Environmental Information for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Decisions in Alaska (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: MMS's OCS Oil and Gas Decision Process
Appendix A: MMS's OCS Oil and Gas Decision Process
Pages 231-238
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1344) requires that MMS analyze He different OCS regions to consider the following before it determines where the leased sites will be (MMS, 1992c [1992-1997 Proposed Final Comprehensive Programed: Geographical, geological, and ecological characteristics.
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The first is the additional costs and benefits, such as indirect benefits related to price effects and national income effects, the potential costs of proposed environmental regulations, and Me nonquantifiable costs analyzed in final Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) ; the findings of this analysis were not grouped in the current 5-year plan.
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The secretary is to choose He leasing program that "he determines will best meet Be national energy needs for the 5-year period following its approval or reapproval" and "to the maximum extent practicable, to obtain a proper balance between He potential for environmental damage, the potential for discovery of of} and gas, and He potential for adverse impact on the coastal zone." In this analysis, the secretary is to evaluate and balance four considerations. The first is developmental benefits, such as increased nadonal income, economic acidity, and job opportunities and reduced national deficits in international trade and in the federal budget.
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A 60~ay comment period and public hearings on the draft EIS and public notice are publicized by a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. A final EIS and a Proposed Action and Alternatives Memorandum, which are submitted for the secretary's approval, are prepared in the appropriate regional office.
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These surveys may not result in physical penetration of Me seabed more than 500 feet nor may they result in any significant harm to natural resources of Me OCS. [XPLO~AT10~ PLED Once a lease has been issued, Me lessee may submit an EP, which is reviewed and comments on by the state governor, with input from federal agencies.
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I ~VIQO~MI - AL IMPACT STATI MINT An EIS addresses Me environmental effects of the proposal, including seismic risks, descriptions of areas of high ecological sensi~vi~ and of hazardous bottom conditions, and Me uses of new or unusual technology. It is prepared either when MMS determines Mat approval of a DPP constitutes a major federal action that would sign~ficandy affect Me quality of Me environment or for an initial DPP activity in a frontier area (i.e., an area in which no oil or gas development or production has occurred)
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MMS must consult with other federal agencies to ensure Mat abandonment operations do not harm natural resources in the vicinity of these operations.
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