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News Items
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MMS Awards Grant to Alaska to Assess Mining Risks
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $58,000 grant to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for a project to assess the risk of… more
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MMS Awards Grant to Alaska to Monitor Sea Lions
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $32,722 grant to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for a three-year project to… more
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MMS Changing Proprietary Term of Certain Geophysical Information
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) yesterday published a final rule in the Federal Register that will enable companies to request extensions to the length of time… more
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MMS Determines Shell Exploration Plan for Beaufort Sea Complete
The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has received Shell Offshore, Inc. Exploration Plan to explore two leases in the Beaufort Sea and has deemed it 'complete.' … more
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MMS Awards $700,000 Grant to Alaska
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $700,000 grant to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for a project that will test for… more
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MMS Gulf Region Observes 20th Anniversary of Spill Drill Program
Minerals Management Service (MMS) Director Liz Birnbaum today highlighted the 20th anniversary of the MMS Gulf of Mexico Region’s Unannounced Oil Spill Drill Program. The first unannounced… more
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S. Elizabeth Birnbaum Sworn in as MMS Director
S. Elizabeth (Liz) Birnbaum, former Staff Director for the Committee on House Administration and the Department of the Interior’s Associate Solicitor for Mineral Resources, has assumed her… more
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DOI Approves California’s Plan for the Coastal Impact Assistance Program
The Interior Department today announced its approval of California’s plan for the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP), a major step toward providing more than $24.7 million in federal… more
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Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 208 Nets $690 Million in High Bids
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has accepted high bids valued at $690,163,194.40 and awarded 328 leases to the successful high bidders who participated in Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and… more
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Secretary Salazar Announces Five Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind Energy Development off Coasts of New Jersey and Delaware
Calling it a major step forward in President Obama’s new energy frontier, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, joined by New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine, today issued five exploratory leases for… more