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Request for Information (RFI) and Comments on the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for 2019-2024

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Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed 2 comments on this docket between Sep 8, 2017 and Sep 12, 2017. 168 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 3267d ago.

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Sep 12, 2017· Comment from David Mikell , Southern Environmental Law Center· BOEM-2017-0050-50399

Please, no off shore drilling !

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Sep 8, 2017· Comment from Sierra Weaver, Southern Environmental Law Center· BOEM-2017-0050-49667

The Southern Environmental Law Center ("SELC") submits the attached comments on behalf of Cape Fear River Watch, Coastal Conservation League, North Carolina League of Conservation Voters, Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., Surfrider Foundation Grand Strand Chapter, Conservation Voters of South Carolina, South Carolina Wildlife Federation, Surfrider Foundation, North Carolina Conservation Network, North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club - North Carolina Chapter, Stop Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic, St. Marys Earthkeepers, The Dolphin Project, One More Generation, Environment Georgia, Altahama Riverkeeper, Initiative to Protect Jeckyll Island, Atlanta Audubon Society, Center for a Sustainable Coast, Georgia Ornithological Society, North Carolina Coastal Federation, Savannah Riverkeeper, Friends of the Earth, Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, Virginia Conservation Network, Assateague COASTKEEPER, White Oak-New Riverkeeper Alliance, Crystal Coast Waterkeeper, Coastal Carolina Riverwatch, Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Virginia League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, Humane Society of the United States, Defenders of Wildlife, Don't Drill Lowcountry, The Ocean Foundation, One Hundred Miles, Savannah Riverkeeper, Satilla Riverkeeper, Clean Coast, Lynnhaven River NOW, Charleston Surfrider Foundation, Audubon North Carolina, Surfrider Foundation Georgia Chapter, Surfrider Foundation Cape Fear Chapter, Charleston Waterkeeper, Environment America, Environment Virginia, Environment Maryland, Environment North Carolina, Environment Maine, Environment New Hampshire, Environment Rhode Island, Environment Texas, Environment New York, Environment Florida, Environment Massachusetts, Environment Connecticut, Environment New Jersey, Environment Washington, Environment Washington, Environment California, Endangered Species Coalition, Ocean Conservation Research, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, North America, Inland Ocean Coalition | Colorado Ocean Coalition, Animal Welfare Institute, Center for Biological Diversity, and Hands Across the Sand, regarding the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's ("BOEM") Request for Information on the Preparation of the 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Our organizations and the hundreds of thousands of members we represent in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia would be directly affected by oil and gas activities in the Mid- and South Atlantic Planning Areas ("Atlantic Planning Areas") and are strongly opposed to such a substantial threat to our natural resources and communities. That is why our organizations and our communities spoke up in record numbers when our region was proposed for inclusion in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program ("2017-2022 leasing program"), and why we continue to urge you to exclude the Atlantic from the 2019-2024 leasing program. Furthermore, BOEM's Request for Information ("RFI") is fundamentally flawed and should be reissued to comply with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act before the agency may proceed with development of a new-five year program. On April 28, 2017, President Donald Trump issued his "Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy" Executive Order, which called on BOEM to revise the current five-year program to include lease sales in the Atlantic Planning Areas. Subsequently, President Trump made several public statements indicating his intent to open the Atlantic Ocean to offshore drilling. Our organizations are deeply concerned about the prospect of leasing areas off the Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia coasts for drilling. Offshore oil and gas production has never been permitted in the Atlantic, and after extensive study and deliberation about the injuries our coast stands to suffer from such activity, it was flatly…

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Request for Information (RFI) and Comments on the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for 2019-2024

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