Oil & Gas Journal: US President Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing an interagency Ocean Policy Committee, which will replace the National Ocean Council and nine regional planning bodies that President Barack Obama established in 2010. The June 19 action will establish more-streamlined federal coordination and empower states by eliminating duplicative federal bureaucracy, the White House said.
Seven US House Natural Resources Committee Democrats immediately asked Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) for a hearing on what Ranking Minority Member Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said was a destructive cancellation of many portions in a successful program.
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