Salazar rebuffs Virginia Gov. McDonnell on call for offshore drilling lease sale

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Salazar rebuffs Virginia Gov. McDonnell on call for offshore drilling lease sale
By Ben Geman - 01/27/10 06:07 AM ET


Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is rebuffing Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s (R) recent call to move ahead with oil and gas leasing plans off the state’s coast next year and will instead delay action until at least 2012, according to a news report.

Reuters reports that the move “creates more uncertainty over whether the drilling plan will ever be carried out.”

The Interior Department, under a 2007-2012 offshore development plan crafted under the Bush administration, scheduled a November 2011 sale of tracts in federal waters at least 50 miles off the state’s coast.

McDonnell, shortly before taking office, wrote to Salazar expressing concern about a lack of progress toward the lease sale.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/78223-salazar-rebuffs-mcdonnell-on-virginia-lease-sale-report

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1. Wait til after the 2012 elections.

Brilliant.