[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75952-75954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30925]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region, 
Proposed Eastern GOM Sale 181

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) and Public Hearings on Proposed Eastern GOM Sale 181.

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SUMMARY: The MMS has prepared a draft EIS on a proposed OCS oil and gas 
lease sale in the Eastern GOM. This proposed sale is the only Eastern 
GOM sale scheduled during the current 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program and the first proposed sale in the Eastern GOM since 1988.
    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:

Louisiana

Calcasieu Parish Library, 327 Broad Street, Lake Charles;
Cameron Parish Library, Marshall Street, Cameron;

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Grand Isle Branch Library, Highway 1, Grand Isle;
Iberville Parish Library, 24605 J. Gerald Berret Boulevard, Plaquemine;
Jefferson Parish Regional Branch Library, 4747 West Napoleon Avenue, 
Metairie;
Jefferson Parish West Bank Outreach Branch Library, 2751 Manhattan 
Boulevard, Harvey;
Lafayette Public Library, 301 W. Congress Street, Lafayette;
Lafitte Branch Library, Route 1, Box 2, Lafitte;
Lafourche Parish Library, 303 West 5th Street, Thibodaux;
Louisiana State University Library, 760 Riverside Road, Baton Rouge;
Louisiana Tech University, Prescott Memorial Library, Everet Street, 
Ruston;
Loyola University, Government Documents Library, 6363 St. Charles 
Avenue, New Orleans;
LUMCON, Library, Star Route 541, Chauvin;
McNeese State University, Luther E. Frazar Memorial Library, Ryan 
Street, Lake Charles;
New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans;
Nicholls State University, Nicholls State Library, Leighton Drive, 
Thibodaux;
Plaquemines Parish Library, 203 Highway 11, South, Buras;
St. Bernard Parish Library, 1125 East Street, Bernard Highway, 
Chalmette;
St. Charles Parish Library, 105 Lakewood Drive, Luling;
St. John The Baptist Parish Library, 1334 West Airline Highway, 
LaPlace;
St. Mary Parish Library, 206 Iberia Street, Franklin;
St. Tammany Parish Library, Covington Branch, 310 West 21st Street, 
Covington;
St. Tammany Parish Library, Slidell Branch, 555 Robert Boulevard, 
Slidell;
Terrebonne Parish Library, 424 Roussell Street, Houma;
Tulane University, Howard Tilton Memorial Library, 7001 Freret Street, 
New Orleans;
University of New Orleans Library, Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans;
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Dupre Library, 302 East St. Mary 
Boulevard, Lafayette;
Vermilion Parish Library, Abbeville Branch, 200 North Street, 
Abbeville;

Mississippi

Eudora Welty Library, 300 North State Street, Jackson;
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Gunter Library, 703 East Beach Drive, 
Ocean Springs;
Hancock County Library System, 312 Highway 90, Bay St. Louis;
Harrison County Library, 14th and 21st Avenues, Gulfport;
Jackson George Regional Library System, 3214 Pascagoula Street, 
Pascagoula;

Alabama

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

Florida

Bay County Public Library, 25 West Government Street, Panama City;
Charlotte-Glades Regional Library System, 18400 Murdock Circle, Port 
Charlotte;
Collier County Public Library, 650 Central Avenue, Naples;
Environmental Library, Sarasota County, 7112 Curtis Avenue, Sarasota;
Florida A & M University, Coleman Memorial Library, Martin Luther King 
Boulevard, Tallahassee;
Florida Northwest Regional Library System, 25 West Government Street, 
Panama City;
Florida State University, Strozier Library, Call Street and Copeland 
Avenue, Tallahassee;
Fort Walton Beach Public Library, 105 Miracle Strip Parkway, Fort 
Walton Beach;
Leon County Public Library, 200 West Park Avenue, Tallahassee;
Marathon Public Library, 3152 Overseas Highway, Marathon;
Monroe County Public Library, 700 Fleming Street, Key West;
Port Charlotte Public Library, 2280 Aaron Street, Port Charlotte;
Selby Public Library, 1001 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota;
St. Petersburg Public Library, 3745 Avenue North, St. Petersburg;
Tampa-Hillsborough County Library, Documents Division, 900 North Ashley 
Drive, Tampa;
University of Florida Library, University Avenue, Gainesville;
University of Florida, Holland Law Library, Southwest 25th Street and 
2nd Avenue, Gainesville;
University of West Florida Library, 1100 University Parkway, Pensacola;
West Florida Regional Library, 200 West Gregory Street, Pensacola.

    There will be four 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 effects of the proposed lease sale.

January 8, 2001, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Minerals Management Service, Gulf of 
Mexico Region,1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana;
January 9, 2001, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., New World Landing, 600 South 
Palafox, Pensacola, Florida;
January 10, 2001, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tallahassee-
Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, Florida; and
January 11, 2001, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Adams Mark Hotel, 64 South Water 
Street, Mobile, Alabama.

    If you wish to testify at a hearing, you may register beginning 1 
hour prior to the meeting. Speakers will be limited to 10 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 
January 23, 2001. Send written statements to the Regional Director, 
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, MMS, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, MS-5410, 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394. All comments are due by January 23, 
2001.
    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 also may be circumstances in which we would 
withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. 
If you wish 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.


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    Dated: November 9, 2000.
Carolita U. Kallaur,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 00-30925 Filed 12-4-00; 8:45 am]
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