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 FINAL AGENDA
OCS POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

NOVEMBER 20, 2002

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Donald F. Oltz, Jr., Alabama, Chair
8:45 a.m.
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary’s Remarks
  • Director’s Remarks

Secretary's Letter

 Patricia Morrison, DOI

R. M. “Johnnie” Burton, MMS
9:15 a.m.

Report from Nominations Committee

 Jerome M. Selby, Local Government, Subcommittee Chair
9:30 a.m.

Congressional/Legislative Update

 Jill S. Martin, MMS
10:00 a.m. Break  
10:15 a.m.

Global Energy

 

George Dellagiarino, MMS, Moderator

11:15 a.m.

Future of Energy (200KB)

 Peter C. Bishop, Institute for Futures Research
12:15 p.m. Lunch  
1:30 p.m.

OCS Scientific Committee Update

William W. Schroeder, University of Alabama, Subcommittee Chair
1:45 p.m.

Alternative Use Legislation (2MB)

 Elmer P. “Bud” Danenberger, III, MMS
2:15 p.m. Methane Hydrate – Status of Technology

 

  • George Dellagiarino, MMS

  • Art Johnson, Hydrate Energy International
3:15 p.m. Break  
3:30 p.m. Oil in the Seas III:  Inputs, Fates and Effects (3MB)

Nancy N. Rabalais, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
4:15 p.m.

National Marine Sanctuaries

Lori Arguelles, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
4:45 p.m.

Public Comments

  
5:00 p.m. Recess  


NOVEMBER 21, 2002
8:30 a.m. Next Meeting Donald F. Oltz, Jr., Alabama, Chair
8:45 a.m.

Election of Committee Officers

  
9:00 a.m.

Hard Minerals Subcommittee Update

Lawrence C. Schmidt, New Jersey, Subcommittee Chair
9:15 a.m.

Mercury Update

Mary Boatman, MMS, Moderator

  • John Trefrey, Florida Institute of Technology
     

  • Gene Whitney, Office of Science and Technology Policy
     

  • William W. Schroeder, University of Alabama, Subcommittee Chair
10:00 a.m. Break  
10:15 a.m.

Benthic Communities Studies

Gilbert Rowe, Texas A&M University
10:45 a.m.

Education and Outreach
 Subcommittee Working Notes

Bruce F. Vild, Rhode Island, Subcommittee Chair
12:00 p.m. Lunch  
1:15 p.m. Coastal Erosion/Restoration – Louisiana’s Perspective

 

  • Bill Good, Department of Natural Resources
     

  • Rodney Cluck, MMS
2:00 p.m.

Oceans Commission Update (284KB)

 James J. Kendall, MMS
2:10 p.m.

Archeological Finds in the Gulf (57MB)

 Jack Irion, MMS
2:30 p.m.

Regional Updates

·         Alaska Region

·         Gulf of Mexico Region (17MB)

·         Pacific Region

   

  • John T. Goll, MMS
     

  • Chris C. Oynes, MMS
     

  • J. Lisle Reed, MMS
3:30 p.m.

Committee Roundtable

·         Review of Committee Procedures

·         Committee Business

·         Items of Interest

  
4:00 p.m. Adjourn