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Chapter II: Increasing the Resilience, Reliability, Safety, and Asset Security of TS&D Infrastructure
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MA
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Atlantic Coast-North (PADD I, Subdistrict A):
This region (the Atlantic Coast north of New York)
has no crude oil production or refining capacity
and is not served by large pipelines from the Gulf
Coast. The region predominantly receives its
supply of liquid fuels by waterborne transport. It is
consequently susceptible to weather disruptions of
ports. Infrastructure in this region is also susceptible
to extreme cold.
PA
MD
NY
NJ
DE
Atlantic Coast-Central (PADD I, Subdistrict B):
This region has only a small amount of capacity
for producing or refining crude oil, relative to its
consumption. It is heavily dependent on receiving
water shipment of crude oil and refined products at
coastal ports and on pipeline shipments of refined
products from the Gulf Coast on the Colonial and
Plantation pipeline systems. It has a relatively high
level of storage for refined products. Liquid fuels
shipments are susceptible to weather disruption of
ports, flooding of coastal refineries and terminals,
and disruptions to flows on Colonial and Plantation
pipelines. During the past century, land subsidence
has contributed to rising relative sea levels along the
Mid-Atlantic Coast as high as 5.0–10.0 millimeters
per year (mm/yr), which is more than twice the
global average (1.7 mm/yr). 114
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WV
VA
NC
SC
FL
Atlantic Coast-South (PADD I, Subdistrict C):
The southern part of this region (Florida and the
coastal regions of Georgia, South Carolina, and
North Carolina) has very little crude production
or refining capacity and is not served by the large
pipelines from the Gulf Coast. All coastal areas are
supplied by waterborne deliveries, and Florida is
heavily dependent on receiving water shipments of
refined products. The interior portions of Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia
are dependent on pipeline shipment of refined
products from the Colonial and Plantation pipeline
systems. The region is susceptible to weather
disruptions of receiving ports, pipeline shipments,
as well as events that disrupt loading and
departures of barges from the Gulf Coast. Over the
past century, sea levels have increased by as much
as 3–6 mm/yr in the Atlantic Coast-South region. 115
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