[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01101]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2015-0001]
Notice of Availability Environmental Assessment for Commercial
Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic
Outer Continental Shelf Offshore North Carolina; MMAA104000
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment.
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SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the availability of an Environmental
Assessment (EA) for commercial wind lease issuance, site
characterization activities (geological, geotechnical/archeological and
biological surveys) and site assessment activities (including the
installation and operation of a meteorological tower and/or buoys) on
the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf offshore North Carolina. The EA
considers the potential impacts of the proposed action and analyzes
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. This Notice of
Availability (NOA) also serves to announce the beginning of the public
comment period on the EA. The EA and associated information are
available on BOEM's Web site at http://www.boem.gov/State-Activities-North-Carolina/.
Authority: This NOA for an EA is in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42
U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305.
DATES: Comments should be submitted no later than February 23, 2015.
BOEM will conduct public information meetings to explain the proposed
activities analyzed in the EA and provide additional opportunity for
public comment on the EA. The meetings will be held on the following
dates:
Monday, February 9, 2015, in the Northern Outer Banks, NC
Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in Wilmington, NC
Thursday, February 12, 2015, in Carolina Shores or Sunset
Beach, NC
Additional information on specific times and venues will be posted
online at: http://www.boem.gov/State-Activities-North-Carolina/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia
20170-4817, (703) 787-1340 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal, state, tribal, and local
governments and/or agencies and the public may submit written comments
on this EA through the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the
field entitled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BOEM-2015-0001, and then
click ``search.'' Follow the instructions to submit public comments and
view supporting and related materials available for this notice;
2. In written form, delivered by hand or by mail, enclosed in an
envelope labeled ``Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment
Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore North
Carolina Environmental Assessment'' and addressed to Program Manager,
Office of Renewable Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 381
Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170- 4817.
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 comments to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Dated: December 31, 2014.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-01101 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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