Coastal Land Use in the Atlantic Region: General Social and Economic Baseline Information for Environmental Impact Statements

AECOM (2021). Coastal Land Use in the Atlantic Region: General Social and Economic Baseline Information for Environmental Impact Statements (Report No. BOEM 2021-089). Report by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Report for US Department of the Interior (DOI).

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author = {AECOM},
title = {Coastal Land Use in the Atlantic Region: General Social and Economic Baseline Information for Environmental Impact Statements},
institution = {Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)},
year = {2021},
month = {dec},
number = {BOEM 2021-089},
keywords = {Wind Energy, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data},
}

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TI - Coastal Land Use in the Atlantic Region: General Social and Economic Baseline Information for Environmental Impact Statements
AU - AECOM
AB - The Draft Proposed Program for the 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Program (January 18) proposed to open the entire Atlantic OCS to oil and gas leasing. With this interest in oil and gas development in the Atlantic and the more recent push to develop renewable energy projects on the Atlantic OCS, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) must prepare to address socioeconomic issues in its environmental analyses and the environmental justice determinations as required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act as amended, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and Executive Order (EO) 12898. The descriptions and data throughout these chapters are applicable to both any potential oil and gas development and any renewable energy projects occurring on the Atlantic OCS. Many of the social and economic effects of OCS activities occur onshore. The Atlantic OCS is a frontier area connected to the enormous, complex, and diversified economies and societies of the coastal counties and independent cities of 15 coastal states and the District of Columbia. The region boasts significant natural, economic, and recreational resources. BOEM requires a better understanding of social and economic baseline conditions in the Atlantic coastal areas to prepare its environmental impact analyses. The 15 coastal states adjacent to the Atlantic OCS include, from north to south, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Together, these 15 states and the District of Columbia are hereafter referred to the "Atlantic Coast Project Area (or Project Area)". The coastal counties (and where relevant independent cities) within each State make up separate, State-specific Study Areas. A list of the 199 coastal counties and independent cities included within the overall Project Area, and the 16 specific State Study Areas are presented. The counties selected for this study are coastal zone management (CSM) counties and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) designated coastal shoreline counties located along the Atlantic coastal area. This selection of Atlantic coastal counties excludes counties in BOEM's Economic Impact Areas for the Gulf of Mexico OCS region.
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PY - 2021
SP - 2041
PB - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
SN - BOEM 2021-089
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Social & Economic Data
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Abstract

The Draft Proposed Program for the 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Program (January 18) proposed to open the entire Atlantic OCS to oil and gas leasing. With this interest in oil and gas development in the Atlantic and the more recent push to develop renewable energy projects on the Atlantic OCS, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) must prepare to address socioeconomic issues in its environmental analyses and the environmental justice determinations as required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act as amended, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and Executive Order (EO) 12898. The descriptions and data throughout these chapters are applicable to both any potential oil and gas development and any renewable energy projects occurring on the Atlantic OCS.

Many of the social and economic effects of OCS activities occur onshore. The Atlantic OCS is a frontier area connected to the enormous, complex, and diversified economies and societies of the coastal counties and independent cities of 15 coastal states and the District of Columbia. The region boasts significant natural, economic, and recreational resources. BOEM requires a better understanding of social and economic baseline conditions in the Atlantic coastal areas to prepare its environmental impact analyses.

The 15 coastal states adjacent to the Atlantic OCS include, from north to south, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Together, these 15 states and the District of Columbia are hereafter referred to the "Atlantic Coast Project Area (or Project Area)". The coastal counties (and where relevant independent cities) within each State make up separate, State-specific Study Areas. A list of the 199 coastal counties and independent cities included within the overall Project Area, and the 16 specific State Study Areas are presented. The counties selected for this study are coastal zone management (CSM) counties and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) designated coastal shoreline counties located along the Atlantic coastal area. This selection of Atlantic coastal counties excludes counties in BOEM's Economic Impact Areas for the Gulf of Mexico OCS region.