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BOEM Virginia Request for Information (RFI) Area
2026-01-05T00:00:00
Geospatial Services Division
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Atlantic
Virginia
Information
Call
RFI
Critical Minerals
Leasing
This dataset represents the Area of Interest to support public review, comment, and planning related to BOEM’s consideration of commercial leasing for OCS heavy minerals sand and phosphate resources offshore Virginia.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>BOEM published a Request for Information and Interest (RFI) in the Federal Register to invite feedback from states, Tribal Nations, ocean users, industry representatives, government agencies, and the public. This data layer shows the extent of the geographic area of interest for BOEM’s consideration of commercial leasing in 2026 for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) heavy mineral sands and phosphates offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia. The data layer is contained within the OCS limits that fall offshore Virginia and includes portions of the seabed with water depths ranging from approximately 10 meters to 110 meters.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">These data are NOT an OFFICIAL record of exact boundaries and should be used for cartographic purposes only. These data should not be used to calculate areas.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Office of Strategic Resources (OSR), Geospatial Services Division (GSD)
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Esri
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SHAPE
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Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
Shape_Length
Shape_Length
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Length of feature in internal units.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
SHAPE_Area
Shape_Area
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Area of feature in internal units squared.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Name
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Name of Area of Interest
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