Dear Chairwoman Sutley and Director Holdren: On February 23, 2012, I wrote requesting that the public comment period on the draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan be extended for an additional 90 days beyond the original February 27,2012 deadline. It was disappointing to leam that, despite the National Ocean Policy's massive scope and sweeping impacts across the country, this… Read more »

Dear Ms. Haynes: We write to request information related to the Department of the Interior's ("DOI") Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey ("Survey"). According to press reports on the issue, DOI contracted with RTI International to provide information gathering services related to this issue. The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number for the Survey is 1090-0010. Through… Read more »

Dear Commissioner Connor: We write to request information related to the Department of the Interior's ("DOI") Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey ("Survey"). The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number for the Survey is 1090-0010. Through this letter, we request information regarding communication on this issue between the Bureau of Reclamation ("BOR") and DOI, as well as… Read more »

Dear Assistant Attorney General Moreno: The Committee on Natural Resources ("Committee") has jurisdiction over matters involving fisheries and wildlife, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1599. The goal of the ESA was to preserve, protect and recover key domestic species. However, today the law is failing to achieve its primary purpose of species… Read more »

Dear Acting Administrator Gruenspecht: On Thursday, January 26, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) recalled its latest available data for oil and gas production on federal lands (Table 1.14 of the Annual Energy Review 2010). According to the agency's announcement, this was necessary because the data "were incorrectly extracted from another agency's data." We write to you today,… Read more »

Dear Chairwoman Sutley and Director Holdren: I am writing to you as the co-chairs of the National Ocean Council created under Executive Order 13547, which implemented the final recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force and created a new National Ocean Policy. In addition to the National Ocean Council, the Executive Order created, among other things, an expanded federal… Read more »

Dear Mr. Secretary: On April 25, 2011, we wrote the Department of the Interior ("Department") to request documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf' ("ISM Report"). On the same date, we wrote separately to the Department's Office of Inspector General ("OlG")… Read more »

Dear Mr. Kemkar: On April 25, 2011, we wrote the Department of the Interior ("Department") to request documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf' ("ISM Report"). On the same date, we wrote separately to the Department's Office of Inspector General ("OIG")… Read more »

Dear Mr. Chairman, This letter responds to your letters dated January 25 and January 31, 2012, requesting additional information regarding the manner in which the scope of peer review was described in the Executive Summary of the Department of the Interior's (Department's) 2010 report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf" (ISM Report).… Read more »

Dear Mr. Chairman, With this letter we are continuing our response to the Committee's general oversight inquiry into the Department of the Interior's ("Department' s") ongoing Stream Protection Rulemaking and to the specific requests made in the Committee's January 25, 2012, letter. This letter provides the Committee documents, information and offers of accommodation responsive to those… Read more »