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Release: #3776
Date: February 4, 2008
President Requests $307.1
Million for FY 2009 MMS Budget
WASHINGTON The FY 2009 budget request for
the Minerals Management Service is $307.1 million. This is an
increase of $10.3 million above the FY 2008 enacted budget.
The agency’s budget priorities are designed to
enhance the Nation’s energy and economic security. The President’s
2009 budget promotes MMS’s ability to ensure that the public
receives the maximum financial and energy benefit from America’s
OCS
resources and mineral revenues.
“We are committed to the safe and environmentally
responsible development of our Nation’s energy resources,” said
Randall Luthi, MMS
Director. “This budget request enables us to
regulate the oil and gas industry with very high standards and
pursue an alternative energy program on the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS). This request ensures our effectiveness as stewards of
revenues generated from energy production on Federal and American
Indian lands. MMS collected $11.4 billion in FY 2007.”
The
Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Program
requests an increase of $1 million to further development of the
program. Furthermore, MMS has requested an additional $2 million to
implement recommendations for the audit and compliance program.
In FY 2009, MMS will continue the
2007 – 2012
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, and an increase
of $8.5 million is requested for environmental analyses and
workforce and program support. The 2009 budget includes funding
increases of $1.1 million for state of the art geoscientific
interpretive tools for resource assessment, fair market bid
evaluation, and conservation of resources analyses. In addition, the
budget requests $1.7 million for the completion of a two-year
initiative installing accounting software for an interactive payment
reconciliation and billing system.
The 2009 MMS budget for direct appropriations is
$160.4 million. MMS also requests use of $146.7 million in rental
receipts and cost recoveries, bringing the total 2009 request to
$307.1 million.
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Gary Strasburg
202-208-3985
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