PURPOSE: The sale of two oil and gas development leases (tracts 191 and 199) in the Cook Inlet Planning Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf is proposed. Lease Sale 191 is scheduled for 2004 and Lease Sale 199 for 2006. The proposed sales would include consideration of 517 whole or partial lease blocks in the Cook Inlet Planning Area, encompassing approximately 2.5 million acres. The area under consideration is located seaward of the Alaska submerged lands boundary in the Cook Inlet and extends from three to 30 miles from the shoreline in water depths ranging from 30 feet to more than 650 feet. The area lies between Kalgin Island on the south to a point near Shuyak Island. Only a small percentage of the blocks available for lease [...]
