MMS Issues Environmental Assessment for Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 206 in Gulf of Mexico

Summary

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) for proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 206 in the Central Planning Area of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), scheduled for March 2008, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The EA is an important step in the decision-making process for Lease Sale 206, which was first proposed in 2006 and analyzed in a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) published in 2007.