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Bookmark or Share- FACT SHEET: President Biden Protects Atlantic and Pacific Coasts from ...Using his authority under Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President Biden is issuing two Presidential Memoranda to protect all U.S. Outer Continental Shelf areas off the ...
- OCS Lands Act History - Bureau of Ocean Energy ManagementThe Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, created on August 7, 1953, defines the OCS as all submerged lands lying seaward of state coastal waters (3 miles offshore) which are under U.S. jurisdiction. Under the OCSLA, the Secretary of the Interior is responsible for the administration of mineral exploration and development of the OCS.
- Outer Continental Shelf - Bureau of Ocean Energy ManagementThe outer limits of the U.S. continental shelf, in areas beyond 200 nm, are established by the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project led by the Department of State, the Department of the Interior, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- U.S. Extended Continental Shelf ProjectThe United States released the geographic coordinates defining the outer limits of the continental shelf of the United States in areas beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast. The portion of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast is known as the “extended continental shelf,” or ECS.
- Announcement of U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Outer LimitsThe continental shelf is defined in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the ECS outer limits are determined using the complex rules found in Article 76. Applying these rules requires knowledge of the geophysical and geological characteristics of the seabed and subsoil.
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