[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 61 (Friday, March 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16060-16061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06102]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2017-0001]
Notice of Availability for the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental
Shelf Lease Sale Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 2018
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AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is announcing the
availability of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 2018 (2018 Draft
Supplemental EIS). The 2018 Draft Supplemental EIS provides an analysis
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of the potential significant impacts of a proposed action (a region
wide lease sale) and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
This Supplemental EIS is expected to be used to inform decisions on
each of the two lease sales scheduled in 2018, and to be supplemented
as necessary for future Gulf of Mexico region wide lease sales. This
Notice of Availability also serves to announce the beginning of the 45-
day public comment period for the Draft Supplemental EIS.
The Draft Supplemental EIS and associated information are available
on BOEM's Web site at http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. BOEM will
primarily distribute digital copies of the Draft Supplemental EIS on
compact discs. You may request a compact disc, a paper copy or the
location of a library with a digital copy of the Draft Supplemental EIS
from the BOEM, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public Information Office (GM
335A), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394
or by telephone at 1-800-200-GULF.
DATES: Comments must be submitted or postmarked no later than May 15,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on the Draft
Supplemental EIS, you may contact Mr. Greg Kozlowski, Deputy Regional
Supervisor, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Region, Office of Environment (GM 623E), 1201
Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394. You may also
contact Mr. Greg Kozlowski by telephone at 504-736-2512.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal, State, Tribal, and local
governments and/or agencies and the public may submit written comments
on the scope of this Draft Supplemental EIS through the following
methods:
1. In an envelope labeled ``Comments on the 2018 Draft Supplemental
EIS'' and mailed (or hand carried) to Mr. Greg Kozlowski, Deputy
Regional Supervisor, Office of Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394; or
2. Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. BOEM-2017-0001. Click on
the ``Comment Now!'' button to the right of the document link. Enter
your information and comment, and then click ``Submit.''
BOEM will hold public meetings to obtain comments regarding the
Draft Supplemental EIS. These public meetings will be held in an open-
house format, and will take place between 4:00 p.m. CDT and 7:00 p.m.
CDT. They are scheduled as follows:
New Orleans, Louisiana: Tuesday, April 25, 2017, Wyndham
Garden New Orleans Airport, 6401 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie,
Louisiana 70003;
Houston, Texas: Thursday, April 27, 2017, Houston Marriott
North, 255 North Sam Houston Pkwy East, Houston, Texas 77060;
Pensacola, Florida: Monday, May 1, 2017, Hilton Garden Inn
Pensacola Airport, 1144 Airport Blvd., Pensacola, Florida 32504;
Mobile, Alabama: Tuesday, May 2, 2017, The Admiral Hotel
Mobile, Curio Collection by Hilton, 251 Government Street, Mobile,
Alabama 36602; and
Gulfport, Mississippi: Wednesday, May 3, 2017, Courtyard
by Marriott, Gulfport Beachfront MS Hotel, 1600 East Beach Boulevard,
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501.
BOEM does not consider anonymous comments; please include your name
and address as part of your submittal. 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. All
submissions from organizations, businesses, and identified individuals
will be available for public viewing on regulations.gov.
Authority: This Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental EIS
is published pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and 43 CFR 46.415.
Dated: March 22, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-06102 Filed 3-30-17; 8:45 am]
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