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shore development is necessary to reduce our dependency on for- 

 eign oil and increase national security. But never have I seen an 

 objective look at the potential for developing safe renewable re- 

 sources that would achieve the same goal. 



While Greenpeace interprets the OCSLA as it is currently writ- 

 ten to require this kind of balance, perhaps a requirement of this 

 sort should be written into OCSLA in more explicit terms, to pre- 

 vent Interior from continuing to shirk its responsibility. 



Mr. D'Amours. Thank you. 



[The statement of Ms. Rigg follows:] 



