Minerals Management Service February 9, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Secretary's decision to consider offering the Chukchi Sea/ Hope Basin Planning Area and the Norton Basin Planning Area in the OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2002-2007 provides for an 18-month ``special-interest'' process beginning with publication of this Call. Based on the information and specific nominations received as a result of this Call, a decision will be made whether to proceed with a sale for these separate planning areas. In the past MMS has issued separate Calls for these areas; however, because the areas are both ``special-interest areas'' and tentative process milestones are the same, the decision was made to combine the Calls.