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Outer Continental Shelf Sale 40: Inadequate Data Used to Select and Evaluate Lands to Lease

EMD-77-51 Published: Jun 28, 1977. Publicly Released: Jun 28, 1977.
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The Department of Interior's policy of leasing Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lands that have not been properly evaluated because of insufficient data has led to problems.

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Energy suppliesEvaluationExplorationGas tractsInformation systemsLand leasesMarine mineral resources developmentMarine resources developmentOcean thermal energy conversionOffshore gas resources