Energy facility siting in coastal areas /
Energy development and the coastal zone -- Outer continental shelf leasing activities -- Other energy development activities -- Socio-economic issues -- Environmental and public safety issues -- Information needs -- State, local and citizen involvement -- Present status of state planning efforts --...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington :
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
1975.
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| Summary: | Energy development and the coastal zone -- Outer continental shelf leasing activities -- Other energy development activities -- Socio-economic issues -- Environmental and public safety issues -- Information needs -- State, local and citizen involvement -- Present status of state planning efforts -- National legislation -- Constraints on the siting of energy facilities in coastal areas -- environmental hazards -- Questions of public safety -- Secondary impacts of energy facility siting -- Financial and administrative problems associated with the siting of energy facilities -- financial constraints -- Review and approval of new facilities -- Electrical facilities and the coastal zone -- The controversy surrounding electricity demand forecasting -- Declining growth of electricity sales in the 1973-75 period -- The potential of energy conservation -- Other factors that may influence siting needs -- Electrical facilities and coastal zone management -- Oil and gas facilities and coastal areas -- Projections of future domestic oil and gas reserves and production -- Importation of oil and gas -- OCS oil and gas-related facilities -- Secondary effects of OCS development -- Deepwater ports -- Liquified natural gas storage facilities -- The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 -- Purpose -- Provisions relevant to energy facility siting -- "National interest" and "Federal consistency" provisions -- Status of State management programs -- Amending the Coastal Zone Management Act in order to provide extra emphasis on energy facility siting -- The problem in summary -- Outline of a solution -- S.586 - Key provisions pertaining to coastal energy activity -- OCS leasing and "Federal consistency"--Management of coastal energy facility siting -- Coastal energy facility impact program -- Coastal energy activity covered -- Eligibility for loans and grants; conditions on expenditure -- Net or temporary adverse impacts -- Automatic grants -- Coastal impacts review board -- Other State energy facility siting programs -- Alternative or advance consideration of sites -- Early notification by utilities of facility plans -- State acquisition of sites -- Relationship of State siting programs to coastal zone management -- Overall State energy conservation and development programs - Independent State assessment of utility demand forecasts -- Consideration of environmental factors -- Appendix 1: Energy siting programs in four states -- Appendix 2: Federal laws and agencies that affect energy facility siting -- Appendix 3: The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 -- Appendix 4: S. 586 (as passed by the Senate in July 1975) -- Appendix 5: Comparison of alternative methods for distributing coastal energy impact funds. |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: Committee printing 94th Congress, 1st session. Includes the Coastal zone management act of 1972. "December 1975." |
| Physical Description: | viii, 126 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |