[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)] [Notices] [Pages 18263-18266] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-7364] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil, Gas, and Mineral Operations by the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of the availability of Environmental Documents Prepared for OCS Mineral Proposals by the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), in accordance with Federal Regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), announces the availability of NEPA-related Site- Specific Environmental Assessments [[Page 18264]] (SEA) and Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI), prepared by BOEM for the following oil-, gas-, and mineral-related activities proposed on the Gulf of Mexico. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Information Unit, Information Services Section at the number below. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Attention: Public Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 250, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, or by calling 1-800-200-GULF. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BOEM prepares SEAs and FONSIs for proposals that relate to exploration, development, production, and transport of oil, gas, and mineral resources on the Federal OCS. These SEAs examine the potential environmental effects of activities described in the proposals and present BOEM conclusions regarding the significance of those effects. Environmental Assessments are used as a basis for determining whether or not approval of the proposals constitutes a major Federal action that significantly affects the quality of the human environment in accordance with NEPA Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared in those instances where BOEM finds that approval will not result in significant effects on the quality of the human environment. The FONSI briefly presents the basis for that finding and includes a summary or copy of the SEA. This notice constitutes the public notice of availability of environmental documents required under the NEPA Regulations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Activity/operator Location Date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shell Offshore Inc., Located in the Western 10/4/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA R-5298. Planning Area, south of Galveston, Texas. Prime Offshore L.L.C., South Padre Island, 10/12/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Block 1113, Lease OCS- 11-285. G 24302, located 20 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. Apache Corporation, Structure South Timbalier, Block 10/12/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-152. 291, Lease OCS-G 16455, located 90 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. BP Exploration & Production Keathley Canyon, Block 10/14/2011. Inc., Exploration Plan, SEA S- 292, located 192 miles 7451. from the nearest shoreline in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, southeast of Morgan City, Louisiana. Prime Offshore L.L.C., South Padre Island, 10/14/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Block 1073, Lease OCS- 11-280 & 11-281. G 23102, located 23 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. Prime Offshore L.L.C., South Padre Island, 10/14/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Block 1166, Lease OCS- 11-284. G 24307, located 15 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. Prime Offshore L.L.C., South Padre Island, 10/17/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Block 1133, Lease OCS- 11-282 & 11-283. G 26431, located 13 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, Main Pass, Block 138, 10/18/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Lease OCS-G 16500, 06-105A. located 15 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Walker Ridge, Block 29, 10/18/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA S-7478. located 145 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. W & T Offshore, Inc., Structure Eugene Island, Block 10/19/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-242 & 11- 196, Lease OCS-G 243. 13821, located 48 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Woodside Energy (USA) Inc., Green Canyon, Block 10/19/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA R-5105. 451, located east of Brownsville, Texas, 109 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. W & T Offshore, Inc., Structure Ship Shoal, Block 33, 10/19/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-270. Lease OCS 00336, located 11 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Noble Energy, Inc., Exploration Green Canyon, Blocks 10/20/2011. Plan, SEA R-5348. 678, 679, 680, 722, 723, 724, 725, 766, 767 and 768, located greater than 125 miles from the Louisiana shoreline, south of Morgan City, Louisiana. Century Exploration New Ship Shoal, Block 154, 10/20/2011. Orleans, Inc., Structure Lease OCS 00420 Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-289. located 36 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Prime Offshore L.L.C., South Padre Island, 10/20/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Block 1059, Lease OCS- 11-279. G 23100, located 32 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Located south of Port 10/24/2011. Development Operations Fourchon, Louisiana. Coordination Document, SEA R- 118 miles from the 5101. nearest Louisiana shoreline. Maritech Resources, Inc., Eugene Island, Block 10/26/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 129, Lease RUE OCS-G 11-053 & 11-054. 30029, located 38 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Apache Corporation, Structure Eugene Island, Block 10/26/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-011A. 306, Lease OCS-G 02109, located 75 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. W & T Offshore, Inc., Structure Main Pass, Block 102, 10/26/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-237. Lease OCS-G 03798, located 58 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Dynamic Data Services Inc., Located in the Western, 10/27/2011. Geological & Geophysical Central, and Eastern Survey, SEA L11-013. Gulf of Mexico Planning Areas. LLOG Exploration Offshore, Located south of Grand 10/27/2011. L.L.C., Exploration Plan, SEA Isle, Lafourche N-9504. Parish, Louisiana, 56 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Stone Energy Corporation, West Delta, Block 97, 10/31/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Lease OCS-G 08457, 11-286 & 11-291. located 23 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Stone Energy Corporation, West Delta, Block 98, 10/31/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Lease OCS-G 21129, 11-287. located 20 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Noble Energy, Inc., Exploration Mississippi Canyon, 11/1/2011. Plan, SEA R-5205. Block 699, south of Mobile, Alabama, located 82 miles from the nearest shoreline in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Shell Offshore Inc., Garden Banks, Block 11/2/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA S-7498. 427, south of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, located 134 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. [[Page 18265]] Apache Deepwater LLC, Green Canyon, Blocks 11/3/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA N-9583. 823 and 867, south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, located 130 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Murphy Exploration & Production Located south of 11/4/2011. Company--USA, Exploration Mobile, Alabama, 74 Plan, SEA S-7485. miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Located southeast of 11/4/2011. Development Operations Plaquemines Parish, Coordination Document, SEA N- Louisiana, 130 miles 9482. from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Structure South Timbalier, Block 11/4/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-028A. 151, Lease OCS 00463, located 32 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. JX Nippon Oil Exploration West Cameron, Block 11/7/2011. (U.S.A.) Limited, Structure 533, Lease OCS-G Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-227. 02225, located 95 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Global Geophysical Services, Located in the Eugene 11/8/2011. Inc., Geological and Island Area, in the Geophysical Survey, SEA L11- Central Planning Area, 015. of the Gulf of Mexico, 30 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company, Located in the Central 11/10/2011. Geological & Geophysical Planning Area of the Survey, SEA L11-007. Gulf of Mexico. ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, Mississippi Canyon, 11/10/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA N-9577. Block 710, Lease OCS-G 22896, located 48 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. BHP Billiton Petroleum (GOM) Located south of Port 11/15/2011. Inc., Development Operations Fourchon, Lafourche Coordination Document, SEA S- Parish, Louisiana, 117 7487. miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Keathley Canyon, Block 11/17/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA N-9593. 875, located 214 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, south of Intracoastal City, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana. Newfield Exploration Company, Located south of 11/18/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA N-9586. Mobile, Alabama, 62 miles from the nearest shoreline, south of Venice, Louisiana. Shell Offshore Inc., Mississippi Canyon, 11/18/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA S-7499. Block 807, located 53 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, southeast of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Exxon Mobil Corporation, Keathley Canyon, Block 11/21/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA R-5296. 919, Lease OCS-G 21447, located 236 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, south-southwest of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, East Breaks, Block 646, 11/23/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA N-9591. located 118 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline, south of Galveston, Texas. Wild Well Control, Inc., Grand Isle, Block 47, 11/30/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Lease OCS-00133, 11-223. located 18 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. EOG Resources, Inc., Structure Mustang Island, Block 11/30/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-278. 759, Lease OCS-G 14103, located 32 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. Eni US Operating Co. Inc., West Cameron, Block 11/30/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 225, Lease OCS-G 11-290. 00900, located 39 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Fugro Multi Client Services, Located in the Central 12/1/2011. Inc., Geological & Geophysical Planning Area of the Survey, SEA L11-018. Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana. TDI-Brooks International, Inc., Located in the Central 12/2/2011. Geological & Geophysical Gulf of Mexico. Survey, SEA L11-019. Shell Offshore, Inc., Walker Ridge, Block 12/13/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA S-7514. 508, located 178 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, south of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Walter Oil & Gas Corporation, Ewing Bank, Block 834, 12/15/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA R-5382. located 63 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, south of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Vermilion, Block 76, 12/19/2011. Company, LLC, Structure Right-Of-Way Lease No. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-267. 00647, located 18 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Apache Corporation, Structure Eugene Island, Block 12/20/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-154. 306, Lease OCS-G 02109, located 75 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Walter Oil & Gas Corporation, Eugene Island, Block 12/20/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA R-5404. 51, located 63 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, south of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Maritech Resources, Inc., High Island, Block 12/20/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 325A, Lease OCS-G 11-238. 02416, located 120 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. Maritech Resources, Inc., High Island, Block A 12/22/2011. Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 560, Lease OCS-G 11-288. 14193, located 76 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. Apache Corporation, Structure Matagorda Island, Block 12/22/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-036A. 696, Lease OCS-G 04704, located 1 mile from the nearest Texas shoreline. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Green Canyon, Block 12/23/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA S-7509. 727, located 122 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, southwest of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Located south of 12/27/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA N-9610. Iberia, Louisiana, 223 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Keathley Canyon, Block 12/29/2011. Exploration Plan, SEA R-5299. 736, located 210 miles of the nearest Louisiana shoreline, southwest of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. LLOG Exploration Offshore, Located in the Central 12/29/2011. L.L.C., Exploration Plan, SEA Planning Area of the S-7526. Gulf of Mexico, southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, 60 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline. Apache Corporation, Structure North Padre Island, 12/29/2011. Removal, SEA ES/SR 11-071. Block 892, Lease OCS-G 08958, located 31 miles from the nearest Texas shoreline. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 18266]] Persons interested in reviewing environmental documents for the proposals listed above or obtaining information about SEAs and FONSIs prepared by the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region are encouraged to contact BOEM at the address or telephone listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Dated: February 3, 2012. John Rodi, Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. [FR Doc. 2012-7364 Filed 3-26-12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P