Proposed Rule for "Streamlining" the U. S. Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 - Comment Period Open until April 25, 2019!

Trump might limit states' say in offsore drilling plan.  Here's how
(Anna M. PHILLIPS and Rosanna XIA, Los Angeles Times; March 21, 2019)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-offshore-drilling-states-coastal-act-20190321-story.html


Procedural Changes to the Coastal Zone Management Act Federal Consistency Process
[U. S. Federal Register, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); March 11, 2019]
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/11/2019-04199/procedural-changes-to-the-coastal-zone-management-act-federal-consistency-process


N. B.:  All Public Comments for NOAA-NOS-2018-0107 must be received by

 April 25, 2019! 



Map: U.S. Offshore technically recoverable resources



Featured Reminder...


The 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill:  An environmental 'shot heard around the world'

(Cheri CARLSON, Ventura County Star; January 24, 2019)
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2019/01/24/santa-barbara-oil-spill-1969-environmental-movement-california-offshore-drilling-epa/2486352002/



Video:


Santa Barbara Oil Spill (1969) [Greater Freedonia: February 11, 2018]



Documentation:


Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(Revised Regulation of Energy Policy Act of 2005; 42 USC 15801 note)
https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/media/CZMA_10_11_06.pdf

Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109-58; 119 Statute 594;August 8, 2005)
https://www.congress.gov/109/plaws/publ58/PLAW-109publ58.pdf

N. B.:  Please direct your attention to Title III - Oil and Gas; Subtitle G - Miscellaneous; Sections 381-390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pages 145 - 156 in the PDF document provided)



Website:


Energy Policy Act of 2005
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University)

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(NOAA Office of Coastal Management)




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