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Restoration of Names That Honor American Greatness; Gulf of America
The Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau published this final rule in the Federal Register on September 15, 2025. It took effect on September 15, 2025.
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What the agency says
This final rule will, throughout the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's regulations, rename the area formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) as the Gulf of America (GOA). The Gulf of America is the U.S. Continental Shelf area bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-17775
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Interior Department; Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau
- Published
- September 15, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 15, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective on September 15, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket ID: BSEE-2025-0005; EEEE500000 245E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1014-AA65
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 203; 30 CFR 250; 30 CFR 254
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Continental shelf; Environmental impact statements; Environmental protection; Government contracts; Indians-lands; Intergovernmental relations; Investigations; Oil and gas exploration; Oil pollution; Penalties; Pipelines; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Sulfur
- Pages
- 6
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