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Marine Minerals Activities
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BOEM provides financial assistance to qualified partners to identify and evaluate OCS sediment for potential use in coastal restoration and beach nourishment projects or programs and to foster capacity building and working relationships with coastal States to address coastal erosion, coastal resilience, and climate adaption. BOEM funds activities such as conducting state-based needs assessments; geophysical and geological data acquisition in specific areas on the OCS; analysis and interpretation of existing or new geophysical and geological data to delineate sediment resources or benthic habitat; development of regional stratigraphic interpretations or models; modeling to describe or understand geologic processes that affect sediment resources; feasibility and related technological or operations studies; and cultural resources or shallow hazards identification. BOEM also provides financial assistance to qualified partners to assist in the identification and assessment of other potential OCS mineral resources such as critical minerals (as defined by Executive Order 13817 – “A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals”). BOEM funds activities such as geophysical and geological data acquisition in specific areas on the OCS, as well as analysis and interpretation of existing or new geophysical and geological data to delineate marine minerals.
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Fiscal Year 2018 – Awarded funds to three cooperative agreements with; Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the University of Texas Institute of Geophysics and the University of Southern Mississippi. Fiscal Year 2018: Cooperative agreements were awarded to the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to develop a feasibility study that will examine alternative methodologies for the recovery of economically valuable minerals from marine sand deposits. The University of Texas Institute of Geophysics providing research on resources inventory providing development and application of Geophysical Processing Workflows for Sand Resource Evaluation, research will be conducted on the OCS off the coast of Texas. The University of Southern Mississippi study combining new and existing geological and geophysical OCS data for a multi-state region, to develop assessments of sand and gravel resources to be made available for protection of communities and critical infrastructure from future coastal storms. Fiscal Year 2019 – Awarded funds to four cooperative agreements with U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP) – the University of South Florida, Alabama Geological Survey, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. Fiscal Year 2019: Cooperative agreements were awarded to USCRP – the University of South Florida to study whether additional bathymetric surveys should be performed following storms, and whether resources are truly part of the sediment budget of the adjacent shoreline. The Alabama Geological Survey to recover legacy geological and geophysical data that will ultimately provide for development of an offshore sediment resources inventory. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection offshore sediment resources inventory. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to expand knowledge of offshore sand resources in a way that can positively impact coastal restoration and protection efforts, as well as coastal resiliency and sediment resource inventory. Fiscal Year 2020: Awarded funds to nine cooperative agreements with the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Alabama Geological Survey, Louisiana State University Coastal Marine Institute, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Texas Institute of Geophysics, Texas General Land Office and the University of Washington. Fiscal Year 2020: Cooperative agreements were awarded to the Louisiana Coast Protection and Restoration Authority to increase the available datasets for restoration-quality sediment to be made available for protection of communities and critical infrastructure from coastal storms in Louisiana and for the continued effort to incorporate geological and geophysical legacy data from the State of Louisiana into the BOEM Marine Minerals Information System. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection offshore sediment resources inventory. The Alabama Geological Survey to recover legacy geological and geophysical data that will provide for development of an offshore sediment resources inventory. The Louisiana State University Coastal Marine Institute investigating of Non-linear Sedimentation on Dredge Area Benthic Ecosystem on the Louisiana Shelf. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette to examine the impacts of dredging on habitat and species in Ship Shoal. The University of Texas Institute of Geophysics to process data in support of OCS sediment inventory. The Texas General Land office to collect new geological and geophysical OCS data to develop assessments of sand and gravel resources to be made available for protection of communities and critical infrastructure from future coastal storms in Texas. The University of Washington to co-investigate the In-situ Vent Analysis Divebot for Exobiology Research (InVADER) project.
The Delaware Geological Survey to describe and map resource demand by project, project proponent, and geography relative to proven, potential, and unproven sand resources economically and technically accessible in the adjacent OCS. The Texas General Land Office to research the Upper Texas Coast conducting reconnaissance level geophysical and geological surveys. The University of Southern Mississippi to conduct research relating to offshore sediment resources, coastal restoration and protection, and coastal resiliency. The State of Louisiana to research South West Louisiana Coast reconnaissance level geophysical and geological surveys.
Fiscal Year 2022 – Award funds to seven cooperative agreements with The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geological and Water Survey, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Geological Survey of Alabama, The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, The University of Southern Mississippi, and The Texas General Land Office. Fiscal Year 2022 – Cooperative agreements to be awarded focus on the following. The New Jersey Geological and Water Survey’s support of BOEM’s National Offshore Sand Inventory (NOSI) characterization of OCS resources for potential use in upcoming New Jersey coastal resilience projects. The Geological Survey of Alabama geological and geophysical data for development of an offshore sediment resources inventory. Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority addressing sand resource needs offshore Louisiana. The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics geodatabase with core locations updated GIS to meet MMIS stands and a final technical report. The University of Southern Mississippi sediment resource inventory. The Texas General Land Office geologic and geophysical data collection and processing for identification of Outer Continental Shelf sediment resources offshore.
Fiscal Year 2024 – Award funds three cooperative agreement with The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University and two cooperative agreements with the Texas General Land Office (GLO).
The cooperative agreements will focus on the following activities. The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University’s agreement will be a comparative study of marine mineral resource management practices in the context of wind energy development with countries in the North Atlantic Region. The agreements with the Texas GLO will be for the identification of priority pipelines for removal to support coastal resiliency of federal lands along the Northern Texas coastline and the geologic data collection and processing for identification of Outer Continental Shelf sediment resources offshore of Texas.
Anticipate Future Awards.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
