Interior Department, Ocean Energy Management Bureau
On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will open and publicly announce bids received for blocks offered in the Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Lease Sale 1 (Lease Sale BBC1), in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), as amended, and its implementing regulations. The Final Notice of Sale (NOS) package for Lease Sale BBC1 contains information essential to potential bidders, including Information to Lessees and Lease Stipulations. Section 50102 of the OBBBA mandates that the Secretary of the Interior conduct the sale within a specific time period and directs the Secretary to offer the same lease form, lease terms, minimum acreage size, economic conditions, and stipulations as contained in the final notice of sale entitled "Cook Inlet Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 244" (82 FR 23291, May 22, 2017) for this sale.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [Docket No. BOEM-2025-0384] AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior. ACTION: Final notice of sale. SUMMARY: On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will open and publicly announce bids received for blocks offered in the Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Lease Sale 1 (Lease Sale BBC1), in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), as amended, and its implementing regulations. The Final Notice of Sale (NOS) package for Lease Sale BBC1 contains information essential to potential bidders, including Information to Lessees and Lease Stipulations. Section 50102 of the OBBBA mandates that the Secretary of the Interior conduct the sale within a specific time period and directs the Secretary to offer the same lease form, lease terms, minimum acreage size, economic conditions, and stipulations as contained in the final notice of sale entitled “Cook Inlet Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 244” ( 82 FR 23291 , May 22, 2017) for this sale. DATES: BOEM will hold Lease Sale BBC1 at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. All times referred to in this document are Alaska time, unless otherwise specified. Bid submission deadline: BOEM must receive all sealed bids before the bid submission deadline of 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, which is the day before the lease sale. …
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Citation: 91 FR 4606
