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promulgated pursuant to the Act.
3.  Enforcing  safety  and  environmental regulations promulgated
pursuant to the Act, including authority to utilize by agreement the services of
personnel or facilities of other federal agencies.
4.  Investigating and making public reports on deaths, serious injuries,
major fires, and major oil spillage occurring as a result of OCS operations.
5.  Requiring the use of the best available and safest technologies on
OCS drilling and production operations as set forth in section 21(b) of the Act.
C. Other statutory Authorities of the Geological Survey on the OCS
include:
1.  Providing for the prevention of waste and conservation of the
natural resources of the OCS, and the protection of correlative rights therein.
2.  Providing for suspension or temporary prohibition of any operation
or activity pursuant to a lease if there is a threat of serious, irreparable, or
immediate harm or damage to life, to property, to mineral deposits or. to the
marine, coastal, or human environment.
3.  Reviewing allegations of violations of safety regulations issued
under the Act.
4.  Providing  for drilling  permits or easements necessary   for
exploration, development, and production for prompt and efficient exploration and
development of a lease area.
5.  Providing for compliance with the national ambient air quality
standards pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 USC 7401 et seq.), to the extent that
activities authorized under the Act significantly affect the air quality of any State.
D. Other statutory Authorities of the Coast Guard on the OCS include:
1.  Promoting the safety of life and property on OCS facilities and
adjacent waters..
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