March 2008

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The Government Affairs Update is a report to the National Ocean Industries AssociationBoard of Directors and Membership  on selected legislative and regulatory activities of interest to the domestic offshore energy industry

Topics covered include:

• Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Provisions  
• Comprehensive Energy Legislation
• Deep Gas Royalty Relief
• Deep Water Royalty Relief
• Deep Water Royalty Relief Price Threshold Issue
• Eastern Gulf Leasing
• EPA Discharge Permit for the Gulf of Mexico
• Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessels
• Global Climate Change
• Law of the Sea Treaty
• Marine Mammal Protection Act Reauthorization
• Marine Mammals and Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures
• Marine Mammals and Seismic Activities  
• Moratoria
• OCS Five-Year Leasing Program
• OCS Rights of Way   and Alternative Energy
• Offshore Leasing Legislation
• Oil in the Sea Study  
• Royalty in Kind