Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Proposed 1985 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale No. 90 Offshore the South Atlantic States

摘要

The proposed action is the offering of 7245 blocks (40.8 million acres; 16.5 million hectares) located from 12 to 210 statute miles offshore North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida for leasing in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended. The average water depths of the blocks range from 30 to 3900 m (98 to 12,796 feet). Sale No. 90 will be held in March 1985. Alternatives considered include a delay of the salt, canceling the sale (no action), and four deferral options. The deferral options include one to protect coastal and nearshore resources, one relating to blocks in the clearance zone for the NASA Kennedy Space Center and Eastern Space and Missile Center, one to protect the calico scallop and royal red shrimp fishing grounds, and one to protect the nominated Oculina National Marine Sanctuary. All blocks studied pose some degree of risk to the environment. Mitigating measures, which may reduce the risk, have been identified. 379 references, 22 figures, 46 tables. (ERA citation 10:007421)