Stakeholders Issues in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Volume I: Technical Report and Volume II: Annotated Bibliography

Publication Title: Stakeholders Issues in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Volume I: Technical Report and Volume II: Annotated Bibliography

Subject: Socio-economic and Infrastructure
Stakeholder; Environment; Attitude; Eastern Gulf; Focus Group; Annotated Bibliography; Florida; Florida Panhandle; Literature Search

CSE Reference: Blanchard DA, Webb DJ, Bates L (University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL). 1999. Stakeholders’ issues in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, volume I: technical report and volume II: annotated bibliography. New Orleans (LA): US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. 3 p. Obligation No.: 14-35-0001-30793. Report No.: OCS Study MMS 99-0063 & OCS Study MMS 99-0064. URL: https://espis.boem.gov/Technical%20Summaries/3215.pdf

Abstract: The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 stipulates that Federal agencies use an integrated, interdisciplinary approach in research involving assessment of environmental impacts. Therefore, the social sciences, in addition to the natural sciences, are taken into consideration by the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior prior to granting approval of offshore oil and gas exploration and production projects. In keeping with these requirements, The University of West Florida, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Sciences Interdisciplinary was contracted by the MMS to conduct a study of Stakeholders' attitudes toward offshore oil and gas production, "Socioeconomic Outer Continental Shelf Issue Analysis of Stakeholders m the Eastern Gulf of Mexico." The study area consisted of Florida coastal counties from Escambia, which borders Alabama, (and the adjacent Baldwin County, Alabama), to the Florida Keys, and the southernmost Gulf-bordering county of the state, Dade. The purpose of the study was to "provide in a single document an identification of stakeholder groups in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, the definitions of their interests and the degree of their concerns about OCS oil and gas activity." This required identification of stakeholders' social and economic issues. A second requirement was to prepare an annotated bibliography of the relevant materials, which is found in Volume II.