80 FR 53564 - Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 172 (September 4, 2015)
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 172 (September 4, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-22071 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 53564] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-22071] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [Docket No. BOEM-2015-0094;MMAA104000] Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248 AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability and Announcement of Public Meetings and Comment Period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas Western Planning Area (WPA) Lease Sale 248 (WPA Sale 248). WPA Sale 248 is tentatively scheduled for August 2016. The Draft Supplemental EIS provides a discussion of the potential significant impacts of the proposed action and an analysis of reasonable alternatives to the proposed action; it considers new information made available since completion of earlier EISs related to WPA Sale 248. The prior EISs supplemented by the Draft Supplemental EIS are available at: http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. This Notice of Availability (NOA) serves to announce the beginning of the public comment period for the Draft Supplemental EIS. Public Availability: In keeping with the Department of the Interior's mission to protect natural resources and to limit costs, while ensuring availability of the document to the public, the Draft Supplemental EIS and associated information are available on BOEM's Web site at http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. BOEM will also distribute digital copies of the Draft Supplemental EIS on compact discs. You may request a paper copy or the location of a library with a digital copy of the Draft Supplemental EIS from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public Information Office (GM 250C), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 250, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 (1-800-200-GULF). DATES: Comments should be submitted no later than October 19, 2015. As described below in the ``Comments'' section, public comments may also be submitted at public meetings being held on September 22 and 23, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on the WPA 248 Draft Supplemental EIS, you may contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Office of Environment (GM 623E), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, or by email at wpa248@boem.gov. You may also contact Mr. Goeke by telephone at 504-736-3233. Comments: Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments and/or agencies and the public (including persons and organizations who may be interested or affected) may submit written comments on the WPA 248 Draft Supplemental EIS through the following methods: 1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the field ``Enter Keyword or ID'' enter ``Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf; Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248'' (note: it is important to include the quotation marks in your search terms), and then click ``search''. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view supporting and related materials available for this notice; 2. U.S. mail, in an envelope labeled ``Comments for the Draft WPA 248 Supplemental EIS'' and addressed to Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, Environmental Assessment Section, Office of Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394. To be considered, comments must be postmarked by the last day of the comment period provided in the ``Dates'' section above; or 3. Email to: wpa248@boem.gov. BOEM will also hold public meetings to solicit comments regarding the WPA 248 Draft Supplemental EIS. The meetings are scheduled as follows: Houston, Texas: Tuesday September 22, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Houston/Bush Intercontinental Airport, 15400 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032, one meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT. New Orleans, Louisiana: Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT. Public Disclosure of Names and Addresses: Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Authority: This NOA is consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (NEPA) and the regulations implementing NEPA, and is published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.415 and 46.435. Dated: August 17, 2015. Abigail Ross Hopper, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [FR Doc. 2015-22071 Filed 9-3-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P
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Lease Sales 225 and 226, Final for the proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Continental Shelf; Western Planning
Environmental Impact Statement (OCS Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and Area Lease Sale 248’’ (note: it is
EIS/EA BOEM 2013–200) (EPA 225/226 gas Western Planning Area (WPA) Lease important to include the quotation
EIS); and Sale 248 (WPA Sale 248). WPA Sale 248 marks in your search terms), and then
• Central Planning Area Lease Sales is tentatively scheduled for August click ‘‘search’’. Follow the instructions
235, 241, and 247; Draft Supplemental 2016. The Draft Supplemental EIS to submit public comments and view
Environmental Impact Statement (OCS provides a discussion of the potential supporting and related materials
EIS/EA BOEM 2014–010) (CPA 235, 241 significant impacts of the proposed available for this notice;
and 247 Supplemental EIS). action and an analysis of reasonable 2. U.S. mail, in an envelope labeled
The Final Supplemental EIS is alternatives to the proposed action; it ‘‘Comments for the Draft WPA 248
available on the Bureau’s Web site at considers new information made Supplemental EIS’’ and addressed to
http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. available since completion of earlier Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief,
BOEM will distribute primarily digital EISs related to WPA Sale 248. The prior Environmental Assessment Section,
copies of the Final Supplemental EIS on EISs supplemented by the Draft Office of Environment (GM 623E),
compact discs. You may request a paper Supplemental EIS are available at: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
copy, compact disc, or the location of a http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201
library with a digital copy of the Final This Notice of Availability (NOA) serves Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans,
Supplemental EIS from BOEM, Gulf of to announce the beginning of the public Louisiana 70123–2394. To be
Mexico OCS Region, Public Information comment period for the Draft considered, comments must be
Office (GM 250C), 1201 Elmwood Park Supplemental EIS. postmarked by the last day of the
Boulevard, Room 250, New Orleans, Public Availability: In keeping with comment period provided in the
Louisiana 70123–2394 (1–800–200– the Department of the Interior’s mission ‘‘Dates’’ section above; or
GULF). to protect natural resources and to limit
costs, while ensuring availability of the 3. Email to: wpa248@boem.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
document to the public, the Draft BOEM will also hold public meetings
Gary D. Goeke, BOEM, Gulf of Mexico
Supplemental EIS and associated to solicit comments regarding the WPA
OCS Region, Office of Environment (GM
information are available on BOEM’s 248 Draft Supplemental EIS. The
623E), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard,
Web site at http://www.boem.gov/ meetings are scheduled as follows:
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394 or
nepaprocess/. BOEM will also distribute Houston, Texas: Tuesday September
by email at cpa241-epa226@boem.gov.
digital copies of the Draft Supplemental 22, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Houston/
You may also contact Mr. Goeke by
EIS on compact discs. You may request Bush Intercontinental Airport, 15400
telephone at 504–736–3233.
a paper copy or the location of a library John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston,
Authority: This NOA is published with a digital copy of the Draft
pursuant to the National Environmental
Texas 77032, one meeting beginning at
Supplemental EIS from the Bureau of 1:00 p.m. CDT.
Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C.
Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of
4321 et seq.), and the Department of the New Orleans, Louisiana: Wednesday,
Interior’s NEPA implementing regulations at Mexico OCS Region, Public Information
Office (GM 250C), 1201 Elmwood Park September 23, 2015, Bureau of Ocean
43 CFR 46.415. Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico
Boulevard, Room 250, New Orleans,
Dated: August 3, 2015.
Louisiana 70123–2394 (1–800–200– OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park
Abigail Ross Hopper, GULF). Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00
Management. DATES: Comments should be submitted p.m. CDT.
no later than October 19, 2015. As
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described below in the ‘‘Comments’’ Public Disclosure of Names and
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section, public comments may also be Addresses: Before including your
submitted at public meetings being held address, phone number, email address,
on September 22 and 23, 2015. or other personal identifying
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR information in your comment, you
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
should be aware that your entire
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management more information on the WPA 248 Draft comment—including your personal
Supplemental EIS, you may contact Mr. identifying information—may be made
[Docket No. BOEM–2015– Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of Ocean Energy
0094;MMAA104000] publicly available at any time. While
Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS you can ask us in your comment to
Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Region, Office of Environment (GM withhold your personal identifying
Mexico, Oil and Gas Western Planning 623E), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, information from public review, we
Area Lease Sale 248 New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, or cannot guarantee that we will be able to
by email at wpa248@boem.gov. You may do so.
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy also contact Mr. Goeke by telephone at
Management (BOEM), Interior. 504–736–3233. Authority: This NOA is consistent with the
Comments: Federal, State, Tribal, and National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
ACTION: Notice of Availability and
local governments and/or agencies and as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (NEPA)
Announcement of Public Meetings and and the regulations implementing NEPA, and
Comment Period for the Draft the public (including persons and is published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.415 and
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Supplemental Environmental Impact organizations who may be interested or 46.435.
Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico affected) may submit written comments
on the WPA 248 Draft Supplemental EIS Dated: August 17, 2015.
Oil and Gas Western Planning Area
through the following methods: Abigail Ross Hopper,
Lease Sale 248.
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the http://www.regulations.gov. In the field Management.
availability of a Draft Supplemental ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ enter ‘‘Oil and [FR Doc. 2015–22071 Filed 9–3–15; 8:45 am]
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| Action | Notice of Availability and Announcement of Public Meetings and Comment Period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248. | |
| Dates | Comments should be submitted no later than October 19, 2015. As described below in the ``Comments'' section, public comments may also be submitted at public meetings being held on September 22 and 23, 2015. | |
| Contact | For more information on the WPA 248 Draft Supplemental EIS, you may contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Office of Environment (GM 623E), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, or by email at [email protected] You may also contact Mr. Goeke by telephone at 504-736-3233. | |
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