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March 8, 2018 Ms. Kelly Hammerle National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program Manager BOEM (VAM-LD) 45600 Woodland Road Sterling, VA, 20166-9216 Ms. Hammerle, The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (“BAPAC”) submits these comments regarding the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (“BOEM”) 2019-2024 Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing […]

This past Monday I and 3 Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast board members (Vicki Clark, Tom Kies and Amy MacKown) met with officials of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the U.S. Department of Interior.  The discussions on seismic testing and offshore drilling for oil in the Atlantic went very well. Also […]

Dick Wilderman has shared his comments he submitted to BOEM last July in response to their Request for Information.  He shares these comments with you and gives permission to include some or all of his comments in your BOEM comments that are due March 6th. Directions for filing a comment online can be found here: https://www.boem.gov/National-Program-Comment/ […]

The newly formed Atlantic Avenue Association in Virginia Beach is BAPAC’s latest organizational supporter.  For more information, contact George Kotarides at gkotarides@yahoo.com.

Prepared by Dick Wildermann The Accident * On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilling rig cause an uncontrolled release of oil and natural gas. Eleven men were killed and 17 injured by the explosion and fire. * The drilling rig was located approximately 50 miles offshore Louisiana in water depths […]

January 9, 2018 Last week the Trump Administration declared that it wants to make every inch of the Atlantic Coast from Key West to the Canadian border available for offshore oil drilling.  Since the U.S. is already energy independent, the goal, according to the Administration, is to create energy dominance so that the U.S. can […]

November 7, 2017 Today, the House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing, and Wednesday the full committee will markup on an awful offshore bill entitled “SECURE American Energy Act.” This bill is the kitchen sink of industry wish lists including expediting scientifically documented dangerous seismic airgun blasting to search for […]