"This statement covers two proposed oil and gas lease sales (A62 and 62) in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico. The sales are comprised of 272 tracts totaling an estimated 1,365,543 acres, in water depths of 4 to 700 meters at distances ranging from 3 to 104 nautical miles from shore. Of these 272 tracts, there are 192 tracts totaling 915,838 acres in Sale A62 offshore Louisiana and 80 tracts totaling 449,705 acres in Sale 62 offshore Texas"--Page 1.