Federal Oil and Gas

Download or read book Federal Oil and Gas written by Frank Rusco and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act in 1990 which established the Interagency Coordinating Comm. on Oil Pollution Research (ICC) to coordinate an oil pollution research program among fed. agencies, incl. developing a plan, having the Nat. Acad. of Sciences review that plan, and reporting to Congress on the interagency committee¿s efforts biennially. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history, raising new concerns about the effects of oil spills. This report assessed the extent to which the ICC has facilitated the coordination of fed. agencies¿ oil pollution research. The report analyzed committee documents and biennial reports and interviewed agency officials. Illus. A print on demand report.