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Originally Posted by jviehe
WHich is why the federal govt decides the borders, and then the states decide what to do within those borders. If a resource lies outside of that border then we can decide how to divy it up. Thats whats Im asking here. Who owns it?
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The federal government.
An individual state's borders extend only three miles out, if I recall correctly. I don't think anyone's looking to drill within three miles of the shoreline. Beyond that, the state has no authority to dictate what happens...