    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book I)]
    [January 9, 2007]
    [Pages 15-16]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Modification of the June 12, 1998, Withdrawal of Certain
    Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing
    Disposition
    January 9, 2007

    Memorandum for the Secretary of the Interior

    Subject: Modification of the June 12, 1998, Withdrawal of Certain Areas
    of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition

        Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States,
    including section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43
    U.S.C. 1341(a), I hereby modify the first sentence of the withdrawal of
    June 12, 1998, of certain areas of the United States Outer Continental
    Shelf from leasing disposition to read as follows:
        Under the authority granted in section 12(a) of the Outer
    Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1341(a), I hereby withdraw from
    disposition by leasing through June 30, 2012, (1) those areas under
    moratoria pursuant to sections 104 and 106 of Public Law 109-54, and (2)
    those areas under moratoria pursuant to section 105 of Public Law 109-
    54, excluding that portion of the

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    Central Gulf of Mexico planning area defined as the ``181 South Area''
    in section 102(2) of title I (``Gulf of Mexico Energy Security'') in
    Division C of Public Law 109-432, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of
    2006.

                                                              George W. Bush