What is the proposed schedule of lease sales for the Alaska Region and how does it differ from what was included in the Proposed Program (PP)?
In the Alaska Region, the program proposes multiple lease sales in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, one sale in the North Aleutian Basin, and up to two special interest sales in Cook Inlet–four areas of interest to Alaska, the MMS, and the oil and gas industry. Multiple sales are consistent with the Governor of Alaska’s recommendations. In the Beaufort Sea, the proposed final program includes two deferral areas for the protection of subsistence whaling. These areas were included at the lease sale stage in the current program. In the Chukchi Sea, the proposed final program removes from leasing consideration a 25-mile buffer area from the coast, as in the proposed program. Also sale 193 was moved from 2007 to 2008. For the North Aleutian Basin, on January 9, 2007, the President modified the 1998 withdrawal to allow leasing in the North Aleutian Basin planning area offshore Alaska in response to the requests from Alaska state and local officials. A portion of the North Aleutian Basin offer
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