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Minority Statement
The recommendations of the committee do not adequately address the
fact that the specific location of oil and gas fields remains unknown until
exploration occurs. lithe report recommends that exploration and discovery
should proceed with stipulations, then a second decision should be made by
the Agency as to whether or not the discovered oil or gas could be produced.
The report further recommends that in some areas no exploration should
take place until environmental concerns are compared with the potential
for oil or gas field development. Both of these approaches to planning
for oil and gas use on federal lands, not already withdrawn from leasing,
are unrealistic operating procedures for industry, and further they provide
undefined reasons for protests by groups opposed to oil and gas activities
on federal land.
There has been very little input to the report from the industry. It would
benefit the agencies and congressional committees greatly to get additional
input as to whether or not the recommendations are realistic and the
report is usable. The report that we produced very adequately addresses
the environmental concerns of oil and gas use, but due to the makeup of
the committee the recommendations are inadequate and unrealistic as to
the practical effect on oil and gas development.
This Minority Statement is submitted with the sincere hope that the
agencies and committees will consider the reasonableness and workability of
the recommendations. Implementing the recommendations would move us
toward a set of rules in which industry cannot function and that are counter
to the best interest of our counters economic and national securing.
Submitted by:
James ~ Barlow, Jr.
September 18, 1989
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