The Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office will hold a bid opening for the Coastal Plain 2025 Oil and Gas Lease Sale on January 9, 2025, offering 12 tracts covering approximately 400,000 acres in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The sale proceeds under the Coastal Plain Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision issued in December 2024, authorized by Section 20001 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Several tracts are subject to ongoing federal litigation, and bidders are warned that court outcomes could affect lease validity. This is a procedural lease sale notice; it does not analyze environmental impacts.12