The first proposed CPA lease sale is Lease Sale 227, scheduled to be held in 2013. The proposed CPA lease sale area encompasses about 63 million ac of the total CPA area of 66.45 million ac. This area begins 3 nmi (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and extends seaward to the limits of the United States jurisdiction (often the Exclusive Economic Zone) in water depths up to approximately 3,346 m (10,978 ft). As of May 2012, approximately 43.2 million ac of the CPA sale area are currently unleased.
Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2012-2017. Western Planning Area Lease Sales 229, 233, 238, 246, and 248. Central Planning Area Lease Sales 227, 231, 235, 241, and 247. Final Environmental Impact Statement. Volume II: Chapters 4.2-4.5 and 5
2012
714 pages
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Keine Angabe
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Water Pollution & Control , Environmental Impact Statements , Ocean Sciences & Technology , Mineral Industries , Mexico Gulf , Offshore drilling , Lease sales , Environmental impacts , Offshore operations , Coastal waters , Environmental impact statements-final , Oil , Natural gas , Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)