BOEM - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
03/06/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/06/2026 15:22
BOEM Extends Public Comment Period on Request for Information and Interest on Potential Minerals Lease Sale Offshore Alaska
Release Date
03/06/2026
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Phone
(907) 334-5208
On Jan. 27, 2026, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced its intent to publish a Request for Information and Interest for commercial leasing for Outer Continental Shelf seabed minerals offshore Alaska.
The RFI was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 29, 2026, initiating a 30-day public comment period which ended on March 2. BOEM is now extending the comment period to 11:59 p.m. ET on April 1, 2026.
Detailed information about the RFI, including how to comment, can be found on BOEM's website.
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The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages development of U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy, mineral, and geological resources in an environmentally and economically responsible way.
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