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IAGC's Dustin Van Liew in Raleigh, NC IAGC’s Jameson White with the
Consumer Energy Alliance in Atlanta, GA

BOEM Hosts DPP Public Meetings;

IAGC Joins Atlantic Pre-Meetings

During the Draft Proposed Program (DPP) Comment Period, the Federal
government, allied trades engaged local communities.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management In Raleigh, IAGC Vice President of Regulatory
(BOEM) has continued to host its public and Governmental Affairs Dustin Van Liew
meetings in support of the 2019-2024 National spoke to the Carolina Journal on the safety
OCS Draft Proposed Program (DPP). During record of the G&G industry. Pointing to the
the two weeks leading up to the DPP comment layers of mitigation precaution in place to
period closing, BOEM hosted meetings in protect marine mammals, Van Liew said,
fourteen states and in Washington, D.C. "There's been no documented evidence of
injury or harm to marine animals from seismic
Representing the geophysical industry, the surveys."
IAGC joined other industry groups at pre-
meeting news events sponsored by the Van Liew also said that IAGC is willing to
Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) in Columbia, work with North Carolina Governor Roy
SC, Atlanta, GA and Raleigh, NC. During the Cooper (D), adding, "We want to just ensure
pre-meetings, the IAGC spoke to reporters and that we're working with the facts, not the
to local citizens on behalf of the G&G industry misinformation that we hear from some of
on the importance of seismic surveying and the the environmental interests that want to shut
need for more exploration. The IAGC also down all oil and gas exploration offshore."
spoke on the environmental responsibility of
seismic surveying and provided information on
how seismic surveys are performed.

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