U.S. Congress - S.503 No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act
S.503 - No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act
A bill to authorize the exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western portion of the Coastal Plain of the State of Alaska without surface occupancy, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Short: No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act as introduced.
- Official: A bill to authorize the exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western portion of the Coastal Plain of the State of Alaska without surface occupancy, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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2/27/2009--Introduced.No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act - Authorizes exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas from the Western Coastal Plain. Defines the Western Coastal Plain as the area of Coastal Plain: (1) that borderOfficial Summary
2/27/2009--Introduced.No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act - Authorizes exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas from the Western Coastal Plain. Defines the Western Coastal Plain as the area of Coastal Plain:(1) that borders the land of Alaska to the west and Alaska offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea on the north; and
(2) from which the Secretary of the Interior finds oil and gas can be produced through horizontal drilling or other subsurface technology from sites outside or underneath the Coastal Plain surface. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Western Coastal Plain. Considers such program to be compatible with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established.Directs the Secretary to:
(1) establish lease sale procedures; and
(2) offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons. Authorizes the Secretary to grant a lease for land on the Western Coastal Plain to the highest responsible qualified bidder. Prescribes lease terms and conditions. Provides for expedited judicial review.Directs the Secretary to establish in the Treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to offset any planning, land use-related, or service-related impacts of offshore development caused by this Act. Prescribes a scheme for the allocation of revenues produced by bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from the federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this Act, requiring 50% to be paid semiannually to the state of Alaska, and the remainder to designated federal entities.
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(Heilmann II, S. 503; Chemnitz II, S. 548)”.[23]. Wahrscheinlich handelt es sich bei ihm um jenen 1642 bei dem Historiographen Wassenberg[24] in dessen 1647 neu aufgelegten „Florus“ erwähnten Obristleutnant Polio, der in französischen ...
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Legislative BS & So Much for Their Support. Will all this legislative support, (over 180 politicians) how come we still cant pass our bill (S. 503)? http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:. ...
HR 503 Not Worth Fighting For: Call for Operation Start Over
I have just been going over the latest version of HR 503, our "Anti-Horse Slaughter Bill (now S. 503 currently stalled in Committee) and after reading it, it suddenly dawned on me, this bill, as amended, does little to protect horses ...
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