Cumulative impacts study funded - February 28, 2000

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryFebruary 2000

Vol. 5, No. 2

Week of February 28, 2000

Cumulative impacts study funded

Petroleum News Alaska Staff

The Environmental Protection Agency is funding a study to look at cumulative impacts of oil and gas activities on the North Slope and in the U.S. Beaufort Sea.

The study, essentially a literature search funded with a $1.5 million appropriation, will be done by the National Academy of Sciences’ National Research Council.

A committee of16 to 18 people will provide advice to the National Research Council about the study.

Nominations for the committee should be directed to David Policansky at the following address and should include the full name and address of the nominee, affiliations and special area of knowledge:

Dr. David Policansky, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., (HA354), Washington, DC 20418; or by e-mail at [email protected]

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