This series is valuable in its treatment of the socio economic baseline 

 conditions of the Mid Atlantic area and the likely changes which might 

 arise from OCS activities. Of major interest are the volumes on land 

 and water use, recreation, demography, and OCS target areas. 



4. Mid Atlantic Regional Study - An Assessment of the Onshore Effects of 

 Offshore Oil and Gas Development . Prepared by Woodward-Clyde 

 Consultants for the American Petroleum Institute, October, 1975. 

 A good synopsis of the overall onshore effects of the predicted OCS 

 activities. The report's value lies in its general treatment of the 

 entire spectrum of activities and projected effects on the social, 

 economic, and environmental systems. Numerous maps aid in an under- 

 standing of the presented data. 



SOUTH ATLANTIC 



1 . A Socio Economic Environmental Baseline Summary for the South Atlantic 



Region Between Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and Cape Canaveral , 

 Florida . Prepared by Planners, Inc., for the Bureau of Land 

 Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, September, 1974. 

 5 Volumes. 

 These five volumes cover the topics of: socio economic inventory, 

 geological oceanography, chemical and biological oceanography, clima- 

 tology, and physical oceanography, and are valuable source documents 

 for an understanding of the environmental baseline condition. 



2. South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploration, Develop- 



ment, and Production . Prepared for the Task Force on Offshore 



Drilling of the Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce by the 



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