Senate OCS vote expected soon

Washington-The Fertilizer Institute’s Vice President, Kathy Mathers, said Thursday that the Senate Outer Continental Shelf bill was expected to be introduced into the U.S. Senate on Friday, July 21, with expectations a vote could be had as early as July 24-25. She said negotiations continue to take place as to the specific language of the bill. In the meantime, Mosaic President and CEO Fritz Corrigan participated in a high-level energy meeting at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, in which he stressed the hardship current energy prices have created for the fertilizer industry. In addition, the Tampa Tribune recently published a joint letter from Corrigan and CF Industries Holdings Inc. CEO Steve Wilson, in which they argued in favor of OCS drilling.