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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part C · Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs

§ 15941. Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban

Statutory text

No Federal or State permit or lease shall be issued for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under one or more of the Great Lakes.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Energy Policy Act of 2005

    Pub. L. 109–58 title III § 386 · 119 Stat. 594

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 15941

    (Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 386, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 744.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 386, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 744.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 386. GREAT LAKES OIL AND GAS DRILLING BAN.   No Federal or State permit or lease shall be issued for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under one or more of the Great Lakes.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 386, , 119 Stat. 744.)

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