Each sale must offer 400,000 acres, with the first due within one year
What the document says“not fewer than 400,000 acres area-wide in each lease sale; and”
The section requires each sale to offer at least 400,000 acres area-wide and to cover the areas with the highest potential for finding hydrocarbons, with the first sale due within one year of enactment, the second within three years, the third within five and the fourth within seven.
What the document actually says“not fewer than 400,000 acres area-wide in each lease sale; and”
Each sale must put up at least 400,000 acres. That covers the whole area.
The land offered must be where oil and gas are most likely. The first sale is due within a year. The last is due within seven.
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