Marine Oil Pollution: Federal Program Review. Environmental Impact of Offshore Oil and Gas Development. Technology for Oil and Hazardous Materials

摘要

As part of its responsibility in assuring that the Federal marine pollution program is well coordinated and directed, the Interagency Committee on Ocean Pollution Research, Development, and Monitoring (COPRDM) organized a review to examine the elements of the Federal program that deal with petroleum pollution in the marine environment. Virtually all agencies that are concerned with marine pollution also are concerned with oil and are conducting research in one or more oil related problem areas according to their individual agency mandates. The entire program had never been viewed as a whole. Consequently, this review was undertaken for the purpose of determining the overall relevance and adequacy of current program directions. This document is intended as a tool for sharpening the focus of the Federal program for petroleum related studies.