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Environmental Focuses

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Environmental Compliance Division

ECD Focus: To monitor, verify, improve, and enforce industry's compliance with environmental standards during Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) operations. These standards include, but are not limited to, environmental laws, regulations, and relevant provisions, stipulations, and conditions placed on OCS leases, plans, and permits.

ECD Responsibilities:

  • Environmental oversight in the Alaska OCS Regional Office (AKOCSR), Pacific OCS Regional Office (POCSR), and the Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office (GOMR);
  • ECD policy, regulation, and program development and implementation;
  • Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regarding the permitting of the BSEE's OCS operations, and the monitoring of these activities;
  • Environmental compliance and enforcement activities;
  • Coordination with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and other Federal, State, and local agencies;
  • Public outreach efforts regarding environmental compliance; and
  • Support of the Alaska Region, Pacific Region and the Gulf of Mexico Region of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Environmental Stewardship Core Workgroup

In 2016, BSEE convened an Environmental Stewardship Core Working Group to clarify BSEE’s environmental stewardship vision and mission, build BSEE’s current program goals, activities, roles and responsibilities, and focus on enhancing environmental stewardship throughout BSEE.  The Working Group's final report can be viewed here.

 Scientists and Engineers in ECD carry out their responsibilities as BSEE's National Coordinators for the following Environmental Programs:
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