TABLE OF CONTENTS 



ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FOR OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS 



VOLUME V: REGIONAL STATUS REPORTS 



Part 1 : New England 



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FORWARD i 



PREFACE v 



LIST OF FIGURES ix 



LIST OF TABLES x 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi 



INTRODUCTION 1 



1 . OCS PRODUCTION 3 



2. OCS DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL 4 



2.1 Resource Estimates 4 



2.2 Survey Activity in the North Atlantic 5 



2.3 The Leasing Schedule 7 



2.4 OCS Development Activities 10 



2.5 Major Issues 11 



3. EFFECTS ON LIVING RESOURCES 15 



3.1 Offshore and Nearshore Environments 17 



3.2 Coastal Ecosystems and Shoreland Habitats 23 



4. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS 27 



4 . 1 Empl oyment 27 



4.2 Demographic Changes 32 



4.3 Public Expenditures 33 



4.4 Economic Costs of Environmental Disruptions 34 



5. REGIONAL INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS 41 



5.1 Ecological Effects of Petroleum Development 43 



5.2 The Social and Economic Effects of Petroleum 



Development 46 



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