Two U.S. governors, one from North Carolina and one from South Carolina, have sent a joint letter to the United States’ administration to remove the two states’ outer continental shelf lands from consideration in the upcoming 11th National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program.

As part of the public comment process required for the next oil and gas round to progress, Governors Josh Stein of North Carolina and Henry McMaster of South Carolina submitted a joint letter asking the Trump administration to maintain its moratorium on offshore drilling off the North and South Carolina coasts.