Date: 08/25/2023
Type: Implementation of IRA
On August 25, 2023, DOI announced the availability of the record of decision for Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil and gas Lease Sale 261, explaining its decision to select a particular subset of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) blocks for lease. BOEM evaluated five alternatives in the GOM Lease Sales 259 and 261 Supplemental EIS. BOEM reviewed new and relevant information since the GOM Lease Sales 259 and 261. The Supplemental EIS was issued and verified that the GOM Lease Sales 259 and 261 Supplemental EIS adequately addressed the potential environmental effects of the proposed lease sale. BOEM decided to offer for lease a subset of the OCS blocks analyzed as Alternative D in the GOM Lease Sales 259 and 261 Supplemental EIS.