Freshman Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) said he voted to open up Alaska’s Arctic Natural Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to energy exploration and production earlier this month after receiving assurances from the Bush administration that the current moratorium on oil and natural gas drilling off Florida’s Gulf Coast would be extended for five years to 2012.
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Senator Receives White House Assurances to Extend Florida Drilling Moratorium
Freshman Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) said he voted last week to open up Alaska’s Arctic Natural Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to energy exploration and production after receiving assurances from the Bush administration that the current moratorium on oil and natural gas drilling off Florida’s Gulf Coast would be extended for five years to 2012.
March 22, 2005
Hebert, Breathitt Reflect On FERC Freshman Year
One of the most significant regulatory events at FERC in 1998went by practically unnoticed: the word “proposed” was put backinto the notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), said CommissionerCurt Hebert Jr. in reflecting on his first full year at the agency.Commissioner Linda K. Breathitt, who also just ended her initialyear, agreed “proposed” took on a “stronger meaning” in a specificNOPR last year, but she hardly found it to be precedent-setting.
January 11, 1999
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