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The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is an independent, science-based program founded in 2013 as part of legal settlements with the companies involved in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. It seeks to enhance offshore energy system safety and protect human health and the environment by catalyzing advances in science, practice, and capacity to generate long-term benefits for the Gulf of Mexico region and the nation. The program funds studies, projects, and other activities to solve challenges at the intersections of human, environmental, and offshore energy systems.
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Open to the public in December 11, 2019
“The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Gulf Coast Business Council is hosting the “Bonnet Carre Spillway and Louisiana Diversions Forum” from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the University of South Mississippi’s Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach.”
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Gulf Coast Business Council will host the Bonnet Carre Spillway & Louisiana Diversions Forum next Wednesday, December 11th.
The Bonnet Carre Spillway & Louisiana Diversions Forum
Wednesday, December 11th, 1:30 -- 5:30 p.m.
USM Gulfpark Campus, Fleming Auditorium
Doors open - 1:00 p.m.
Program - 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Reception - 5:30 p.m.
If you want your voice to be heard and effectuate change, please attend whether you are from Louisiana or Mississippi.
Save our Estuaries!
So Why ALLOW Chemical's, Carcinogen's to CREATE TOXIC POISON, Creating (FEB) Flesh eating bacteria in our Waters?> Now taking people's limbs, but worse! KILLING PEOPLE!
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Amcor Sorbe is a USDA Certified BioPreferred Product
MANDATORY FEDERAL PURCHASING Federal law and the Federal Acquisition Regulation direct that all federal agencies purchase biobased products identified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
To date, USDA has identified Amcor Sorbe as a biobased products for which agencies and their contractors have mandatory purchasing requirements. As USDA identifies product categories for mandatory federal purchasing, minimum biobased content is established for the category.Biobased product purchasing requirements are included in solicitations, blanket purchase agreements, contracts, and specifications.
Requirements also extend to purchases made through purchase cards, electronic catalogs, and other procurement vehicles.Directives for the Mandatory Purchasing of Biobased ProductsMandatory federal purchasing requirements for biobased products were established in the 2002 Farm Bill and expanded in the 2008 and 2014 Farm Bills.
Biobased purchasing requirements are detailed throughout the Federal Acquisition Regulation including acquisition planning, mandatory purchasing by purchase card, source selection, mandatory contract clauses, and general policy and provisions.
