[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 10738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4034]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska OCS Region, Beaufort Sea, 
Proposed Liberty Development and Production Plan (DPP)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Reschedule of dates and times of public hearings for the draft 
environmental impact statement (EIS) and extension of comment period to 
April 13, 2001.

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SUMMARY: We are changing some of the public hearing dates on the draft 
EIS for the Liberty DPP and extending the public comment period to 
accommodate the change of dates.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 8, 2001, we announced in the 
Federal Register (Vol. 66, No 5, Pages 1365-6) the availability of the 
draft EIS for the Liberty DPP; the locations, dates, and times of the 
public hearings; and the end of the public comment period.
    In response to a letter from the North Slope Borough and comments 
from the community leaders in Barrow and Nuiqsut, Alaska, some of the 
hearings have been rescheduled to the following dates, times, and 
locations:
    March 19, 2001, 7-10 p.m., Kisik Community Center, Nuiqsut;
    March 20, 2001, 7-10 p.m., Kaktovik Community Center, Kaktovik; and
    March 21, 2001, 7-10 p.m., Inupiaq Heritage Center, Barrow.
    The dates and times for the scheduled hearings in Anchorage and 
Fairbanks, Alaska remain unchanged.
    If you wish to testify at one of the public hearings, please 
register by contacting the Alaska OCS Region at the address below or 
Mr. Fred King at (907) 271-6696 or toll free 1-800-764-2627 no later 
than 3 days prior to the hearing date. When you register, you may also 
request a preferred time to testify. Every effort will be made to 
accommodate individuals who have not pre-registered to testify. Time 
limitations may require limiting the length of oral statements to 10 
minutes. You may supplement an oral statement with a more complete 
written statement and submit it to the hearing officer at the hearing 
or by mail until April 13, 2001. Written statements submitted at the 
hearing will be considered part of the hearing record. If you are 
unable to attend the hearings, you may submit written statements at the 
address below.
    To accommodate the later dates for the above three public hearings, 
we have extended the comment period on the draft EIS until April 13, 
2001. Please mark your comments ``Liberty Draft EIS'' and address them 
to the Regional Director, Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS 
Region, 949 East 36th Avenue, Room 308, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4363.

    Dated: February 12, 2001.
Richard Wildermann,
Chief, Environmental Assessment Branch.
[FR Doc. 01-4034 Filed 2-13-01; 3:51 pm]
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