Footnotes
1. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
Draft Proposal on OCS Lease Sales for 2019-2024, p.
1. January 2018. www.boem.gov/NP-Draft-Proposed-
Program-2019-2024/.
2. Comments of the Marine Mammal Commission to BOEM.
March 9, 2018. www.mmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/18-03-
09-Hammerle-BOEM-2019-2024-Natl-OCS-Draft-Proposed-
Program-1.pdf.
3. OCEANA, “Overview of Draft 2019-2024 National Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Programs.” March
22, 2018. https://usa.oceana.org/sites/default/files/17335/
overview_of_2019-2024_dpp_updated_3.22.18.pdf.
4. Petersen, Bo. “Anti-drilling Rally Draws a Few Hundred to
South Carolina Statehouse Steps.” Post & Courier. February
13, 2018. www.postandcourier.com/news/anti-drilling-rally-
draws-a-few-hundred-to-south-carolina/article_3b1c23e0-
10e1-11e8-9a7d-f3eec31f51e5.html.
5. Rogers, Paul. “California Passes Bill to Block Trump’s
Offshore Oil Drilling Plans.” The Mercury News. August 28,
2018. www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/28/california-passes-
bill-to-block-trumps-offshore-oil-drilling-plans/amp/.
A Call to Action
For more information, here are resources for you to
consider:
• • Charleston WaterKeeper: Mission is to protect, promote,
and restore the quality of Charleston, South Carolina’s
waterways. www.charlestonwaterkeeper.org.
• • Don’t Drill Lowcountry: Is a citizen-led non-partisan
grassroots movement to protect South Carolina’s
spectacular coastline from seismic testing and offshore
drilling. www.facebook.com/DontDrillLowcountry/.
Its coalition partners include: South Carolina
Environmental Law Project: scelp.org.
• • Southern Alliance for Clean Energy: www.cleanenergy.
org.
• • South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce:
scsbc.org/about/president-and-ceo-frank-knapp/
email to [email protected].
• • South Carolina Wildlife Federation: www.scwf.org.
• • Oceana: https://usa.oceana.org/our-campaigns/climate_
and_energy/campaign.
• • Conservation Voters of South Carolina: www.cvsc.org.
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6. Gov. Henry McMaster letter to U.S. Department of the
Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke (January 16, 2018) and Peg
Howell testimony before the SC House Ad Hoc Committee
on Offshore Drilling (October 26, 2017).
7. Carlisle, Madeleine. “Trumps Offshore-Drilling Plan is
Roiling Coastal Elections.” The Atlantic. August 5, 2018. www.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/trumps-offshore-
drilling-plan-is-roiling-coastal-elections/566726/.
8. 83 Fed. Reg. 22128 (May 11, 2018). https://www.
federalregister.gov/documents/2018/05/11/2018-09305/
oil-and-gas-and-sulfur-operations-in-the-outer-continental-
shelf-blowout-preventer-systems-and-well.
9. OCEANA, “Seismic Airgun Blasting – The Facts.”
Brochure. https://usa.oceana.org/sites/default/files/662/2017_
oceana_seseism_trifold_brochure.pdf.
10. Peg Howell testimony to SC House Committee on
Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources, hearing on “Evaluating Federal Offshore Oil and
Gas Development on the Outer Continental Shelf.” Business
Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast. July 12, 2017.
https://protectingtheatlanticcoast.org/house-testimony-by-
peg-howell-against-offshore-drilling/.
• • Ocean Conservation Research (OCR): Nonprofit focused
on understanding and exploring solutions to the growing
problem of Ocean noise pollution and its impact
on marine animals. OCR is a project of The Ocean
Foundation. www.oceanfdn.org.
• • South Carolina Coastal Conservation League: Works to
protect the natural landscapes, abundant wildlife, clean
water, and quality of life in South Carolina. https://
coastalconservationleague.org/.
• • Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC): SELC’s
programs encompass clean energy and air; water; forests;
the coast and wetlands; transportation; land-use and
communities; and wildlife and special places. The heart of
SELC’s mission is ensuring a healthy environment for all
the people of our region. www.southernenvironment.org/.
• • Stop Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic (SODA): SODA
is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots group
formed because of our desire to protect and preserve the
health and beauty of the Atlantic coast. Our mission:
prevent offshore seismic blasting and drilling for oil and
gas. We are your SC neighbors. www.facebook.com/
StopOffshoreDrillingintheAtlantic/.
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