[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17209]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service (MMS)


Notice of Postponement of Public Hearings and Extension of the 
Public Comment Period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for Delineation Drilling Activities in Federal Waters Offshore 
Santa Barbara County, California

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Announcing a postponement in scheduled public hearings and an 
extension of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service is postponing the previously 
scheduled July 10 and 12 public hearings on the draft Environmental 
Impact Statement on Delineation Drilling Activities in Federal Waters 
Offshore Santa Barbara County, California (FR Vol. 66, No. 120/June 21, 
2001/Doc. 0115639/Page No. 33268). We will announce the dates, times, 
and locations of the re-scheduled public hearings in the Federal 
Register and local media when that information is available. We will 
also extend the public comment period (as announced in the Notice of 
Availability published in the June 21, 2001, Federal Register), and 
that date will be provided when the public hearings are rescheduled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the draft EIS, 
public hearings, or commenting on the EIS should be directed to Mr. 
Maurice Hill, Minerals Management Service, Office of Environmental 
Evaluation, Pacific OCS Region, 770 Paseo Camarillo, Camarillo, 
California 93010-6064. He may be reached by telephone at (805) 389-
7815; or you may contact Mr. John Lane at (805) 389-7820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The June 20, 2001, decision by the U.S. 
District Court for the Northern District of California requires MMS and 
the California Coastal Commission to review lease suspensions for the 
36 undeveloped OCS oil and gas leases under provisions of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act. Although the court decision did not address the 
EIS, the MMS will postpone public hearings on the EIS until we complete 
action implementing the court's order.

    Dated: July 5, 2001.
Carolita U. Kallaur,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 01-17209 Filed 7-5-01; 2:16 pm]
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