Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0002-1026
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-10-18T04:00Z

Memorandum
from
Ashley
L.
Allen
(
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Office
of
Water),
to
EPA
Docket
OW­
2004­
0002.

Information
on
Fish
Species
that
Live
and
Spawn
off
the
Coasts
of
Alaska
and
California
in
the
Vicinity
of
Offshore
Oil
and
Gas
Production
Areas.

September
2005
The
following
documents
provide
information
on
fish
species
that
live
and
spawn
off
the
coasts
of
Alaska
and
California
in
the
vicinity
of
oil
and
gas
production
areas
and
have
been
placed
in
EPA
Docket
OW­
2004­
0002:

Minerals
Management
Service,
Alaska
OCS
Region.
2004.
Environmental
Assessment.
Proposed
Oil
and
Gas
Lease
Sale
195,
Beaufort
Sea
Planning
Area.
OCS
EIS/
EA.
MMS
2004­
028.
http://
www.
mms.
gov/
alaska/
ref/
EIS%
20EA/
BeaufortFEIS/
Sale195/
EA195without%
20lin
kver4.
pdf
Pacific
Fishery
Management
Council.
1998.
Essential
Fish
Habitat­
Coastal
Pelagic
Species.
Modified
from
Coastal
Pelagics
Fishery
Management
Plan
[
Amendment
8
to
the
Northern
Anchovy
Fishery
Management
Plan].
http://
swr.
nmfs.
noaa.
gov/
hcd/
cpsefh.
PDF
H.
Geoffrey
Moser,
Richard
L.
Charter,
William
Watson,
David
A.
Ambrose,
Kevin
T.
Hill,
Paul
E.
Smith,
John
L.
Butler,
Elaine
M.
Sandknop,
Sharon
R.
Charter.
2001.
The
CalCOFI
ichthyoplankton
time
series:
potential
contributions
to
the
management
of
rocky­
shore
fishes.
CalCOFI
Report
42:
112­
128.
http://
www.
calcofi.
org/
newhome/
publications/
CalCOFI_
Reports/
v42/
pdfs/
Vol_
42_
Mose
r_
etal.
pdf
Minerals
Management
Service.
Platform
Ecology
Studies
Funded
by
the
Minerals
Management
Service's
Environmental
Studies
Program:
An
Annotated
Bibliography.
2000.
http://
www.
mms.
gov/
omm/
pacific/
public/
idwgannotatedbib.
pdf
Alaska
Department
of
Natural
Resources,
Division
of
Oil
and
Gas.
1999.
Cook
Inlet
Areawide
1999
Oil
and
Gas
Lease
Sale.
Final
Finding
of
the
Director.
Chapter
3:
Habitat,
Fish
and
Wildlife.
http://
www.
dog.
dnr.
state.
ak.
us/
oil/
products/
publications/
cookinlet/
cia1999_
final_
finding/
chap3_
pdf.
htm
Alaska
Department
of
Natural
Resources,
Division
of
Oil
and
Gas.
1999.
Beaufort
Sea
Areawide
1999
Oil
and
Gas
Lease
Sale.
Final
Finding
of
the
Director.
Chapter
3:
Habitat,
Fish,
and
Wildlife.
http://
www.
dog.
dnr.
state.
ak.
us/
oil/
products/
publications/
beaufortsea/
bsa1999_
final_
findi
ng/
chap3_
pdf.
htm
Bruce
McCain,
Northwest
Fisheries
Science
Center,
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service
(
NOAA
Fisheries).
2003.
Groundfish
:
Life
History
Descriptions.
Revised
from
Essential
Fish
Habitat
West
Coast
Groundfish
Draft
Revised
Appendix
(
1998).
http://
www.
streamnet.
org/
groundfish/
GroundfishLifeHistoriesDec2003.
pdf
1998.
Essential
Fish
Habitat­
West
Coast
Groundfish.
Modified
from:
Final
Environmental
Assessment/
Regulatory
Impact
Review
for
Amendment
11
to
the
Pacific
Groundfish
Fishery
Management
Plan,
Pacific
Fishery
Management
Council.
http://
swr.
ucsd.
edu/
hcd/
grndfsh.
pdf
Southwest
Regional
Office,
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service.
Table
1:
Fish
species
managed
under
the
Pacific
Groundfish
Fishery
Management
Plan
recorded
in
scientific
studies
conducted
at
oil
and
gas
platforms
in
southern
California.
http://
swr.
ucsd.
edu/
hcd/
rigfish.
htm
United
States
Department
of
Commerce,
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration,
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service,
Alaska
Region.
2005.
Final
Environmental
Impact
Statement
for
Essential
Fish
Habitat
Identification
and
Conservation
in
Alaska.
http://
www.
fakr.
noaa.
gov/
habitat/
seis/
efheis.
htm
Minerals
Management
Service,
Alaska
Outer
Continental
Shelf
Region.
Cook
Inlet
Planning
Area:
Oil
and
Gas
Lease
Sales
191
and
199.
Final
Environmental
Impact
Statement.
OCS
EIS/
EA
MMS
2005­
055.
Volume
1.
http://
www.
mms.
gov/
alaska/
ref/
EIS%
20EA/
FEIS/
CI%
20EIS%
20V1.
pdf
Minerals
Management
Service,
Alaska
Outer
Continental
Shelf
Region.
Cook
Inlet
Planning
Area:
Oil
and
Gas
Lease
Sales
191
and
199.
Final
Environmental
Impact
Statement.
OCS
EIS/
EA
MMS
2005­
055.
Volume
3.
http://
www.
mms.
gov/
alaska/
ref/
EIS%
20EA/
FEIS/
CI%
20EIS%
20V3.
pdf