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HR 6082 EHPCSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

2d SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 6082CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

AN ACTCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To officially replace, within the 60-day Congressional review period under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President Obama’s Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development, job creation, and increased domestic energy production to ensure a more secure energy future in the United States, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) OCS PLANNING AREA- Any reference to an ‘OCS Planning Area’ means such Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area as specified by the Department of the Interior as of January 1, 2012.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) PROPOSED FINAL OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL & GAS LEASING PROGRAM (2012-2017)- The term ‘Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017)’ means such program as transmitted to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on June 28, 2012.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO IMPLEMENT PROPOSED OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM (2012-2017).

(a) In General- Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) in accordance with the schedule for conducting oil and gas lease sales set forth in such proposed program, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), and otherwise applicable law.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Modified and Additional Lease Sales- Notwithstanding the schedule of lease sales in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017), the Secretary shall conduct under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) oil and gas lease sales in OCS Planning Areas as specified in the following table, in the year specified in the table for each lease sale:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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Lease Sale No.                                  OCS Planning Area Year CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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229                             Western Gulf of Mexico 2012CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

220                                       Mid-Atlantic 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

225                             Eastern Gulf of Mexico 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

227                             Central Gulf of Mexico 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

249 Southern California (existing infrastructure sale) 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

233                             Western Gulf of Mexico 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

244                                         Cook Inlet 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

212                                        Chukchi Sea 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

228                                Southern California 2014CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

230                                       Mid-Atlantic 2014CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

231                             Central Gulf of Mexico 2014CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

238                             Western Gulf of Mexico 2014CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

242                                       Beaufort Sea 2014CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

221                                        Chukchi Sea 2014CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

245                                       Mid-Atlantic 2015CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

232                                     North Atlantic 2015CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

234                             Eastern Gulf of Mexico 2015CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

235                             Central Gulf of Mexico 2015CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

246                             Western Gulf of Mexico 2015CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

237                                        Chukchi Sea 2016CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

239                               North Aleutian Basin 2016CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

248                             Western Gulf of Mexico 2016CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

241                             Central Gulf of Mexico 2016CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

226                             Eastern Gulf of Mexico 2016CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

217                                       Beaufort Sea 2016CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

243                                Southern California 2017CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

250                                       Mid-Atlantic 2017CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

247                             Central Gulf of Mexico 2017CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

255                      South Atlantic-South Carolina 2015CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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(c) Lease Sales Described- For purposes of subsection (b)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) lease sale numbers 229, 227, 233, 244, 225, 231, 238, 235, 242, 246, 226, 241, 237, 248, and 247 are such sales proposed in, and shall be conducted in accordance with, the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017), except each such lease sale shall be conducted in the year specified for such sale in the table in subsection (b);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) lease sale numbers 220, 212, 228, 230, 221, 245, 232, 234, 239, 217, and 243 are such sales proposed in, and shall be conducted in accordance with, the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010-2015 as published in Federal Register on January 21, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 12), except each such lease sale shall be conducted in the year specified for such sale in the table in subsection (b); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) lease sale numbers 249 and 250 shall be conducted--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) for lease tracts in the Southern California OCS Planning Area and Mid-Atlantic OCS Planning Area, respectively, as determined by and at the discretion of the Secretary, subject to subparagraph (C);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in the year specified for each such lease sale in the table in subsection (b); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in accordance with the other provisions of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 4. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE LEASE SALE.

(a) In General- In lease sale 249 under section 3, the Secretary shall offer for sale leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins of the Southern California OCS Planning Area as soon as practicable, but not later than December 31, 2013.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Use of Existing Structures or Onshore-Based Drilling- The Secretary of the Interior shall include in leases offered for sale under lease sale 249 such terms and conditions as are necessary to require that development and production may occur only from offshore infrastructure in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act or from onshore-based drilling.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 5. NATIONAL DEFENSE.

(a) National Defense Areas- This Act shall in no way affect the existing authority of the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, to designate national defense areas on the outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 12(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(d)).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Prohibition on Conflicts With Military Operations- No person may engage in any exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas on the Outer Continental Shelf under a lease issued under this Act that would conflict with any military operation, as determined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf signed July 20, 1983, and any revision or replacement for that agreement that is agreed to by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior after that date but before the date of issuance of the lease under which such exploration, development, or production is conducted.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIREMENT.

(a) In General- For the purposes of this Act and in order to conduct lease sales in accordance with the lease sale schedule established by this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a multisale environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for all lease sales required under this Act that are not included in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Actions To Be Considered- Notwithstanding section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), in such statement--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental effects of such alternative courses of action; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) the Secretary shall only--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) identify a preferred action for leasing and not more than one alternative leasing proposal; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) analyze the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for such preferred action and such alternative leasing proposal.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 7. EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO NOT INCLUDED.

Nothing in this Act affects restrictions on oil and gas leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109-432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 8. LEASE SALES OFF THE COASTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CALIFORNIA.

In determining the areas off the coast of South Carolina and the coast of California to be made available for leasing under this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) consult with the Governor and legislature of each such State; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) focus on areas considered to have the most geologically promising energy resources.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2012.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Attest:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Clerk.

KAREN L. HAAS, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

2d SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 6082CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

AN ACTCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To officially replace, within the 60-day Congressional review period under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President Obama’s Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development, job creation, and increased domestic energy production to ensure a more secure energy future in the United States, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink