CHAPTER 5 



REGIONAL INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS 



5.1 -- DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT OCS STUDIES 1 

 Alabama 



In Alabama, the major area of potential impact from OCS 

 development is Mobile Bay and its tributary rivers. In 

 1976, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published the 

 Environmental Assessment of Mobile Bay and Adjacent Offshore 

 Waters . 



Information concerning existing land use and economic, 

 social, public service, and fiscal/institutional conditions 

 of Alabama's three coastal counties is available from the 

 South Alabama Regional Planning Commission. Also, the com- 

 mission is currently (1977) conducting a HUD-funded study of 

 the potential impact of the proposed Ameriport (offshore 

 superport ) . The study involves reviewing the counties' 

 capabilities and facilities, developing alternative plans, and 

 preparing a development plan, with a program for public 

 investments. Much of this information will be applicable to 

 the potential OCS development. 



In addition, in 1975 the Geological Survey of Alabama 

 published a document entitled A Bibliography of Coastal 

 Alabama with Selected Annotations. The bibliography contains 



Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section was 

 received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1977. 



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