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Regulations Related to the Outer Continental Shelf Moratoria and Implications of Not Renewing the Moratoria
 

Notes and Sources

11.  Most recently, the Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-161, H.R. 2764) included the OCS moratorium as Sections 104, 105 and 412. 

12. “OCS Lands Act History,” web site www.mms.gov/ aboutmms/OCSLA/ocslahistory.htm. 

13. “OCS Lands Act History,” web site www.mms.gov/ aboutmms/OCSLA/ocslahistory.htm. 

14. “Congressional Action to Help Manage Our Nation’s Coasts,” web site http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/ czm/czm_act.html. 

15.  U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, “2001-Forward MRM Statistical Information: Reported Royalty Revenues,” web site www. mrm.mms.gov/mrmwebstats/home.aspx. 

16.  See web site www.mms.gov/aboutmms/pdffiles/ocsla. pdf, p. 21, paragraph 1. 

17.  See web site www.mms.gov/ooc/newweb/publications/ 2003%20FACT.pdf, p. 7. 

18.  Energy Policy Act of 2005, Title III, Subtitle G, Section 384, “Coastal Impact Assistance Program,” p. 147, web site www.epa.gov/oust/fedlaws/publ_109- 058.pdf. 

19.  U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Report to Congress: Comprehensive Inventory of U.S. OCS Oil and Natural Gas Resources: Energy Policy Act of 2005—Section 357 (Washington, DC, February 2006), pp. v and vi, web site www.mms. gov/PDFs/2005EPAct/InventoryRTC.pdf.