is examining potential onshore impacts in Washington State from OCS 

 development off Alaska and Washington as well as the impacts resulting 

 from the transshippment of Alaskan and foreign crude to the state. A 

 draft of this $110,000 study will be ready by February 1977. DOE is 

 also financing a second study to gather baseline data in northern Puget 

 Sound in order to evaluate the effects of oil on coastal marine life. 

 June 1977 is the deadline for this $570,000 study. 



Some onshore support activity related to OCS development is occur- 

 ring in Washington State. The Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., located in 

 Tacoma, Washington, has helped construct a Mariner semi- submersible rig 

 for Santa Fe International Inc. The 4,200-ton, 270-ft. long vessel may 

 soon be drilling exploratory wells off the Coast of West Africa. 7 And 

 Kaiser Steel Corp. has proposed a second and much larger OCS-related 

 project in Grays Harbor County. Kaiser plans to construct an offshore 

 drilling platform assembly plant on a 45-acre site at the mouth of the 

 Hoquiam River. If built, the plant may employ as many as 500 persons. 8 



The Department of Ecology is the principal state agency in Washington 

 involved in OCS and coastal management and will be in charge of allocating 

 the substantial amounts of federal monies under the 1976 Coastal Management 

 Act Amendments. They also have responsibility for managing many marine 

 and coastal environmental baseline studies and the department heads the 

 state's oil spill prevention program. In addition, DOE has considerable 

 expertise and authority in water pollution and water resource management 

 activities. 



The State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council is another 

 important entity in Washington State. Since March of 1976, any developer 



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