Has Obama even consulted with the states along the Atlantic coast?
Or, is this just another example of Obama violating States’ Rights?
That didn't end the conflict so Eisenhower negotiated a deal where the interior continental shelf belongs to each coastal state and the outer shelf belongs to the feds. So the interior shelf is 3 mile out, except for Texas and the Florida gulf coast which is 3 leagues or about 10 miles. The feds own everything outside of that. Also part of this deal was that before the feds drill in federal waters off of a state, the feds have to consult the state and if the state says no, the feds won't drill it. Also part of this deal was that to get approval(votes needed) from the interior states, certain funding acts were set up to benefit all the states, and the money would come from royalties collected by the feds.
Any state that wants to drill in their waters, can. And collect all the royalties. OTOH, if the state allows drilling in federal waters off their shore, they don't get any of the royalty. But they have the risk of a spill fouling their coast.
California drilled in state waters and allowed drilling in federal waters but stopped it after the SB spill in '65. Except the existing platforms were grandfathered and they still drill and frac.
The deal that Eisenhower put in place lasted until the 90s and some coastal states started agitating that they wanted part of the feds royalty, which is commonly called Royalty Sharing. Seems logical, what incentive is there for a state to allow drilling off their state if they don't have the benefit of the royalty, but have all the risk of a spill.
The first attempt to give royalty sharing was CARA and CARA 2000, but the interior states blocked it. Then in 2006 Congress opened Area 181 and South 181 in the Gulf to drilling and gave royalty sharing to TX, LA, MS, and AL. Florida was specifically excluded because they don't allow offshore drilling. But, these states could use this shared royalty only for coastal restoration/protection and hurricane protection.
Subsequently, NC, VA, and MD began to consider drilling if they also could get royalty sharing. But when the Macondo well blew in the gulf in 2010, NC and MD reversed and said no. But VA is still in. But, VA said they wanted to use the shared royalty for roads and that is a big problem. They also said no drilling within 50 miles of their coast and that is a problem..
Meanwhile, Murkowski and Landrieu have control of the Senate Energy Committee and they are hellbent on opening the entire US coast to royalty sharing and allowing the states to use the shared royalty however the state chooses. And as you might guess, LA and AK stand to benefit immensely from royalty sharing.