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BEACH & SHORE PRESERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />September 18, 2015 <br />Commissioner Tim Zorc <br />1801 27th Street, Building A <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Re: Request Commission to Support a Resolution Opposing Seismic Airgun Testing <br />Dear Commissioner Zorc: <br />Recently, the Beach and Shore Preservation Advisory Committee (Beach Committee) became <br />aware that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)'is proposing seismic airgun testing <br />for the exploration of oil and natural gas off the mid-Atlantic coast. <br />Based on the committee's understanding, the type of seismic airgun testing used to search for <br />oil and natural gas is incredibly harmful and could injure or possibly kill thousands of marine <br />mammals and fish, including the critically endangered Northern Atlantic right whale, and <br />endangered and threated sea turtles. <br />At the August 17, 2015 Beach Committee meeting, a motion was approved to request the Indian <br />River County Board of County Commissioners support a resolution to BOEM to ban seismic airgun <br />testing but consider other ways to conduct testing for oil and natural gas that are not harmful to <br />marine wildlife. <br />On behalf of the Beach Committee, please forward our request to the County Commission for <br />their consideration. A copy of the Beach Committee August 17, 2015 meeting minutes are <br />enclosed. Please let me know if you have any questions. <br />?g - <br />Christian Hendricks 1 <br />Chairman; Beach and Shore Preservation Advisory Committee <br />Enclosure <br />CC: Beach Committee File <br />145' <br />