(3) There would be 7 to 14 major pipelines totaling 300 miles in 

 length, of which 50 miles would be constructed onshore and 250 

 miles would be submarine. 



(4) No petroleum refineries are expected to be constructed in 

 Alaska as a result of the sale. 



(5) Drilling platforms would be built outside of Alaska. 



(6) Natural gas would be marketed, and there would be one liquified 

 natural gas (LNG) plant constructed around 1983. 



(7) The fleet required to support and service the offshore platforms 

 would range between 20 to 60 work boats. 



(8) Total onshore land requirements would be 1,035 acres. 36 



A number of onshore locations have been identified as potential 

 support sites for northern Gulf OCS operations (Fig. 4). The most 

 frequently mentioned locations are Yakutat, Anchorage, Cordova, Icy Bay, 

 Middleton Island, and Kayak Island. Other sites mentioned are Valdez, 

 Montague Island, Seward, Kenai, Kodiak and Juneau. In selecting onshore 

 support sites, industry is looking for locations which have deep harbors, 

 flat adjacent uplands and close proximity to offshore operations and 

 transportation facilities. 37 Alaska's Department of Community and 

 Regional Affairs has identified potential industrial sites adjacent to 

 both the northern and western Gulf of Alaska lease sales. Their data, 

 presented in Table 4 and Figure 4, shows Yakutat Bay, Icy Bay, Cordova, 

 and Resurrection Bay as being the best sites for locating OCS support 

 facilities resulting from northern Gulf operations. 38 



More impact information is available for the northern Gulf than for 

 any other leasing area in Alaska; yet, even here the amount of hard data 



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