[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24629-24630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08444]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2023-0003]
Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and
Official Protraction Aliquot Diagrams
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the new North
American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)-based Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
official protraction diagrams (OPDs) and official protraction aliquot
diagrams (OPADs) depicting geographic areas in the Gulf of Mexico
(GOM). These diagrams may be used for the description of potential
renewable energy and mineral lease sales in the geographic areas that
the diagrams represent.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the new 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: These diagrams represent BOEM's new OPDs and
OPADs for the U.S. OCS seaward of the States of Louisiana and Texas in
the NAD83 datum as described by the Submerged Lands Act. (43 U.S.C.
1301, et seq.). 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
jurisdiction for individual OCS leasing blocks. These OPDs and OPADs
delineate the Submerged Lands Act boundaries and the limit of the
``8(g)/8(p) Zone'' boundaries, as provided in those sections of the OCS
Lands Act 43 U.S.C. 1337(g) and (p). 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 them. Further
information is provided on the specific OPDs and OPADs.
These new OPDs and OPADs cover 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.'' See
86 FR 60283, November 1, 2021, section 3 for a detailed description of
the call area. The extent of the published diagram coverage is shown in
figure 1.
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Figure 1
The new OPDS and OPADs neither supersede nor replace the North
American Datum of 1927 OPDs (NAD 27 OPDs), the Texas and Louisiana
leasing maps (LMs), nor notices to lessees (NTLs) previously published
by BOEM and currently used for oil and gas leasing (e.g., NTL No. 2009-
G29). For purposes of oil and gas leasing, BOEM will continue to use
the NAD 27 OPDs and LMs.
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The OPDs and OPADs described in this notice are published to
support potential future GOM offshore renewable energy and mineral
lease sales and to supersede the provisional OPDs and OPADs published
on August 19, 2022. See 87 FR 51133.
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--11/1/2022
OPD NG14-09 (Brownsville)--11/1/2022
OPAD NG14-09 (Brownsville)--11/1/2022
OPD NG14-06 (Port Isabel)--11/1/2022
OPAD NG14-06 (Port Isabel)--11/1/2022
OPD NG14-03 (Corpus Christi)--11/1/2022
OPAD NG14-03 (Corpus Christi)--11/1/2022
OPD NH14-12 (Beeville)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH14-12 (Beeville)--11/1/2022
OPD NG15-01 (East Breaks)--11/1/2022
OPAD NG15-01 (East Breaks)--11/1/2022
OPD NG15-02 (Garden Banks)--11/1/2022
OPAD NG15-02 (Garden Banks)--11/1/2022
OPD NG15-03 (Green Canyon)--11/1/2022
OPAD NG15-03 (Green Canyon)--11/1/2022
OPD NH15-10 (Bay City)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH15-10 (Bay City)--11/1/2022
OPD NH15-11 (Bouma Bank)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH15-11 (Bouma Bank)--11/1/2022
OPD NH15-12 (Ewing Bank)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH15-12 (Ewing Bank)--11/1/2022
OPD NH15-07 (Houston)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH15-07 (Houston)--11/1/2022
OPD NH15-08 (Port Arthur)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH15-08 (Port Arthur)--11/1/2022
OPD NH15-09 (New Orleans)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH15-09 (New Orleans)--11/1/2022
OPD NH16-10 (Mississippi Canyon)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH16-10 (Mississippi Canyon)--11/1/2022
OPD NH16-07 (Viosca Knoll)--11/1/2022
OPAD NH16-07 (Viosca Knoll)--11/1/2022.
Authority: OCS Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq; 30 CFR 550.400.
Elizabeth Klein,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2023-08444 Filed 4-20-23; 8:45 am]
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