Date: 04/04/2025
Type: Implementation of IRA
On April 4, 2025, DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement for oil and gas Lease Sale 258 for Alaska’s outer continental shelf in the Cook Inlet Planning Area. IRA section 50264 required that BOEM hold Lease Sale 258, along with two other oil and gas lease sales.
Although DOI’s statutory obligation to hold Lease Sale 258 arises directly from the IRA, this action is consistent with President Trump’s recent policy to promote rapid development of fossil fuel resources in Alaska and elsewhere, as expressed in Executive Order 14153 (Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential) and Executive Order 14154 (Unleashing American Energy).