requires large tracts of land with ready access to the ocean, with the potential 

 for impacting prime ecological, aesthetic, or recreational uses. 

 4.5 POTENTIAL NEW ONSHORE FACILITIES 



The lack of specific information on the size of offshore oil and gas 

 reserves in the Mid Atlantic and South Atlantic OCS Regions affects many 

 decisions of industry as to what types and sizes of onshore facilities will 

 be required and where to locate them. 



General types of installations which are required include: 



port services ; 



supply boat anchorages ; 



staging areas for pipe; 



equipment and provision yards; 



office and general storage buildings; 



ship repair facilities; 



helicopter bases; 



housing for workers and off-duty crews. 



If sizable offshore fields are located, it is probable that large- 

 scale facilities would come into play, among them: 



construction yards for drilling/production platforms; 



tank farms for oil storage; 



refineries and associated petrochemical plants. 



In the Mid Atlantic region and South Atlantic Region many full service port 

 facilities exist in close proximity to the lease areas which would be able 

 to provide repair services, fuels, oils and other supplies, and equipment 

 staging areas. In the Mid Atlantic these are usually located at the head of 

 major bays or estuaries such as the Delaware or Chesapeake. In the South 

 Atlantic they are more readily accessible to the OCS areas. Developed ports 

 in the Mid Atlantic include New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Bal- 

 timore and Norfolk, whereas South Atlantic ports of this designation are 

 Morehead City, Wilmington, Georgetown, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, and 

 Jacksonville. Smaller harbors located along the Atlantic shoreline such as 



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