The Programmatic EIS included an analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the activities that could result from activities associated with the schedule of lease sales under the 2017-2022 Program (referred to as the Proposed Action in the Programmatic EIS). The Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement: Volume I, Volume II (EIS) was released on Maand the Final Programmatic: Volume I, Volume II (EIS) was released on November 18, 2016. To evaluate these potential impacts, BOEM prepared an environmental analysis following the process prescribed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The implementation of the 2017-2022 Program could have economic, social, or environmental impacts. Impact Statement for the 2017-2022 Oil and Gas Program Sixty days after the transmittal of the Proposed Final Program to the President and Congress, the Secretary approved the 2017-2022 Program. No lease sales are scheduled for the Pacific or Atlantic OCS. The PFP schedules 11 potential lease sales in two program areas in all or parts of 4 OCS planning areas: 10 sales in the combined Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Program Area, and one sale in the Cook Inlet Program Area offshore Alaska. On November 18, 2016, the final proposal, the Proposed Final Program (PFP), was published. On March 15, 2016, the second proposal, the Proposed Program (PP), was published with a 90-day comment period that closed on June 1, 2016. The DPP was published on January 29, 2015, with a 60-day comment period that closed on March 30, 2015. The Draft Proposed Program (DPP) was the first proposal in the staged preparation process of the new Program.
The first step in the development process, a Request for Information (RFI), was published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2014, with a 45-day comment period that was extended by 15 days and closed on August 15, 2014. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Call for Information and Nominations 2019-2024 National Program (map)Īs required by the OCS Lands Act, a Program to cover the years 2017-2022 has been developed and approved.
Call for Information and Nominations - Outer Continental Shelf, Western, Central, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sales for Years 2019-2024.The first of three proposals, the Draft Proposed Program, was released on Januwith a 60-day comment period that ended on March 9, 2018. The first step in the development process, a Request for information, was published in the Federal Register on July 3, 2017, with a 45-day comment period that ended on August 17, 2017.
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