Can you provide a cite to back that up? The best I could come up with is this excerpt from:
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/offshore/egom/egomfax.html
"In 1990, President George H. Bush signed an Executive Order canceling Sale 116, Part II, and excluding the area south of 26° N. latitude and east of 86° W. longitude from leasing consideration until after the year 2000. In October 1995, 73 oil and gas leases located south of 26° N. latitude were relinquished back to the Federal Government as part of a litigation settlement.
Consequently, no active Federal natural gas and oil leases exist off southwest Florida. Likewise, no active leases exist in the Straits of Florida Planning Area or off Florida’s east coast (South Atlantic Planning Area)."
Thanks. I'd like to smack down those "68 mil acres" rat talking points.
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