BOEM FY 2017 Louisiana Coastal Marine Institute

to conduct research in topics that serve the public interest of safe and environmentally sound energy production and meet the goals of the BOEM. This announcement is specifically to request proposals for the following selected research topics: 1) Offshore Oil and Gas Activity Impacts on Eco-System Services in the Gulf of Mexico, 2) Effects of Deepwater Offshore Oil Spills on the Contamination of Seabed Sediments, 3) Temporal Changes in Chemical and Biological Processes Within Sediment Borrow Areas in Coastal Louisiana, 4) Effects of Oil on Coastal Marsh Soil Strength and Vegetation Growth, 5) The Use of Immigrant Labor in the Gulf Coast Energy Industry, 6) Development of a Biochar-Biosurfactant Management Strategy for Enhancing Effectiveness of Land Farming Treatment of Offshore Drilling Wastes, and 7) Development of a Monitoring Program to Track Evolution and Recovery of Louisiana Sediment Borrow Areas.