U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Outer OCS Region: Socioeconomic Impact Study of the Burmah Agate Oil Spill.
Project Director and member of the Research Team for the Socioeconomic Impact Study of the Burmah Agate Oil Tanker Oil Spill. The BURMAH AGATE collided with the freighter MIMOSA southeast of the Galveston entrance in the Gulf of México. An estimated 2.6 million gallons of oil was released into the environment; the fire onboard consumed another 7.8 million gallons. This spill is currently #55 on the all-time list of largest oil spills.
I was in charge of the pre-award proposal preparation to the Department of Interior, project budgeting, the selection of a highly qualified team of Ph.D. experts in Economics, Recreation, Tourism, Mathematics and Statistics. In addition, I was in charge of supervision and provided guidance to the research team in the delineation of the study objectives, preparation of research instruments, data collection, data verification and final report preparation. I also participated in the preparation and delivery of progress briefings and the final report to U.S. Government officials to include BLM audit teams.