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PUBLIC LAW 95-372—SEPT. 18, 1978 i^) ^^ * ^ rules prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, the Sec^® retary may identity specific positions within the Department of the Interior which are of a nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking nature and provide that officers or employees occupying such positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this section. (d) Any officer or employee who is subject to, and knowingly violates, this section shall be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. INVESTIGATION OF AVAILABILITY OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS FROM THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
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SEC. 606. (a) The Congress hereby finds that— (1) there is a serious lack of adequate basic energy information available to the Congress and the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the availability of oil and natural gas from the Outer Continental Shelf; (2) there is currently an urgent need for such information; (3) the existing collection of information by Federal departments and agencies relevant to the determination of the availability of such oil and natural gas is uncoordinated, is jurisdictionally limited in scope, and relies too heavily on unverified information from industry sources; (4) adequate, reliable, and comprehensive information with respect to the availability of such oil and natural gas is essential to the national security of the United States; and (5) this lack of adequate reserve data requires a rexamination of past data as well as the acquisition of adequate current data. (b) The purpose of this section is to enable the Secretary of the Interior and the Congress to gain the best possible knowledge of the status of Outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas reserves, resources, productive capacity, and production available to meet current and future energy supply emergencies, to gain accurate knowledge of the potential quantity of oil and natural gas resources which could be made available to meet such emergencies, and to aid in establishing energy pricing and conservation policies. (c) The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a continuing investigation, based on data and information which he determines has been adequately and independently audited and verified, for the purpose of determining the availability of all oil and natural gas produced or located on the Outer Continental Shelf. (d) The investigation conducted pursuant to this section shall include, among other items— (l)(A) a determination of the maximum attainable rate of production (MAR) of crude oil and natural gas from significant fields on the Outer Continental Shelf; and (B) an analysis of whether the actual production has been less than the MAR and, if so, the reasons for the differences; (2) an estimate of the total discovered crude oil and natural gas reserves by fields (including proved and indicated reserves) and undiscovered crude oil and natural gas resources (including hypothetical and speculative resources) of the Outer Continental Shelf; (3) the relationship of any and all such information to the requirements of conservation, industry, commerce, and the national defense; and
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