2026-03727: Gulf of America, Outer Continental Shelf, Record of Decision To Reaffirm Decisions for Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales 259 and 261 and Gulf of America Regional OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales and Post-Lease Activities: Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the record of decision (ROD) to reaffirm decisions for Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sales 259 and 261 (Lease Sales 259 and 261) and its intent to use the Gulf of America Regional OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales and Post-Lease Activities: Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (GOA Oil and Gas Programmatic EIS) for, among other things, a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis that can be tiered to when conducting post-lease and site-specific reviews of plans, permits and other approvals. This ROD concludes the programmatic NEPA process for the GOA Oil and Gas Programmatic EIS.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
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