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Witness urges House committee to back SJRes 11 to overturn BOEM rule on offshore archaeological reports
Summary
A witness told the House Committee on Natural Resources that SJRes 11 would nullify a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rule requiring archaeological reports for all offshore oil and gas plans, citing existing review under the National Historic Preservation Act and agency-estimated additional burden hours.
An unidentified testifier told the House Committee on Natural Resources on a date not specified that SJRes 11 would nullify a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rule requiring archaeological reports for all offshore oil and gas exploration and development plans and urged the committee to report the resolution to the House.
The testifier said the rule replaced “a flexible, risk based approach” with a mandate that requires energy producers to produce archaeological reports for every offshore…
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