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DOCUET RESE
05371 - (B0965896]
Potential for Deepwater Port Devalopment in the United States.
END-78-9; B-178205. April 5, 1978. 45 pp. + 4 appendices (19
pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Isz.7- arca: Energy: Effect of Federal Financial Incentives, Tax
Ptlicies, and Regulatory Policies on Energy Supply (1610).
Contact: Energy and munerals Div.
Budget Finnction: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Water Resources and Power (301).
Organization Concerned: Department of Energy; Department of
Cov merce; Department of Transportation.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Berchant Marine and
Fisheries; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources;
Congress.
Authority: Deepater Port Act of 1974 JPt. 91-627; 33 O.S.C.
1501).
The de7elopamnt of deepwater ports in the United States
has received much attention in recent years, primarily because
of the incheasing size of oil t~nkers and the ccntry-s
increasing rqliance on oil imports. Large tankers ofter the most
economical method Z.r Noving large ralumes of crude oil over
long distances. Because the Onited S does not have
deepwater port facilitigs capabl.e uf na-idling the commonly used
large tankerm, oil ,azt be transferred !rom large to smaller
vessels before delivery. Findings/Conc.tusions: The expected
need for an incease in the number of smaller tankers will
create congestion and hazards of collision and oilspill.
According to the Department of Commerce, offshore deepvater
ports using pipelines to transport the oil would provide a safer
alternative. Some deepuater ports are being planned off
Louisiana and Texas, but no proposals for such pcrts are being
considered for the aid-Atlantic areas. State and local
govenmeats have opposed the ports because of concerns about
oilspills and secondary industrial growth and b&ve questioned
their conoaic feasikility because of poor Frospects for much
increase in refinery capacity. Judgments about the feasibility
of a deepwater port on the Atlantic coast should be deforred
until a definitive study is completed. Recoamendations4 The
Secretary of Transportation, with the cooperation of other
involved Secretaries, governments, and groups, should complete a
aid-Atlantic dtepvater port study by December 31, 1976,
addressed to optimum location and number of ports, construction
costs, potential for refined product uset procedures and legal
arrangements, requirements for pollution control technology, and
financing and management options. Witbin 6 months of completion
of the study, the Secretary should submit a plan to the Congress
identifyinq a program to construct and operate the port. If the
study finds the port un4esirable, he shoul4 report this finding](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaawws0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)