Gulf of America offshore oil and gas lease sale proposed
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act Lease Sale 4
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management· Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of MexicoFederal Register 2026-20767 ↗
BOEM would open new federal Gulf waters to oil and gas drilling under a congressional mandate.
What’s at risk
Marine ecosystems and coastal communities in the Gulf of America face expanded offshore drilling. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires this lease sale, locking in financial and operational terms for new extraction.
If this goes through
New offshore oil and gas leases would be awarded in the Gulf of America, committing those federal waters to drilling activity under terms set by the lease agreements.
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Make these points, in your own words
- I oppose this action as proposed, and I ask the agency to weigh the specific harms below.
- BOEM should not proceed with Lease Sale BBG4, which would open Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf federal waters to new oil and gas drilling under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
- The lease sale terms set by Section 50102 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act lock in specific royalty rates, rental rates, and minimum bids that limit public return and constrain future federal flexibility over these offshore waters.
- New oil and gas leasing on the Gulf of America OCS threatens marine ecosystems and coastal communities that depend on healthy offshore waters.
- I oppose authorizing Lease Sale BBG4 because expanding offshore fossil fuel extraction in the Gulf of America deepens climate harm at a moment when federal policy should be moving in the opposite direction.
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In the agency’s own words
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale (NOS) for the Gulf of America (GOA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Lease Sale 4 (Lease Sale BBG4). BOEM is publishing this Notice pursuant to its regulatory authority under 30 CFR part 556. Pursuant to Section 19 of the OCS Lands Act, the Secretary of the Interior provides the Governors of affected States and the executive of any affected local government with the opportunity to review and comment on the Proposed NOS. The Proposed NOS describes the proposed size, tim…
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