82 FR 39453 - Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Liberty Development and Production Plan in the Beaufort Sea Planning Area; MMAA104000
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 159 (August 18, 2017)
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 159 (August 18, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-17481 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 39453-39454] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-17481] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [Docket No. BOEM-2015-0068] Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Liberty Development and Production Plan in the Beaufort Sea Planning Area; MMAA104000 AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is announcing the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Liberty Development and Production Plan (DPP) in the Beaufort Sea Planning Area. The Draft EIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action described in the Liberty DPP and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. This Notice of Availability announces the start of the public review and comment period, as well as the dates and locations of public hearings on the Draft EIS. After BOEM holds the public hearings and reviews comments on the Draft EIS, BOEM will prepare a Final EIS. DATES: Comments on the Draft EIS may be submitted through November 16, 2017. Public hearings on the Draft EIS are scheduled for: 1. Monday, October 2, 2017, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Nuiqsut, Alaska. 2. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Fairbanks, Alaska. 3. Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Kaktovik, Alaska. 4. Thursday, October 5, 2017, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska. 5. Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Anchorage, Alaska. ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS, Liberty DPP, and associated information are available on the BOEM Web site at https://www.boem.gov/Hilcorp-Liberty/ or by calling the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, at (907) 334-5200 as described in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The public hearings will be held at the following locations: 1. Nuiqsut, AK--Kisik Community Center, 2230 2nd Avenue. 2. Fairbanks AK--Westmark Hotel & Convention Center, 813 Noble Street. [[Page 39454]] 3. Kaktovik, AK--Kaktovik Community Center, 2051 Barter Avenue. 4. Utqiagvik (Barrow), AK--Inupiat Heritage Center, 5421 North Star Street. 5. Anchorage, AK--Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center, 600 West 7th Avenue. As described in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, submit written comments on this Draft EIS through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov or by mail to: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Attn: Liberty Draft EIS Comments, BLM Public Information Center, 222 W. 7th Avenue #13, Anchorage, Alaska, 99513. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5823; or Lauren Boldrick, Project Manager, (907) 334-5200, or Frances Mann, Section Chief, (907) 334-5277. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed action would recover and process oil from the Liberty oil field and transport sales-quality oil to market. To accomplish this, the applicant for the DPP would construct a Liberty Drilling and Production Island (LDPI) to recover reserves from three Federal leases (OCS-Y-1585, OCS-Y-1650, and OCS-Y- 1886) in Foggy Island Bay of the Beaufort Sea. The applicant would construct a new pipeline linking the LDPI to the Badami Sales Oil Pipeline (Badami pipeline). The applicant would bury the subsea portion (approximately 5.6 miles) of the pipeline along a route leading south from the LDPI to the Alaska coastline west of the Kadleroshilik River. The pipeline would transition to an above-ground portion (approximately 1.5 miles) of the pipeline that would continue south to tie into the existing Badami pipeline. The applicant would produce oil from the LDPI, transport it through the Badami pipeline to the existing common carrier pipeline system, and on to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Availability of the Draft EIS: The Draft EIS, Liberty DPP, and associated information are available on the BOEM Web site at https://www.boem.gov/Hilcorp-Liberty/. BOEM will distribute digital copies of the Draft EIS (primarily on compact disc (CD)) to interested parties upon request. If you require a paper copy, BOEM will provide one upon request, as long as copies are available. You may request a CD, paper copy, or the location of a library with a paper copy of the Draft EIS by calling (907) 334-5200. Comment Submission: Federal, state, tribal, and local governments and/or agencies and the public may submit written comments on this Draft EIS through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the field entitled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BOEM-2015-0068, and then click ``search.'' Commenters should follow the instructions to submit their comments and view supporting and related materials. Written comments may be submitted to: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Attn: Liberty Draft EIS Comments, BLM Public Information Center, 222 W. 7th Avenue #13, Anchorage, Alaska, 99513. BOEM does not accept anonymous comments and requires name and contact information. Before including your address, phone number, email address or other personal identifying information within the body of 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 comments to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Public Hearings: BOEM will hold public hearings on the Draft EIS according to the schedule above. The purpose of these hearings is to receive public testimony on the Draft EIS. Authority: This Notice of Availability for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement is in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is published pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.6 and 43 CFR 46.435. Dated: August 14, 2017. Walter D. Cruickshank, Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 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Sec. 108.31 Display of License reason to believe is under the influence to any matter addressed by this Liquor
Every person licensed by the Pueblo of alcohol or who the seller has reason Code, shall be brought in the Tribal
to sell alcoholic beverages within Santa to believe intends to provide such Court of the Pueblo, which court shall
Clara Indian Lands shall prominently alcoholic beverage to a person under the have exclusive jurisdiction thereof.
display the license on the licensed influence of alcohol. [FR Doc. 2017–17534 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am]
premises during hours of operation. Sec. 108.37 Purchase by Person BILLING CODE 4337–15–P
Sec. 108.32 Alcoholism Treatment Under the Influence of Alcohol
Tax No person under the influence of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
There is hereby imposed a tax, that is alcohol shall purchase any alcoholic
in addition to any other applicable tax, beverage. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
in the amount of two percent of the Sec. 108.38 Bringing Liquor Onto [Docket No. BOEM–2015–0068]
gross receipts of each licensee from Licensed Premises
sales of alcoholic beverages, which shall Draft Environmental Impact Statement
No person shall bring any alcoholic
be paid monthly by each licensee to the on the Liberty Development and
beverage for personal consumption onto
Administrator. The proceeds of this tax Production Plan in the Beaufort Sea
any premises within Santa Clara Indian
shall be maintained by the Planning Area; MMAA104000
Lands where liquor is authorized to be
Administrator in a special fund, which sold by the drink, unless such beverage AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy
shall be utilized solely to fund programs was purchased on such premises, or Management, Interior.
for the prevention and treatment of unless the possession or distribution of ACTION: Notice of availability of a Draft
alcoholism and related problems, as such beverages on such premises is
determined from time to time by the Environmental Impact Statement.
otherwise licensed under the provisions
Tribal Council. The Administrator may, of this Liquor Code. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy
by the issuance of appropriate Management (BOEM) is announcing the
regulations, establish procedures for the Sec. 108.39 Use of False or Altered availability of a Draft Environmental
enforcement of this Section. Identification Impact Statement (EIS) for the Liberty
Subchapter 4: Offenses No person shall purchase or attempt Development and Production Plan
to purchase any alcoholic beverage by (DPP) in the Beaufort Sea Planning
Sec. 108.33 Purchase From or Sale the use of any false or altered Area. The Draft EIS analyzes the
to Unauthorized Persons identification document that falsely potential environmental impacts of the
Within Santa Clara Indian Lands, no purports to show the individual to be 21 proposed action described in the Liberty
person shall purchase any alcoholic years of age or older. DPP and reasonable alternatives to the
beverage at retail except from a person proposed action. This Notice of
Sec. 108.40 Penalties Availability announces the start of the
licensed by the Pueblo under the
provisions of this title; no person except A. Any person convicted of public review and comment period, as
a person licensed by the Pueblo under committing any violation of this Chapter well as the dates and locations of public
the provisions of this title shall sell any shall be subject to punishment of up to hearings on the Draft EIS. After BOEM
alcoholic beverage at retail; nor shall one (1) year imprisonment or a fine not holds the public hearings and reviews
any person sell any alcoholic beverage to exceed Five Thousand Dollars comments on the Draft EIS, BOEM will
for resale within Santa Clara Indian ($5,000.00), or to both such prepare a Final EIS.
Lands to any person other than a person imprisonment and fine. DATES: Comments on the Draft EIS may
properly licensed by the Pueblo under B. Any person not a member of a be submitted through November 16,
the provisions of this chapter. federally recognized Indian tribe, upon 2017. Public hearings on the Draft EIS
committing any violation of any are scheduled for:
Sec. 108.34 Sale to Minors provision of this Chapter, may be 1. Monday, October 2, 2017, 7 p.m. to
A. No person shall sell or provide any subject to a civil action for trespass, and 10 p.m., Nuiqsut, Alaska.
alcoholic beverage to any person under upon having been determined by the 2. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 7 p.m. to
the age of 21 years. court to have committed the alleged 10 p.m., Fairbanks, Alaska.
B. It shall be a defense to an alleged violation, shall be found to have 3. Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 7 p.m.
violation of this Section that the trespassed upon the Lands of the to 10 p.m., Kaktovik, Alaska.
purchaser presented to the seller an Pueblo, and shall be assessed such 4. Thursday, October 5, 2017, 7 p.m.
apparently valid identification damages as the court deems appropriate to 10 p.m., Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska.
document showing the purchaser’s age in the circumstances. 5. Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 7 p.m.
to be 21 years or older, and that the C. Any person suspected of having to 10 p.m., Anchorage, Alaska.
seller had no actual or constructive violated any provision of this Chapter ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS, Liberty DPP,
knowledge of the falsity of the shall, in addition to any other penalty and associated information are available
identification document and relied in imposed hereunder, be required to on the BOEM Web site at https://
good faith on its apparent validity. surrender any alcoholic beverages in www.boem.gov/Hilcorp-Liberty/ or by
such person’s possession to the officer calling the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Sec. 108.35 Purchase by Minor making the arrest or issuing the Management, Alaska OCS Region, at
No person under the age of 21 years complaint. (907) 334–5200 as described in
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shall purchase, attempt to purchase or SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The public
Sec. 108.41 Jurisdiction
possess any alcoholic beverage. hearings will be held at the following
Any and all actions, whether civil or locations:
Sec. 108.36 Sale to Person Under criminal, pertaining to alleged 1. Nuiqsut, AK—Kisik Community
the Influence of Alcohol violations of this title, or seeking any Center, 2230 2nd Avenue.
No person shall sell any alcoholic relief against the Pueblo or any officer 2. Fairbanks AK—Westmark Hotel &
beverage to a person who the seller has or employee of the Pueblo with respect Convention Center, 813 Noble Street.
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3. Kaktovik, AK—Kaktovik written comments on this Draft EIS Project Authority, as the California
Community Center, 2051 Barter Avenue. through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
4. Utqiagvik (Barrow), AK—Inupiat http://www.regulations.gov. In the field State lead agency, have made available
Heritage Center, 5421 North Star Street. entitled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter for public review and comment the Sites
5. Anchorage, AK—Dena’ina Civic & BOEM–2015–0068, and then click Reservoir Project Draft Environmental
Convention Center, 600 West 7th ‘‘search.’’ Commenters should follow Impact Report/Environmental Impact
Avenue. the instructions to submit their Statement (Draft EIR/EIS) and Draft
As described in SUPPLEMENTARY comments and view supporting and Feasibility Report (Draft FR). The Draft
INFORMATION, submit written comments related materials. Written comments EIR/EIS and Draft FR describe the
on this Draft EIS through the Federal may be submitted to: Bureau of Ocean environmental effects and evaluate the
eRulemaking Portal: http:// Energy Management, Attn: Liberty Draft feasibility of the No-Action Alternative
www.regulations.gov or by mail to: EIS Comments, BLM Public Information and four action alternatives. Two public
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Center, 222 W. 7th Avenue #13, meetings will be held to receive
Attn: Liberty Draft EIS Comments, BLM Anchorage, Alaska, 99513. comments from individuals and
Public Information Center, 222 W. 7th BOEM does not accept anonymous organizations on the Draft EIR/EIS and
Avenue #13, Anchorage, Alaska, 99513. comments and requires name and Draft FR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: contact information. Before including DATES: Submit written comments on the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, your address, phone number, email Draft EIR/EIS on or before November 13,
Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint address or other personal identifying 2017.
Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska information within the body of your Two public meetings have been
99503–5823; or Lauren Boldrick, Project comment, you should be aware that scheduled to receive oral or written
Manager, (907) 334–5200, or Frances your entire comment, including your comments regarding environmental
Mann, Section Chief, (907) 334–5277. personal identifying information, may effects:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
be made publicly available at any time. • Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 6:00
proposed action would recover and While you can ask us in your comments p.m.–8:00 p.m., Maxwell, CA
process oil from the Liberty oil field and to withhold your personal identifying • Thursday, September 28, 2017, 1:00
transport sales-quality oil to market. To information from public review, we p.m.–3:00 p.m., Sacramento, CA
accomplish this, the applicant for the cannot guarantee that we will be able to A 1-hour open house to view project
DPP would construct a Liberty Drilling do so. information and interact with the
Public Hearings: BOEM will hold project team will precede each public
and Production Island (LDPI) to recover
public hearings on the Draft EIS meeting.
reserves from three Federal leases
according to the schedule above. The
(OCS–Y–1585, OCS–Y–1650, and OCS– ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
purpose of these hearings is to receive
Y–1886) in Foggy Island Bay of the the Draft EIR/EIS or Draft FR to DEIR/
public testimony on the Draft EIS.
Beaufort Sea. The applicant would EIS Comments, Sites Project Authority,
Authority: This Notice of Availability
construct a new pipeline linking the P.O. Box 517, Maxwell, CA 95955, or
for a Draft Environmental Impact
LDPI to the Badami Sales Oil Pipeline email to EIR-EIS-Comments@
Statement is in compliance with the
(Badami pipeline). The applicant would SitesProject.org.
National Environmental Policy Act of
bury the subsea portion (approximately The public meetings will be held at
1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4231 et
5.6 miles) of the pipeline along a route the following locations:
seq.), and is published pursuant to 40
leading south from the LDPI to the • Maxwell—Sites Project Authority, 122
CFR 1506.6 and 43 CFR 46.435.
Alaska coastline west of the Old Highway 99 West, Maxwell, CA
Kadleroshilik River. The pipeline would Dated: August 14, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
95955
transition to an above-ground portion • Sacramento—Convention Center,
(approximately 1.5 miles) of the Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
1400 J Street, Room 306, Sacramento,
pipeline that would continue south to CA 95814
tie into the existing Badami pipeline. [FR Doc. 2017–17481 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am]
The applicant would produce oil from BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P
Electronic CD copies of the Draft EIR/
the LDPI, transport it through the EIS may be requested from Sites Project
Badami pipeline to the existing common Authority, at (530) 410–8250, or EIR-
carrier pipeline system, and on to the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EIS-Comments@SitesProject.org. The
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Draft EIR/EIS is also accessible from the
Availability of the Draft EIS: The Draft Bureau of Reclamation following Web site: https://
EIS, Liberty DPP, and associated [RR02030000, 17XR0687NA,
www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_
information are available on the BOEM RX185279066000000] projdetails.cfm?project_ID=29024.
Web site at https://www.boem.gov/ Copies of the Draft EIR/EIS are
Hilcorp-Liberty/. BOEM will distribute Draft Environmental Impact Report/ available for public review at the
digital copies of the Draft EIS (primarily Environmental Impact Statement and following locations:
on compact disc (CD)) to interested Draft Feasibility Report for Sites 1. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
parties upon request. If you require a Reservoir Project, Sites, California Region, Regional Library, 2800
paper copy, BOEM will provide one AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA
upon request, as long as copies are 95825
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Interior.
available. You may request a CD, paper 2. Sacramento Public Library, 828 I
ACTION: Notice of availability and notice
copy, or the location of a library with a Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
of public meetings. 3. Sites Authority, 122 Old Highway 99
paper copy of the Draft EIS by calling
(907) 334–5200. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation West, Maxwell, CA 95955
Comment Submission: Federal, state, (Reclamation), as the National FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
tribal, and local governments and/or Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Please contact Mr. Michael Dietl,
agencies and the public may submit Federal lead agency, and the Sites Bureau of Reclamation, at (916) 978–
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| Dates | Comments on the Draft EIS may be submitted through November 16, 2017. Public hearings on the Draft EIS are scheduled for: | |
| Contact | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5823; or Lauren Boldrick, Project Manager, (907) 334-5200, or Frances Mann, Section Chief, (907) 334-5277. | |
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