[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46406-46407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22032]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico Region, Eastern Gulf of 
Mexico, Proposed Destin Dome 56 Unit Development and Production Plan 
and Right-of-Way Pipeline Application

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) and locations and dates of public hearings for Chevron 
U.S.A. Inc.'s proposed Destin Dome 56 unit development and production 
plan offshore Florida and right-of-way pipeline application.

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    The MMS prepared a draft EIS on Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s proposed 
natural gas development and production project on their Destin Dome 56 
(DD56) Unit. The DD56 Unit is located on the Outer Continental Shelf 
approximately 26 miles from the Florida coastline near Pensacola. In 
November 1996, Chevron submitted a Development and Production Plan 
describing how they intend to produce, develop, and transport natural 
gas from the DD56 Unit. The MMS based the EIS analyses on estimates of 
the kinds and amounts of activity onshore and offshore that could 
result from constructing structures, drilling wells, transporting 
personnel and equipment offshore, and constructing pipeline facilities 
to bring the natural gas product to shore.
    You may obtain single copies of the draft EIS from the MMS, Gulf of 
Mexico OCS Region, Attention: Public Information Office (MS-5034), 1201 
Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, or 
by calling 1-800-200-GULF. You may look at copies of the draft EIS in 
the following libraries:

Auburn University at Montgomery Library, 7300 University Drive, 
Montgomery, Alabama
Gulf Shores Public Library, Municipal Complex, Route 3, Gulf Shores, 
Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium, Dauphin Island Sea lab 
Library Dauphin Island, Alabama
Mobile Public Library, 701 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama
Montgomery Public Library, 445 South Lawrence Street, Montgomery, 
Alabama
Thomas B. Norton Public Library, 221 West 19th Avenue, Gulf Shores, 
Alabama
University of Alabama Libraries, 809 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa 
Alabama

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University of South Alabama, 307 University Boulevard, Mobile, Alabama
Florida A&M University, Coleman Memorial Library, Martin Luther King 
Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida
Florida Northwest Regional Library, Headquarters Bay County Public 
Library, 25 West Government Street, Panama City, Florida
Florida State University, Strozier Library, Call Street and Copeland 
Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida
Fort Walton Beach Public Library, 105 Miracle Strip Parkway, S.W., Fort 
Walton Beach, Florida Leon County Public Library, 200 West Park Avenue, 
Tallahassee, Florida
University of Florida Library, University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida
University of Florida, Holland Law Center Library, S.W. 25th Street and 
2nd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida
University of West Florida, 1100 University Parkway, Pensacola, Florida
West Florida Regional Library, 200 West Gregory Street, Pensacola, 
Florida
New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish Library, 35572 Highway 11, Buras, Louisiana
St. Bernard Parish Library, 1125 East St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, 
Louisiana
Eudora Welty Library, Reference Section, 300 North State, Jackson, 
Mississippi
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Gunter Library, 703 East Beach Drive, 
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Hancock County Library System, 312 Highway 90, Bay St. Louis, 
Mississippi
Harrison County Library, 14th and 21st Avenues, Gulfport, Mississippi
Jackson George Regional Library System, 3214 Pascagoula Street, 
Pascagoula, Mississippi

There will be three public hearings held to receive comments on the 
draft EIS. The hearings will provide us with information that will help 
in the evaluation of the potential of the proposed project. Hearings 
will be held in:

New World Landing, 600 South Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida, 
Thursday, September 23, 1999, 3-6 p.m. and 7-10 p.m.
Marriot's Bay Point Resort, 4200 Marriot Drive, Panama City, Florida, 
Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 6-10 p.m.
Ramada Plaza Hotel, 600 South Beltline Hiway, Mobile, Alabama, 
Wednesday, September 29, 1999, 6-10 p.m.

If you wish to testify at a hearing, you may register beginning 1 hour 
prior to the meeting. Speakers will be limited to 5 minutes. Each 
hearing will recess when all speakers have had an opportunity to 
testify. If there are no additional speakers, we will adjourn the 
hearing immediately after the recess. Written statements submitted at a 
hearing will be considered part of the hearing record. If you are 
unable to attend the hearing, you may submit written statements until 
October 19, 1999. Send written statements to the Regional Director (MS-
5410), Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 
Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394.

    Dated: August 18, 1999.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 99-22032 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am]
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