TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Abstract.................................................................................................................................................. 66
Acknowledge ents................................................................................................................................ 66
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 67
Phase I: Encouraging Exploration and Petroleum Legislation............................................................ 67
 Early Exploration ............................................................................................................................... 67
 Early Legislation ................................................................................................................................ 67
Phase II: Econom ic Concerns and Petroleum Legislation.................................................................. 70
 Early Rules and Regulations .......................................................................................................... 71
 Early Offshore Geophysical Perm itting........................................................................................... 71
Phase III: Petroleum Policy Development in Response to Environmental Concern........................... 72
 South Florida Developm ent History................................................................................................ 72
 Policy Development in Response to South Florida's Sensitive Environments ............................... 72
 Current Regulation of Geophysical Exploration.............................................................................. 73
 Offshore Activity and Policy Developm ent...................................................................................... 73
 Jurisdictional Boundaries ........................................................................................................... 73
 Offshore State W aters ............................................................................................................ 73
 Offshore Federal W aters......................................................................................................... 75
 Activity....................................................................................................................................... 75
 Policy ........................................................................................................................................ 75
 Sum m ary................................................................................................................................................ 80
 References............................................................................................................................................. 81


 ILLUSTRATIONS

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 1. South Florida oil field location map showing boundaries of the Big Cypress Swamp
 drainage area, the Big Cypress Swamp Area of Critical State Concern, and the
 Big Cypress Swam p National Preserve......................................................................................... 68

 2. Northwest Florida oil field location m ap......................................................................................... 69

 3. Florida portion of the 1987-1992 federal Outer Continental Shelf oil and
 gas leasing program ........................................................................................................................ 74

 4. O il exploration wells, Florida state waters ..................................................................................... 76

 5. O il exploration wells, federal waters, offshore Florida................................................................... 78