Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf From Oil and Natural Gas Leasing

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January 17, 2025

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January 6, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 6743-6745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01464]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / 
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                Memorandum of January 6, 2025

                
Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States 
                Outer Continental Shelf From Oil and Natural Gas 
                Leasing

                Memorandum for the Secretary of the Interior

                Consistent with principles of responsible public 
                stewardship, and with due consideration of the 
                irreplaceable marine and coastal environments, 
                including wildlife and wildlife habitat, of the Gulf of 
                Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the Outer 
                Continental Shelf; and independently with due 
                consideration of the vulnerability of these ecosystems 
                and coastal communities, where limited or no oil and 
                natural gas development has yet occurred, to oil 
                spills; and independently with due consideration of the 
                benefits of expeditious and orderly development of the 
                vital renewable energy resources of the Gulf of Mexico, 
                Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the Outer Continental 
                Shelf; and independently with due consideration of the 
                national need to curtail, mitigate, build resilience 
                against, and adapt to the devastating and irreversible 
                consequences of climate change for the human 
                environment and for the marine and coastal 
                environments, I hereby direct as follows:

                Under the authority granted to me in section 12(a) of 
                the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 
                1341(a), I hereby withdraw from disposition by oil or 
                natural gas leasing for a time period without specific 
                expiration:

                    (a) the areas designated by the Bureau of Ocean 
                Energy Management as the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, 
                South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida Planning Areas 
                of the Outer Continental Shelf;
                    (b) the areas of the Outer Continental Shelf 
                designated by section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico 
                Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432); and
                    (c) the areas designated by the Bureau of Ocean 
                Energy Management as the Washington/Oregon, Northern 
                California, Central California, and Southern California 
                Planning Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.

                The boundaries of the withdrawn areas are more 
                specifically delineated in the attached map. The map 
                forms a part of this memorandum. The withdrawal 
                directed by this memorandum prevents consideration of 
                withdrawn areas for any future oil or natural gas 
                leasing for purposes of exploration, development, or 
                production.

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                Nothing in this withdrawal affects rights under 
                existing leases in the withdrawn areas.
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