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News Items
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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
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MMS Awards over $100,000 in Grants to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula Borough
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded four grants totaling $110,716 to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Government in Alaska through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for a project… more
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MMS Publishes Proposed Rule for Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas on the Outer Continental Shelf
The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service announced that it recently published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that simplifies language, eliminates some redundancies,… more
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MMS is Holding Offshore Renewable Energy Stakeholder Workshops
On April 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued the final regulatory framework (1,650.24 KB PDF) on Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities… more
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MMS Approves $276,000 Grant for Marine Education Center
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $276,000 grant through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) to Mississippi’s Department of Marine Resources to build a new Marine Education… more
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MMS Awards Grant to Alaska to Study Natural Hazard Impacts
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a grant for $209,200 to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for a project that will… more