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 PUBLIC LAW 101-380 —AUG. 18, 1990 104 STAT. 557 (II) including a detailed explanation of any dif- ferences between such certification and the findings and recommendations of the Environmental Sciences Review Panel under subsection (e), and a detailed justification of each such difference. (B) CONTINUOUS SESSION OF CONGRESS. — In computing any 45-day period of continuous session of Congress under subparagraph (A)(ii)— (i) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die; and (ii) the days on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded. (d) ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION.—The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake ecological and socioeconomic studies, additional physical oceanographic studies, including actual field work and the correlation of existing data, and other additional environmental studies, to obtain sufficient information about all significant conditions, processes, and environments which influence, or may be influenced by, oil and gas leasing, exploration, and development activities offshore North Carolina to enable the Secretary to carry out his responsibilities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to authorizing the activities described in subsection (c)(1). During the time that the Environmental Sciences Review Panel established under subsection (e) is in existence, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with such Panel in carrying out this subsection. (e) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES REVIEW PANEL.— Establishment. (1) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.—T here shall be established an Environmental Sciences Review Panel, to consist of— (A) 1 marine scientist selected by the Secretary of the Interior; (B) 1 marine scientist selected by the Governor of North Carolina; and (C) 1 person each from the disciplines of physical oceanography, ecology, and social science, to be selected jointly by the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of North Carolina from a list of individuals nominated by the National Academy of Sciences. (2) FUNCTIONS.— Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Environmental Sciences Review Panel shall— (A) prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Interior findings and recommendations— (i) assessing the adequacy of available physical oceanographic, ecological, and socioeconomic information in enabling the Secretary to carry out his responsibilities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to authorizing the activities described in subsection (c)(1); and (ii) if such available information is not adequate for such purposes, indicating what additional information is required to enable the Secretary to carry out such responsibilities; and (B) consult with the Secretary of the Interior as provided in subsection (d).

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