Draft environmental statement, proposed increase in acreage to be offered for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf

by United States. Division of Minerals Environmental Assessment

1974 eng

Proposal to increase the acreage offered for OCS oil and gas exploration and development, so that ten million acres are leased in 1975. This proposal, if implemented, would entail leasing in frontier areas which have little or no history of such development. The possible environmental impacts of suc…