of Circulation and Oil Spill Trajectories.
- Circulation Models
- Atmospheric Forcing of the Ocean Circulation
- Availability and Suitability of the Observational Base
- Physical Properties of Oil and Water
- TRANSMISSION OF NOISE IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 5 BIOTIC RESOURCES
- MARINE MAMMALS
- Status of Knowledge
- Unresolved Questions
- Effects of Industrial Noise
- Contaminants
- Cumulative Effects
- BIRDS
- Colonies at Risk
- Pelagic Birds at Risk
- Processes Affecting Responses of Colonies to Offshore Oil Development
- Processes at Sea Affecting Responses to Offshore Oil Development
- Predicting the Responses of Bird Populations
- FISHES AND FISHERIES
- General Distribution and Ecology
- Potential Effects of OCS Oil and Gas Activities
- Major Data Gaps
- BENTHIC ORGANISMS
- Adequacy of the Descriptive Data
- Consequences of Proceeding without Obtaining the Information
- QUALITY, AVAILABILITY, AND USE OF BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION
- Basic versus Mission-Oriented Science
- Long-Term Studies
- SUMMARY
- Marine Mammals
- Marine Birds
- Fish
- Other Biota (Vegetation, Benthos, etc.)
- Terrestrial Systems
- 6 HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
- Changes in the Physical Environment
- Development-Induced Changes
- Responses to Opportunities or Threats
- Long-Term, Cumulative Change
- DISTINCTIVENESS OF THE HIGH ARCTIC AND ITS PEOPLES
- Inupiat Culture
- Subsistence
- Ceremonial Activities
- Language
- Kinship and Family
- Extreme Isolation
- North Slope Borough
- SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES
- Baseline Studies
- Physical Disturbances
- Economic Growth
- Mixed Cash-Subsistence Economies
- Developmental Activities
- Social Indicators
- Opportunities and Threats.
- Longer-Term Adaptations
- 7 MITIGATION AND REMEDIATION OF OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES
- AREAS AFFECTED BY ICE
- Platform Design
- ICE GOUGING AND PIPELINE PLACEMENT
- State of Knowledge
- Improving the State of Knowledge
- Measurement Program
- ARCTIC OIL SPILLS: INCIDENCE AND RESPONSE
- Spill Response
- Spills in Ice and in Very Cold Water
- Spills in Ice-Free Water
- Spills in Sea Ice
- Spills in Newly Forming Sea Ice
- Spills in Fast Ice
- Spills in Pack Ice
- Tracking Spills in Ice
- EFFECTIVENESS OF RESPONSE MEASURES
- Response Technologies
- Mechanical Removal
- Dispersants
- Burning
- Bioremediation
- Shoreline Protection and Cleanup
- Experimental Spills
- RESTORATION
- MITIGATING SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS
- 8 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND AN ALTERNATIVE TO ADDITIONAL STUDIES
- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
- AN ALTERNATIVE TO ADDITIONAL STUDIES
- Historical Context for Mistrust
- Negotiation Process
- Workable Negotiation Options
- A Suggested Example-Bowhead Whales
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX A MMS'S OCS OIL AND GAS DECISION PROCESS
- ANALYSES REQUIRED BY SECTION 18 OF THE OCS LANDS ACT
- AREA EVALUATION AND DECISION PROCESS
- EXPLORATION PLAN
- DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PLAN
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO DRILL
- TERMINATION OF OPERATIONS
- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
- GLOSSARY
- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
- Notes:
- Project was supported by the Dept. of the Interior, contract number 14-35-0001-30627/C.
- Committee chairman: Charles G. Groat.
- "National Research Council."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610211340
- 9781280211348
- 1280211342
- 9780309586443
- 0309586445
- 9780585143132
- 0585143137
- OCLC:
- 70772762
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