Cleaner Water
Destin Dome
On May 29, 2002, President Bush directed the Secretary of the Interior to buy back leases from oil companies
owning oil and gas development rights off Florida's sandy white beaches near Pensacola. The settlement for the
Destin Dome Unit, a large natural gas discovery in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico approximately 30 miles south of
Pensacola, cost $115 million, and eliminated the possibility of development at that site.