Hearing is Examine the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s 2017-2022 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program
May 19, 2016
02:30 PM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 19 at 2:30 p.m. to examine the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s 2017-2022 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.
Archived Webcast
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Opening Remarks
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
ChairmanSenate Energy and Natural Resources Committee -
Sen. Maria Cantwell
Ranking MemberSenate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Witness Panel 1
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Ms. Abigail Ross Hopper
Director, Bureau of Ocean ManagementU.S. Department of the Interior -
The Honorable John Hopson, Jr.
MayorCity of Wainwright, Alaska -
Mr. Donald F. Boesch, Ph.D.
Professor of Marine Science and PresidentUniversity of Maryland Center for Environment Science -
Mr. James H. Knapp, Ph.D.
School of the Earth, Ocean and EnvironmentUniversity of South Carolina -
Mr. Athan Manuel
Director, Lands Protection ProgramSierra Club -
Mr. Joseph R. Mason, Ph.D.
Hermann Moyse, Jr./Louisiana Bankers Association Chair of BankingE.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State of University
