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5. Environmental Considerations
5. Environmental Considerations
Pages 45-52
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Indeed, commentors expressed as much concern for .~ Records of the following telephone conversat ions are in cocci t tee files. Randy Lanctot, Louisiana Wildlife Federation, S December 1984; Marsha Rockefeller, Massachusetts Aububon Soc iety, S December 1984; Herman Rudenberg, Lone Star Chapter , S terra Club, 5 December 1984; Hal Scott, Department of Interior OCS Policy Advisory Committee, 21 December 1984; Sharron Stewart, Texas Environmental Coalition, 21 December 1984; Michelle Perrault, Sierra Club, 13 January 1985; Sarah Chasis Natural Resources Defense Council, 17 January 198S; Ralph Rayburn, Texas Shrimp Association, 25 March 198S; and David Hickok, Alaska Environmental Information Data Center, 27 March 1985.
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Toppling in place received similar expressions of concern, because reviewers were reluctant to make the ocean a "junkyard." While disposition options received a broad array of environmental expressions, they were often regionalized, reflecting historical perspectives as well as the economic consequences apprec~ted by the respective respondents. EFFECT OF OFFSHORE PLATFORMS ON BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES When offshore structures are installed, they are colonized by a diversity of marine life.
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and are working to identify critical habitat areas. Some states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, including some without offshore oil and gas development, are working to secure obsolete structures for deployment as artificial reefs off their coasts.
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Those who believe that artificial reefs are in the public interest argued that dumping is a poor use of materials that could otherwise be used as reef building material. Ocean dumping is regulated under the EPA Ocean Dumping Regulations and Criteria (40 CFR 220-229)
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Environmental spokesmen in the Gulf of Mexico recognized that existing structures provide important habitat benefits and that efforts should be made to perpetuate these benefits. While existing structures all provide substrate and a reef community to some extent, depending on the age and location of the structure, it is recognized that they do not all provide the same level of fisheries benefits.
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Commercial fishermen would likely be opposed to any removal options that would exacerbate the problem of bottom hangs and debris on the bottom. Under the partial removal option, there would either be little recreatonal fishing because of the distance from shore required to attain the necessary navigation clearance, or, in the case of structures closer to shore, there would be little profile remaining to support a diverse fish population.
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the work of the National Artificial Reef Development Center of the Sport Fishing Institute to rationalize the reef planning process, and (4) the general permit for artificial reef development recently developed in the Jacksonville , Florida office of the U.S.
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1984 . Procedures for Exclus ion Mapping to Guide Future State-Level and Local Artificial Reef Planning and Siting Efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
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