South Carolina

Texas

Virginia

Washington

Victor Burrell
John Sneed
Vacant

Therese Swanson

OCS Policy Committee Federal Members

Agency

DOE
DOI

DOI

DOC

Navy

DOL

DOI

EPA

Member Name
Mitchell Baer
Piet DeWitt
Joseph Doddridge
Ramona Schreiber
Duncan Holaday
Carolita Kallaur
Thomas Kitsos
Anne Miller

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Director Emeritus,
Marine Resources
Research Institute
Deputy Commissioner,
Intergovernmental
Relations and Policy,
Texas Land Office

Senior Coastal Policy
Analyst,
Coastal/Shorelands
Section, Washington
Shorelands &
Environmental
Assistance Program

Office of Policy
Acting Assistant
Secretary, Land
Minerals Management
Acting Assistant
Secretary, Fish and
Wildlife and Parks
Environmental
Protection
Coordination, Office
of Policy and Strategic
Planning

Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Installation
and Facilities
Associate Director,
Minerals Management
Service

Acting Director,
Minerals Management
Service

Acting Director, Office

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Dr. William Schroeder Professor and Coordinator, Marine Science Program,
University of Alabama

Lynda Shapiro Professor of Biology, Director, Institute of Marine
Biology, University of Oregon
Dr. Douglas Wartzok Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Dean of the

Graduate School, University of Missouri

Federal Members

Carolita Kallaur Associate Director, Offshore Minerals Management,
MMS
Robert LaBelle Chief, Environmental Division, MMS

Dr. Ken Turgeon Chief Scientist, MMS

Question 53(j): Do you intend to revisit the moratorium on oil and gas
exploration in the Georges Bank, as the Natural Gas
Subcommittee has recommended? Do you intend to authorize
any further studies, reports, or other evaluations of drilling in
the Georges Bank? If so, what would be the purpose of such
studies, reports or other examinations be?

Answer: The Administration supports the current moratoria and there are no
plans under consideration for exploration and development in the
Georges Bank area.

The OCS Policy Committee amended the Natural Gas
Subcommittee recommendations and adopted a resolution to
forward its amended recommendations to the Secretary of the
Interior. On June 7, 2001, I received a letter from the Policy
Committee forwarding a resolution to transmit 12 recommendations
“to encourage increasing natural gas production from the OCS.” I
plan to take all 12 recommendations under advisement.

Question 53(k): According to press reports, in a May 9, 2001 interview,
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham stated that he was “not
aware of any changes to any of the moratoria” and that “I don’t
think that’s been at all under consideration, to my knowledge.”
Your testimony, on the other hand, seems to indicate that the
Administration is trying to obtain information that would form
the basis for making such changes.

Answer: My testimony was not intended to indicate any lack of support of
current OCS moratoria. The Administration supports current

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Hawaii

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Mississippi

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Seiji

Jack

Julie

Emery

Susan

Charles

David

Larry

Vacant

Donna

Nan

Vacant

Samuel

Naya

Caldwell

Hashem

Cleaves

Snow-Cotter

Chisolm

Hartman

Schmidt

Moffitt

Evans

Reid

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Survey

Director, Department
of Business, Economic
Development &
Tourism

Secretary, Department
of Natural Resources
Policy Development
Specialist, Maine State
Planning Office
Director and State
Geologist, Maryland
Geological Survey
Assistant Director,
Massachusetts Coastal
Zone Management
Office

Executive Director,
Environmental
Quality, Mississippi
Manager, New
Hampshire Coastal
Program

Director, Office of
Program Coordination,
New Jersey
Environmental
Protection Office

Director, Coastal
Management,
Environment and
Natural Resources
Acting Manager,
Coastal Ocean
Program, Land and
Conservation
Development

Policy Advisor, Rhode
Island State House

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of Federal Activities

Coast Guard Paul Pluta Assistant
Commandant, Marine
Safety and
Environmental
Protection
State Maureen Walker Chief, Office of Ocean
Affairs
Royalty Policy Committee
12 St ind Indi lembe
State/Tribe/Organization Member Name
Southern Ute Indian Tribe (1 year term) Karen Anderson
State of Louisiana Jack Caldwell
Western Governor's Association Ronald Cattany
Council of Energy Resource Tribes David Harrison
Oklahoma Indian Mineral Owners Assoc. Eddie Jacobs
State of Wyoming Stephen Reynolds
Ute Tribe Tom Shipps
Navajo Nation Perry Shirley
Western States Land Commissioners Pary Shofner
Association
Western Governor's Association Brad Simpson
Jicarilla Apache Tribe and Alan Taradash
Shii Shi Keyah Allottee Assoc.
Vacancy- Renomination Received from Wester States
Land Commissioners Association
9 Minerals Industry Members
Industry Member Name
Council of Petroleum Accountant Societies John Clark
Chairperson, API Royalty Management Task Force Wendy Daboval
National Mining Association William Hartzler
National Mining Association David Landry
Independent Petroleum Association of America Tammy Naron
Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association Robert Price
Welborn Sullivan Mech & Tooley, PC Hugh Schaefer
Senior Council Enron Oil and Gas Co. Steven Williams

Vacancy

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would like to explore if allowed.” In your response to a
question raised at the Committee’s hearing, you indicated that
you have not been formally presented with the
recommendations of this Subcommittee. When do you expect
that this will occur, and what action will the Department take in
response to these recommendations?

Answer: The OCS Policy Committee provides advice to the Secretary of the
Interior on implementing the OCS Lands Act. Representing the
collective viewpoint of coastal states, environmental interests,
industry and other parties. The Policy Committee advises the
Department, through the Minerals Management Service, on a
number of important issues involving our Nation's energy policy.
The Committee establishes subcommittees to study issues in-depth
and to develop recommendations for consideration by the full
committee. Committee recommendations are forwarded to the
Secretary.

On May 24, 2001, the OCS Policy Committee amended the Natural
Gas Subcommittee recommendations and adopted a resolution to
forward its amended recommendations to the Secretary of the
Interior. On June 7, 2001, I received a letter from the Policy
Committee forwarding a resolution to transmit 12 recommendations
“to encourage increasing natural gas production from the OCS.” I
plan to take all 12 recommendations under advisement.

Copies of the Policy Committee’s Resolution and
Recommendations are attached.

Question 53(i): Who are the current Members respectively of the Natural Gas
Subcommittee, the Outer Continental Shelf Advisory
Committee, and the Minerals Management Advisory Board?
For each of these panels, how many Members are employed by,
affiliated with or have financial ties to the oil and natural gas
industries, including consultants to those industries? How
many Members are from environmental, consumer, or public
interest organizations?

Answer: The members of the Natural Gas Subcommittee were:
Jerome M. Selby (Chair), Consultant for the Mayor of Anchorage,

Anchorage, Alaska; Patrick S. Galvin, Division of Governmental
Coordination, Juneau, Alaska; Robert R. Jordan, Delaware

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4 Discretionary Members

Attomey Sandy Blackstone
Attorney Lee Helfrich
State Geologist, Oklahoma Charles Mankin
Federal Mem!
Agency Member Name
DOI, Bureau of Indian Affairs Don Aubertin
DOI, Bureau of Land Management Pete Culp
Department of Treasury Cynthia Johnson
DOI, Minerals Management Service Tom Kitsos
DOE John Pyrdol
DOI, Minerals Management Service Lucy Querques-
Denett
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Vacancy
OCS Scientific Committee

15 Academic and Industry Members

Member Name Organization

Dr. Stan Albrecht Executive VP and Provost, Utah State University
Robert Carey Associate Professor, Coastal Ecology Institute
Dr. James Coleman Boyd Professor, Coastal Studies Institute

Dr. Cortis Cooper Senior Staff Scientist, Chevron Petroleum

Technology Company
Dr. Eric Crecelius Technical group Leader, Marine Sciences Laboratory

George Forristall Research Advisory, Shell Global Solutions, U.S.

Duane Gill Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social
Work, Mississippi State University

Oliver Goldsmith Professor of Economics, University of Alaska

Dr. J. Frederick Grassle Director, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Dr. Steven Murray Professor, Department of Biological Science,

California State University of Fullerton

Dr. Henry Niebauer Senior Scientist, Department of Atmospheric and
Ocean Sciences, University of Wisconsin

Edella Schlager Associate Professor, School of Public
Administration and Policy, University of Arizona

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Geological Survey, Newark, Delaware; Jack C. Caldwell, Louisiana
Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge, Louisiana;
Lawrence C. Schmidt, Department of Environmental Protection,
Trenton, New Jersey; Daniel F. McLawhom, North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, North
Carolina; Bruce F. Vild, Statewide Planning Program, Providence,
Rhode Island; Andrew L. Hardiman, Chevron Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Business Unit, New Orleans, Louisiana; Paul L. Kelly,
Rowan Companies, Inc., Houston, Texas; George N. Ahmaogak,
Sr., Mayor, North Slope Borough, Barrow, Alaska Environmental
Community advisor.

The Mincrals Management Advisory Board is comprised of

four committees, the OCS Policy Committee, the Royalty Policy
Committee, the Alaska OCS Region Offshore Advisory Committee
(inactive), and the OCS Scientific Committee. The advice and
information that the Board, through its committees, provides to the
Department and MMS are unique. The members serve as MMS’s
primary contact to the Governor’s offices and Native American
Indian tribes. These members bring into focus a broad range of
knowledge and invaluable perspective and provide for distillation of
data affecting offshore oil and gas exploration and development and
royalty management. The committee meetings also provide
opportunities for parties with an interest in OCS oil and gas
development and royalty management issues to discuss their
differences in an open forum and examine alternatives to resolve
conflicts.

OCS Policy Committee

12 Discretioi mbers
Member Name

Environmental Community Warner Chabot VP for Regional
Operations Center for
Marine Conservation

Environmental Community Linda Shead Executive Director,
Galveston Bay
Foundation

Fisheries Industry Richard Gutting President, National
Fisheries Institute

Local Government George Ahmaogak Mayor, North Slope

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Local Government

Major Oil Industry

Marine Mining Industry

Natural Gas Industry

Offshore Support Industry

Vacancy
Vacancy

Vacancy
24 State Members
State

Alabama

Alaska

California
Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Jerome

Tina

George

Andrew

Paul

Member
Donald

Patrick

Vacant
Arthur

Robert

Lisa

William

Shelby

Langtry

Banino

Hardiman

Kelly

Rocque

Jordan

Edgar

McLemore

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Borough

Consultant, Mayor of
Anchorage

General Manager,
Exploration and
Reservoir
Characterization,
Conoco, Inc.

VP, Earth Tech, Inc.

VP, GOM Deepwater
Business Unit,
Chevron U.S.A.
Senior VP, Rowan
Companies
Independent Producers

Director, Geological
Survey of Alabama
Director, Division of
Governmental
Coordination, Alaska

Commissioner,
Department of
Environmental
Protection

State Geologist and
Director, Delaware
Geological Survey
Deputy Secretary,
Florida Department of
Environmental
Protection

State Geologist,
Georgia Geologic

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