OCS Planning Areas And Regions

Citation
506 FW 4
Appendix
1
Amended By
E.O. 14172, 1/20/2025
Date
FWM
295
Originating Office
Division of Environmental Review

OCS PLANNING AREAS AND REGIONS

In order to facilitate analysis and management of the program, the OCS is divided into 26 planning areas in 3 Regions:
 

Gulf of AmericaAlaska

North Atlantic 
Mid-Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
Straits of Florida 
Eastern Gulf 
Central Gulf 
Western Gulf 

Pacific Coast 

Northern California 
Central California 
Southern California 
Washington/Oregon 
 

Beaufort Sea 
Chukchi Sea 
Norton Basin 
Navarin Basin 
St. Matthew-Hall 
Aleutian Basin 
Bowers Basin 
St. George Basin 
North Aleutian Basin 
Cook Inlet-Shelikof Strait 
Kodiak 
Gulf of Alaska 
Shumagin 
Aleutian Arc

See Map Figures 1 - 4 in Appendix 2 for depictions of the 26 planning areas.