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Complying with the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 2 upcoming Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf oil and fuel lease gross sales, Lease Sale 259 and Lease Sale 261.
On Oct. 6, 2022, BOEM issued a Draft Supplemental EIS, and acquired suggestions from the general public throughout a 45-day remark interval. During the remark interval, BOEM held two digital conferences to offer details about the Draft Supplemental EIS and to gather public feedback. This resulted in BOEM receiving almost 76,000 public feedback on the Draft Supplemental EIS.
The Final Supplemental EIS contains an expanded greenhouse fuel (GHG) evaluation and offers an evaluation of monetized impacts from these estimated GHG emissions.
The Inflation Reduction Act mandates Lease Sale 259 to be held no later than March 31, 2023, and Lease Sale 261 to be held no later than Sept. 30, 2023.
The Notice of Availability will publish within the Federal Register on Jan. 13, 2023.
More info on the Final Supplemental EIS HERE
