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Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program III. Social and Economic Studies (1992) / Chapter Skim
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... The Minerals Management Service's Environmental Studies Program (KS P) is responsible for the conduct of environmental studies on the outer continental shelf and for collecting information used in environmental impact statements and to inform federal management decisions.
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... These are new tasks to MMS's scientific staff, which, outside of Alaska is made up mostly of engineers, biologists, and physical scientists. Developing a socioeconomics research program outside of Alaska has been problematic, but the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act as amended in 1978 (OCSLA, U.S.C.
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... Following that, a framework for organizing OCS socioeconomic studies is presented in Chapter 3. Identifying and Understanding Socioeconomic Effects An effect, for the purposes of this report, is a change to existing conditions caused by a specific, identifiable action.
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... And that is crucial when describing an approach to obtaining socioeconomic information. As in other disciplines, expert practitioners can provide expert advice, but unlike other disciplines, He public must be involved in setting the research agenda.
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... It has a systematic underlying conceptual structure, it gives a broad definition of the human environment, it has identified areas for furler study, and it has integrated several studies to fulfill program requirements. The Alaska SESP is as good an example as any socioeconomics studies program found in a federal or state agency.
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... can recommend basic goals for such a program, delineate fundamental properties for a program, and describe a program development process for MMS and the larger scientific community. RECOMMENDATIONS Goals To establish a national, comprehensive, credible socioeconomics studies program, MMS should begin with the following goals.
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... With the broad considerations in hand, regional workshops or meetings between MMS personnel, members of the scientific community, and members of the public should narrow the focus of Me regional research agenda and to help set priorities. Until the agenda is conceptualized, individual studies should not be considered except as examples.
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... · Revise standard MMS funding criteria and explore creative funding strategies for smaller studies. Social science research is less likely Man other kinds of studies to be funded according to the budget criteria MMS uses.
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... Social and Economic Studies
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Key Terms

  • human environment
  • outer continental
  • ocs oil
  • continental shelf
  • socioeconomic information

  • studies program
  • environmental studies
  • potential effects
  • socioeconomics studies
  • socioeconomic studies

  • socioeconomic effects
  • economic effects
  • specific studies
  • shelf environmental
  • alaska program

  • program requirements
  • pacific regions
  • ocs activity
  • socioeconomic issues
  • minerals management

  • studies focus
  • conceptual structure
  • gas leasing
  • obtaining socioeconomic
  • secondary data

  • systematic mms
  • oil production
  • credible socioeconomics
  • mms personnel
  • broad definition


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