FWS/OBS-77/15 

 March 1978 



Environmental Planning 

 for Offshore Oil and Gas 



Volume IV: Regulatory Framework 

 for Protecting Living Resources 



by 



John S. Banta 



The Conservation Foundation 



1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 



Washington, D.C. 20036 



Contract No. 14-16-0008-962 



Larry Shanks, Project Officer 



National Coastal Ecosystems Team 



National Space Technology Laboratories 



NSTL Station, Mississippi 39529 



Performed for 



National Coastal Ecosystems Team 



Office of Biological Services 



Fish and Wildlife Service 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



