In a proposal issued the week before Katrina, the Department of the Interior announced it wanted to open the outer continental shelf (600 to 9, 500 feet underwater) to exploration in the next round of lease auctions.

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This configuration is compatible with an Open Rack system to provide an off the shelf SAS expander.

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Now he has no eyes and not much fur, and his right paw has recently burst open, but he sits upright on a shelf in my study and I love him still.

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More domestic supply, which means quick assurance that Congress will open gas-rich acreage on the Outer Continental Shelf.

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It refuses to open up the vast oil- and natural gas-rich Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for exploration and drilling.

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We have looked at -- based on the fact that the ban on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf had expired, we looked at additional areas that could be open possibly to further drilling.

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