Oil and Gas Pipeline in Coastal North Carolina: Impacts and Routing Considerations

摘要

The study was designed to meet three basic objectives: (1) To identify and analyze the principle environmental and economic impacts and the technical and legal variables involved in constructing oil and gas pipelines; (2) To design strategies for preventing, reducing or ameliorating potential losses of valuable coastal environmental and economic resources; and (3) To provide the results of these analyses to state decision makers and other interested parties in a comprehensive but readable document. The report was written with two different scales of analysis in mind. At one level, the report is intended to assist those making decisions at the state-wide or coastal-zone-wide level regarding state policy towards OCS pipelines. The second level is at the scale of a particular resource or activity, where the report is designed to provide background and references to agency personnel to assist them in making informed judgements on specific permit applications.