BOEMRE Prepares Draft SEIS for Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Gulf of Mexico's Western Planning Area

Summary

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for an oil and gas lease sale tentatively scheduled for late 2011 in the Western Planning Area (WPA) of the Gulf of Mexico, specifically off the coast of Texas and Louisiana, as part of the 2007-2012 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Program.