BOEM Releases Final Supplemental EIS for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales

Summary

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, scheduled to take place in March 2015, 2016, and 2017. The EIS updates analyses for lease sales in the Central Planning Area (CPA) and Western Planning Area (WPA), and provides a comprehensive review of the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of these sales.