Final Environmental Statement: Proposed 1974 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas General Lease Sale, Offshore Texas, OCS Sale No. 34, Volume 1The Bureau, 1974 |
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... reported by 36 major pipelines ( Class A and B ) and one Class C pipeline . 1 / Federal Power Commission , News Release No. 20019 , Washington , D.C. , January 31 , 1974 . 1 / Proposed Five - Year Schedule - Provisional OCS Leasing The 11 ...
... reported by 36 major pipelines ( Class A and B ) and one Class C pipeline . 1 / Federal Power Commission , News Release No. 20019 , Washington , D.C. , January 31 , 1974 . 1 / Proposed Five - Year Schedule - Provisional OCS Leasing The 11 ...
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... reported in about 15 percent of ship observations during January and February , compared to 10 percent in waters further offshore . During December , a visibility of less than five M is reported about 10 percent of the time with less ...
... reported in about 15 percent of ship observations during January and February , compared to 10 percent in waters further offshore . During December , a visibility of less than five M is reported about 10 percent of the time with less ...
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... reported by approximately 50 percent of the ship observations off the middle and upper Texas Coast , and the Farther offshore , the frequency of cloud cover Louisiana Coast . eight - tenths or more is about 30 percent . Advection and ...
... reported by approximately 50 percent of the ship observations off the middle and upper Texas Coast , and the Farther offshore , the frequency of cloud cover Louisiana Coast . eight - tenths or more is about 30 percent . Advection and ...
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... reported and there as a total absence of blowing wells and few leaking wells . The U.S. Geological Survey reported no oil slicks in Federal waters and only one in State waters . 1 / Corps of Engineers , Report on Hurricane Camille ...
... reported and there as a total absence of blowing wells and few leaking wells . The U.S. Geological Survey reported no oil slicks in Federal waters and only one in State waters . 1 / Corps of Engineers , Report on Hurricane Camille ...
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... reported in the publication Threatened Wildlife of the United States , Resource Publication 114 compiled by the Office of Endangered Species and International Activities , Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife . The national usage of ...
... reported in the publication Threatened Wildlife of the United States , Resource Publication 114 compiled by the Office of Endangered Species and International Activities , Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife . The national usage of ...
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Page ii - All blocks offered pose some degree of pollution risk to the environment. The risk is related to adverse effects on the environment and other resource uses which may result from accidental or chronic oil spills.
Page 10 - ... will be coupled with a new two-tier nomination system. Under this system, industry will first rank the regions they think are most favorable. The public will be invited to identify environmental conditions and problems in these regions. The Interior Department will use the industry and environmental rankings of regions, along with its own evaluations of resource potential and need to protect environmental values, to select the most promising regions for early development. Subsequently, within...
Page 9 - ... Secretary of the Interior to increase the acreage leased on the Outer Continental Shelf to 10 million acres beginning in 1975, more than tripling what had originally been planned. In later years, the amount of acreage to be leased will be based on market needs and on industry's record of performance in exploring and developing leases. In contracting for leases, the Secretary of the Interior is also to ensure that the proper competitive bidding procedures are followed and that environmental safeguards...
Page iii - Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Defense: Department of the Air Force Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation...
Page 139 - A species of native fish and wildlife shall be regarded as threatened with extinction whenever the Secretary of the Interior finds, after consultation with the affected States, that its existence is endangered because its habitat is threatened with destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment, or because of overexploitation, disease, predation, or because of other factors, and that its survival requires assistance. In addition to consulting with the States, the Secretary shall, from time...
Page 2 - By a vote of 2-1, it concluded that irrespective of the nature of his employment, Gray could recover by virtue of a provision of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 67 Stat.
Page iii - Navy Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Department of the Interior— Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Bureau of Land Management (outer continental shelf) Geological...
Page 41 - Improved Inspection And Regulation Could Reduce The Possibility Of Oil Spills On The Outer Continental Shelf.
Page xii - State and local agencies which are authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards pursuant to Section 102 (2) (c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Page 217 - Accounts prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Commerce.