Borough council opposes federal offshore drilling – Star News Group
By: Alex Dyer | Published: 2025-06-20 14:00:00 | Source: starnewsgroup.com
LAVALLETTE — The Lavallette mayor and council on Monday adopted a resolution officially opposing a potential federal offshore oil and gas drilling plan.
The National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) consists of a schedule of lease sales that the Secretary of the Interior determines will best meet national energy needs for the five-year period following the approval of a new National OCS Program, according to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
One of the lease areas in the program, which is being developed for the 11th time since 1980, is the North Atlantic Region, which includes the outer continental shelf of the entire state of New Jersey.
“The 10th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program does not include…