Industry Trade Associations Joint Comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on its Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022

Industry Trade Associations Joint Comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on its Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022

The American Petroleum Institute (API), National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), U.S. Oil and Gas Association (USOGA), International Association Of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC), Alaska Oil and Gas Association (AOGA) (collectively, the Associations) offer the following on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM’s) Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program: 2017 – 2022 released March 18, 2016.