[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 48705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23735]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-990-5101-ER-FL07]


Notice of Rescheduled Scoping Meetings for the Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for Renewal of the Federal Agreement and Grant 
of Right-of-Way for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of rescheduled Scoping Meetings for the Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for Renewal of the Federal Agreement and Grant 
of Right-of-Way for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The BLM is rescheduling scoping meetings originally scheduled 
to occur on September 12, 2001, in Barrow, Alaska and September 13, 
2001, in Fairbanks, Alaska, and is extending the scoping period. The 
Notice of Intent establishing the original scoping period and notifying 
the public of meeting times was published in the Federal Register on 
July 31, 2001 (Vol. 66, No. 147, p. 39529). The tragic events of 
September 11, 2001 and the resultant disruption of air traffic made the 
postponement and extension necessary.
    The BLM will hold rescheduled public scoping meetings for the EIS 
in these communities as listed below (specific meeting times and places 
will be announced through local media, project web site, and by e-
mail):

Fairbanks, Alaska: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Barrow, Alaska: Friday, October 12, 2001

    The public scoping period, originally scheduled to end on September 
29, is extended to October 19.

DATES: The BLM will accept written comments on the EIS scope postmarked 
by October 19, 2001; and electronic, faxed, and voice comments received 
by October 19, 2001. Written comments may also be hand-delivered to the 
Joint Pipeline Office in Anchorage, Alaska, by 4 p.m. on October 19, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to BLM TAPS Renewal 
Scoping, Argonne National Laboratory EAD/900, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, 
Argonne, IL 60439. As an alternative, written comments can be hand-
delivered to BLM TAPS Renewal Scoping, 411 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 2, 
Anchorage, AK. (Do not mail them to this address.) Comments also can be 
e-mailed to [email protected], submitted through the ``Public Comment 
Form'' feature on the TAPS Renewal EIS Web site at http://tapseis.anl.gov, by fax toll free to 866-386-7350, or by voice message 
toll free at 866-386-7331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Rob McWhorter, 907-271-3664, Joint 
Pipeline Office, 411 W 4th Avenue, Suite 2, Anchorage, AK 99501, 
[email protected], or visit the TAPS Right-of-Way Renewal Web site 
at http://www.tapsrenewal.jpo.doi.gov or the TAPS Renewal EIS Web site 
at http://tapseis.anl.gov.
    Withholding of Personal Information: It is the BLM's practice to 
make comments, including names and addresses of commenters, available 
for public review during regular business hours. Individual commenters 
may request that we withhold their home address from the scoping 
record, and we will honor such requests to the extent allowable by law. 
If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state 
this prominently at the beginning of your comment. 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: September 13, 2001.
Francis R. Cherry, Jr.,
State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 01-23735 Filed 9-20-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-JA-P