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SR-511-000 (6) ;-' Council Offi ce Councl1 Meeting .C1S of November . 14-1/ 1OV5_ 5, 1985 Santa Monlca, California 5//---o([/~ TO: CounCil Members / Mayor Chrlstine E. Reed ~~ , Request for Re1mbursement and Report on Washington, D.C. LobbYlng Trip FROM: SUBJECT: It 1S requested that counell conslder relmbursement for my expenses connected with my trlp to Washlngton, D.C. on October 28, 29, and 30. 1985. to lobby for continuatlon of the OCS moratorium beyond the October 15 termlnation. Attachment: Report I#-II NDV 5 '!illS . . CHRISTINE E. REED Expenses, trlp to Washlngton, D.C. 10/28 to 10/30. 1985 Plane fare (receipt) S 980.00 Hotel (recelpt) 177.47 Taxl (recelpt) 2.25 Taxl (receipt) 2.45 Share taxl 2.00 Lunch. 10/29 11.00 - no receipt. paid cash, part of group. Breakfast, 10/30 Lunch. 10/30 (recelpt) 5.00 13.00 - receipt is for group. my share is lndicated. Miscellaneous tipS 6.00 7.00 30.00 3.15 Metro fares Parking LAX (recelpt) Mileage roundtrip to LAX. 14 mi. at 22.5C TOTAL EXPENSES 1.239.32 Please reimburse for the above. . . CHRISTINE E. REED TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 28 - OCTOBER 30 TO LOBBY FOR CONTINUATION l'F DCS MORATORIUM BEYOND THE NOVEMBER 15, 1985 TERHINATION. REPORT At the request of Rlchard Charter I joined a local government lobbying group to seek a continuation of the OCS morator1um for Callfornia beyond the November 15, 1985, termination date. Others Join1ng in this effort were the mayors of Laguna Beach, Oceanside, San Clemente, a councilmember from Del Mar, and the chair of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. Rlchard Charter provided directlon and staff support along with two lobbyists (one working for Laguna Beach and the other for several beach cities) . Because the Californ1a Congressional delegation thought it had a "deal" with Secretary of Intenor Hodel, the moratorium, which had been attached to Interior Approprlations bills for four years was not included in this year's bill. That b111 was passed by the House and sent to the Senate. The blll was approved in Senate Interior and is ready for floor vote. Senators Cranston and \~llson have put a "hold" on the Interior Appropriatlons bill until the offshore matter is settled. As we all know, Secretary Hodel announced that he was reneging on the "deal" he made wlth the Callfornia delegation. That announcement was made on September 10 -- Just three weeks before the '84 - '85 moratorium ran out on September 30, 1985. Hodel said at the tlrne that - 1 - . . the "wrong 150 tracts" were 1 n the pre 11ml nary agreement and Bi 11 Bettenberg, Head of Minerals Management Servlce in Interlor, said that the department had new tracts Whl ch he referred to as the "nifty 150." Hodel said he would dlSCUSS new tracts wlth a new group of Callfornia delegation negotiators. There were no meetlngs in September or October. At the end of September the House Appropriations Committee adopted a 45- day CR (contlnulng resolutlon) to allow the government to keep functionlng (there belng no adopted budget for federal flscal year 1985-86). The 45-day CR contalned the moratorlum language. At present the Appropriations Committee is faced wlth one of two choices: a) Adopt a continuing resolution of long duratlon; Dr b) Adopt another short CR in anticipation of some final resolutlon on the budget. We were lobbying members of the Approprlations Commlttee (there are 57 members) to make sure that moratorium language is retained ln whatever legislatlve vehicle the committee adopts. The commlttee must do something by November 15, 1985, as that is the day the contlnulng resolution expires. It is very clear to me that the members of this commlttee are not lnterested in a long term moratorium. Last year Congress adopted speclfic instructlons for the Secretary of Interior and the Callfornia delegation to negotlate an end to the moratorium stalemate. Those lnstructions led to the negotiations ln June and July and the "deal" that Secretary Hodel later broke. The same instructions wlll be lncluded - 2 - . . agaln thlS year "if we get the moratorlum extended. (Last year the moratorlum won by only one vote in Appropriat1ons). In the past two weeks Secretary Hodel and the delegatlon have exchanged letters 1ndicatlng their desire to Meet and namlng their negotiatlng teams. Everyone close to the negotiatlons believes that it is critlcal to keep the moratorium 1n place as the only bargain1ng chip the Cal1fornla members have. Thls is the pltch that we made to the Approprlations Commlttee. In two days the group of us met with flve members and the pr1ncipal staff of another 22 members. Charter is staY1ng 1n Wash1ngton to coordlnate cont1nued efforts by the environmental groups. There are several important factors whlch work against us: a) Approprlations only has flve California members (of 59), only one of whom was on the delegation negotiatlng team (8111 Lowery from San Diego); b} Our delegation is div1ded wlth about two-thirds in favor of the moratorium (fortunately the support is bi-partisan); c} The 011 compan1es have mounted a massive lobbying campaign directed from the districts of the Appropr1ations members; the campalgn was strategized by Mlxner-Scott and is very targeted. stressing the need for jobs. need for energy. and need for fairness (portraying Californ1ans as self1sh environmentalists). d} ThlS 15 the flfth year before a comm1ttee that generally does not deal with this sort of issue and support for our pos1tion has been erod1ng ever since James Watt quit. - 3 - . . The following factors are in our favor" a) It is widely recognized that the Callfornia delegatlon kept up lts end of the "deal"; b) Secretary Hodel is perceived by most people familiar with this as violating "the rules of the game"; c) Leon Panetta, who has led the negotlatlons, and V1C Fazio. who carries the effort in Appropriations, are both respected and well regarded by thelr fellow members; d) The Chair of the Committee is on our side. e) The 011 companies have been fabricating their drllllng rigs in Korea and strongly reslst "buy or bui ld America" language -- therefore NO Jobs; the government just announced a sale of Alaska oil to Japan and there is a world-wide oil glut -- therefore, NO energy need; ln California there are 20 Jobs in coastal related tourlsm for everyone Job ln offshore oil extraction, therefore the environmental concerns are dlrectly tled to economlC concerns. LobbYlng efforts by Charter will contlnue until the Committee takes actlon. We thlnk the commlttee will consider thlS on Tuesday, November 5. If we get the moratorlum through the committee there will be several more hurdles: House floor (where Dannemeyer may stage a floor fight); House- Senate Conference. - 4 - . . On another front Panetta has Wrl tten the ori gl na 1 "deal" into legislation and introduced It. He made a few small changes which included delet1ng near-shore Malibu tracts and lnsert1ng tracts farther out. There w1ll be hearings soon on this blll before the Interlor Committee of the House. Panetta's b1ll would glve statutory protectlon to many of the "spec1al" areas of our coast, including Santa Monica Bay. I would appreciate authorlzat1on for re1mbursement for this trip; further I would appreciate authorizat1on in advance if other trlps to Washington, D.C. are necessary to follow through on this effort. I recommend that we endorse Panetta's blll, HR 3373, as we already supported the "prelimlnary agreement" and the provlslons for Santa Monica Bay are stlll the same. - 5 - NOl.J 4 '85 18 10 CONG~cSSM~N LEV:NE .; . . 99TH CONGRESS H R 3373 1ST SSSI!lION . . ImpOling oertain limitations and test:riLtiU.l18 IIL1 leasing le.nd8 on the outer Continllntal Shelf off the State of CsJifornia., and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEll/lBER 19, 1985 Mr PANBTTA (for himself, Mr. LoWERY (,f Clllifomia, Mr. LEVINE of Oalifornia, Mr. BA.DHAl[, Mr. BATES, Mr. IlEILENfloN, Mr. BERllIlA..'(, Mr. DO$CO, )ira. BOXEB, Mr, BBOWN of CBliforn.ia, Mn BURTON of Oalifornia, Mr. COl!lLHO, Mr. DELLUllI[8, Mr. DIXON, Mr. EDWARDS of Calilumill., Mr. FAZIO, Mr. HUNTElI, Mr. LANTos, Mr. LEHMAN of California., Mr. JdA.BTINEZ, Mr. MAT8UI, Mr. MTT.UlB of California, Mr. .M.INETA, Mr RoYBAL, Mr. STARK, Mr. TOBBES, Mr. W,4.XMo\N, Mr ZSCKA1J, ll.nd Mr. RlilW) introduced the following bill; which WM referred to the ConwLittee un Inrerior and Insular Affairs A BILL Imposing certain limitations a.nd restrictions on lea~ine- lands on the outer Continental Shelf off the SLate of Oalifornia, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United Statcs of A~Mca in Congre88 aBumbled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the "Oalifornia Outer Oonti- 5 nental Shelf Protection and Development Act". !-'t".I(.::li:.. =.:::J1 I I 4- - H 11-5-256 "iUV ..' tJ::: : tJ l-: LUN~~~~~IYIHr~ L~v:r~c . . .;, }. 2 1 SEC. 2. CALIFORNIA OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING. 2 (a) ,ApPLICATION.-The provisions of this Act shall 3 apply to Bubmergod lands of the Oalifornia. outer Continental 4 Shelf described in subsection (b). 5 (b) DESORIPTION OP LANns.-Lands to which this Act B applies sha.Il be tracts within the following areas: 7 (1) the lands within the Department of the Interi- 8 or Oentral and Northern California. Pla.nning Area 9 which lie north of the lino between the row of block!! 10 numbered N816 Rnd the row of blocks numbered N817 11 of the Univerllal Transverse Meroator Grid SY8tem~ 12 (2) an area of the Department of the Interior 13 Southern California Planning Area bounded by the fol- 14 lowing line On the California (Lambert) Plane Coordi- 15 nate System: From the point of intersection of the 16 international boundary line between the United States 17 and Mexico and the seaward boundary of the Oalifornia. 18 State Tidelands west along said international boundary 19 line to the point of intersection with the line between 20 the row of blocks numbered 28 west and the row of 21 blocks nwnbered 27 west; thence north to the north- 22 eRst comer of block 20 north, 28 west; thence north. 23 weat to the southwest corner of block 29 north, 35 24 west; thence north along the line between the row of 25 blocks numbered 86 weilt and the row of blooks num~ 26 bFlr""i1 35 ur""t to its interllection with tho llClI.wa,rd .HI 3373 III "'''' TriTOI PARF Rq ** NOeJ 4 '85 \,3 1\ CONGRE3S11';N LEV:riE . . 8 1 boundary of the California State Tidelands; thence ellS- 2 terly along the seaward boundary of the California 9 State Tidelands to the point of beginning; 4 (3) a portion of the Department of the Interior tl Southern C8lifornia Planning .Area which lies both: (A) 6 eut of the line between the row of blocks numbered 7 !is west and the row of blooks numbered 52 west, and B (B) north of the line between the row of blocks nwn- 9 bared 34 north a.nd the row of blocks numbered 85 10 north, on the California (Lambert) Plane Coordinate 11 System; 12 (4) the boundaries of the ChlllUlel IshLnd National 13 Marine Sa.notuary, as defined by title 15, part 935.8 of 14 the Code of Federal Regulations; and 1/) (5) the boundaries of Santa Barhara Channel Eco- 16 logical Preserve and Buffer Zone, as defined by the 17 Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Manage- 18 ment Public Land Order numbered 4587 (vol. 34, page 19 5855 Federal Register March 26, 1969). 20 SEC. 3. AREAS AVAILABLE FOR LEASING. 21 (a) AUTHOBI'l'Y.-Of the lands described in section 2(b)1 22 oil and gas leasing may be carried out under the Outer Conti- 28 nental Shelf Lands Act as provided in this llection with re- 24 spect to lands described in subsection (b). .111 U7S JIl r'....f..:::lt. de:: NOIJ 4 '85 18. CONGF~SSMR~ LE~INE . 4 1 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LANDs.-The lands referred to in 2 subsection (0.) are as follows; 3 (1) In the Eel River Basin area those tracts de- 4 scribed, using the Universal Transverse Mercator Orid 5 System, h;y the following cOQrdinates: Row N9S0 ...."."..". ....... .. . ....... En, E74, E'16 Row N940 ....m . . _ ................ ......... E7l-En. E74-E76 Row ND41 ....... . ............ . . Jo~71 E711 Row N942 ................. . . ........ .... E71-E76 Row N1l411 .., ......... .. ....... E71-E76 Row N9<<. ............. ............ ." F.71 E76 Row N945 ....... ..... ............. E71-.E7e Row N946.... .. .............. E71-E74 Row N947 ....... .m.. ... .._ .......... l:71-E74 Row NIl4i:1.... _ . ,....... . E71-E74 Row N949. ..... ..... .... lJ71-E74 Row NOM ... . . ......, E70-E74 Row NOlil . ....... ..... ...... E69-E74 Row N91l2 E69-E74 Row N953.... ....... ... . ........ EGIl-E74 Row N9!S4 . ..................... ........... E69-E74 Row N951) . .. E69-E74 Bow N1/56. ...... ....... E69-E74 'RQW N957 . _ .. .......... . .... .. EeD .E74 6 (2) In the Santa Maria. Basin area, those tracts 7 described, using the Universal Transverse Mercator 8 Grid System, by the following coordinates: Row N817. . ............... . ........ E12~E132 Row NelS . ................. .................. E126-E182 RowN819.............. .... . .F.129-E190 9 (8)(A) Tn the Santa Monica Bay area., those tracts 10 described, using the Calilornia (Lambert) Plane Coordi- 11 nate System Zone 6, by the following coordinates: .HI U1I IS PRGE.08 t ~ NOV 4 '85 18 11 CC~GR~SSMAN LEVINE . . 5 Row N41... ...................... . ......... W'h of W52 Row N40..... .. ..................... ...... W52 Rf,lw N89......,. . . . .............. ......... W52 &w N38. ...... .................... ... ......... W52 Row N86........................ ................... W41.W42 Row N36 ................".... a............. W.'l6-\V48, S~ oJ W44, S~ uf Woi5 1 (B) Those tracts, or portions of tracts, lying 2 within the following deseribed area, uBing the O~];for- :3 nia (Lambert) Plane Coordinate System Zone 6: Be- 4 ginning at the northwest COrner of that tract described 5 as Row NB7, W52; thence south to the southwest 6 corne.. of that tract described as Row N35, W52; 7 thence east to the southeast corner of that tract de- 8 scribed as Row NBo, W46; thence northwest to the 9 northeast comer of that tract described as Row N37, 10 W52; thence west to the point of beginning. 11 (4) In the Camp Pendleton aroa, those tra.cts de- 12 scribed, using the California (Lambert) Plane Coorro- IS nate System Zone 6, by the following coordinates: Row N:l5 ............ ..................... . WZ1 Ruw N26 .......",......... . .............. \V25-W27 lWw N~7. ........... .. . . ........ W26 14 (0) CONDITIONS.- 15 (1) LEAstNO SUBJECT TO APPLIOABLE LAW.- 16 Leasing and all pOijt~lease activities permitted Wlder 1 T this Act shall be carried out in accordance with the ellll sm IB NOU 4 '85 18. CONGRES3~qti LEU I Nt:: . 6 1 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and other applica~ 2 bIe Federal, State, and IooaIlaw. 3 (2) MINIMIZE IMPACT.-LcasIDg and all post- 4 lease activities permitted under this Act shall be car~ 5 ried out in a manner so as to minimize the environ- 6 mental, economic, and social impacts of aotivities rei at- 7 ed to such leasing. 8 SI!:C. 4. AREAS AVAILABLE FOR EXPLORA.TION. 9 (9.) AUTHORIZATION.-N otwithstanding any other pro- 10 vision of this Act, one Continental Off-Strocture Stratigraph- 11 ie Test well may be authorized under applicable law in each 12 of the following three areas: 13 (1) in the Point Arena, area on those lands whioh 14 lie between, but do not include, the row of blocks num- 15 bered N890 and tho row of blocks numbered N922 of 16 the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System; 17 (2) in the Bodega Bay area on those lands which 18 lie between, but do not include, the row oE blocks num- 19 bared N869 and the row of blocks numbered N891 01 20 the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System; and 21 (8) in the Santa Cruz area on those lands which 22 lie between, but do not include, the row of blocks num- 23 bered N851 a.nd the row of blocks numbered N870 of 24 the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System. .u san lB P;::'GE.07 - , NCU 4 '85 :8 Ii CON3RE5SNAN _EUINE . . 7 1 (b) REBTRICTIOt'l.-No well may be authorized pursu- 2 ant to subsection (a) which is closer than 18 miles from the 8 shoreline. 4. SEC. 5. AREAS AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY LEASING ONLY. 5 (a) NECE88ABY CONDI'l'IONEl.-Exploro,tion, devclop- 6 ment or production activities, and drilling shall be allowed by 7 lease or pennit or otherwise under the O'!ter Oontinental 8 Shelf Lands Act with respect to submerged Lands described in 9 section 2(b), but not described in section 3 (b), only if the 10 President- 11 (1) finds under RBetion 161(d) of the Energy 12 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241{d)) that 13 a drawdown and distribution from the Strategic Petro- 14 leum Reserve is required by 8. Severe energy supply 15 interruption; 16 (2) findB that such a. drawdown and distribution 17 would be insuffident to meet such severe energy 18 supply interruption; and 19 (8) finds that issuing such specific leases or allow- 20 ing such specific activities would contribute significant- 21 ly to the alleviation of the energy emergency resulting 22 from such severe energy supply interruption. 23 (b) FOBEIGN ENEBGY CnlsIs.-Leasing shall not be 24 pennitted under this section if the severe energy supply inter- 25 ruption referred to in subsection (8,)(1) ill attributable to treaty .11 !S7S II O'AGE 04 NOli 4 '85 15. CON3F~SS~AN LE~INE . 8 1 obligations of the United States to assist foreign countries in 2 the event of their energy emergency. 3 (0) TERMINATION OF LEASING ACTIVITIES.- 4 (1) TERMIN.ATION.-Leasing activities permitted 5 under this section shall terminate unless- 6 (A) during the drawdown and distribution de- 7 soribed in subseotion (a.)(1), the President renews 8 his findings under subsection (a.) at least once 9 every 6 months; and 10 (B) when suoh drawdown and distribution 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 tenninl1teB, and at least once every 6 months therea.fter, the President renews his finding under subsection (a)(3), (2) DI8POSITION.- When leMing activities are terminated under pa.ragraph (1)- (A) tracts which have been leased pursuant to this section, and with respect to which the Sec- retary of the Interior has determined that substan- tiltl development and production expenditures have been made after such lease was issued, may remain leased under the terms of the original lease, and such lease may be renewed under the Outer Oontinental Shelf Lands Act, but if the original lesses abandons lellsing activities, euch trJU1tR fillY not he re-llfffm'Hl fOT Iflll./lA nntl! thfl PA3E iJ6 \ " \ '- ... , '.- . ~ 1 , :\ -f' , 1 NO iJ 4' 85 1 8: 1 2 CON G;;! E '3 S ~'I"l N L E 1)[ N E . . 9 1 necessary oonditions described in subsection (a) exist again; and (B) all other tracts sholl be subject to the provisions of this Act, and any lease previously 2 3 4 t5 6 7 issued with respect to such traots shall be OlUl- oelled under section 5(0.) of the Outer Oontinental Shelf Lands Ant (43 U.S.C. 1384(0.)). 8 SEC. 6. EXPIRATION OF EFFECTIVENESS. 9 This Act sh&ll cease to be effective as of January 11 10 2000. o .JIIl >>n JlI PHClC.eJ~