[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31037-31038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12664]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management


Outer Continental Shelf, Central and Western Gulf of Mexico 
Planning Areas, Oil and Gas Lease Sales for Years 2012-2017 (Sales 229, 
227, 233, 231, 238, 235, 246, 241, 248, and 247)

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: Call for Information and Nominations; Clarification.

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SUMMARY: On March 15, 2011, BOEM (formerly the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, Regulation and Enforcement) published a notice in the 
Federal Register (76 FR 14040), entitled ``Call for Information and 
Nominations'' (the Call). Subsequently, on November 15, 2011, BOEM 
published a ``Call for Information and Nominations: Correction'' in the 
Federal Register (76 FR 70748) correcting the sale numbers that were 
identified in the Call. This document describes a revision to the 
description of the areas not available for leasing in the OCS. BOEM 
believes the previous descriptions of the areas excluded by the Gulf of 
Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-432 December 20, 2006) 
could be confusing.

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    Consequently, Section 4.A. items 1 and 2 of the original call are 
to be revised by deleting the following:
    1. Blocks that were previously included within the Eastern GOM 
Planning Area and are within 100 miles of the Florida coast; and
    2. Blocks east of the Military Mission line (86 degrees, 41 minutes 
west longitude) under an existing moratorium until 2022, as a result of 
the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (December 20, 2006); and 
replacing them with:
    1. Whole blocks and portions of blocks deferred by the Gulf of 
Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.
    Section 4.A. items 3 and 4 are also renumbered to 2 and 3 
respectively to reflect this change.

DATES: This modification is effective immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Carrol Williams, Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, telephone (504) 736-2803.

    Dated: May 14, 2012.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-12664 Filed 5-23-12; 8:45 am]
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