[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22003-22004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10722]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Environmental Assessment Prepared for Proposed Western Gulf Sale 
180 on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the environmental assessment on 
proposed Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 180.

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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has prepared an 
environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed annual Lease Sale 180 
for the Western Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental 
Shelf.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 were 
not available at the time the Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS) for Lease Sales 171, 174, 177, and 180 was prepared. In summary, 
no new significant impacts were identified for proposed Lease Sale 180 
that were not already assessed in the FEIS for Lease Sales 171, 174, 
177, and 180. As a result, MMS determined that a supplemental EIS is 
not required and prepared a Finding of No New Significant Impact.
    Public Comment: 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

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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.

    Dated: April 25, 2001.
Ralph Ainger,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
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