HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 2023-3 Support for Preserving the Gulf Test RangeRESOLUTION: 2023 - 3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING DISSENT
WITH REGARD TO PORTIONS OF THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT OF 2022, H.R. 5376, 117TH CONGRESS
(2022) AND SUPPORT WITH REGARD TO THE
PRESERVING THE GULF TEST RANGE TO ENSURE
MILITARY READINESS ACT, H.R. 8980, 117TH
CONGRESS (2022), PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY,
PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF FACT, AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Crestview understands the immense importance of the Gulf of Mexico
and surrounding environment as it pertains to military readiness and national defense; and
WHEREAS, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 prohibited oil and gas exploration
and development east of the Military Mission line in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (EGOM); and
WHEREAS, the Presidential memoranda entitled "Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain
Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition", dated
September 8, 2020, and "Presidential Determination on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the
United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition" dated September 25, 2020,
extended the protections for the Eastern Gulf Test and Training Range (EGTTR) through
June 2032, withdrawing the submerged lands of the test range from consideration for energy
leasing or development; and
WHEREAS, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, was signed by the President and became Law
on August 16, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act was
introduced on September 22, 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1— AUTHORITY. The authority for enactment of this ordinance is Chapter 166,
Florida Statutes, the City Charter and Code of Ordinances.
SECTION 2 — FINDINGS OF FACT. The City Council finds that:
Inflation Reduction Act, Title V, Subtitle B, Section 50251 removes the protections established by
2020 Presidential memoranda and threatens the EGTTR with offshore wind development and other
energy related activities that would encroach upon and catastrophically jeopardize the effectiveness
of the EGTTR, which is crucial to military readiness and national defense.
The proposed Preserving the Gulf Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act re-establishes
moratorium protection for the EGTTR from energy development in the Eastern Gulf.
SECTION 3 — DISSENT. The City does not support those provisions of the Inflation Reduction
Act, Title V, Subtitle B, Section 50251 that remove those protections previously provided by
Presidential memoranda.
SECTION 4 — SUPPORT. The City supports the proposed H.R. 8980, or any similar portion of
Any other Act, that reinstates or makes permanent the moratorium on energy leasing and
development east of the Military Mission line in the Gulf of Mexico, as removed
by the Inflation Reduction Act.
SECTION 5 — EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its
adoption.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of Crestview, Florida on the 12th day of December 2022.
Mayor 'Pe0..."\--sov\
ATTEST:
Maryani chrader
City Clerk