[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29961]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Environmental Assessment Prepared for Proposed Central Gulf Sale 
178 on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the environmental assessment on 
proposed central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 178.

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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has prepared an 
environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed annual Lease Sale 178 
for the Central Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental 
Shelf.
    In this EA, MMS has reexamined the potential environmental effects 
of the proposed action and alternatives based on any new information 
regarding potential impacts and issues that was not available at the 
time the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Lease Sales 
169, 172, 175, 178, and 182 was prepared.
    In summary, no new significant impacts were identified for proposed 
Lease Sale 178 that were not already assessed in the FEIS for Lease 
Sales 169, 172, 175, 178, and 182. As a result, MMS determined that a 
supplemental EIS is not required and prepared a Finding of No New 
Significant Impact.
    If you wish to comment, you may mail or hand-carry written comments 
to the Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, 
Regional Director (MS 5410), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood 
Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394. Our practice is to 
make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, 
available for public review during regular business hours.
    Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home 
address from the record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by 
law. There may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the 
record a respondent's identity, as allowable by the law. If you wish us 
to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently 
at the beginning of your comment. However, we will not consider 
anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Information Unit, Information 
Services Section at the number below. You may obtain single copies of 
the EA from the Minerals Management Service, 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.

    Dated: November 17, 2000.
Chris C. Oynes,
Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
[FR Doc. 00-29961 Filed 11-22-00; 8:45 am]
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