The report presents an extremely concise, scientific assessment of the 

 effects of oil in the marine environment. 



MID-ATLANTIC 



1 . Final Environmental Statement - Proposed 1976 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 



and Gas Lease Sale Offshore the Mid Atlantic States - PCS Sale No. 40 . 



Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior, 



4 Volumes, May 25, 1976. 

 This EIS covers all aspects of the proposed Mid Atlantic Lease Sale No. 40 

 and predicts possible environmental, social, and economic impacts. Ex- 

 tensive descriptions of the proposed project and of the baseline condition 

 of the environment provide significant data for an understanding of the 

 region's offshore and nearshore characteristics. 



2. Coastal and Offshore Environmental Inventory: Cape Hatteras to Nantucket 



Shoals . University of Rhode Island, Marine Pub. Ser. No. 2 and 3, 



Kingston, Rhode Island, 2 Vols. 

 The two volumes of this series cover existing coastal and offshore en- 

 vironmental information in great detail, specifically: oceanography, 

 phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic fauna, fisheries, marine mammals, 

 birds, coastal vegetation, marine geology, offshore weather and climate, 

 and coastal zone utilization. 



3. A Study of the Socio Economic Factors Relating to the Outer Continental 



Shelf of the Mid Atlantic Coast . 9 Volumes. Mary Jenny and Joel 

 Goodman (eds.) College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware 

 for the Bureau of Land Management. 



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