[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3871-3872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1310]




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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[DES 95-3]


Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska Region, Proposed Cook Inlet Lease 
Sale 149

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement and Locations and Dates of Public Hearings.

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    The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has prepared a draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) relating to the proposed 1996 
Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sale of available unleased 
blocks in Cook Inlet. The proposed Cook Inlet Sale 149 will offer for 
lease approximately 2.0 million acres. Single copies of the draft EIS 
can be obtained from the Regional Director, Minerals Management 
Service, Alaska Region, 949 East 36th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-
4302, Attention: Public Information. Copies can also be requested by 
telephone, (907) 271-6435.
    Copies of the draft EIS will also be available for inspection in 
the following public libraries:

A. Holmes Johnson Memorial Library, 319 Lower Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, AK 
99615
Alaska Pacific University, Academic Support Center Library, 4101 
University Drive, Rm. 310, Anchorage, AK 99508-4672
Alaska Resources Library, U.S. Department of the Interior, Anchorage, 
AK
Alaska State Library, Government Publications, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, 
AK 99811
Anchor Point Public Library, P.O. Box 129, Anchor Point, 99556
ARCO Alaska, Inc., Library, P.O. Box 100360, Anchorage, AK 99510-0360
Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center, University of Alaska, 
707 A Street, Anchorage, AK
BP Exploration, Information Resource Center, P.O. Box 196612, 
Anchorage, AK 99519
Chiniak Public Library, P.O. Box 5610, Chiniak, AK 99615
Cordova Public Library, P.O. Box 1170, Cordova, AK 99574
Dillingham Public Library, P.O. Box 870, Dillingham, AK 99576
Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library (Noel Wien Library) 1215 
Cowles Street, Fairbanks, AK
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Library, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, 
AK 99503
Halibut Cove Public Library, P.O. Box 6413, Halibut Cove, 99603
ENRI Information Services, 707 A Street, Anchorage, AK 99501
Jesse Wakefield Memorial Library, P.O. Box 49, Port Lions, AK 99550
Juneau Memorial Library, 114 - 4th Street, Anchorage
Juneau Public Library, 292 Marine Way, Juneau, AK 99801
Kasilof Public Library, P.O. Box 176, Kasilof, AK 99610
Kenai Community Library, 163 Main Street Loop, Kenai, AK 99611
Kenai Peninsula College, 34820 College Drive, Soldotna, AK 99669
Kenai Peninsula College, 533 E. Pioneer Ave., Homer, AK 99603
Ketchikan Public Library, 629 Dock Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901
Kettleson Memorial Library, 320 Harbor Road, Sitka, AK 99835
King Cove Community School Library, P.O. Box 6, King Cove, AK 99612
Kodiak College, 117 Benny Benson Drive, Kodiak, AK 99615
Martin Monson Library, P.O. Box 147, Naknek, AK 99633-0147
Nanwalek Elem/High School Library, P.O. Box 8007, Nanwalek, AK 99603-
6007
Northern Alaska Environmental Center Library, 218 Driveway, Fairbanks, 
AK
Oil Spill Information Center, 645 G Street, Anchorage, AK 99510-0600
Oil Harbor Library, P.O. Box 109, Old Harbor, AK 99643
Palmer Public Library, 655 Soputh Valley Way, Palmer, AK 99645
Sand Point School Library, P.O. Box 269, Sand Point, AK 99661
Seldovia Public Library, Drawer D. Seldovia, AK 99663
Seward Community Library, P.O. Box 537, Seward, AK 99664
Soldotna Public Library, 235 Brinkley Street, Soldotna, AK 99669
State of Alaska, DEC Library, 410 Willoughby Avenue, Juneau, AK 99801-
1795
State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Library, 333 Rasberry 
Road, Anchorage, AK 99518-1599
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Library, P.O. Box 898, Anchorage, AK 
99506-0898
University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Elmer Rasmusson Library, 310 Tanana 
Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-1007
University of Alaska, Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology, 311 Irving 
Building, Fairbanks, AK
University of Alaska, Government Documents Library, 3211 Providence 
Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508
University of Alaska, Anchorage, Consortium Library, 3211 Providence 
Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508
University of Alaska-Juneau Library, 11120 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK
University of Alaska, Seward Marine Center Library, P.O. Box 730, 
Seward, AK 99664
Valdez Public Library, P.O. Box 609, Valdez, AK 99686
Whittier Public Library, P.O. Box 749, Whittier, AK 99693
Z.J. Loussac Public Library, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage, AK 99503

    In accordance with 30 CFR 256.26, the MMS will hold public hearings 
to receive comments and suggestions relating to the EIS.
    The hearings will be held on the following dates and times 
indicated:

March 3, 1995

University Plaza Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, Room 210, Anchorage, 
Alaska, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

March 6, 1995

Merrit Inn, 260 S. Willow Street, Kenai, Alaska, 7:00 p.m.

March 7, 1995

Homer City Council Chambers, Homer, Alaska, 7:00 p.m.

March 8, 1995

UAA Fish Tech Center, Kodiak, Alaska, 7:00 p.m.

    The hearings will provide the Secretary of the Interior with 
information from Government agencies and the public which will help in 
the evaluation of the potential effects of the proposed lease sale.
    Interested individuals, representatives of organizations, and 
public officials wishing to testify at the hearings are asked to 
contact the Regional Director at the above address or Ray Emerson by 
telephone (907) 271-6652 or toll free 1-800-764-2627 by February 24, 
1995.
    Time limitations may make it necessary to limit the length of oral 
presentations to 10 minutes. An oral statement may be supplemented by a 
more complete written statement which may be submitted to a hearing 
official at the time of oral presentation or by mail until April 13, 
1995. This will allow those unable to testify at a public hearing an 
opportunity to make their views known and for those presenting oral 
testimony to submit supplemental information and comments.
    Comments concerning the draft EIS will be accepted until April 13, 
1995, and should be addressed to the Regional Director, Minerals 
Management Service, Alaska Region, 949 East 36th Avenue, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99508-4302.
Thomas Gernhofer,
Associate Director for Offshore, Minerals Management.
    Approved: January 10, 1995.
Willie R. Taylor,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 95-1310 Filed 1-18-95; 8:45 am]
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