4. POTENTIALS FOR ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE 



After the demand for new public and private facilities generated by OCS 

 development has been forecast, the next step is to consider the activities 

 that will be necessary to create those facilities. These activities can 

 have adverse effects on fish and wildlife and their habitats. 



Housing, utilities, transportation, schools, recreational, commercial, 

 and other projects can most conveniently be analyzed by breaking them down 

 into subprojects. Among the variety of possible subprojects that might be 

 involved, the. following often have the most significant impact on living 

 resources in coastal areas (the numbers in parentheses refer to the 

 standardized list of subprojects appearing in Volume III of this series): 



o Navigational Improvements (Subproject 1) 



o Piers (Subproject 2) 



o Bulkheads (Subproject 3) 



o Beach Stabilization (Subproject 4) 



o Site Preparation (Subproject 5) 



o Site Development (Subproject 6) 



o Artificial Waterways (Subproject 7) 



o Roadways and Bridges (Subproject 8) 



o Water Supply Systems (Subproject 9) 



o Sewage Systems (Subproject 10) 



o Overland Transmission Systems (Subproject 11) 



o Storm Water Systems (Subproject 12) 



o Solid Waste Systems (Subproject 13) 



o Pest Control (Subproject 16) 



The reader is referred to Volume III for a detailed discussion of 

 subprojects. Each is briefly reviewed below to provide basic orientation 

 to disturbances resulting from coastal development. 



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