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Will guide local officials throughout the U.S. in establishing programs to require and review geologic studies prior to approving development. It was also written to provide concerned citizens and prospective land developers with useful information about the need for geologic studies prior to development. Programs in the San Francisco Bay area are described as a means of showing how procedures to use geologic information for project review can be adapted to specific local circumstances. Photos, maps and diagrams.