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The term includes, hut is not limited to {A) electric generating 

 plants; (B) petroleum refineries and associated facilities; (C) gasi- 

 fication plants; liquefied natural gas storage, transfer, or conversion 

 facilities; and uranium enrichment or nuclear fuel processing facili- 

 ties; (D) outer Continental Shelf oil and gas exploration, develop- 

 ment, and production facilities, including platforms, assembly plants, 

 storage depots, tank farms, crew and supply bases, refining complexes, 

 and any other installation or property that is necessary for such ex- 

 ploration, development, or production; (E) facilities for offshore 

 loading and marine transfer of petroleum; (F) pipelines and^ trans- 

 mission facilities; and [G) terminals which are associated with any 

 of the foregoing. 



(l) '■''Public facilities and public service'^'' means any services or fa- 

 cilities which are financed, in whole or in part, by state or local gov- 

 ernment. Such services and facilities include, but are not limited to, 

 highways, secondary roads, parking, mass transit, water supply, 

 waste collection and treatment, schools and education, hospitals and 

 health care, fire arvd police protection^ recreation and culture, other 

 human services, and facilities related thereto, and such governmental 

 services as are necessary to support any increase in population and 

 development. 



(m) ''''local government'''' mean<i any political subdivision of any 

 coastal State if such subdivision has taxing authority or provides any 

 public service v)hich is financed in nihole or part by taxes, and su^h 

 term includes, but is not limited to, any school district, fire district, 

 transportation authority, and any other special purpose district or 

 authority. 



(n) '"''Net adverse impacts'''' means the consequences of a coastal 

 energy activity which, are determined by the Secretary to be economi- 

 cally or ecologically costly to a state''s coastal zone when weighed 

 against the benefits of a coastal energy activity which directly offset 

 such costly consequences according to the criteria as determined in 

 accordance with section 308(c) of this title. Such impacts may in- 

 clude, but are not limited to — 



(/) rapid and signifcant population changes or economic de- 

 velopment requiring expenditures for public facilities and public 

 services which cannot be financed entirely through its usual and 

 reasonable means of generating state and local revenues, or 

 through availability of Federal funds including those authorized 

 by this title; 



{2) wruivoidable loss of unique or unusually valuable ecologi- 

 cal or recreational resources when such loss cannot be replaced or 

 restored through its usual and reasonable means of generating 

 state and local revenues, or through availability of Federal funds 

 including those wuthorized by this title, 

 (o) ^''Coastal energy activity"*^ means any of the following activities 

 if it is carried out in. or has a sigriificant effect on, the coastal zone of 

 any coastal state or coastal states — 



(/) the exploration, development, production, or transporta- 

 tion of oil and gas resources from the outer Continental Shelf 

 and the location, construction, expansion, or operation of sup- 

 porting equipm,ent and facilities limited to exploratory rigs and 

 vessels; production platforms; subsea completion systems; 



