A specific description of the proposed Florida buffer in the Eastern Gulf is found in a footnote on page five of the Draft Proposed Program (DPP):
2 Includes a 100-mile coastal buffer off the coast of Florida and the area eastward of a line extending south from a point approximately 25 miles west of Tallahassee, Florida.
The 100 mile buffer seems like a reasonable proposal that minimizes the risk of coastal impacts without significantly reducing the oil and gas resource potential. However, the 125 mile buffer established in the Gulf of Mexico Security Act (2006) and the 2020 Trump withdrawal (see the comparison above) has become sacrosanct, and Gov. DeSantis and the Florida delegation oppose any change:
Unfortunately, the additional 25 miles is thought to eliminate much of the oil and gas resource potential:
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 
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