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PELICAN ISL ºuck Banks NWR 0°) NATIONAL ESTUARINE SANCTUARY OWA HUGH ARD SIAIE PARK * GEORGIA > SAPELO ISLAND ES NORTH CAROLINA > RACHEL CARSON ES COLLIER Fort Lauderdale (3) |- - WEST PALM BEACH NG|17–5 \–– - - POPULATION OF CITIES: _^ --- - - - - • 19.999 o 10,000-19,999 - 20,000-49,999 [E] 50.000-29.999 © 100,000+ | iami (e) CAPE FLORIDASIAE PARK - DADE" — state Bound"tº -- - COUNTY B MONROE †r state CAPITALs " " " " - 200 m wa TER DE" | STATUTE MILES scale. , 1,500,000 (APPRO.” | \ - NATIONAL MONUMENT SALE NO. 9 O _ 0. ATIENTIONUSER. This visual graphic has been prepared for an Environmental import statement from existing sources and is NOT a product of original scientific research. This is a special graphic overprint and is NOT to be used for navigational purposes, NOR is this graphic a legal document for Federal leasing purposes. MINERALs MANAGEMENT SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR does NOT guarantee the occuracy to the extent of responsibility for reliance thereon. 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INSHORE FISHERIES OCEAN PELAGIC COMPLEX Species Composition: Blue Crab Oyster* Spot Species Composition: Bay scallop & Mullet Croaker Seatrout Bluefish Dolphin Wahoo Yellowfin Tuna Blackfin Tuna Little Tunny [ ] Menhaden Summer Flounder Southern Flounder Spanish Mackerel Barracuda Sharks (Hammerhead, Requiem) * Shad Kingfish Striped Bassº Alewives (Alosa spp.)” Albacore Squid (Short and Long-Finned) Blue Marlin ^ _^ Spanish Mackerel Cobia White Marlin Sailfish Swordfish King Mackerel Crevalle Jackºº GLADES OUTER SHELF AND EDGE LIVE BOTTOM COMPLEX \ - " 17–3 ------ Species composition: Red Porgy Black Sea Bass Groupers ROYAL RED SHRIMP [ ] CALICO SCALLOP O ^ | º º -> [T] Red Snapper Vermilion Snapper White Grunt Gray Tilefish GROUNDS GROUNDS * - - - - - * \ (scamp. Gag, snowy, Yellowedge, Warsaw and Speckled Hind)* - - - PINK, SHRIMP BROWN, WHITE % PALM BEACH Amberjack Triggerfish GROUNDS SHRIMP GROUNDS | West Palm Beach D] 1 Reflects Centers of Abundance Proximal to Lease Offering Area. North-South Seasonal Migrations Not Shown, but Demonstrated by Some *- - Species. | HENDRY I *Grounds Are Generally in Upper Estuaries “Anadromous; Spawning in Fresh Water. Species Directly Linked to Hard Bottom Substrates; Not Occuring Continuously. Intermittent Sand Substrate Dominated by Long Spinned | Porgy, Lizard Fishes, Skates, Rays, Sea Robins, Shoal Flounder. | **Complex Split by Depth Preference; Shallow-Scamp, Gag, Snappers; Deep-Snowy, Yellowedge, Warsaw Groupers, Speckled Hind. - | **Golden Tilefish, Red Crab Distributional Pattern Also, But Bottom Oriented. Golden Tilefish Abundance Centered From Charleston, * - - - -- | South Carolina Southward. - * - - Sources: As Listed For Table III. B. 3-1. Eastern Edge of the Gulf Stream From Marine Geoscience, Inc., 1983. I • BROWARD - MAJOR SOUTH ATLANTIC COMMERCIAL FISHING PORTS 3% (NUMBERS IN PARENTHESIS INDICATE VALUE OF 1982 LANDINGS IN MILLION DOLLARS) COLLIER Fort Lauderdale ©) |- NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY - - WEST PALM BEACH Ng 17-5 *— * - - —r " NORTH CAROLINA X U.S.S. MONITOR 4- GEORGIA X GRAY'S REEF S NG 11-5 --- ENDANGERED SPECIES *-- - - 2 - O A–A–A–A–A. X + 3 BALD EAGLE NEST SITES TURTLE NESTING BEACHES BRowN PELICAN MANATEE critical ATLANT1c saur DUSKY SEASIDE HABITAT MARSH SNAKE SPARROW • * - STATE BOUNDARIES – – - COUNTY BOUNDARIES T 200 m WATER DEPTH (METERS) Y STATE CAPITALs O 10 20 30 40 50 l I l I I I | | | l | STATUTE MILES SCALE: 1: 1,500,000 (APPROX.) SALE NO. 90 7 - º | º – ATENTIONUSER. This visual graphic has been prepared for on Environmental * from existing sources and is NOT - a product of original scientific research. 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PERCENG 17. * - 2 * - - - - - - PALM BEACH \ | OUTER SHELF AND EDGE LIVE BOTTOM COMPLE X WINTER OFFSHORE SPAWNING COMPLEX -- | || Species Composition : Species Composition: || Red Porgy Black Sea Bass Groupers (Scamp, > * > Mullet Spot Croaker Menhaden summer Founder - Gag, Snowy, Yellowedge, Warsaw and Speckled Hind)** Southern Flounder Brown Shrimp Vermilion Snapper White Grunt Gray Tilefish Amberjack | West Palm Beach D | CALICO SCALLOP | ROYAL RED SHRIMP | ] PINK, SHRIMP WHITE SHRIMP BROWARD 1 Reflects Centers of Abundance Proximal to Lease Offering Area. North-south seasonal Migrations Not Shown, but Demonstrated by Some Species. Fort Lauderdale © I |- - - WEST PALM BEACH Ng 17.5 *— - - - I - -* *Grounds Are Generally in Upper Estuaries *Anadromous; Spawning in Fresh Water. Species Directly Linked to Hard Bottom Substrates; Not Occuring Continuously. Intermittent Sand Substrate Dominated by Long Spinned Porgy, Lizard Fishes, Skates, Rays, Sea Robins. Shoal Flounder. T- NG 17-5 **Complex Split by Depth Preference; Shallow-Scamp, Gag, Snappers; Deep Snowy, Yellowedge, Warsaw Groupers, Speckled Hind. ---- **Golden Tilefish, Red Crab Distributional Pattern Also, But Bottom Oriented. Golden Tilefish Abundance Centered From Charleston, South Carolina Southward. 79- 7a- DADE Sources: As Listed For Table III. B. 3-1. Eastern Edge of the Gulf Stream From Marine Geoscience, Inc., 1983. MONROE - - - STATE BOUNDARIES - - COUNTY BOUNDARIES DEPTH (METERS) Y STATE CAPITALs 10 20 30 40 50 200 m WATER O –––––––––– STATUTE MILES SCALE: 1: 1,500,000 (APPROx.) SALE NO. 90 º Alſº user this visual graphic has been Fººd for ºn tº mental Impud Statement from existing sources and º º ºpºdum of original stientific research thºse special graphic overpºint and is not to be used for navigational purposes, NOR is this * * * dºment tº Federallensing purpose ºntººnasturm stºº pººn OF THE INTERIOR does ºf guarantee the cºunty to the extent ºf respºnsibility fºreliance thereon. 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ON RECENTLY ACQUIRED GEOPHYSICAL RECORDS UPDIP AND DOWNDIP LIMITs of DETECTED | FAULTS RELATED TO SEISMICITY (DASHED WHERE F- AREAS OF MAJOR GROWTH FAULTS | PALM BEACH | West Palm Beach [E] ^{4.0 EARTHQUAKES (FROM RECORDED DATA 1699-1978) > O so NoTE: Location Accuracy Limited Approx. Magnitude (Richter Scale) BOTTOM SEDIMENTS | BROWARD sandy clay COLLIER | Fort Lauderdale s | - - \– WEST PALM BEACH NG 17-5 - | T - — - - BIOGENIC CALCAREOUS MARLS AND CLAYS - - | | sil TY sand | Miami º DADE COUNTY BOUNDARIES 200m waſ ER DEPTH (METERs) * STATE capitals 10 20 30 40 50 0 |- | 1–1– | l 1– ! statuTE MILEs SALE NO. 90 SCALE: 1: 1,500,000 (APPROx.) NAT TD |C)5 PT22 | 95- ATIENTIONUSER. This visual graphic has been prepared for an Environmental Import Statement from existing sources and is NOI a product of original scientific research. This is a special graphic overprint and is NOT to be used for navigational purposes, NOR is this graphic a legal document for federal leasing purposes. MINFRAS MANAGEMENT SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR does NOI guarantee the occuracy to the extent of responsibility for reliance thereon. Prepared by the ATLANTIC 0(5 OFFICE, VIENNA, VIRGINA. Published April 1984 // sº 37° º … . . 36° º: 2 2 º º /* - nº - * UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION ſ ºn AVERAGE SURFACE CIRCULATION ſ ºl 36° y/ 2 35° F- 359 RCES: º DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 1973-1974 º º * * __a^ - - º º _º º - % DYNALYSIS 1981 - – - º º BUMPUS 1973 - º * y -> --> r * y - O SALE NO. 90 \ N.C. . 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SALE NO. 90 NAT TD |º P.127 |-}} INDEX Abbreviations, list of , xx-xxi Adverse environmental effects, 345 Air quality, 88 Alligators, 28, 131, 263 Alternative l (Proposal), iv-v , 20 Alternative 2 (Delay the sale), v, 322 Alternative 3 (Cancel the sale), v, 324 Alternative 4 (Defer blocks to protect resources), v, 329 Alternative 5 (Defer NASA blocks), vi, 334 Alternative 6 (Defer blocks to protect scallops and shrimp), vi, 340 Alternative 7 (Defer blocks to protect sanctuary), vi, 343 Alternative development scenarios, 2 l Amoco Cadiz spillage, l95, 294 Amoco refinery, 162 Areas of Environmental Concerns (AECs), 299 Argo Merchant spillage, l 95-l97, 29.4 Army Corps of Engineers, A-6 Atlantic Continental Margin, ii Atlantic salt marsh snake, l 31, 263 Bald eagle, l 30, 262, 264, 34l Beaufort, NC, See Morehead City, NC Benthic communities, v, vi, 9, 27, 6l, 100, 246, 25l., 255; impact on, 329, 334, 345, 349 Bermuda petrel, l 26, l 30, 263 Best Available Control Technology (BACT), 91 Bioaccumulation, 253–255 Biological resources, 96 Birds, vii, 29, 63; marine and coastal, l 26-l 29, 256-25 7, 262, 264; impact on, 330, 336, 341, 350 Blake Plateau, ii, l, 72, 73-74, 177, 217 Brown pelican, 28, 51, l 26, 130, 262, 33l Brunswick, GA, l04, 270, 288, 292, 353, B-5 Calico scallops, vi, ll, 51, 53, 55, 276 , 277, 280, 283 Call for Information, 2, 4 Cape Canaveral, FL, 330 Cape Fear, NC, lll Cape Hatteras, NC, 330 Carolina Trough, l, 72, l 78 Carrot Island, NC, 260 Carteret County, NC, 348 Cetaceans, 268-272 Charleston, SC, l A 5, 163 Charleston Bump, 72 Charleston County, SC, 348, 353–354, B-5 Chatham County, GA, 263 Chesapeake Bay, 55, 264, 294, B-4 Chevron, 2 Clathrates, l 82 Clean Air Act (1977), 89, 90 Clean Atlantic Associates, iv Clean-up planning, 212-21 7 Coast Guard, iv, 212, 295 Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA), l 974, 169 Coastal recreation areas, vii, 28, 30, 64, 144; impacts on, 292–296, 33 l-332, 337, 342, 353 Coastal Resources Commission (CRC), l 69 Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Act (1972), l09, 296 Continental Shelf, effects on waters, 79; temperature, salinity, and density, 83, 93; division of , ll 3 Continental Slope, ii Coral pinnacle areas, 34 Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) , l Cultural resources, vii, 29, 31, 48, 66, l05, 315-319, 317-319; impacts on, 332, 339, 342, 355 Daytona Beach, FL, lll Deepwater technology, l 92 Delaware Bay, 55, 264, 294, B-4 Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel, 264 Discharges or sources of pollution, 2.32-233, 24 3–245 Dolphins, l 33–138, 268 Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 4 Drilling discharges, 9, 218, 226-228, 345, 359 Drilling muds and cuttings, 23, 24, 27, 218–226, 228-231, 236-240, 24 6-251, 272, 345 Duval County, FL, 263, 27 l, 338 Employment, 28, 65; impacts on, 306; total, 307-310; new resident, 310-3 ll; cumulative impacts, 311, 338, 354 Endangered and threatened species, v, vii, 9, 64, 130, 262; impact On , 33 l, 336, 34l, 35l Endangered plants, l 31 Endangered Species Act (1973), 44, 36 l Endangered species consultation, 4 Environmental consequences, iii., 46, 53, 55, l 75 Environmental Impact Statements, l, 4 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 89, 212, A-6 Estuaries, l 39–l40, 172, 259, 331; impact on, 336, 341, 350 Explosive dumping sites, 38-4 l, 359 Faults, l 80 Federal Register, 4, 5 Fish and Wildlife Service, 4-5, 31, 144, 262, 361 Fisheries, vii, 9, 63, 282; impact on, 329, 335, 340, 352 Fishermen's Contingency Fund, A-3 Fishery resources, 9, 28, 30, 53, 63, ll 3, 114-125, 148-155, 156, 272, 276, 280–281, 291. Five Year OCS Schedule, 361 Florida, ii, 130, 131, 144, 153, lol, lo 7, 294, 302–304 Florida Aquifer, 10, 179 Florida-Hatteras Shelf, 6.9, l 75 Florida-Hatteras Slope, 72, 177 Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act (1978), 44 Florida spillage, l95 Formation waters, 231, 24l-242, 25l., 274 Gas processing facilities, 26, 300, 348, 357 Gas production, 20, 55, 292 Gas production schedule, l 8 Geologic hazards, iii, 9, 12, 43, 44, l 80, l 85-l 87 Geology of area, 69 Georges Bank, 222, 273, 276 Georgia, 93, l09, l 31, 144, 147, l02, lo 7, 170, 294, 30l., 315 Glynn County, GA, 348 Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, l 7l Gulf Stream, 75, 77, 93 Hard bottoms, species, l03-l()4 Helicopter support, 26; traffic of , 293; B-5 Historic resources, 316–317 Humpback whales, vii, 270 Hurricanes, iii, 81, 85 Hydrocarbons, 2, 20, 93, l'97-203, 232, 24l, 274 Information to Lessees, 43–44 Infrastructure, 66; impacts on, 314, 339, 355 Interstate Commerce Commission, A-7 IXTOC I, oil spill of , 293 Jacksonville, FL, l 63, 338 Land-use, conflicts, vii.; plans and policies, 65, 171 ; planning, 297-305; impacts, 338, 353 Leatherback turtles, vii Live-bottom biological communities, 9, 27, 33-35, 48, 55, ll 5, 279; impact on, 329, 334, 340, 349 Loggerhead sea turtles, vii, 28, 266 Macroalgae, 97 Manatee, 5l, 53, 133, 331, 34 l Marine environment, 9 Marine mammals, l 33, 268-272 Marine sanctuaries, l 7l Meteorology of area, 84, l88-191 Migratory species, vii, 29 Military and NASA activities, l08 Minerals Management Service, ii., iv., 4, 13, 31, 361 Morehead City, NC, lo 4, 288, 292, 298, 353, B-5 NASA/DoD Clearance Zone, ll, 36, 51–53, 67, l 69 ; conflicts with, 319-321, 339, 355–356, 359 National Energy Policy Plan, l National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), l National Marine Fisheries Service, 4, 262, 322, 361 National Marine Sanctuaries, 4 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 86, 163, A-6 National Park Service, 14.4 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, 218 National security benefits, 47 North Carolina, ii, 99, l 31, 144, 146, lº l, 162, l09, 294, 297 Notice of Sale, 5 Ocean dumpsites, 29, 16.7-lo 8 Oceanographic conditions in area, l 88-191 Oceanography of area, 75 Oculina coral reefs, v, vi, ll, 55-59, 100, 246, 254, 322, 329, 340, 343-344 Offshore Oil Spill Pollution Compensation Fund, 216, 295, A-2 Oil and gas infrastructure, l 62 Oil and gas leasing, A-l Oil pollution, l96, 212 Oil production, 20, 55 Oil Production Schedule, l 7 Oil Spill Trajectory Analysis Model, iv., 10, 204, 236, 294, 318 Oil spills, iii., v, vi, 9, 27, 29, 30, 5l, l95, 197, 204-2ll, 212- 217, 235–236, 252-253, 259, 265, 274, 285, 345, 34.9 Onshore facilities, 23 Onslow Bay, 277 Outer Continental Shelf, iii, l, 2 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, ii, l, 6, 20, A-l Pender County, NC, 263 Peregrine falcon, vii, l 30, 262, 341 Pipecoating activities, 26, B-4 Pipelines, 9, 26, 41-42, 260-261, 278, 302, B-2-B-4 Planktonic communities, v, 9, 27, 96-99, 246, 259, 345 Platform fabrication, 26, B-5 Platform Verification Program, iii, 193 Population, 66, 141–l43; impacts on , 313–314, 338-339, 354 Port Everglades, FL, 163 Ports, l 63 Prehistoric resources, l05, 315-316 Purpose for action, 1 Rachel Carson Estuarine Sanctuary, 12 Radioactive wastes, 38-41, 168, 359 Recreational fisheries, 289 Resource reports, 4 Right whale, vii, 270 Royal red shrimp, vi, ll, 51, 53, 55, 276, 277, 280, 283, 291 Sale 43, 56, and 78, 2, 47 Sale 90, ii, l-9, 324 Salt marshes, 139 Sand bottoms, l08 Sapelo Island, l09, 260 Sargasso Sea, 75 Savannah, GA, 145, 163, 338 Scallops, 9 Scoping, ii., 6, 7 Sea turtles, v, 51, l 32, 265-267, 331, 337, 34l Secretarial Issue Document (SID), 5 Sediments, mass movement of , l83-l 85 Seismic activity, l 78 Shallow gas deposits, l 8l Shipwrecks, 166, 316 Shortnose sturgeon, l 31, 264 Shrimp, 9, 51, l S5, 286 Socioeconomic environment of area, lºl South Atlantic Bight, 113 South Atlantic Continental Shelf and Slope, l3 South Atlantic Regional Technical Working Group, 6 South Carolina, 94, l 31, 14.4, la 7, 152, 167, l 69-170, 294, 30l., 315 Southeast Georgia Embayment, 69, 78 Southeast Region Oil Spill Contingency Plan, 212 Space shuttle launches, 29 Sport fishing, l08–162, 282-284 Tides, 80 Trace metals, 94, 95, 238-240 Transportation of gas, 25, 4l, 359, B-l Transportation of oil, 25, 4 l, 278, 359, B-l Turtles, 28, 46 Attorney General, A-8 Department of Energy, A-7 . Department of Interior, responsibilities, A-4 . Department of Labor, A-8 . S. Department of Transportation, A-7 U. S. S. Monitor historic shipwreck, l 2, 166, 316 University of Georgia, l76 : : Vessel traffic, 66, 269 Virginia, l70, 300, 322 Water quality, 27, 29, 6l, 93, 235, 259; impacts on, 332, 334, 343 Waves, 81 West Indian manatee, 270 Wetlands, l 39, la 0, 172, 259 Whales, 46, l 33-138, 268, 270, 337 Wilmington, NC, l 63 York County, VA, 348, 353–354, B-5 Zeke's Island, 260 Zooplankton, 97 university of MICHIGAN ||||||||||||||||| 3 9015 02517 9915