[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32572-32573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13001]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

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Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and 
Supplemental Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagrams

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

ACTION: Availability of revised North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) 
Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and Supplemental 
Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagrams.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that effective with this publication, 
the following NAD 27-based Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Official 
Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and Supplemental Official OCS Block 
Diagrams (SOBDs) located in the Gulf of Mexico with revision date as 
indicated, are now available. The BOEM, in accordance with its 
authority and responsibility under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, 43 USC 1331 et seq., is updating the basic record used for the 
description of renewable energy, mineral, and oil and gas lease sales 
in the geographic areas they represent. Specifically, the 1.4 nautical 
mile ``Area'' designation as described in Article IV, Paragraph 1, of 
the Treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican 
States on the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Western Gulf 
of Mexico beyond 200 nautical miles, signed June 9, 2000, has been 
removed from the Keathley Canyon, Sigsbee Escarpment, and Amery Terrace 
OPDs and associated SOBDs. Other information associated with the 
``Area'' has been removed as well. Article IV, Paragraph 1, prohibited 
exploration and development in the ``Area.'' Pursuant to a Note signed 
by the U.S. and Mexico on June 22, 2010, Article IV, Paragraph 1, of 
the 2000 Treaty was due to expire on January 17, 2014. The expiration 
date was extended by exchange of diplomatic notes on January 17, 2014, 
to July 17, 2014, or until the day the Agreement between the United 
States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning 
Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico enters into 
force, whichever is sooner. Due to the upcoming expiration of Article 
IV, Paragraph 1, of the Treaty, BOEM is updating relevant OPDs and 
SOBDs accordingly.

Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams in the Gulf of 
Mexico

Description/Date

NG15-05 (Keathley Canyon)--July 1, 2013
NG15-08 (Sigsbee Escarpment)--July 1, 2013
NG15-09 (Amery Terrace)--July 1, 2013

Supplemental Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagrams in the 
Gulf of Mexico, All Located Within Official Protraction Diagram NG15-05 
(Keathley Canyon)

Diagrams Revised/Date/Block Numbers

    Article IV ``Area'' Limit Blocks (Total of 3)--July 1, 2013: 978, 
979, 980

Supplemental Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagrams in the 
Gulf of Mexico, All Located Within Official Protraction Diagram NG15-08 
(Sigsbee Escarpment)

Diagrams Revised/Date/Block Numbers

    Article IV ``Area'' Limit Blocks (Total of 56)--July 1, 2013: 11, 
12, 13, 14, 57, 58, 59, 60, 103, 104, 105, 106, 148, 149, 150, 151, 
194, 195, 196, 239, 240, 241, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 
292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 
338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349

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Supplemental Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagrams in the 
Gulf of Mexico, All Located Within Official Protraction Diagram NG15-09 
(Amery Terrace)

Diagrams Revised/Date/Block Numbers

    Article IV ``Area'' Limit Blocks (Total of 30)--July 1, 2013: 235, 
236, 237, 238, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 309, 310, 
311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 355, 356, 357, 358, 
359

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the revised OPDs and SOBDs are 
available for download in .pdf format from http://www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-Energy-Program/Mapping-and-Data/Maps-And-Spatial-Data.aspx.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Vandegraft, Chief, Mapping and 
Boundary Branch at (703) 787-1312 or via email at 
[email protected].

    Dated: May 20, 2014.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-13001 Filed 6-4-14; 8:45 am]
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