Notes and Sources

56.  The Alaska OCS has not been subject to leasing restrictions since 2007. In the North Aleutian Basin of Alaska, the Congressional moratorium was lifted in 2004, and the Presidential withdrawal was lifted in 2007. 

57. See Legislation and Regulations, “Regulations Related to the Outer Continental Shelf Moratoria and Implications of Not Renewing the Moratoria.” 

58.  The ban on areas in the Eastern and Central Gulf of Mexico through 2022 imposed by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 remains in place. AEO2009 assumes no restrictions on drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific OCS through 2030. 

59.  U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 (Washington, DC, January 2009), web site www. mms.gov/5%2Dyear/2010-2015New5-YearHome. htm.