Proposed 1981 outer continental shelf oil and gas lease sale offshore central and Northern California
Subtitle: OCS sale no. 53 : final environmental impact statement
By: prepared by Bureau of Land Management, Dept. of the Interior
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Office
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1980
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Public lands; Management; Offshore oil well drilling; Continental shelf; Environmental aspects; Oil and gas leases; Gas well drilling
Other titles: OCS sale no. 53 :; Final environmental impact statement for the proposed oil and gas lease sale :; Outer continental shelf sale no. 53 :
Description: Proposed OCS Sale No. 53 includes a maximum offering of 242 tracts for oil and gas leasing offshore central and northern California. Tracts comprise 532,258 hectares (1,315,205 acres) on the Federal OCS, ranging seaward from 3 to as far as 27 miles, and lying in water depths from 50 to 750 meters (162 to 2,437 feet). Tracts comprise five distinct subareas, extending from waters opposite Humboldt Bay in northern California to offshore waters opposite Point Conception in central California. There are no Federal oil and gas leases in the area at present. Very minor exploratory drilling has occurred in some areas previously. Because it is frontier area, the exact extent of oil and gas resources which might be present is somewhat uncertain. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the most probable resource amounts at 548 million barrels of oil and 621 billion cubic feet of gas. Four of the subareas are regarded as oil prone, while all five are regarded as also likely containing gas. Pending final decision by the Secretary of the Interior, the proposed lease Sale is tentatively scheduled for May 1981.
Notes: At head of title: Final environmental impact statement.

"Prepared by the Bureau of Land Management's Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Office"--Page i.

"September 1980."

Volume 2 consists of 14 folded color maps in various sizes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 5-1-5-33) and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1 : FEIS; title: volume 2 : Maps.