[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 41 (Friday, March 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 12465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03546]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management


Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and 
Supplemental Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagrams; 
MMAA104000

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of certain North 
American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) based Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and Supplemental Official OCS 
Block Diagrams (SOBDs) depicting geographic areas located in the 
Atlantic Ocean. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), in 
accordance with its authority and responsibility under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act, is announcing the availability of maps 
used for the description of renewable energy, mineral, and oil and gas 
lease sales in the geographic areas they represent.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By correspondence dated July 27, 2016, the 
Commonwealth of Virginia requested that BOEM update official maps to 
reflect the offshore lateral boundaries that divide the waters within 
the Commonwealth of Virginia from the state waters of North Carolina 
and Maryland. This request is directly related to a current joint 
effort by the Commonwealth and BOEM to permanently immobilize the 
Submerged Lands Act Boundary offshore of Virginia through a decree from 
the U.S. Supreme Court. The lateral boundary dividing Virginia and 
North Carolina was determined by Congress through Public Law 92-588 of 
October 27, 1972. The lateral boundary dividing Virginia and Maryland 
was determined by Congress through Public Law 92-565 of October 25, 
1972. The Submerged Lands Act boundaries depicted in the revised 
diagrams were prepared using the state boundaries established by 
Congress.
    Accordingly, OPD NJ18-11 (Currituck Sound), dated November 1, 2016, 
has been revised to reflect the Virginia-North Carolina lateral 
boundary. OPD NJ18-05 (Salisbury) dated November 1, 2016, has been 
revised to reflect the Virginia-Maryland lateral boundary. Both lateral 
boundaries extend directly east from the shoreline of the Atlantic 
Ocean and terminate at the Submerged Lands Act Boundary, which is 
located three nautical miles east and parallel to the shoreline. SOBDs 
6505 and 6506, dated November 1, 2016, located within OPD NJ18-11 
(Currituck Sound), have been revised to reflect the intersection of the 
Virginia-North Carolina lateral boundary with the Submerged Lands Act 
Boundary. SOBD 7117, dated November 1, 2016, located within NJ18-05 
(Salisbury), has been revised to reflect the intersection of the 
Virginia-Maryland lateral boundary with the Submerged Lands Act 
Boundary. On December 12, 2016, the Commonwealth of Virginia signed the 
subject SOBDs, indicating its concurrence with the BOEM depiction of 
the lateral boundaries and boundary intersections.

Revised Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams in the 
Atlantic Ocean

Description/Date

NJ18-11 (Currituck Sound)--11/01/2016
NJ18-05 (Salisbury)--11/01/2016

Revised Supplemental Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagrams in 
the Atlantic Ocean, Located Within Official Protraction Diagram NJ18-11 
(Currituck Sound)

Diagram Revised/Date/Block Numbers

Submerged Lands Act blocks (Total of 2)--11/01/2016: 6505, 6506

Revised Supplemental Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagram in 
the Atlantic Ocean, Located Within Official Protraction Diagram NJ18-05 
(Salisbury)

Diagram Revised/Date/Block Numbers

Submerged Lands Act block--11/01/2016: 7117

    Copies of the revised OPDs and SOBDs are available for download in 
.pdf format from https://www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-Energy-Program/Mapping-and-Data/Atlantic.aspx.

     Dated: February 16, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-03546 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am]
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