![]() The Bureau of Air Commerce, within the Department of Commerce (DOC), took over their operation when it assumed responsibility for what was eventually known as “air traffic control” or ATC in July of 1936. A consortium of commercial airlines and airport operators established the first three Centers (Cleveland, Chicago and Newark) between 19. The BoundariesĬenter boundaries are oddly shaped, partially because they were not created at once. Others are recognizable if you are familiar with the suburb of a larger area in which they exist-ZOB is for Oberlin, Ohio outside of Cleveland, but it’s called Cleveland Center. Most are pretty obvious, ZAB-Albuquerque, ZDV for Denver. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) of 1953 as amended, authorized the program and established its goals, while the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) imparted additional statutory authority.Each ARTCC has a unique facility ID beginning with the letter Z. Introduction In 1973, the Environmental Studies Program (ESP) was developed to support the oil and gas leasing program administered by the US Department of the Interior (DOI). This paper will inform industry about the Environmental Studies Program and how study results are used to support agency decisionmaking. The BOEMRE's Environmental Studies Program and the results of agency-funded environmental studies as they relate to analyses and management of offshore resources have not been previously presented at OTC. Study results are also used to create or modify environmental mitigations that may be assigned to permits as a condition of approval where sensitive features such as live-bottom habitats, chemosynthetic communities, or archaeological resources could potentially be impacted by industry activities. Study results aid in the analyses incorporated into our environmental impact statements and environmental assessments required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and the development of survey requirements. ![]() It will also discuss the program's continual evolution in response to changing information needs such as studying the impacts from the Macondo oil spill. This paper will discuss BOEMRE's Environmental Studies Program in the GOMR and highlight studies that focused on or included a marine archaeology component to illustrate how science is used to inform decisionmaking and ensure that industry activities do not impact sensitive resources. The Gulf of Mexico Region's (GOMR) Environmental Studies Program funds studies related to air quality, biology, protected species, physical oceanography, oil spills, socioeconomics, and marine archaeology as well as other topics. ![]() The regions' studies programs evolve as new information needs and environmental concerns arise. Each regional office within the agency developed its own studies program to support environmental research for information needs specific to that region. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement's (BOEMRE) Environmental Studies Program has funded more than $750 million in environmental studies since 1973 to support decisionmaking as it relates to offshore oil and gas and most recently, renewable energy production.
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