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Release #: 3127
Date: September 1, 2004
Key Program
Gets Higher Status
Recognizing the high level of responsibility
associated with offshore regulatory programs, the Department of the
Interior’s Executive Resource Board has elevated a key Minerals
Management Service position to Senior Executive Service status.
MMS veteran Bud Danenberger has been selected to
fill the position of Chief of Offshore Engineering and Operations
because of his demonstrated leadership skills and extensive experience
in safety and regulatory issues within the offshore program.
In making the selection, Johnnie Burton, MMS
director, said “Mr. Danenberger brings a high level of expertise to
the position. Having managed the office for a number of years, we felt
that his experience and the responsibility the office carries with it,
warranted the shift.”
Danenberger, a native of Southampton, PA, added “I
am honored to lead this important program and work with such
outstanding professionals. MMS managers, engineers, inspectors, and
scientists are 100% committed to safety achievement and pollution
prevention. I also welcome the opportunity to work closely with safety
leaders in the offshore industry and elsewhere in government.”
Danenberger earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum
and natural gas engineering and a master’s degree in environmental
pollution control from The Pennsylvania State University. He has been
employed as an engineer in the Department of the Interior’s offshore
oil and gas program since 1971. Danenberger has served as District
Supervisor for the Minerals Management Service (MMS) field offices in
Santa Maria, California, and Hyannis, Massachusetts; as a staff
engineer in the Gulf of Mexico regional office; and as Chief of the
Technical Advisory Section at the headquarters office of the U.S.
Geological Survey.
The Minerals Management Service is the federal
bureau in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the
nation’s oil, natural gas and other mineral resources on the Outer
Continental Shelf in federal offshore waters. The bureau also
collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from Federal
and American Indian lands. MMS disbursed more than $8 billion in 2003
and more than $135 billion since it was created in 1982. Nearly $1
billion from those revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation
Fund annually for the acquisition and development of state and federal
park and recreation lands.
Relevant Web Sites
MMS Main Website
Media Contacts
Susan Weaver
(202) 208-3985
MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for
America
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