The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a notice in the Federal Register on January 29, 2015 announcing its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the potential effects of the Draft Proposed Program for the 2017-2022 Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Information on the Draft Proposed Program may be found at http://www.boem.gov/Five-Year-Program/. BOEM is seeking public input on the scope of resources to be analyzed and the spatio-temporal characteristics of those resources. We are interested in what resources should be analyzed for potential impacts, where those resources occur, and what potential impacts may occur to those resources. Information on the EIS process and how to contribute to the analysis in a meaningful way may be found at boemoceaninfo.com. *We are especially interested in spatial data that provide new or missing information that can be used in our analysis. * Comments, information, and data may be submitted via the project website, through the mail, hand-delivered to the BOEM office, or at a public scoping meeting. You will find the process for submitting comments at boemoceaninfo.com. Information on where and when scoping meetings are scheduled can be found at http://boemoceaninfo.com/get-involved/meetings/. *Jennifer R. Bosyk (Laliberté), Biologist* *Division of Environmental Assessment* *Bureau of Ocean Energy Management* *381 Elden Street, HM3107* *Herndon, VA 20170* *o. 703-787-1834 * Please consider the necessity of a hard copy before printing this email.