[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15019]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska Region, Beaufort Sea Lease Sale 
170

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Reschedule of public hearing date.

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    On May 21, 1997, Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced in the 
Federal Register (Vol. 62, No. 98, pages 27774-5) the availability of 
the draft Environmental Impact Statement and the location, dates, and 
times of public hearings for proposed oil and gas lease Sale 170 in the 
Beaufort Sea, Alaska.
    In response to a subsequent schedule conflict in Barrow, Alaska, 
MMS has rescheduled the July 8, 1997, hearing in Barrow as follows:
    July 10, 1997: North Slope Borough Assembly Chambers, Barrow, 
Alaska, 7:30 p.m.
    The dates and times for the hearings in Nuiqsut, Kaktovik, and 
Anchorage, Alaska, remain unchanged.
    If you wish to testify at the Barrow hearing, contact the Regional 
Director at the Alaska Regional Office, 949 East 36th Avenue, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4302, or Ray Emerson by telephone (907) 271-
6650 or toll free 1-800-764-2627 by July 7, 1997. An oral statement may 
be supplemented by a more complete written statement which may be 
submitted to a hearing official at the time of the oral presentation or 
by mail until July 18, 1997.

    Dated: June 4, 1997.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Deputy Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 97-15019 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]
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