[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4116-4117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00777]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2021-0003]


Notice of Availability of the Area Identification for the 
Proposed Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Area identification.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the 
availability of the Area Identification (Area ID) for the proposed Cook 
Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 (Cook Inlet Lease Sale 258) in the 
available northern portions of the Cook Inlet Planning Area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia LaFramboise, Supervisor of 
Leasing and Plans, Alaska Regional Office, 907-334-5271, 
[email protected] or Wright Jay Frank, Chief, Leasing 
Policy and Management Division, 703-787-1325, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 17, 2017, the Secretary of the 
Interior approved the 2017-2022 National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2017-2022 National OCS Program), which 
included Cook Inlet Lease Sale 258 scheduled in 2021. Details of the 
2017-2022 National OCS Program can be found at https://www.boem.gov/National-OCS-Program/. In accordance with 30 CFR 556.301, BOEM 
published a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) \1\ on the area 
identified in the 2017-2022 National OCS Program for the proposed Cook 
Inlet Lease Sale 258. The Call solicited industry nominations for areas 
of leasing interest and sought comments and information from the public 
on the areas being considered. BOEM analyzed the comments received in 
response to the Call and identified the areas that warranted further 
leasing consideration and analyses of the proposed sale's potential 
leasing effects on the human, marine, and coastal environments. This 
Area ID is not a

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decision to lease and is not a prejudgment by the Department of the 
Interior to proceed with proposed Cook Inlet Lease Sale 258. A decision 
to lease must be preceded by a number of steps, including, but not 
limited to, completion of environmental analyses, opportunities for the 
State of Alaska and other interested parties to comment, and issuance 
of Proposed and Final Notices of Sale.
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    \1\ 85 FR 55859, September 10, 2020.
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    The Area ID is available for viewing and downloading on BOEM's 
website at http://www.boem.gov/ak258. It also may be obtained from the 
Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 3801 
Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5820; telephone: 
907-334-5200.

    Authority: This Area ID is published pursuant to the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331-1356), and 
the implementing regulation at 30 CFR 556.302.

Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-00777 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am]
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