Analyze State plans related to OCS activities

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COASTAL ZONE
INFORMATION CENTER

ANALYZE STATE PLANS RELATED TO CCS ACTIVITIES

OCS Task 4.2

Prepared by

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Land Resources and Forest Management
Outer Continental Shelf Study Program
LAI 50 Wolf Road
Albany, New York 12233

August 1977

The preparation of this report was financially aided,
through a Federal Grant from the Office of Coastal Zone
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended,
Grant #04-5-158-50002

This report was prepared for the New York
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TO: Greg Sovas., Chief, OCS Section
FROM, Henry Skoburn, senior Planner COASTPI ZONE
-SUBJECT: Task 4.2 Analyze State Plans
..INFORMATION CENTER
DATE: August 11, 1977

In accordance with the work schedule, I have reviewed the following
documents.

l.. New York City Metropolitan Area Air Quality Implementation Plan.

2. @New Yor.k City Metropolitan Area Transportation Controls and
Amendment.

-3. Water Quality Management Plan, Atlantic Ocean Long Island Sound.

.4. New York State Comprehensive Planning.-Assistance Program.

5. New York Coastal Region Multi-Agency Oil and Hazardous Materials
Pollution Contingency Plan (As Revised August 1971).

6. An investigation of the Federal, State and Local.0il spill
Contingency Plans for the Long Island Sound Area.

7. Statewide Master Plan for Transportation.

9. State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.

9. Report of Member Electric Systems of the New York Power Pool, 1977.

Because of the rather general treatment"ofl:the plans the anticipated
impact of OCS activities cannot be accertained.:.

However, the increases of OCS [email protected] expected to be minimal
compared to the present infrastructure of the Port of New.York and Long'Island.,
Only support base activities are anticipated at present.

There is nothing in the aforementioned plans that are-inconsistent
with the goals and objectives of the States' OCS program.

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New York 6ity Metropolitan Area
Air Quality Implementation Plan

The New York City Metropolitan Area Air Quality Implementation Plan pro-

poses control strategies to meet national air quality standards for particu-

lates, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrocarbons and

petrochemical oxidants. Current revision of this plan is in the draft stage.

In 1970 the Clean Air Act Amendments established priority classifications

with accompanying air contaminant concentration values for sulfur oxides and

particulates. Highest concentrations were assigned first priorities.

Remaining contaminants were promulgated in a similar manner, so that a region

may have different priorities for air pollution control depending on the

contaminant in question. The New York Metro region has been assigned first

priority for its entire air pollution problem.

The legal authority to regulate stationary sources to achi eve national

air quality standards can be found in the following: Section 1271 article

12A of the Public Health Law, regulates emission standards and limitations.

To implement the statutory authority, Part 176 of the Air Pollution Control

rules requires the Department of Environmental Conservation approval of new

sources and modifications to existing sources. It also requires all sources

to receive a certificate to operate every thrge years, Construction or

modification of a source can be halted by injunction, pursuant to section

1287 of the Public Health Law.

Section 1277 provides the Commissioner of.the Department of Environmental

Conservation power of inspection where air pollution may exist or be suspected,

or for purposes of determining compliance with rules, regulations and codes.

Section 1284 provides emergency abatement action for air pollution

deletrious to health. Also,authority can be found in article 12A and sections

2, 4, and 16, Chapter 140 of the Laws of New Yoik, 1971. The Commissioner

under the above authorities has the power to limit the consumption of fuels

and use of vehicles, to curtail or require cessation of incineration during

an air pollution emergency.

Part 185 of the NYS Air Pollution rules and regulations outlines pro-

cedures that will be taken during the different stages of an air pollution

episode in controlling emissions. Significant emission sources have been

defined to include:

stationary combustion installations rated at more than 200

million BTU/hr.

processes emitting more than 100 lb/hr or 100 tons per year

-of particulates.

- processes emitting more than 10 lb/hr of sulfur dioxide.

- any other source designated by the Commissioner of the Department

of Environmental Conservation.

Initial source control review of stationary contamination sources is

handled through a permit system. In 1962, "Rules to Prevent New Air

Pollution" went into effect in New York State. These rules required approval

of plans for construction of any new sources or modification of any existing

source which could emit contaminants to the outer air. Additional rules have

modified and expanded these procedures, which now cover most sources.

Within 90 days after completion of construction, a certificate to operate

is issued, providing the installation passes inspection or testing. Both

surveillance and review of all major, existing stationary sources -- indus-

trial processes, large fuel-burning installations, incinerators and bulk-
storage facilities -- are covered in the certificate to operate requirement.

Such certificates are renewable every three years.

Air quality rules and regulations which could pertain to Outer Continental

Shelf plans and facilities include the following:

Part 176: permits and certificates to operate for all air pollution

sources in the State.

Part 185: control measures for air pollution episodes.

Part 191: smoke; applies to any combustion installation and provides

emission standards.

Part 196: asbestos-containing surface coating materials; spraying of

such materials is prohibited.

Part 200: fuel composition and use in the New York Metro; allowable

concentrationsof sulfur have-been reduced to 0.3%, and

distillate oil concentrations have been reduced to 0.1%

sulfur.

The major areas for possible emission of pollutants from OCS activities

will be in the construction of service bases, uses at marine terminals,

partial processing facilities, gas processing and treatment plants, plat-'

form fabrication yards and pipe-coating yards. Helicopter noise could be

substantial and could impact highly populated areas.

While each type of facility is typically equipped with pollution and

noise prevention equipment, air emissions occur. Air borne emissions at

OCS facilities include sulfur oxides and hydrocarbons from compressors

fueled by natural gas, evaporation from storage tanks and transfer of oil

and fuel, accidental spills, combustion emissions from process machinery

and mobile sources, leakage from valves and seals, flaring at gas plants,

particulates from construction, refining, etc., painting and sand blasting

platforms and pipelines, and shot blasting in pipe coating operations. Noise

emissions from helicopters, pneumatic tools, vehicles, machinery, generators,

etc., will affect neighboring areas, especially if buffer zones and sound

controls are not used.

In areas where ambient air concentrations approach the maximum standard

concentrations, sufficient emissions from OCS related facilities could be

added to the air resulting in the limitation of further industrial growth in

an area. In addition, emissions approaching maximum concentrations may limit

the ability of a.region to reach or maintain allowable concentration standards.

There will not be growth of this magnitude to affect the allowable concentration.

The revised May 1972 Air Quality Implementation Plan does not encompass

OCS-related activity, in terms of major onshore impacts, should New York State

become a major service base area. Because of the increasing federal emission

requirements, however, controlling factors do exist. Several areas of concern

may include spraying of paint or fire preventive coatings on pipes, platforms

and major equipment. For example, asbestos-containing surface coating

materials cannot be sprayed on surfaces in New York State (Part 196 of New

York Air Quality Rules and Regulations).

New York City Metropolitan Area Transportation Controls and Amendment

The Transportation Control Plan suggests strategies for mobile source

pollutants in the New York Metropolitan Area. The plan concentrates on con-

trols to 1975; however, a new control plan updating information and strategies

is in the draft stage. Information is available, at present, only from the

April 1973 plan and its subsequent October 1974 amendment.

Mobile air pollutant sources in the metropolitan area have accounted for

roughly 95 percent of the carbon monoxide emissions, 65 percent of hydro-

carbons, 40 percent of nitrogen oxides, 15 percent of suspended particulates

and 50 percent of photochemical smog formed by atmospheric reaction of

hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. Unhealthy ambient concentrations of the

above pollutants are directly linked to transportation patterns in the

region. Minimum standards for new vehicles as defined in Section 202 of the

Clean Air Act are expected to lower air emissions' but not enough to meet

air quality standards. Thus additional controls are necessary for older

vehicles, patterns and modes of transportation, and movement of goods and

materials.

Heavy duty gasoline vehicles (above 3 tons) have not been subject to as

stringent federal emissions standards as have automobiles and light-duty

vehicles. Trucks, however, account for a large share of vehicle miles

traveled in the New York City area.

Based upon test situations, there is an assumption that an average

reduction of 60 percent could be achieved on heavy-duty vehicles in carbon

monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions from pre-1974 model trucks through a

retrofit and inspection (twice yearly) program.

The Control Plan concentrates, almost exclusively, on Manhattan. Traffic

is described going into and exiting from the CerLtral Business District. Little

information is given for the New York Metro Area, except that suburban drivers

use personal transDortation over public transportation and vehicle miles

traveled are excessive. The plan does not describe various high transportation

use industries except delivery to Manhattan businesses and industries. There

is no discussion of truck traffic at the Port of New York or in the surrounding

metropolitan areas. OCS activities can be expected to generate traffic such

as workers to service bases and other OCS facilities, heavy-duty and light-duty

truck traffic for such purposes as construction, goods shipment, gas and oil

transfer, and machinery transport although the increase will be extremely

minimal.

Some regulations exist which will be useful in protecting the coastline

from OCS impacts; for example, Part 203 of the New York Code of Rules and

Regulations requires a person to acquire a permit before be ginning construc-

tion or modification of an indirect source of air contamination or associated

parking area. This regulation impacts OCS facilities because its restrictions

include parking facilities, parking areas, airports with an increase of

50,000 or more aircraft operations per year over existing volume, the con-

struction of a road or highway section which may increase the annual average

of daily traffic volume within 10 years of completion of construction to

20,000 or more vehicles, and the modification of a road or highway which may

increase annual average of daily traffic volume within 10 years o f completion

of modification to 10,000 or more vehicles.

The Transportation Control Plan is general and does not assess the

implications of plans and programs existing or projected, such as the Outer

Continental Shelf.

Water Quality 'Management Plan, Atlantic Ocean - Long Island Sound

The plan for pollution abatement in the Atlantic Ocean-Long Island Sound

planning area is one part of a Statewide water quality plan being prepared

pursuant to Section 303 (e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500). Four steps are involved in the plan

formulation process. These include identification of water quality problems

in physical, chemical, biological and qualitative terms; identification of

existing and proposed classifications and standards for water bodies; identi-

fication of significant industrial, municipal and non-point sources of

pollution ana wastewater characteristics; and issuance of effluent limitations

abatement scheduleo, remedial solutions and p riorities for each discharge.

Section 303 (e) basin plans constitute the overall framework within

which local level plans and strategies are developed pursuant to Section

208 of P.L. 92-500. The objective of Section 208 plans is to meet the 1983

goal of swimmable-fishable waters.

In the marine waters of the port of New York and Nassau and Suffolk

Counties, wastewater and water quality problems have been identified. Major

concerns include nutrient enrichment and closing of beaches and shellfishing

areas due to bacterial contamination.

The Atlantic Ocean-Long Island Sound plan does not detail the possible

effects on water quality from OCS facilities and operations. These effects

can be significant, however, and should be detailed. The basin plan briefly

mentions the possible consequences of oil slicks from accidential. spills.

Such spills, can affect beaches, birds, oxygen levels in water, insects and

wetlands. Detailed discussion is needed, however, on the impacts of an outer

continental shelf program on the billion dollar annual contribution made by
the tourist and recreation industries on Lon'g Island and the commercial and

recreational fishing and shellfish industries.

The use of high quantities of fresh water also produces wastewater which

can be a potential source of harmful discharge into receiving waters,

especially in areas where water quality is already near restrictive limita-

tions. Wastewater is produced in many forms at various OCS facilities.

Service bases produce lour sources of waste water, namely, sewage, bilge

water, ballast water and cooling water. Platform fabrication yards produce

wastewater in the form of cooling and process water and sewage. The

dissolved components of the types of wastewater listed above can be taken

up by plants and animals in the receiving waters with lethal or sublethal

effects, or concentrated within tissues of organisms which use the contam-

inated food sources.

Federal regulations, which should be identified in the basin plan,

require treatment before disposal of ballast water containing high concen-

trations of fecal bacteria. Likewise discharges such as ammonia, heavy

metals, suspended solids, oil, grease, phenol and lead are regulated through

the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System and the New York State

Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES/SPDES). Discharges such as

cadmium, mercury and cyanide which are present in OCS support facilities

effluent also are not discussed as such in the basin plan.

New York Sta te Comprehensive Planning Assistance Program

Federal requirements under Section 701 of the Federal Housing Act of

1954, as amended, require the preparation of the State Land Use Element and

the State Housing Element by the State before grants may be made to recip-

ients of comprehensive planning assistance funds.

I.. There are four interim technical reports for the State Housing

Element and nine technical reports for the State Land Use Element.

State Housing Element reports include citizen participation,

emerging housing issues, initial recommendations for housing imple-

mentation and an annotated housing bibliography.

The State Housing Elements reports have little or no relevance to

OCS development. In Technical Report No. 1: Citizen Participation,

an outline of the State's approach to citizen participation is des-

cribed, including mechanisms such as intergovernmental coordination,

a state Citizens Advisory Committee, an interagency advisory

committee and regional offices throughout the State. These are

existing tools encouraging citizen participation and feedback.

Proposed mechanisms include a State panel of local elected

officials and a State panel of federal agency representatives.

Technical Report No. 2: Emerging Housing Issues, identified an

important aspect of land development in New York State. Location

and development of housing should consider factors including

environmental and geographical concerns, the federal and state

regulations all of which delimit the land potential.

2. The State Land Use Element reports include methodology, review of

State and regional plans; identification., classification and summary

of State and regional land use goals and objectives; identification

and descripti6n of State and regional existing land use information;

a bibliography of land use planning in New York State; a summary

overview of existing and projected land use needs at State and

regional levels; growth policy evaluation of existing long and

short term policies and criteria for determining land use guidelines;

and.statewide land use issues,

While these technical reports do not specifically identify on-shore

impacts of the Outer Continental Shelf Program, certain land use

policies discussed do have bearing on the coastal area of Long.

I@land and New York City and, thus, on on-shore OCS impacts.

Technical Report No. 7: Summary Overview of Existing and Potential

Land Use Needs at State and Regional Levels does not discuss OCS

on-shore needs in particular, but does describe land use needs.

The land use needs are categorized as quantitative needs-amount of

land needed, facility needs-capital improvements to support land

uses, qualitative needs - deficiencies in the value of the land

which fail to meet objectives, demands-actions responding to the

deficiencies, and principles - site guidelines for land use

development. Because there is no procedure used by State agencies

to determine land use needs, the above categorization of needs

could be utilized in determining OCS land use impacts.

In Technical Report-No. 8: Growth Policy Evaluation of Existing

Long and Mort Term Policies and Criteria for Determining Land Use

and Growth Policy Guidelines, identification and classification of

growth policies are made. There is no comprehensive growth policy

in effect for coastal management and on-shore OCS impacts both of

which affect a major portion of the population of the State.

However, less area specific criteria to assess the significance of

coastal management and OCS impacts describe pertinent areas of

concern. Criteria to assess the significance of various land

uses include policy duration, geographic area affected by a policy,

character of affected area, official basis of policy, implementation

status and policy impact on development patterns, economic

development, and environmental and historic resources. As in the

use of needs categories in Report No. 7, above, the use of the

criteria above can be beneficial in defining a growth policy in

terms of the significance of on-shore OCS impacts and coastal

management.

New York Coastal Region Multi-Agnecy Oil and_Hazardous Materials Pollution
Contin?,Ency Plan (As Revised August 1971)

The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan was

developed in compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

amended. It provides a coordinated response by federal departments to pro-

tect the environment from the effects of oil spills. The plan assigns

responsibilities, establishes emergency strike forces, provides a system of

notification, surveillance and reporting, establishes a national center to

coordinate operations, schedules the dispersing of chemicals to treat spills,

enforces procedures to be followed, and issues instructions covering on-scenc e

coordination.

The plan reviews the functions and duties of the various federal agencies

involved in assisting in critical pollution spills. Responsible agencies

include the Department of Commerce, Council on Environmental Quality,

Department of Interior, Department of Transportation, the Environmental

Protection Agency, Department of Justice, Office of Emergency Preparedness and

Department of State.

Responsible agencies appoint representatives to the National Response

Team (NRT) which plans and prepares actions prior to a spill. It also acts

as an emergency response team to coordinate actions of regions, other than

those affected, to supply equipment, personnel or technical advice and to

act as the central information source.

On-scene coordination is the responsibility of the federal On-Scene

Coordinator (OSC) who reports to and receives advice from a Regional Response

Team. The OSC coordinates and directs pollution control activities in each

area of a region. Considerations include impact on human health, size of

spill, direction of spill movement and priorities for protection of resources.

The Regional Response Team (RRT) is the emergency response team which acts within

the region much as the NRT responds oucside the affected region.

Action taken to respond to a spill is described in five phases. These

phases are not necessarily distinct processes in a time Irame,.and o"e phase

may occur concurrently with others. Phase one is discovery and notification of

a spill; phase two is the use of actions to contain the spread of the pollutant;

phase three includes cleanup and disposal actions in the water and onshore;

phase four includes assessment of damage and actions to restore the environment

to pre-spill conditions; phase five includes recovery of costs from damage to
federal,'state or local government property and investigation into the spill

violation.

The contingency plan outlines an approach the federal government has

proposed to take if a spill should occur in the New York Coastal Region. While

the plan outlines who is responsible, for what areas they are responsible,

and what coordination is necessary to effectively carry out pollution prevention

controls in case of a spill, it does not accurately account for the great time

span involved between the notification of a spill, decision of whose

jurisdiction the responsibility of the spill lies, deployment of clean-up crews

and eventual containment of the spill.

The plan does not detail how state and local governments fit into the

overall control scheme. Even the Regional Response Team consists only of

federal agency representatives. Coordination between levels of government

seems to be a suggestion rather than a workable process.

The contingency plan was drafted in 1971. The increase in Outer'

Continental Shelf interest and activity between 1971 and 1977 has been

sufficient enough to warrant a restudy or redral"ting of a contingency plan.

A restudy should be related directly to off-shore spills, near-shore facility

discharges, local concerns for a fragile Long Island eco-system and a coordin-

ated approach for all levels of government toward containment of a spill and

restoration of the affected environment.

An Investigation of the Federal, State and Local Oil Spill Contingency Plans
for the Long Island Sound Area

This report by Seth Thomas Low of the Marine Sciences Research Center,

State University of New York at Stony Brook, investigates aspects of local oil

spill contingency plans for the Long Island Sound Area. Included are items

on the legal authority for the establishment of each plan, operational pro-

cedures for dealing with oil spills, and the interaction of one contingency

plan with another. The report was prepared originally for the New York State

Assembly Scientific Staff to determine areas where the State Legislature

could act to improve the effectiveness of contingency plans.

Biological effects of oil pollution are described. Emphasis is placed

on the toxicity of oil. For instance, it is'believed that oil floating on

the surface of water would lose toxic fractions by either evaporation or

natural degradation. However, toxic fractions have recently been discovered

to be water soluble and thus mix in the water column. Another example is

the contamination of shellfish from oil. Oil fractions, which supposedly

flush out from the shellfish, were found to be incorporated into the lipid

material of the species without any identifiable smell.

Discussion on oil spill pollution control and disposal techniques

illustrates the technicological capability available during an oil spill
incident. The report-also identifies the local, state and federal response

to spills, and the absence of a coordinated approach to clean-up operations

from the various pollution control teams.

National and Federal Regional for Long Island Sound contingen cy plans,

proposed State, dounty and local contingency plans and industrial oil spill

contingency plans are reviewed. Possible areas for legislation to coordinate

sub-state, state and interstate contingency plans are suggested.

This report adequately reviews the impact of oil spills on the Long
Island Sound area and @escribes existing and proposed oil spill contingency

plans. It suggests that there is a need for coordination among the various

governments and industries involved, if the land and water resources in the

Long Island-New York area are to be protected from adverse OCS impacts. The

possibility of an oil spill endangering Long Island as a result of indecision

on who is responsible points out the need for new legislation to protect the

New York coastline.

The suggested areas for legislative action in the report includes the

following:

1. If the formation of local oil spill contingency plans is desirable,

the State may want to coordinate their formation so. as to insure

their uniformity in operational procedures.

2. If the formation of local oil spill contingency plans is

desirable, the State may wish to consider possible funding for their

operation.

3. Since the Federal response to oil pollution will normally be insti-

tuted for major or medium spills, the State may desire to concen-

trate its pollution response efforts forminor spills and those areas

of the State not covered by the National plan.

4. Firm cooperation agreements and procedures between the State and

Federal contingency plans, as well as with local contingency plans,

may be desirable to insure effective joint pollution control

activities.

Because an oil pollution incident in Long Island Sound may involve

the response activities of both the State of New York and the State

of Connecticut, interstate cooperation agreements and procedures

may be desirable.

Statewide Master Plan For Transportation

Written as a guideline for transportation facilities 'and services

development in New York State, the Statewide Transportation Plan describes

types and locations of highway, public transit, air, rail, bus, and freight

elements the State transportation system should contain. The plan is

general in nature, not specifying programs for the various regions in the

State. In an addendum to the April 1973 plan, mention is made of a

second volume of more specific regional information, however this second

volume has not been produced as a public document.

Some discussion is made about environmental conflicts which are

inherent in the building and useof atransportation system. Air pollution,

impact on land use, and construction affect people and property. Freight

transportation is supplied to the State through unregulated private

companies. The Plan calls for policies on regulatory reform tax revisions

and use change revisions, and direct and indirect public assistance. These

policy decisions affect, in general, what will be required for OCS onshore

transportation needs.

Considering the potential impact on communities affected by onshore

activities of the OCS Program, policies generated by the Transportation

Plan should respond to the expected critical events the cominunity can expect.

The Plan points out, for example, that there is a need for the examination

of trucking as part of urban area transportation. If problems such as

transportation patterns, type of vehicles, etc., can be worked out in

conjunction with community concern then disruption to the community can

remain limited and the economics of the transporation mode will not be

greatly affected.

Rail transport of goods and materials are to be considered in OCS

development. While the mode itself is a logical one to use.for OCS facil-

ities, economic costs df operating railroads, constraints in dealing with

railroads because of the way each State is affected by the constraints of

other States, taxes on railroad properties, etc., make branch line service

more and more difficult.

A third important transit mode necessary to the OCS Program is water-

oriented transportation. An important product carried through New York

waters and using port facilities is petroleum. With the increased prob-

ability of using the New York Port, Long Island harbors and shipping lanes

for gas and oil transport from OCS sites, and the potentially extensive

use of pipelines from drill sites, reexamination of existing and proposed

facilities, access sites and port development should be made to accommodate
OCS impact. While the Transportation Plan does not discuss "OCS transporta-

tion impacts in particular, its overview of freight transportation does

provoke numerous questions and potential problems as discussed above.

State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

The Outdoor Recreation Plan describes the recreation alid open space

needs of the people of the State. In addition, projected costs of capital

programs for recreational needs are included. This Recreation Plan does

not stray much from its objective of informing the public of the types of

recreational services and facilities available or needed as projected into

the next several decades. It discusses the protection of natural and

historic areas, the preservation and development of ports and open space

and the enhancement of water recreation ways. The plan does not, however,

describe programs which may impede the recreational potential of an area.

It does not examine programs to protect Long Island beaches and recreational

harbors from impacts caused by development, as may occur through Outer

Continental Shelf development. Its significance-or relevance to OCS-related

impacts is negligible, except by the inferences which could be made on the

effects that oil spills or leaks, increased shipping traffic, port develop-

ment, and other related impacts may make on the recreational activities

along the Atlantic Coast of New York State.

There does not appear to be any conflicts between the recreation

industry and the oil & gas industry in the competing uses onshore for

ports and harbors for example. No such competition is expected in the

Long Island area.

Report-of Member Electric Systems of the 'Nlew York Power Pool, 1977

The New York Power.Pool annual report is required persuant to Section

149-b, Article VIII of the Public Service Law of New York State. The 1977

report covers some three volumes of information including long range electric

generation to 1992, long range electric transmission data to 1992, environ-

mental considerations in electrical generation and reports on research and

development of member electric systems.

Although the report covers electrical generation and transmission in

New York Stat e, it does not direct it s attention to securing fuel from the

potential Atlantic oil and gas finds. Little information is available on

the potential amounts of oil and gas off New York State, nor are there any

decisions on what percentage of the fuels will be available to New York

State. It is therefore, obvious that the report would have little, if any-

thing, to sa y about onshore or offshore Outer Continental Shelf activities.

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