[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43813-43814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20859]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[DES 95-41]


Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska Region, Beaufort Sea Lease Sale 
144

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service.

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 the Beaufort Sea. The proposed Beaufort Sea Sale 144 will 
offer for lease approximately 9.8 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 

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Information. Copies can be requested by telephone, (907) 271-6070.
    Copies of the draft EIS will also be available for inspection in 
the following public libraries:

Alakanuk Public Library, Alakanuk, AK
Alaska Resource Library, U.S. Department of the Interior, Anchorage, AK
Alaska State Library, Juneau, AK
Army Corps of Engineers Library, U.S. Department of Defense, Anchorage, 
AK
Brevig Mission Community Library, Brevig Mission, AK
Buckland Public Library, Buckland, AK
Davis Menadelook Memorial High School Library, Diomede, AK
Elim Community Library, Elim, AK
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, 310 Tanana Drive, Fairbanks, AK
Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library (Noel Wien Library), 1215 
Cowles Street, Fairbanks, AK
Gambell Community Library/Learning Center, Gambell, AK
George Francis Memorial Library, Kotzebue, AK
Golovin Community Library, Golovin, AK
Kaveolook School Library, Kaktovik, AK
Kegoayah Kozga Public Library, Nome, AK
Kenai Community Library, 163 Main Street Loop, Kenai, AK
Kettleson Memorial Library, Sitka, AK
Kiana Elementary School Library, Kiana, AK
Kingikme Public Library, Wales, AK
Koyuk City Library, Koyuk, AK
McQueen School Library, Kivalina, AK
Nellie Weyiouanna Ilisaavik Library, Shishmaref, AK
Noorvik Elementary/High School Library, Noorvik, AK
North Slope Borough School District Library/Media Center, Barrow, AK
Northern Alaska Environmental Center Library, 218 Driveway, Fairbanks, 
AK
Nuiqsut Library, Nuiqsut, AK
Savoonga Community Library, Savoonga, AK
Shaktoolik School Library, Shaktoolik, AK
Soldotna Public Library, 235 Binkley Street, Soldotna, AK
Stebbins Community Library, Stebbins, AK
Ticasuk Library, Unalakleet, AK
Tikigaq Library, Point Hope, AK
University of Alaska, Anchorage Consortium Library, 3211 Providence 
Dr., Anchorage, AK
University of Alaska, Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology, 311 Irving 
Bldg., Fairbanks, AK
University of Alaska-Juneau Library, 11120 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK

    In accordance with 30 CRF 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:

October 26, 1995
    University Plaza Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, 3rd Floor 
Conference Room, Anchorage, Alaska, 12:00 p.m. (noon)
October 30, 1995
    Kisik Community Center, Nuiqsut, Alaska, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
November 1, 1995
    Community Building, Kaktovik, Alaska, 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 6:00 
p.m.
November 2, 1995
    North Slope Borough, Assembly Chambers, Barrow, Alaska, 7:30 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) 271-6650 or toll free 1-800-764-2627 by October 20, 
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 November 20, 
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 November 
20, 1995, and should be addressed to the Regional Director, Minerals 
Management Service, Alaska Region, 949 East 36th Avenue, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99508-4302.

    Dated: August 10, 1995.
Thomas Gernhofer,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 95-20859 Filed 8-22-95; 8:45 am]
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