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Program Information

Popular name

Environmental Studies Program (ESP)

Program Number

15.443

Program objective

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) provides major economic and energy benefits on a national and local level to the taxpayers, states and the American Indian community. The BOEM oversees the exploration and development of oil, natural gas and other minerals and renewable energy alternatives on the Nation’s outer continental shelf. BOEM continues to look for better ways to serve the American people and to ensure that the Nation receives the best value for its resources now and into the future. The purpose of the Environmental Studies Program is to obtain the information needed for the assessment and the management of environmental impacts; to predict impacts on marine biota; and to monitor the human, marine, and coastal environments to provide time series and data trend information. As part of the efforts of this program BOEM is to partner with organizations to implement and administer a Training and Internship for Direct Employment (TIDE) Program. The partner will provide appropriate outreach and recruitment services for resource assistant interns and provide ongoing program and administrative support, such as paying stipends, coordinating travel and training logistics, managing and updating each intern’s records, tracking progress and performance, and providing reports as needed to meet program requirements. BOEM will provide internship opportunities, make intern selections, establish annual cohort schedules, implement work planning procedures, and, in collaboration with the partner organization, arrange for onboarding, orientation, and other training, as necessary.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2020

    Not Applicable, this Program is not funded this fiscal year

  2. 2021

    Not Applicable, this Program is not funded this fiscal year

  3. 2023

    NT-22-01 Capacity Building and Collaboration with the Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribes.

  4. 2024

    Not Applicable, Continuation of FY 2023 award.

  5. 2025

    Not Applicable, Continuation of FY 2023 award.

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.

The Environmental Studies Program is described in 30 CFR Chapter II Subchapter B Subpart M-Studies. Final reports are available online in the BOEM Environmental Studies Information System at: http://www.boem.gov/Environmental-Studies-EnvData/

  1. 43 U.S.C. §1457b.
  2. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), DOI Public Land Corps Act 1993, (43 USC 1345(e)) and Public Law 116-260 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
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