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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 433
5	5	To establish a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on public land on the
6	6	Central Coast of California.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY20, 2023
9	9	Mr. P
10	10	ANETTAintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
11	11	Committee on Natural Resources
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To establish a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on public
14	14	land on the Central Coast of California.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Central 4
19	19	Coast Conservation Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS LEASING ON PUB-6
21	21	LIC LAND ON THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALI-7
22	22	FORNIA. 8
23	23	Section 17(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 9
24	24	226(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 10
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28	28	‘‘(r) MORATORIUM ON OIL ANDGASLEASING ON 1
29	29	P
30	30	UBLICLAND ON THE CENTRALCOAST OFCALI-2
31	31	FORNIA.— 3
32	32	‘‘(1) I
33	33	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 4
34	34	provision of this Act or any other law and except as 5
35	35	provided in paragraph (2), beginning on the date of 6
36	36	enactment of this subsection, the Record of Decision 7
37	37	for the Central Coast Field Office Resource Manage-8
38	38	ment Plan Amendment for Oil and Gas Leasing and 9
39	39	Development published on October 7, 2019 (84 Fed. 10
40	40	Reg. 53470), shall have no force or effect until the 11
41	41	Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field 12
42	42	Office completes and circulates for public comment 13
43	43	a supplemental environmental impact statement 14
44	44	under section 102 of the National Environmental 15
45	45	Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) and chapter 5 16
46	46	of title 5, United States Code, that considers the en-17
47	47	vironmental effects of all oil and gas development 18
48	48	authorized to occur under the Bureau of Land Man-19
49	49	agement’s preferred alternative ‘Alternative F’, 20
50	50	which appears in the final Environmental Impact 21
51	51	Statement published on May 10, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 22
52	52	20657), but was not included or analyzed in the 23
53	53	Draft Environmental Impact Statement published 24
54	54	January 6, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 1754), along with 25
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58	58	the environmental effects of oil and gas development 1
59	59	that would be authorized as a result of such record 2
60	60	of decision, including such effects on— 3
61	61	‘‘(A) air quality; 4
62	62	‘‘(B) greenhouse gas emissions and the cli-5
63	63	mate; 6
64	64	‘‘(C) groundwater quality and availability; 7
65	65	‘‘(D) surface water quality and availability; 8
66	66	‘‘(E) seismicity; 9
67	67	‘‘(F) wildlife and plant species, including 10
68	68	threatened species and endangered species; and 11
69	69	‘‘(G) low-income communities, communities 12
70	70	of color, and indigenous communities, including 13
71	71	federally and State-recognized Indian Tribes. 14
72	72	‘‘(2) N
73	73	EW REVIEW.—If the supplemental envi-15
74	74	ronmental impact statement under paragraph (1) 16
75	75	finds any significant detrimental effects on any mat-17
76	76	ter described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of 18
77	77	such paragraph, the Record of Decision referred to 19
78	78	in paragraph (1) shall have no force or effect and 20
79	79	the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 21
80	80	shall conduct a new review of Federal oil and gas 22
81	81	leasing on the Central Coast of California under sec-23
82	82	tion 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act 24
83	83	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 25
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87	87	‘‘(3) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1
88	88	REVIEW.— 2
89	89	‘‘(A) After the date of the publication, pur-3
90	90	suant to paragraph (2), of a supplemental envi-4
91	91	ronmental impact statement under section 5
92	92	102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 6
93	93	Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Ad-7
94	94	ministrator of the Environmental Protection 8
95	95	Agency shall review and publish comments re-9
96	96	garding such statement, including— 10
97	97	‘‘(i) identification of any significant 11
98	98	environmental impacts of oil and gas leas-12
99	99	ing on the Central Coast of California that 13
100	100	should be avoided to adequately protect the 14
101	101	region’s natural resources; or 15
102	102	‘‘(ii) a determination that the supple-16
103	103	mental environmental impact statement 17
104	104	does not contain sufficient information to 18
105	105	assess such impacts. 19
106	106	‘‘(B) If the Administrator identifies signifi-20
107	107	cant impacts under subparagraph (A)(i) or 21
108	108	makes a determination described in subpara-22
109	109	graph (A)(ii), the Director of the Bureau of 23
110	110	Land Management shall consult with the Ad-24
111	111	ministrator before taking any action to proceed 25
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115	115	with Federal oil and gas leasing on the Central 1
116	116	Coast of California. 2
117	117	‘‘(4) E
118	118	FFECT.—Nothing in this subsection af-3
119	119	fects any rights under leases issued under this Act 4
120	120	before the date of enactment of this subsection.’’. 5
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