House budget package contains major DCS provisions

摘要

When the US House Resources Committee marked up budget reconciliation legislation last month,the section that would authorize oil and gas leasing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain received most of the attention.But another portion-Subtitle E:Ocean Energy Resources-also is significant because it tries to loosen the Outer Continental Shelf leasing moratorium log jam by giving coastal states more responsibility for(and revenues from)what happens off their shorelines.