Offshore Oil and Gas: The Five-year Leasing Program and Implementation of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 : a StudyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 192 pages |
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Page 187 - In the absence of agreement, and unless another boundary line is justified by special circumstances, the boundary is the median line, every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of the base-lines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of each State is measured.
Page 30 - The Constitution and laws and civil and political jurisdiction of the United States are hereby extended to the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf and to all artificial islands and fixed structures...
Page 64 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 20 - Each Federal agency conducting or supporting activities directly affecting the coastal zone shall conduct or support those activities in a manner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved state management programs.
Page 187 - This Treaty shall be subject to ratification in accordance with the constitutional procedures of each Party.
Page 63 - Secretary shall select the timing and location of leasing, to the maximum extent practicable, so as to obtain a proper balance between the potential for environmental damage, the potential for the discovery of oil and gas, and the potential for adverse impact on the coastal zone.
Page 187 - Protocol between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the Polish People's Republic...
Page 64 - Secretary may at any time prescribe and amend such rules and regulations as he determines to be necessary and proper in order to provide for the prevention of waste and conservation of the natural resources of the outer Continental Shelf...
Page 127 - The leasing program shall consist of a schedule of proposed lease sales indicating, as precisely as possible, the size, timing, and location of leasing activity which he determines will best meet national energy needs for the five-year period following its approval or reapproval.
Page 175 - A high probability exists that the continental shelf between Taiwan and Japan may be one of the most prolific oil reservoirs in the world.