Notice2025-22833
Commercial Leasing for Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Offshore the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands-Request for Information and Interest; Extension of Comment Period and Technical Correction
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Published
December 15, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces a 30- day extension of the comment period for the request for information and interest (RFI) for leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf minerals in and around an area offshore the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), referred to as the RFI Area. BOEM also provides a technical correction in the description of the RFI Area.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 58052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22833]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2025-0351]
Commercial Leasing for Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Offshore
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands--Request for
Information and Interest; Extension of Comment Period and Technical
Correction
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Request for information and interest; extension of the comment
period and technical correction.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces a 30-
day extension of the comment period for the request for information and
interest (RFI) for leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf minerals in
and around an area offshore the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI), referred to as the RFI Area. BOEM also provides a
technical correction in the description of the RFI Area.
DATES: BOEM published the RFI on November 12, 2025, and opened a public
comment period through December 12, 2025. BOEM is extending this public
comment period to January 12, 2026. BOEM must receive all comments,
information, and indications of interest in response to this RFI no
later than January 12, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please submit indications of interest in commercial leasing
electronically via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#154574767c737c763b4770727c7a7b55777a70783b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f6f5e5c5659565c116d5a585650517f5d505a5211585049">[email protected]</span></a> or by hard copy by
mail to the following address: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Pacific Region, Office of Strategic Resources, 760 Paseo Camarillo (CM
102), Camarillo, California 93010. If you elect to mail a hard copy,
also include an electronic copy on a portable storage device. Do not
submit indications of interest via the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Please submit all other comments and information as discussed in
section 6 of the November 12, 2025, RFI entitled, ``Types of
Information and Comments Requested,'' by either of the following two
methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. In the
search box at the top of the web page, enter BOEM-2025-0351 and then
click ``search.'' Follow the instructions to submit public comments and
to view supporting and related materials.
2. By mail to the following address: Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Pacific Region, Office of Strategic Resources, 760 Paseo
Camarillo (CM 102), Camarillo, California 93010.
Treatment of confidential information is addressed in section 8 of
the November 12, 2025, RFI entitled, ``Protection of Privileged,
Personal, or Confidential Information.'' BOEM will post all comments
received on <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> unless labeled as confidential and BOEM
determines that an exemption from disclosure applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Miller, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, Pacific Region, Office of Strategic Resources, 760
Paseo Camarillo (CM 102), Camarillo, California 93010, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b6b5a58525d525815695e5c5254557b59545e56155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8f8c9cbc1cec1cb86facdcfc1c7c6e8cac7cdc586cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a> or (805) 384-6305.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments already submitted for the November
12, 2025, RFI do not need to be resubmitted. Please refer to the RFI
published in the Federal Register (90 FR 50872) on November 12, 2025,
for more information.
Technical Correction
In section 5 of the November 12, 2025, RFI entitled, ``Description
of the RFI Area'', the sentence, ``The RFI Area is located west of the
Mariana Trench National Monument along the eastern edge of the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone (Northern Mariana Islands)'' is incorrect. The
sentence should read as ``The RFI Area is located east of the Mariana
Trench National Monument along the eastern edge of the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (Northern Mariana Islands)'' as reflected in Figure 1 of
the RFI.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1337(k)(1) and 30 CFR 581.12.
James Anderson,
Acting Deputy Director Exercising the delegated authority of the
Director Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2025-22833 Filed 12-12-25; 8:45 am]
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