The following letter, dated Aug. 3, was addressed to Ryan Zinke, secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior.

Dear Secretary Zinke:

On July 3, the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management announced the first steps in the development of a new 2019-2024 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program, despite BOEM’s finalization of a 2017-2022 OCS leasing program six months earlier.

August 9, 2017