Environmental Assessment of Lower Cook Inlet for Outer Continental Shelf and Related Development

摘要

This report provides both a regional overview and a site-specific analysis of environmental conditions and present human uses of lower Cook Inlet. Coverage includes coastal communities potentially impacted and extends to remote unpopulated areas that are candidates for onshore facility sites and support infrastructure. The report is divided into two sections: (1) a regional environmental overview of lower Cook Inlet; (2a) environmental analysis of potential development locations (communities and nonpopulated areas); and (2b) a review of existing infrastructure and human uses at these sites.