Dirk Kempthorne

Oil and Gas Lease Sales in Gulf of Mexico Attract $3.7 Billion

Sales Launch Enhanced Revenue Sharing Program, Increased Royalty Rates; Sale 206 Sets Record for Highest Total in High Bids

March 19, 2008 -- NEW ORLEANS — Two federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Eastern and Central Gulf of Mexico attracted more than $3.7 billion in high bids today, inaugurating enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, instituting higher royalty rates and underscoring the region’s continuing importance as a vital source of domestic energy production for the nation.

The first sale, the Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 206, attracted a record-setting $3,677,688,245 in high bids. This sets the record in high bids in U.S. leasing history since area-wide leasing began in 1983.    » read more »

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne Issues the 2008 Annual Operating Plan for the Colorado River

Plan Includes Provisions to Protect, Conserve Water Supplies

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2008 – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today issued the 2008 Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the operation of Colorado River reservoirs and distribution of Colorado River water to Arizona, Nevada and California. A letter transmitting the approved AOP was sent to the governors of each of the seven Colorado River Basin States.    » read more »

Dirk Kempthorne Confers with U.S. Island Governors, Congressional Delegates on Insular Area Issues

Secretary Awards Guam $6 Million for Public Health, Education

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Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Meets with Palau President Tommy Remengesau

February 26, 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne met with the President of the Republic of Palau Tommy Remengesau on Feb. 25, 2008 to discuss a number of topics, including the possibility of creating a National Heritage Area on the Palau island of Peleliu to commemorate that important World War II battle, and the upcoming Review of the Compact of Free Association.    » read more »

Dirk Kempthorne Approves $79 Million for Conservation, Restoration and Recreation Improvements in Nevada

Funding Includes 14 Hazardous Fuels Reduction Projects

February 20, 2008, RED ROCK CANYON, Nevada -- Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today approved $78.6 million for conservation, restoration and recreation projects in Nevada, including $25 million for park improvements and $14.6 million to reduce the threat of wildfires around the state.    » read more »

Interior Secretary Kempthorne Announces Proposal to Remove the Brown Pelican from the Endangered Species List

The brown pelican is known for its fishing displays, plunging headlong from the air into the water and rising with a mouthful of fish. In the same dramatic fashion, the pelican has pulled off an amazing recovery after a steep plunge toward extinction,” said Secretary Kempthorne at a press conference on Friday.

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Proposed $10.7 Billion FY 2009 Interior Budget Sustains Core Conservation, Stewardship Programs

Budget Focuses on Emerging Challenges: “Many of our initiatives look to the future of this Nation, Kempthorne said at a budget press conference on Monday, securing for our children and grandchildren healthy lands and waters, opportunities to connect with Nature and the foundations of continued economic prosperity.”

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