Proposed 1985 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale Offshore the Mid-Atlantic States: OCS Sale No. 111 : Final Environmental Impact StatementU.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Atlantic OCS Region, 1984 - 710 pages |
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... major adverse impacts include : some increase in suspended solids , hydrocarbons , and trace metals near the rigs and some increase in suspended solids during pipeline installation o possible decreases in planktonic communities in the ...
... major adverse impacts include : some increase in suspended solids , hydrocarbons , and trace metals near the rigs and some increase in suspended solids during pipeline installation o possible decreases in planktonic communities in the ...
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... Major Habitat .. 104 Figure III.B.2-2 . Density of Total Megafauna with Depth , North Atlantic Slope and Canyon ... 110 Figure III.B.2-3 . Density of Total Megafauna with Depth , Mid- Atlantic Slope and Canyon .... 111 Figure III.B.2-4 ...
... Major Habitat .. 104 Figure III.B.2-2 . Density of Total Megafauna with Depth , North Atlantic Slope and Canyon ... 110 Figure III.B.2-3 . Density of Total Megafauna with Depth , Mid- Atlantic Slope and Canyon .... 111 Figure III.B.2-4 ...
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... major , although temporary , and localized around drilling rigs and platforms . Impacts from major oil spills would be significant , although temporary . Cumulative impacts on benthic organisms and plankton communities are expected to ...
... major , although temporary , and localized around drilling rigs and platforms . Impacts from major oil spills would be significant , although temporary . Cumulative impacts on benthic organisms and plankton communities are expected to ...
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... major . Cumulative impacts on fish resources will be moderate due to oil spills , principally from tanker transport of crude oil and refined petroleum products . Regional populations will experience declines in abundance and changes in ...
... major . Cumulative impacts on fish resources will be moderate due to oil spills , principally from tanker transport of crude oil and refined petroleum products . Regional populations will experience declines in abundance and changes in ...
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... major portion of the proposed sale area lies in deep water , outside known areas of rugged topography , the biological stipulations are no longer limited primarily to protection of those communities . Also , the stipulations emphasize ...
... major portion of the proposed sale area lies in deep water , outside known areas of rugged topography , the biological stipulations are no longer limited primarily to protection of those communities . Also , the stipulations emphasize ...
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Page 3 - ... to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same.
Page 293 - Guidelines to be followed by natural gas pipeline companies in the planning, locating, clearing and maintenance of righte-of-way and the construction of aboveground facilities. (a) In the interest of preserving scenic, historic, wildlife and recreational values, the construction and maintenance of facilities authorized by certificates granted under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act should be undertaken in a manner that will minimize adverse effects on these values.
Page 3 - The construction of any structure in or over any navigable water of the United States, the excavation from or depositing of material in such waters, or the accomplishment of any other work affecting the course, location, condition, or capacity...
Page 2 - ... (ii) the threat of harm or damage will not disappear or decrease to an acceptable extent within a reasonable period of time...
Page 233 - Cumulative impact" is the impact on the environment which results from the incremental impact of the action when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency (Federal or non-Federal) or person undertakes such other actions. Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant actions taking place over a period of time.
Page 160 - ... to preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, to restore or enhance, the resources of the Nation's coastal zone for this and succeeding generations, (b) to encourage and assist the states to exercise effectively their responsibilities in the coastal zone through the development and implementation of management programs to achieve wise use of the land and water resources of the coastal zone giving full consideration to ecological, cultural, historic, and esthetic values as well as to needs...
Page 43 - The lessee, when operating or causing to be operated on its behalf, boat or aircraft traffic into the individual designated warning areas, shall enter into an agreement with the...
Page 43 - Connecticut, to the degree necessary to prevent damage to, or unacceptable interference with Department of Defense flight, testing or operational activities conducted within individual designated warning areas. Necessary monitoring control and coordination with the lessee, his agents, employees, invitees, independent contractors or subcontractors, will be affected by the commander of the appropriate onshore military installation conducting operations in...
Page 39 - ... technologically feasible and environmentally preferable; and (3) if, in the opinion of the lessor, pipelines can be laid without net social loss, taking into account any incremental costs of pipelines over alternative methods of transportation and any incremental benefits in the form of increased environmental protection or reduced multiple use conflicts. The lessor specifically reserves the right to require that any pipeline used for transporting production to shore be placed in certain designated...
Page 43 - Whether or not compensation for such damage or injury might be due under a theory of strict or absolute liability or otherwise, the lessee assumes all risks of damage or injury to persons or property, which occurs in, on, or above the Outer Continental Shelf, to any person or persons or to any property of any person or persons who are agents, employees or invitees of the lessee, its agents, independent contractors or subcontractors doing business with the lessee in connection with any activities...