Governor Pulaalii responds to BOEM’s proposed lease notice for Deep-Sea Mineral activities
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula this past Friday acknowledged the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) release of the Proposed Lease Notice (PLN).






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