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Request for Information (RFI) and Comments on the Preparation of the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program

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Animal Welfare Institute filed 1 comment on this docket between Jun 23, 2025 and Jun 23, 2025. 63 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 407d ago.

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Jun 23, 2025· Comment from Animal Welfare Institute and Defenders of Wildlife· BOEM-2025-0015-19906

Dear Ms. Hammerle: Defenders of Wildlife and the Animal Welfare Institute submit these comments on behalf of the 17 undersigned organizations regarding the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Request for Information and Comments on the Preparation of the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Our organizations and the members we represent would be directly affected by oil and gas development in the West and East Coast Planning Areas. We are strongly opposed to such a substantial threat to our natural resources, communities, and wildlife and thus oppose new offshore drilling anywhere on the OCS—but especially in the areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that have remained untouched by oil and gas leasing for more than 40 years due in part to repeated, longstanding local opposition to offshore drilling. Please see our enclosed comment letter with attachments. Thank you for consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Melissa Edmonds Scientist, Marine Biology Animal Welfare Institute

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Abstract

The 10th National OCS Program, for 2024 to 2029, was approved on December 14, 2023, and went into effect on July 1, 2024. BOEM is soliciting information on the preparation of a new, 11th National OCS Program to, upon completion, replace the 10th Program. The Federal Register Notice can be found here: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-07479

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