BOEM Announces Intent to Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for 2018 GOM Lease Sales 250 and 251

Summary

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is preparing a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The EIS will assess the environmental impacts of these lease sales, which are part of the 2017-2022 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program.