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New!   Oil and Gas Lease Sales:  Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska Region, Beaufort Sea Program Area, Proposed 2019 Beaufort Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale [Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ( ID :   BOEM-2018-0054-0001 ); November 16, 2018] https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=BOEM-2018-0054-0001 N. B .:  Public Comment period has been extended until January 4, 2019 at 11:59 pm ET! Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska Region (AK), Beaufort Sea Program Area, Proposed 2019 Beaufort Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale  [ U. S. Federal Register ,  Ocean Energy Management Bureau ( BOEM ) ; November 16, 2018] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/16/2018-24739/outer-continental-shelf-ocs-alaska-region-ak-beaufort-sea-program-area-proposed-2019-beaufort-sea Last day for Public Comment on BOEM-2018-0054-0001  is December 17, 2018 at 11:59 ET! https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=BOEM-2018-0054-0001 Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska OCS...

DEP suspends all construction on Mariner East 2 pipeline (Susan PHILLIPS and John HURDLE, State Impact NPR Pennsylvania ; January 3, 2018) https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2018/01/03/dep-suspends-all-construction-on-mariner-east-2-pipeline/ Mariner East 2 construction has resulted in dozens of spills, documents show (Susan PHILLIPS, State Impact NPR Pennsylvania ; July 19, 2017) https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2017/07/19/mariner-east-2-construction-has-resulted-in-dozens-of-spills-documents-show/ N. B.:   E-filed documentation of Drilling mud contamination due to Mariner East 2 pipeline construction included at the end of this aforementioned State Impact Pennsylvania article. Documentation: Order   to Sunoco Pipeline L. P.  Suspending Construction Activities (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection; January 3, 2018) http://files.dep.state.pa.us/ProgramIntegration/PA%20Pipeline%20Portal/MarinerEastII/OrderS...