[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 25 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer 
Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition

June 12, 1998

Memorandum for the Secretary of the Interior

Subject: Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer 
Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition

    Under the authority granted in section 12(a) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1341(a), I hereby withdraw from 
disposition by leasing through June 30, 2012, those areas of the Outer 
Continental Shelf currently under moratoria pursuant to sections 108-111 
of Public Law 105-83.
    I further withdraw from disposition by leasing for a time period 
without specific expiration those areas of the Outer Continental Shelf 
currently designated Marine Sanctuaries under the Marine Protection, 
Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, 16 U.S.C. 1431-1434, 33 U.S.C. 
1401 et seq.
    Nothing in this withdrawal affects the rights under existing leases 
in these areas. Each of these withdrawals is subject to revocation by 
the President in the interest of national security.
                                            William J. Clinton

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