He also voted to roll back federal clean water and clean air programs.

The new strategy will pursue offshore opportunities in both federal and state waters.

The draft proposal calls for regulations to permit farming in federal waters up to 200 miles offshore.

Such tests would have undoubtedly been required if the capsizing had occurred in federal waters.

The "P&S" were used in the design and justification of proposed federal water projects.

Louisiana receives no share of the leasing fees on oil and gas reserves beyond the three miles, which are in federal waters.

According to the 1987 federal water policy the federal government is committed to the concept of "a fair value for water."

Other critics argue that nothing so elaborate should be allowed on federal waters until the government had established better regulations.

Nearly 9,444 square miles, or about 4 percent of the federal waters in the Gulf are still closed to commercial and recreational fishing.

Development of leases in the federal waters was next.