Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency
Agreement/Concurrence Under the Texas Coastal Management Program
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 26. Requests for federal consistency review were deemed administratively complete for the following project(s) during the period of June 23, 2025 to June 27, 2025. 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 §§30.20(f), 30.30(h), and 30.40(e), 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, July 4, 2025. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
Federal Agency Activities:
Applicant: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Location: The Gulf of America Region (GOAR) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Project Description: For BOEM GOAR Lease Sale 262, which is tentatively scheduled for December 10, 2025, BOEM is proposing to offer for lease all available unleased blocks in the Western Planning Area (WPA), Central Planning Area (CPA), and Eastern Planning Area (EPA) not currently under Presidential withdrawal with the additional exclusions listed below.
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whole and partial blocks currently under Presidential withdrawal (The White House 2020);
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blocks that are adjacent to or beyond the United States’ Exclusive Economic Zone (Extended Continental Shelf Area); and
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whole and partial blocks within the boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary as of the July 2008 Presidential Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition” (The White House 2008)
The final decision on how to proceed with the lease sale and the lease blocks available for leasing will be announced in the Record of Decision and, if the decision is to proceed, a Final Notice of Sale. BOEM reserves the right to modify the lease sale area in the Final Notice of Sale. More information on the available unleased blocks can be found in the Proposed Notice of Sale for GOAR Lease Sale 262, which is available at https://www.boem.gov/oil-gas-energy/leasing/lease-sale-262. The proposed lease sale area includes approximately 14,937 available blocks covering approximately 80 million acres.
Type of Application: Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 262
CMP Project No: 25-1238-F2
Further information on the applications listed above, including a copy of the consistency certifications or consistency determinations for inspection, may be obtained from the Texas General Land Office Public Information Officer at 1700 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701, or via email at pialegal@glo.texas.gov. Comments should be sent to the Texas General Land Office Coastal Management Program Coordinator at the above address or via email at federal.consistency@glo.texas.gov.