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Asheville, NC — Fish and Wildlife and Parks Assistant Secretary Tom Strickland, National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis and USDA Senior Advisor for Environment and Climate Robert Bonnie today hosted a public listening session as part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative to develop a conservation agenda worthy of the 21st century.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Interior's chief oil and gas regulatory official has informed BP that it must report all oil and gas-related activities at the damaged Macondo well and pay royalties on all oil and gas captured from the leaking well. The company also will be liable for royalties on lost or wasted oil and gas if it is determined that negligence or regulatory violations caused or contributed to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent leak.

Interior's chief oil and gas regulatory official has informed BP that it must report all oil and gas-related activities at the damaged Macondo well and pay royalties on all oil and gas captured from the leaking well.

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Director Michael R. Bromwich are in Louisiana today receiving updates on oil spill response efforts and visiting Interior employees who are working to protect Gulf Coast communities, coastlines, and wildlife from the BP oil spill.

This afternoon, President Obama received an update by phone from top administration officials involved in the response to the BP oil spill, including National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today received an implementation plan for restructuring the department's offshore energy management responsibilities, detailing a transition that could begin as early as October 1 and be completed in 2011. Salazar is reviewing the plan and has forwarded it to congressional leaders for their review and comment.

Washington, D.C. – With the help of community input, the National Park Service has completed a long-term vision for restoring the beauty and ensuring the sustainability of America's front yard, the National Mall. The National Park Service announced the availability of the Final National Mall Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (FMNP/FEIS) through a notice in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010.

Washington, DC - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today met with Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert today to discuss their ongoing work together and to follow up on their productive discussions and meeting in Utah in April.

Following significant progress made by BP on its “capping stack” procedure—designed to capture even greater quantities of oil than the previous containment system—Admiral Allen released a statement on the preparations for the well integrity test.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to issue new suspensions of deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf.