42 USC § 15941 - Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s15941"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 15941 - Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "15941"
section_name: "Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "OIL AND GAS"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Miscellaneous"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 386, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 744.)"
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# § 15941. Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban

No Federal or State permit or lease shall be issued for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under one or more of the Great Lakes.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 386, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 744.)