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Specifically, EDS has furnished detailed data and statistics on 
severe storm, ice, tsunami, and earthquake probabilities for the 
Council on Environmental Quality’s Outer Continental Shelf Study 
for Gas and Oil Exploration off the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Alaska; 
prepared comprehensive environmental descriptions for the U.S. 
Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, and the Great Lakes for CEQ’s 
Floating Nuclear Power Plant Study, as well as more detailed en- 
vironmental descriptions for four selected Atlantic coast areas; 
provided environmental descriptions to the Bureau of Land Manage- 
ment pertaining to OCS oil and gas leasing off the South Texas coast; 
prepared an Environmental Guide for the U.S. Gulf Coast, containing 
detailed environmental profiles for seven potential Gulf Coast Deep 
Water Port sites, requested by the Corps of Engineers; compiled an 
Environmental Guide for Seven U.S. Ports and Harbor Approaches 
for CEQ to aid in selecting suitable supertanker terminal sites for 
the United States; and provided chapters on climate and weather for 
the Department of the Interior’s Final Environmental Impact State- 
ment, Proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline, for both the marine route and 
the pipeline itself. 
The Committee is pleased to present this report and looks forward 
to continued participation in the National Ocean Policy Study. 
Sincerely, 
Rosert M. Waite, 
Chairman, Interagency Committee on 
Marine Science & Engineering. 
