Onshore impacts of offshore oil and gas activities: issues and implications. Volume III. Final report. [Texas; effects on coastal local governments]

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5455498

The results of the study indicated that, at least in the near future, coastal communities may not be able to garner an equitable rate of return on their investment for service provision supporting the development of state and federal offshore reserves. In the situations analyzed with four Texas coastal communities, it appears that this projected imbalance in investment return is not great, but is sufficient to cause significant impact on the communities and their individual and corporate residents. This view of offshore development of public resources provides a basis for both federal and state involvement in mitigating the impacts projected to be experienced by Texas communities. Implementation of any of the suggested strategies will require the cooperation of all parties: the private sector, the local communities and the state and federal governments. Involvement of each party may vary from technical assistance, to legislative action to actual construction of facilities. The level of possible state involvement likely will be a function of the level of federal response to mitigation of onshore impacts from Outer Continental Shelf development and the degree to which coastal communities are able to generate locally revenues from offshore related activities.

• Research Organization: Rice Center, Houston, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5455498
• Report Number(s): TENRAC/EDF-085-Vol.3; ON: DE84900421
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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