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99 CIS S 31124
TITLE: Offshore Oil
and Gas Activity Impact
CIS-NO: 99-S311-24
SOURCE: Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-14
DATE: Jan. 27, 1999
LENGTH: iii+63 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1040-A; 1040-B
SUDOC: Y4.EN2:S.HRG.106-14
MC-ENTRY-NO: 99-16528
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477
(Full Text Reproductions)
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-553
SUMMARY:
Hearing to consider S. 25, the
Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999, to direct the
Department of Interior to redistribute a portion of Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) oil and gas leasing royalties to State and local governments for coastal
impact assistance, Land and Water Conservation Fund park and
recreation programs, and fish and wildlife conservation
programs.
Supplementary material (p. 52-63) includes a submitted
statement and witnesses' written replies to Committee questions.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Offshore oil and gas leasing, revenue
sharing estab
BILLS: 106
S. 25
DESCRIPTORS:
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS IN SUBMERGED LANDS; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-ENVIRONMENT;
FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-ENVIRONMENT; IMPACTED AREAS; REVENUE SHARING;
STATE PARKS; OUTDOOR RECREATION; FISH AND FISHING INDUSTRY; WILDLIFE AND
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION AND REINVESTMENT ACT;
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
99-S311-24 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Jan. 27, 1999 p. 15-52,
55-63
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
PALMER, JAMES I., JR. (Executive Director, Mississippi
Department of Environmental Quality)
CALDWELL, JACK C.
(Secretary, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources)
WHITAKER, JIM (State Representative, Alaska)
OLTZ, DONALD F. (State Geologist, Alabama)
VAN PUTTEN, MARK (President and CEO, National Wildlife
Federation)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Support for S. 25; importance of impact assistance to
represented States to mitigate effects of OCS offshore oil and gas activities;
need for increased environmental protections to preserve coastal resources as
offshore drilling activities increase; description of coastal resources
threatened by offshore drilling, with recommendations (related bibl, p. 44-45).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Offshore oil and gas
leasing, revenue sharing estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIBLIOGRAPHIES
