[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1945-1946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-975]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska Region, Gulf of Alaska/Yakutat 
Lease Sale 158

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 1997 
Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sale of available unleased 
blocks in the Gulf of Alaska. The proposed Gulf of Alaska/Yakutat Sale 
158 will offer for lease approximately 5.3 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 be 
requested by telephone, (907) 271-6070.
    Copies of the draft EIS will also be available for inspection in 
the following public libraries:
A. Holmes Johnson Memorial Library, Kodiak, AK
Akhiok Community School Library, Akhiok, AK
Alaska Pacific University, Academic Support Center Library, Anchorage, 
AK
Alaska Resources Library, Anchorage, AK
Alaska State Library, Juneau, AK
American Petroleum Institute Library, Washington, D.C.
Anchor Point Public Library, Anchor Point, AK
Chenega Bay Community School Library, Chenega Bay, AK
Chiniak Public Library, Chiniak, AK
Cordova Public Library, Cordova, AK
Craig Public Library, Craig, AK
Esther Greenwald Library, Hoonah, AK
Fish & Wildlife Service Library, Anchorage, AK
Haines Borough Public Library, Haines, AK
Homer Public Library, Homer, AK
Hydaburg School Library, Hydaburg, AK
Irene Ingle Public Library, Wrangell, AK
Jesse Wakefield Memorial Library, Port Lions, AK
Juneau Public Libraries, Juneau, AK
Kake City Community/School Library, Kake, AK
Karluk Community School Library, Karluk, AK
Kasilof Public Library, Kasilof, AK
Kenai Community Library, Kenai, AK
Kenai Peninsula College Library, Soldotna, AK 

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Kenai Peninsula College Library, Homer, AK
Kettleson Memorial Library, Sitka, AK
Larsen Bay Community School Library, Larsen Bay, AK
Kodiak College Library, Kodiak, AK
Metlakatla Jr/Sr High School Library, Metlakatla, AK
Nanwalek Community School Library, Nanwalek, AK
Oil Spill Public Information Center Library, Anchorage, AK
Old Harbor Library, Old Harbor, AK
Ouzinkie Community School Library, Ouzinkie, AK
Pelican Public Library, Pelican, AK
Petersburg Public Library, Petersburg, AK
Port Graham Community School Library, Port Graham, AK
Prince William Sound Community College Library, Cordova, AK
Sand Point School Library, Sand Point, AK
Seldovia Public Library, Seldovia, AK
Seward Community Library, Seward, AK
Soldotna Public Library, Soldotna, AK
State of Alaska, DEC Library, Juneau, AK
State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish and Game Library, Anchorage, AK
Tatitlek Community School Library, Tatitlek, AK
Tenakee Springs Public Library, Tenakee Springs, AK
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Library, Anchorage, AK
University of Alaska Consortium Library, Anchorage, AK
University of Alaska Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, Fairbanks, AK
University of Alaska, Seward Marine Center Library, Seward, AK
University of Alaska--Southeast Library, Juneau, AK
Valdez Public Library, Valdez, AK
Whittier Public Library, Whittier, AK
Yakutat High School Library, Yakutat, AK
Z.J. Loussac Public Library, Anchorage, AK
    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:

February 20, 1996, University Plaza Building, Minerals Management 
Service, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 949 East 36th Avenue, Anchorage, 
Alaska, 12:00 p.m. (noon)
February 21, 1996, Yakutat High School, Yakutat, Alaska, 7:00 p.m.
February 22, 1996 Mount Eccles Elementary School, Cordova, 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 Paul Lowry by 
telephone (907) 271-6574 or toll free 1-800-764-2627 by February 16, 
1996.
    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 25, 
1996. 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 25, 
1996, and should be addressed to the Regional Director, Minerals 
Management Service, Alaska Region, 949 East 36th Avenue, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99508-4302.

    Dated: January 18, 1996.
Thomas Gernhofer,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 96-975 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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