Coast states challenge federal oil power in offshore debate
Congress faces a major clash over state vetoes on offshore oil development. California and other coasts push for coastal zone control while the Ford Administration and oil industry oppose. Hearings examined two Anderson bills to curb federal leasing, amid Interior plans for up to 10 million offshore acres in 1975.
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Gil Bailey
National Bureau
Washington
Congress
California
Ford Administration
Departments of Commerce and Interior
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee On Oceanography
Glenn Anderson
Calif
Interior Department
Anderson
Secretary of Commerce
Frank Ikard
American Petroleum Institute
Ikard
Department of the Interior
Department of Commerce
Robert Knecht
Office of
Commerce Department
Knecht
Thomas Bradley
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Mayor calls for probe into offshore oil shut-ins
Mayor Thomas Bradley told Senator John Tunney that oil companies may be using shut-in offshore wells to boost profits. He urged a General Accounting Office investigation into offshore production and cited rising shut-in zones from 863 in 1971 to 3,031 in 1973 while active wells dropped from 5,704 to 3,814.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
John Tunney
D-Calif
Bradley
Federal General Accounting Office
U.S. Geological Survey
Turney
Geological Survey
Paul Davidson
Rutgers University
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