On January 10, 1997, the State of Texas received federal approval of the Coastal Management Program (CMP) (62 Federal Register pp. 1439 - 1440). Under federal law, federal agency activities and actions affecting the Texas coastal zone must be consistent with the CMP goals and policies identified in 31 TAC Chapter 501. Requests for federal consistency review were deemed administratively complete for the following project(s) during the period of August 26, 2019 to September 13, 2019.  As required by federal law, the public is given an opportunity to comment on the consistency of proposed activities in the coastal zone undertaken or authorized by federal agencies.  Pursuant to 31 TAC §§506.25, 506.32, and 506.41, the public comment period extends 30 days from the date published on the Texas General Land Office web site. The notice was published on the web site on Friday, September 20, 2019.  The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 20, 2019.

FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS:

Applicant: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

Project Description:  BOEM proposes to offer for lease in proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region-wide Lease Sale 254 all available unleased blocks in the Western and Central Planning Areas (WPA and CPA, respectively), and a small portion of the Eastern Planning Area (EPA) not subject to Congressional moratorium.  The proposed GOM region-wide lease sale area includes all available unleased blocks within the WPA, CPA, and EPA with the exception of whole blocks and portions of blocks deferred by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006; blocks that are adjacent to or beyond the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the area known as the northern portion of the Eastern Gap; and whole blocks and partial blocks within the boundary of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

The proposed region-wide lease sale area encompasses about 95 million acres. The estimated amount of resources projected to be developed as a result of this proposed region-wide lease sale is 0.211-1.118 billion barrels of oil and 0.547-4.424 trillion cubic feet of gas.

CMP Project No: 20-1000-F4

Further information on the applications listed above, including a copy of the consistency certifications or consistency determinations for inspection, may be obtained from Ms. Allison Buchtien P.O. Box 12873, Austin, Texas 78711-2873, or via email at federal.consistency@glo.texas.gov. Comments should be sent to Ms. Buchtien at the above address or by email.