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S 2568 110th Congress Senate Energy Alaska Animals Arctic and polar regions Bears Coastal zone Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Continental shelf Endangered species Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental technology Gas in submerged lands Habitat conservation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Marine pollution Oil and gas leases

A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met.

Introduced: January 29, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 29, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering for leasing, preleasing, and specified related activity within the Chukchi or Beaufort Sea Planning Area until the following prerequisites have been met: (1) the Secretary enters into an agreement with the National Research Council to report to Congress upon specified missing information regarding the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea marine and coastal ecosystems, and the adequacy of environmental, public health and cultural studies; (2) the polar bear is listed as an endangered species or a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and critical habitat is designated for it, or the Secretary publishes a determination that such a listing is not warranted; (3) the Secretary determines that specified deployable mechanical oil spill response technologies exist; and (4) the Secretary determines that oil and gas exploration and development can be conducted in the Planning Areas without risk of substantial adverse impact to wildlife or wildlife habitat and subsistence, and that risk avoidance measures are identified and their efficacy established.

What's happening now January 29, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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