Interior Secretary Jewell Announces First Step in Robust and Open Public Process to Develop a Proposed Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022

by Gary Kopycinski on June 13, 2014

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Request for Information Begins Multi-Year Evaluation Process to Engage Public, States, Tribes, Stakeholders

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2014. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Acting Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Walter Cruickshank today announced the first step in a robust public engagement process to develop the next schedule of potential offshore oil and gas lease sales.