WASHINGTON – Today, Tuesday, March 15, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will discuss the Proposed Program for the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022. This is one step in a multi-step process to determine the size, timing and location of proposed leasing activity to best meet national energy needs, while addressing a range of economic, environmental and social considerations.
The Interior Department received more than a million comments on the Draft Proposed Program , released in January 2015. The Proposed Program will be made available for additional public comment, which the Interior Department will use to help inform the final Five-Year Program.
WHO:
Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
WHAT:
Press conference call on the Interior Department’s OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program
WHEN:
Today, Tuesday, March, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. EST
MEDIA:
Credentialed members of the media can participate in the teleconference by calling 1-888-809-8965 and providing the access code INTERIOR.
Source: Department of Interior
