Fla. O&G drilling hearing in DC

Visit Florida President Ken Lawson and Brig. Gen. Evan Dertien, commander of the 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., will be among scheduled panelists for a Florida congressional delegation hearing on drilling off the state’s coasts May 17 in Washington, D.C. The hearing comes amid continued debate over plans to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters off various parts of the country, including both coasts of Florida. The issue involves waters beyond the nation’s outer continental shelf - a jurisdictional term describing submerged lands 10.36 statutory miles off Florida's West Coast and three nautical miles off the East Coast. The hour-long hearing will begin at 7:30 a.m. (CT) from the Rayburn House Office Building. (Source: News Service of Florida 05/15/18)