Proposed 1976 Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas general lease sale, Gulf of Mexico

"One hundred and thirty-five tracts (698,077 acres) of OCS land are proposed for leasing action. The tracts are located offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. If implemented, this sale is tentatively scheduled to be held in the spring of 1976. All tracts offered pose some degree of pollution risk to the environment"--Page i.