Department of the Interior
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- [Docket No. BOEM-2026-0793]
AGENCY:
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
SUMMARY:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), in accordance with its authority and responsibility under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, is announcing the availability of new World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)-based Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs). These OPDs depict geographic areas located on the OCS offshore the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) covering the extent of the area identified for further consideration for potential OCS mineral leasing and environmental analysis in BOEM's CNMI Area Identification that was finalized on March 18, 2026. These diagrams may be used in the descriptions of potential OCS mineral lease sales off of CMNI. Additional OPDs for areas offshore CNMI that were not included in the March 2026 Area Identification are expected to be published in the future.
ADDRESSES:
Copies of the OPDs are available for download in .pdf format from the Offshore Marine Cadastre (OMC) Navigator at experience.arcgis.com/experience/eb21d5af8cf74c93b139c38c5b4163d1.
experience.arcgis.com/experience/eb21d5af8cf74c93b139c38c5b4163d1FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Megan Carr, Associate Director for Strategic Resources, at (202) 294-3998 or via email at megan.carr@boem.gov.
43 U.S.C. 1331