Link to Press ReleaseLink to the Offshore Energy and Jobs Permitting Act
Washington D.C.-Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today joined Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in introducing bipartisan legislation that will cut regulatory red tape and allow greater access to domestic energy resources. The bill, The Offshore Energy and Jobs Permitting Act, will specifically curtail the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) internal Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) from continually stalling energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf.