significant if major facilities were located in unique natural areas 

 or small communities. For this reason, the Cape Cod communities which 

 are dependent on tourism do not want any major OCS-related facilities. 

 An additional concern is the potential for competition between the 

 fishing and petroleum industries for labor and port facilities. 



To assist the states in coping with the impacts of offshore oil 

 development, Congress approved the Coastal Energy Impact Program (CEIP) 

 in 1976 by amendment of the Coastal Zone Management Act. The central 

 objective of the CEIP is to provide coastal states and local communities 

 financial assistance to deal with the effects of new or expanded coastal 

 energy activity. This assistance is provided in the form of planning 

 grants and loans. Grant money is allocated on the basis of a special 

 formula which favors areas with extensive offshore oil development and 

 provides only limited funds to frontier areas such as New England. 



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