Federal Energy Leasing Plan News

The U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, according to a Reuters report. However, Interior Secretary Gale Norton said she would uphold a White House promise and not offer any federal leases through 2012 within 100 miles of Florida's coast. The new U.S. areas of the Outer Continental Shelf. tourism industries. the government develops its 2007-2012 leasing plan. five-year leasing program expires on June 30, 2007. Public comments are due by Oct. 11 . four states -- Alaska, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. federal offshore waters. leases. according to government estimates.