Gulf of Mexico OCS oil and gas lease sales 171, 174, 177, and 180: western planning area: final environmental impact statement

Date

1998

Authors

Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

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Publisher

U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

Abstract

This environmental impact statement (EIS) addresses four proposed Federal actions that offer for lease areas on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that may contain economically recoverable oil and gas resources... Although this EIS addresses four proposed sale actions, only one sale decision will be made each year. This EIS will serve as a decision document for Sale 171 scheduled for 1998... The analytical methods used in this EIS have been formulated over a period of years. This first step of analysis is the identification of significant environmental and socioeconomic resources through the scoping process. A range of oil and natural gas resource estimates is derived from geologic and economic assumptions. Alternatives to the proposed actions are established. Estimated levels of exploration and development activity are assumed for the purposes of the anlysis. An analysis of the potential impacts expected on the significant environmental resources from the projected OCS-related activities is then conducted.

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1 volume

Keywords

oil and gas leases, petroleum industry and trade, environmental aspects, offshore oil industry, petroleum in submerged lands, offshore gas industry, continental shelf, environmental impact statements, mitigation, offshore resources, coastal resources, geology, air quality, meteorolgical conditions, physical oceanography, coastal barrier beaches, dunes, wetlands, deepwater benthic communities, endangered species, threatened species, coastal and marine birds, coastal zone management, offshore transportation, infrastructure, navigation, sea turtles, commercial fisheries

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