Michael Prymula, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Leasing and Plans, Mapping and Automation Section, Geographer 20180425 MarineMineralProgramBlocks_20180425 tabular digital data The Marine Minerals Program partners with communities to address serious erosion along the Nation’s coastal beaches, dunes, barrier islands, and wetlands. Erosion affects natural resources, energy, defense, public infrastructure, and tourism. To help address this problem, the MMP leases sand, gravel and/or shell resources from federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for shore protection, beach nourishment, and wetlands restoration with vigorous safety and environmental oversight. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)provides the authority to manage minerals on the OCS and the requirement to provide environmental oversight.BOEM is the only federal agency with the authority to lease marine minerals from the OCS, including responding to commercial requests for OCS minerals such as gold, manganese, or other hard minerals. Read about our Legal Framework, and our mission and vision.Contact Us:MarineMinerals@boem.govThis data set contains OCS block outlines (clipped) to the GOM Planning Area Boundary in ArcGIS shape file format for the BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region. OCS blocks are used to define small geographic areas within an Official Protraction Diagram (OPD) for leasing and administrative purposes. These blocks have been clipped along the Submerged Lands Act (SLA) boundary and along the Continental Shelf Boundaries. Additional details are available from:http://www.boem.gov/uploadedFiles/BOEM/Oil_and_Gas_Energy_Program/Mapping_and_Data/99-0006.pdfBecause GIS projection and topology functions can change or generalize coordinates, and because shapefiles cannot represent true arcs, these GIS files are considered to be approximate and are NOT an OFFICIAL record for the exact block coordinates or areas. The Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and Supplemental Official Block Diagrams SOBDs) serve as the legal definition for BOEM offshore boundary coordinates and area descriptions. Geospatial reference analysis for OCS blocks with significant sediment resources listed at: http://www.boem.gov/Non-Energy-Minerals/Managing-Multiple-Uses-in-the-Gulf-of-Mexico.aspx. Blocks added per the Marine Minerals Program Team (25 April 2018): MO 765, 766, 767, 809, 810, 811, 853, 854, 855, 897, 898, 899, 900, and 901. 20180425 20180425 Date new marine mineral program blocks added. In work As needed -94.431619 -81.556200 30.228477 25.667509 None OCS Lease Blocks Outer Continental Shelf Gulf of Mexico SLA Oil OCS Blocks Submerged Lands Act Boundary Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Gas Federal GOM BOEM None BOEM will not assume any responsibility or liability for damages caused by errors or omissions in the original data set. BOEM has made efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data; however, some errors may exist. Notifications of errors are appreciated and shall be reported to the BOEM Office of Public Affairs (see contact information below). Data is not intended to be used as legal documentation and shall not be construed as such. The data was developed within the U.S. Government; no proprietary rights may be attached to them nor may they be sold to the U.S. Government as part of any procurement of ADP products or services. Data is not to be used for navigational purposes.For more information please visit our webpage: https://www.boem.gov/Office of Public Affairs, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region1201 Elmwood Park Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70123-2394Phone: 1-800-200-4853 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Leasing and Plans, Mapping and Automation Section Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5686 Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 588 8.9830550972891565e-009 8.9830550972891565e-009 Decimal Degrees D North American 1927 Clarke 1866 6378206.4 294.9786982 MarineMineralProgramBlocks_20180425 Geospatial reference analysis for OCS blocks with significant sediment resources. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Leasing and Plans, Mapping and Automation Section FID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. BLOCK_LAB The block_number data element value with the space formatting removed. For example, where a block_number value is " 128", the block_lab value would be "128" Technical Information Management System (TIMS) No domain information is available AC_LAB The concatenation of the area_code data element value and the block_number data element value with the space formatting removed. For example, where a block_number value is " 128" and the area_code value is "MP", the AC_LAB value would be "MP128" Technical Information Management System (TIMS) No domain information is available SHAPE_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. COMMENTS Textual entry to define remark made by the data creator. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Leasing and Plans, Mapping and Automation Section No domain information is available SHAPE Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. Shape_Leng AREA_CODE The designated abbreviation assigned to Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) geographical units for identification purposes and for use on maps and in data bases Technical Information Management System (TIMS) KC KEATHLEY CANYON Technical Information Management System (TIMS) AT ATWATER Technical Information Management System (TIMS) MQ MARQESAS Technical Information Management System (TIMS) CE CAMPECHE ESCARPMENT Technical Information Management System (TIMS) SX SABINE PASS (TEXAS) Technical Information Management System (TIMS) CC CORPUS CHRISTI Technical Information Management System (TIMS) AM AMERY TERRACE Technical Information Management System (TIMS) EI EUGENE ISLAND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) BA BRAZOS AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) EW EWING BANK Technical Information Management System (TIMS) VR VERMILION AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) CS CHANDELEUR SOUND Technical Information Management System (TIMS) ST SOUTH TIMBALIER AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) MO MOBILE Technical Information Management System (TIMS) PS SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) DT DRY TORTUGAS Technical Information Management System (TIMS) DD DESTIN DOME Technical Information Management System (TIMS) BS BRETON SOUND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) CA CHANDELEUR AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) SS SHIP SHOAL AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) KW KEY WEST Technical Information Management System (TIMS) MA MIAMI Technical Information Management System (TIMS) SE SIGSBEE ESCARPMENT Technical Information Management System (TIMS) EB EAST BREAKS Technical Information Management System (TIMS) GI GRAND ISLE AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) EC EAST CAMERON AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) RK RANKIN Technical Information Management System (TIMS) HI HIGH ISLAND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) MP MAIN PASS AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) TV TORTUGAS VALLEY Technical Information Management System (TIMS) MU MUSTANG ISLAND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) GB GARDEN BANKS Technical Information Management System (TIMS) GV GAINESVILLE Technical Information Management System (TIMS) HE HENDERSON Technical Information Management System (TIMS) AP APALACHICOLA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) HC HUDSON CANYON Technical Information Management System (TIMS) CP COON POINT (THIS IS A FIELD) Technical Information Management System (TIMS) GA GALVESTON AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) WR WALKER RIDGE Technical Information Management System (TIMS) FM FLORIDA MIDDLE GROUND Technical Information Management System (TIMS) SM SOUTH MARSH ISLAND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) MC MISSISSIPPI CANYON Technical Information Management System (TIMS) LL LLOYD Technical Information Management System (TIMS) TS TIGER SHOAL (THIS IS A FIELD) Technical Information Management System (TIMS) PB ST PETERSBURG Technical Information Management System (TIMS) CH CHARLOTTE HARBOR Technical Information Management System (TIMS) BM BAY MARCHAND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) GC GREEN CANYON Technical Information Management System (TIMS) PE PENSACOLA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) LU LUND Technical Information Management System (TIMS) MI MATAGORDA ISLAND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) SP SOUTH PASS AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) VN VERNON Technical Information Management System (TIMS) EL THE ELBOW Technical Information Management System (TIMS) TP TARPON SPRINGS Technical Information Management System (TIMS) LS LUND SOUTH Technical Information Management System (TIMS) PI PORT ISABEL Technical Information Management System (TIMS) DC DESOTO CANYON Technical Information Management System (TIMS) PL SOUTH PELTO AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) WC WEST CAMERON AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) FP FLORIDA PLAIN Technical Information Management System (TIMS) VK VIOSCA KNOLL Technical Information Management System (TIMS) WD WEST DELTA AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) PN NORTH PADRE ISLAND AREA Technical Information Management System (TIMS) HH HOWELL HOOK Technical Information Management System (TIMS) AC ALAMINOS CANYON Technical Information Management System (TIMS) PR PULLEY RIDGE Technical Information Management System (TIMS) LP LIGHTHOUSE POINT (THIS IS A FIELD) Technical Information Management System (TIMS) SA SABINE PASS (LOUISIANA) Technical Information Management System (TIMS) 20180710 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Leasing and Plans, Mapping and Automation Section Lenny Coats Section Chief mailing and physical
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504-731-1457 Leonard.Coats@boem.gov
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time