[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 44276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18510]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement 
(BOEMRE); Cancellation of Oil and Gas Lease Sale 220 in the Mid-
Atlantic Planning Area on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, 
Interior.

ACTION: Cancellation of Offshore Virginia Lease Sale 220.

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SUMMARY: On May 27, 2010, the President announced the Secretary of the 
Interior's decision to cancel offshore Virginia Lease Sale 220 that was 
scheduled for 2011. Cancellation of Sale 220 will allow time to develop 
and implement measures to improve the safety of oil and gas development 
in Federal waters, provide greater environmental protection, and 
substantially reduce the risk of catastrophic events. The Call for 
Information and Interest/Nominations and Notice of Intent to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement for OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 220 was 
published in Federal Register Vol. 73, No. 220, on Thursday, November 
13, 2008. The findings of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater 
Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, (the National Commission was 
established by Executive Order 13543, dated May 21, 2010, as published 
in the Federal Register on May 26, 2010, (75 FR 29397)), environmental 
reviews, science-based analysis and public input will inform the 
Secretary's decisions about whether to move forward with other leases 
sales in the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area in the future 2012-2017 leasing 
program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Renee Orr, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, Chief, Leasing Division, at 
(703) 787-1215 or [email protected].

    Dated: July 7, 2010.
Michael R. Bromwich,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and 
Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2010-18510 Filed 7-27-10; 8:45 am]
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