BOEM Announces Record of Decision for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 248 in Gulf of Mexico

Summary

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has selected an alternative for proposed oil and gas lease sale 248 in the Western Planning Area (WPA) of the Gulf of Mexico, as analyzed in the 2016 Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale: 2016; Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (WPA 248 Supplemental EIS). The Record of Decision is available on the agency's website at http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/