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U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Office of Environmental Programs. IOOC July 28, 2014 Walter Johnson, Chief Branch of Physical and Chemical Sciences Division of Environmental Sciences. Bureau Mission.

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U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

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  1. U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Office of Environmental Programs IOOC July 28, 2014 Walter Johnson, Chief Branch of Physical and Chemical Sciences Division of Environmental Sciences

  2. Bureau Mission • To manage the development of the nation’s offshore resources in an environmentally and economically responsible way.

  3. Outer Continental Shelf

  4. Science Informed Decisions • Oil and Gas • 5 year leasing plan, regional lease sales • Renewable Energy • Site identification through stakeholder input and state task forces • Marine Minerals • Through negotiated agreement with state and local entities

  5. Environmental Program Mission To provide the information needed to identify, assess, and manage impacts from offshore energy and marine mineral exploration, development, and production activities on human, marine, and coastal environments. 5

  6. Types of Studies Environmental Studies Program • Baseline / Benchmark • Cause and Effect, Process • Monitoring 6

  7. ESP Spending by Discipline 7

  8. BOEM Participation with IOOS • Board Representation • Alaska and Gulf of Mexico • Cooperative Agreements • Southern California and Alaska • Significant Cooperation • Gulf of Mexico, Mid-Atlantic, others 8

  9. Future BOEM cooperation with IOOS BOEM Monitoring • Observations are key to management • Coop. Agreements with RA Universities • Southern California, Alaska and Gulf of Mexico • Outreach and sharing of other ESP use-inspired science, through BOEM ESPIS • Increased awareness within BOEM of the benefits of IOOS 9

  10. geoESPIS– Spatially Enabling Environmental Studies

  11. Walter Johnson, Chief Branch of Physical and Chemical Sciences Division of Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies Program Science for Informed Decisions 11

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