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The 1983 Proclamation on the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) placed approximately 4 billion acres of the seabed adjacent to the United States (U.S.) under U.S. jurisdiction and control. Since that time, and even prior to it, the Department of the Interior, under authority of section 8(k) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) has planned for leasing and eventually exploiting mineral resources on the OCS and in the EEZ. Prior to creation of the EEZ, Interior prepared two draft environmental impact statements: Proposed Hard Mineral Mining Leasing and Operating Regulations, 1973; and Proposed Polymetallic Sulfide Minerals Lease Offering, Gorda Ridge Area, 1983 (begun before EEZ Proclamation).
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Zippin, J.P. (1990). Environmental Assessment for Exclusive Economic Zone Mineral Development Activities; the Lessons Learned from Offshore Oil and Gas Development. In: Ardus, D.A., Champ, M.A. (eds) Ocean Resources. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2131-3_26
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