[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51133-51134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17853]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2022-0030]


Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and 
Official Protraction Aliquot Diagrams

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of North American Datum of 1983 Outer Continental 
Shelf Provisional Official Protraction Diagrams and Provisional 
Official Aliquot Protraction Diagrams for the Gulf of Mexico.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of new North 
American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)-based Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
Provisional Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and Provisional 
Official Protraction Aliquot Diagrams (OPADs) depicting geographic 
areas located in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and covering the extent of 
the area included in the ``Call for Information and Nominations--
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Outer Continental 
Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico.''

ADDRESSES: Copies of the OPDs and OPADs are available for download in 
.pdf format from https://www.boem.gov/gom83-cadastral-data.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Wenstrom, Chief, Geospatial 
Services Division, Office of Strategic Resources, at (703) 787-1312 or 
via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
(BOEM), in accordance with its authority and responsibility under the 
OCS Lands Act, is announcing the availability of diagrams that could be 
used for the description of potential energy and mineral lease sales in 
the geographic areas that the diagrams represent.
    The extent of the currently-published diagram coverage is shown in 
Figure 1, below.

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    The maps represent the first provisional OPDs and OPADs published 
by BOEM that reflect Federal waters seaward of the States of Louisiana 
and Texas in the NAD83 datum. OPDs and OPADs depict the cadastral 
subdivisions of the OCS that legally define all leasing areas. The 
diagrams depict areal measurements and offshore boundaries and identify 
Federal and state land ownership for individual OCS leasing blocks. 
These provisional OPDs and OPADs represent the approximate locations of 
the Submerged Lands Act and Limit of ``8(g)/8(p) Zone'' boundaries. 
Available diagrams have the latest approval date under the diagram 
number and may also carry the name of a city, town, or prominent 
natural feature within it. Further information is provided on the 
specific OPDs and OPADs.
    The provisional diagrams neither supersede nor replace the North 
American Datum of 1927 OPDs and Leasing Maps (LMs) or Notices to 
Lessees (NTLs) guidance previously published by BOEM and used for oil 
and gas leasing (e.g., NTL No. 2009-G29). The provisional OPDs and 
OPADs described in this notice are for informational purposes only and 
are published to support a potential future offshore wind lease sale in 
the GOM. These diagrams will be superseded by official versions in 
advance of a potential offshore wind lease sale in the GOM.

Provisional Outer Continental Shelf OPDs and OPADs in the Gulf of 
Mexico

Description--Date (in mm/dd/yyyy Format)

OPD Gulf of Mexico NAD83 Index Map--6/9/2022
OPD NG14-09 (Brownsville)--6/1/2022
OPAD NG14-09 (Brownsville)--6/1/2022
OPD NG14-06 (Port Isabel)--6/1/2022
OPAD NG14-06 (Port Isabel)--6/1/2022
OPD NG14-03 (Corpus Christi)--6/1/2022
OPAD NG14-03 (Corpus Christi)--6/1/2022
OPD NH14-12 (Beeville)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH14-12 (Beeville)--6/1/2022
OPD NG15-01 (East Breaks)--6/1/2022
OPAD NG15-01 (East Breaks)--6/1/2022
OPD NG15-02 (Garden Banks)--6/1/2022
OPAD NG15-02 (Garden Banks)--6/1/2022
OPD NG15-03 (Green Canyon)--6/1/2022
OPAD NG15-03 (Green Canyon)--6/1/2022
OPD NH15-10 (Bay City)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH15-10 (Bay City)--6/1/2022
OPD NH15-11 (Bouma Bank)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH15-11 (Bouma Bank)--6/1/2022
OPD NH15-12 (Ewing Bank)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH15-12 (Ewing Bank)--6/1/2022
OPD NH15-07 (Houston)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH15-07 (Houston)--6/1/2022
OPD NH15-08 (Port Arthur)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH15-08 (Port Arthur)--6/1/2022
OPD NH15-09 (New Orleans)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH15-09 (New Orleans)--6/1/2022
OPD NH16-10 (Mississippi Canyon)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH16-10 (Mississippi Canyon)--6/1/2022
OPD NH16-07 (Viosca Knoll)--6/1/2022
OPAD NH16-07 (Viosca Knoll)--6/1/2022

Amanda Lefton,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2022-17853 Filed 8-18-22; 8:45 am]
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