Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy
Orders Expanded Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Across Federal Waters
What it does
Agencies must expand offshore lease sales, streamline seismic permits, and review or revise related rules and protections.
Real-world impact
- Increases frequency of offshore oil and gas lease sales in listed planning areas.
- Expedites consideration of seismic survey permits and incidental-take authorizations.
- Requires an energy-resource accounting before new marine sanctuary designations or expansions.
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Summary
This executive order directs the agencies that manage federal lands and oceans to expand and speed up offshore oil and gas lease sales, review and revise safety, air, and financial rules, and streamline permits for privately funded seismic research.
It also requires the agency overseeing marine sanctuaries to delay new designations or expansions without an accounting of energy resources, orders reviews of recent sanctuary and monument actions, and revokes a prior related order. The measures are intended to increase domestic energy production, support jobs, and strengthen national security.
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