Table 2 (Con't.) 



Federal PCS Activities 



1975 

 Spring 



♦Hearings on draft EIS for 

 accelerated leasing program. 



Summer 



*EIS for accelerated program 



approved. Ten million acre 



goal dropped. 

 *Call for nominations on Georges 



Bank. 

 Fall 

 *House Ad Hoc Committee on OCS 



Lands Act Amendments holds 



hearings in Boston and New 



London. 



1976 



Winter 



♦Bureau of Land Management 

 announces 206 tracts to be 

 offered in first lease sale 

 (No. 42) in North Atlantic. 



Summer 



♦Preliminary draft EIS on OCS 



Sale No. 42 circulated. 

 Fall 

 ♦Draft EIS of Georges Bank lease 



sale released. 

 ♦Hearings on draft EIS held in 



Boston and Providence. 



State & Regional Responses 



Spring 



♦East Coast governors strategy meeting 

 is called on national energy policy, 

 environmental studies, planning, and 

 improving Federal/state relations over 

 OCS leasing. 



♦New Hampshire and Massachusetts comment 

 on draft EIS, criticizing lack of con- 

 cern for fisheries and neglect of 

 oil-spill issues. Leasing process also 

 criticized. 



Summer 



♦New England states seek delay, without 

 success. 



Fall 



1977 

 Winter 



♦Mid Atlantic lease sale invali- 

 dated pending appeal. 



♦Substantial testimony delivered at 

 hearings by government leaders, 

 businessmen, laborers, environ- 

 mentalists, and fishermen. 



Spring 



♦New England states send delegations 

 to Offshore Technology Conference in 

 Houston, Texas, to promote local ports 

 as bases for petroleum and gas ex- 

 ploration activity. 



Summer 



♦Massachusetts submits recommendations 

 on tract withdrawals. 



Fall 



♦New England Regional Commission 

 reviews draft EIS for the New England 

 states. 



♦Each state and many local governments 

 submit testimony at hearings on 

 draft EIS. 



♦New England River Basins Commission 

 publishes RALI study on impacts of 

 Georges Bank development. 



