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STUDY TITLE: Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Development Area (ANIMIDA) Program Phase

II --Core Contractor Program Management, Logistics, Database and Reporting

REPORT TITLE: ANIMIDA Task 1 Core Contractor Program Management, Logistics, Database, and

Reporting. Phase II Final Summary Report

CONTRACT NUMBER: 1435-01-99-CT-30998; TASK ORDER (TO): 10901

SPONSORING OCS REGION: Alaska

APPLICABLE PLANNING AREA: Beaufort Sea

FISCAL YEARS OF PROJECT FUNDING: FY 2000-FY2003

COMPLETION DATE OF REPORT: October 2005

COSTS BY FY: FY 2000: $249,909; FY 2001: 333,996; FY 2002: 371,883; FY 2003: 233,407

CUMULATIVE PROJECT COST: $1,189,195

PROJECT MANAGER: John S. Brown

AFFILIATION: Exponent

ADDRESS: Exponent, 2 Clock Tower Place, Suite 340, Maynard, MA 01754

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS*: John S. Brown

KEY WORDS: ANIMIDA, nearshore Beaufort Sea, monitoring, Northstar, Liberty, logistics,

BACKGROUND:

The Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (ANIMIDA), a five-year study started in

1999, has provided baseline data and monitoring results for chemical contamination, turbidity, and

subsistence whaling in the vicinity of Northstar and Liberty development sites. Northstar is in State

waters, but includes production of some OCS oil through directional drilling. Liberty, if approved, would

be the first offshore OCS development project in the Beaufort Sea or elsewhere in the Alaska OCS. This

Task Order provided project management, field logistical support, and database responsibilities for

ANIMIDA Phase II Task Orders.

OBJECTIVES:

Provide annual updates to the ANIMIDA Phase I literature review.

Provide logistics support and field personnel for Phase II field programs, including coordination of

field activities, communications, transportation, and providing a skipper for the MMS Launch 1273.

Provide Science Review Board (SRB) for ANIMIDA

Hold annual Public Workshops with MMS, other Phase II contractors, the SRB, and other

government/academic representatives. The meetings included provisions for public involvement (local

residents, industry, environmental and other public groups, etc.).

Develop and implement communication/involvement for North Slope residents.

Develop Phase II database design and analysis tools, import forms and metadata source file and

integrate with the MMS Coastal and Offshore Resource Information System (CORIS) database.

Overall Phase II program management, including program management plan, data management

plan, coordination of Phase II contractors, presentation slides, and quarterly progress reports.

Coordinate annual Phase II reports, including annual reports, final report, technical summary, and

journal article.
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Compile individual task reports into single annual or final report, adding introduction and executive

summary.

Provide draft annual or draft final reports to SRB and Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

(COTR) prior to annual Public Workshops. Provide revised reports to SRB and COTR prior to annual

SRB meetings.

DESCRIPTION:

The recommendations for the Phase II effort began to evolve at the ANIMIDA Phase I program's annual

meeting in October 1999, when a draft plan was discussed. Subsequent discussions with the scientific

review board (SRB), the Alaska subcommittee of the MMS Scientific Committee, and MMS led to the

issuance of Requests for Proposals (RFP's) for eight different task orders (TO's). Of these eight, the

following seven TO's were contracted:

Task 1: ANIMIDA Phase II - Core Contractor Program Management, Logistics, Database, and

Reporting

Task 2: Hydrocarbon and Metal Characterization of Sediments, Bivalves, and Amphipods in the

ANIMIDA Study Area

Task 4: Annual Assessment of Subsistence Bowhead Whaling Near Cross Island

Task 5: Sources, Concentrations, and Dispersion Pathways for Suspended Sediment in Areas of

Oil and Gas Development along the Coastal Beaufort Sea

Task 6: Monitoring the "Boulder Patch" as part of the Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring In the

Development Area (ANIMIDA) Program (Phase II)

Task 7: Partitioning of Potential Contaminants between Dissolved and Particulate Phases in

Waters of the Coastal Beaufort Sea

Task 8: Baseline Characterization of Anthropogenic Contaminants in Biota Associated with the

Alaska OCS Liberty and Northstar Oil and Gas Production Units in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea

SIGNIFICANT CONCLUSIONS:

No significant ecological effects have been identified from OCS development in the nearshore Beaufort

Sea in ANIMIDA Phase II. More detailed conclusions are summarized in the individual TO reports from

the Science Tasks listed in the next section.

STUDY RESULTS:

The following numbered OCS Studies have been completed under Core Contractor management in

ANIMDA Phase II:

Brown, J. S. 2005. ANIMIDA Task 1 Core Contractor Program Management, Logistics, Database, and

Reporting. Phase II Final Summary Report. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by Exponent for United States

DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.

Brown, J. S. 2005. ANIMIDA Task 2: Hydrocarbon and Metal Characterization of Sediments, Bivalves

and Amphipods in the ANIMIDA Study Area. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by Exponent for United

States DOl, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.

Brown, J. S., Boehm, P., Cook, L., and Trefry, J. 2004. ANIMIDA Task 2 Hydrocarbon and Metal

Characterization of Sediment Cores in the ANIMIDA Study Area. Anchorage, AK., Prepared by

Battelle for United States, DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.

Dunton, K. H., Burd, A., Funk, D., Maffione, R., and Aumack, C. 2004. Linking Water Turbidity and Total

Suspended Solids Loading to Kelp Productivity within the Stefansson Sound Boulder Patch.

ANIMIDA Task 6 (Boulder Patch). Anchorage, AK, Prepared by LGL Alaska Associates for United

States DOl, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.

Galginaitis, M. and Funk, D. W. 2004. Annual Assessment of Subsistence Bowhead Whaling Near Cross

Island, 2001 and 2002: ANIMIDA Task 4 Final Report. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by LGL, Alaska for

United States, DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
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Galginaitis, M. and Funk, D. W. 2005. Annual Assessment of Subsistence Bowhead Whaling Near Cross

Island, 2003: ANIMIDA Task 4 Annual Report. Anchorage, AK., Prepared by LGL, Alaska for United

States, DOl, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.

Spies, R. B., Hardin, D., Gold, J., and Bell, D. 2003. Baseline Characterization of Anthropogenic

Contaminants in Biota Associated with the Alaska 005 Liberty Prospect and Northstar Oil Production

Unit in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea. Task 8 of the Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the

Development Area Project (ANIMIDA). Anchorage, AK., United States, DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS

Region.

Trefry, J. H., Rember, R. D., Trocine R. P., and Brown, J. S. ANIMIDA 2004. Task 7 Partitioning of

Potential Anthropogenic Chemicals between Dissolved and Particulate Phases in Arctic Rivers and

the Coastal Beaufort Sea. Anchorage, AK., Prepared by Battelle for United States, DOl, MMS,

Alaska OCS Region.

Trefry, J. H., Rember, R. D., Trocine, R. P., and Savoie, M. 2004. ANIMIDA Task 5 Sources,

Concentrations and Dispersion Pathways for Suspended Sediment in the Coastal Beaufort Sea.

Anchorage, AK., Prepared by Battelle for United States, DOl, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.

STUDY PRODUCTS:

ANIMIDA Phase II Update to ANIMIDA CORIS Database.

Brown, J. S. 2005. ANIMIDA Task 1 Core Contractor Program Management, Logistics, Database, and

Reporting. Phase II Final Summary Report. OCS Study MMS 2005-051. Final Report 1435-01 -99-

CT-30998, TO 10901. Prepared by Exponent for Minerals Management Service Alaska 005 Region.

Anchorage, AK.

Brown, J. S., Boehm, P. D., and Cook, L. 2001. Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area

(ANIMIDA) Program: A Multi-year Monitoring Program in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea. MBC Applied

Environmental Sciences. Alaska 005 Region Eighth Information Transfer Meeting Proceedings. OCS

Study MMS 2001-049. Anchorage, USD01, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.

Boehm, P. D. and Brown, J. S. The ANIMIDA Program: Introduction to a multi-year monitoring program in

the nearshore Beaufort Sea. SETAC 24th Annual Meeting in North America. November 9-13, 2003.

Austin, TX.

Brown, J. S. and Boehm, P. D. 2003. The Minerals Management Service Arctic Nearshore Impact

Monitoring in the Development Area (ANIMIDA) Program: Introduction to a Multi-Year Monitoring

Program in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea. MBC Applied Environmental Sciences. Alaska OCS Region

Ninth Information Transfer Meeting and Barrow Information Update Meeting Final Proceedings, OCS

Study MMS 2003-42, pp. 21-22. Anchorage, AK., United States, D0I, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.

OCS Study.

Brown, J. S. and Boehm, P. D. 2003. The ANIMIDA Program in Northern Alaska. Oceanology

International 2003. June 4-6, 2003. New Orleans, LA.

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