Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1279
Sponsors: VITELLI, ALLEY, BATTLE, BLUME, FOLEY, HUBBELL, KUMIEGA, LANGLEY, VOLK

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HOUSE ADVANCE JOURNAL AND CALENDAR - Thursday, February 15, 2018
ORDERS 
(4-1)  On motion of Representative DEVIN of Newcastle, the following Joint Resolution:  
(H.P. 1279) (Cosponsored by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc and Representatives: ALLEY of 
Beals, BATTLE of South Portland, BLUME of York, FOLEY of Wells, HUBBELL of Bar 
Harbor, KUMIEGA of Deer Isle, Senators: LANGLEY of Hancock, VOLK of Cumberland) 
(Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 214) 
JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO EXCLUDE THE STATE OF 
MAINE FROM OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DRILLING AND EXPLORATION 
ACTIVITIES 
WE, your Memorialists, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Legislature 
of the State of Maine now assembled in the Second Regular Session, most respectfully present 
and petition the President of the United States and the United States Congress as follows: 
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed 
Program has already been released and the programmatic environmental impact statement could 
be released as early as May 2018; and 
WHEREAS, over 46,319 jobs and more than $2,300,000,000 of the State's gross 
domestic product depend on clean, oil-free water and beaches and abundant fish and wildlife; 
and 
WHEREAS, over 65% of the State's ocean-derived income stems from our tourism and 
recreation sector, contributing over $1,200,000,000 to the State's economy, and this economic 
sector benefits from and depends upon a healthy ocean and coast; and 
WHEREAS, offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration activities place coastal 
communities at economic and ecological risk from oil spills and the pollution brought by routine 
drilling operations and onshore industrialization, threatening the quality of life and livelihoods of 
the State's citizens and important industries, such as tourism and recreation and commercial and 
recreational fishing, and small businesses that rely on a clean and healthy ocean and beaches; and 
WHEREAS, the State recognizes that our communities and industries depend on a 
healthy coastal environment for the benefit of current and future residents, property owners and 
visitors; now, therefore, be it 
RESOLVED: That We, your Memorialists, believe that offshore oil and gas drilling and 
exploration risks our economic and ecological health and therefore oppose any plan or legislation 
that encourages oil and gas exploration offshore that would negatively affect the citizens of the 
State; and be it further 
HOUSE ADVANCE JOURNAL AND CALENDAR - Thursday, February 15, 2018
RESOLVED: That We, your Memorialists, on behalf of the people we represent, take this 
opportunity to respectfully request that the President of the United States and the United States 
Congress direct the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management to exclude the State and its offshore areas from the 2019-2024 National Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program; and be it further 
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary 
of State, be transmitted to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, to 
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, to National Oil and Gas Leasing Program Development and 
Coordination Branch Chief Kelly Hammerle, to the President of the United States Senate, to the 
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and to each Member of the Maine 
Congressional Delegation. 
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