Help Protect our Marine Sanctuaries & Marine Monuments from Being Opened Up to Oil & Gas Development

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 28, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

NOAA has extended the deadline for public comment on a federal review of designation or expansion of 11 national marine sanctuaries and marine national monuments, due to “public interest and requests for additional time." The new deadline is August 14. A bicameral letter from Senator Peters, Ranking Member Grijalva, and others, urged the Secretary to extend the public comment period.

The ongoing Department of Commerce review is a result of President Trump’s executive order to review offshore energy. On July 25th, Ranking Member Grijalva and Vice Ranking Member Huffman, along with 63 other House Democrats, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross urging him to maintain protections for the ecologically and culturally significant sites.

You can submit your comments to NOAA by August 14th:

https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NOS-2017-0066

Source: House Committee on Natural Resources