[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 208 (Friday, October 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54276-54277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27034]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Notice of the Dates, Times, and Locations of Public Hearings on 
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed 5-Year 
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2002 to 
2007

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Announcing the dates, times, and locations of public hearings 
on the Draft EIS for the Proposed OCS 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program for 2002 to 2007.

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SUMMARY: The MMS has prepared a draft EIS on the Proposed 5-Year OCS 
Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2002 to 2007 pursuant to section 
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Public 
hearings will be held in Alaska, Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama to 
receive comments from the public on the contents of the EIS.

DATES: Public hearings are scheduled for the following dates and times 
at the following locations:

December 3, 2001

    Anchorage, Alaska from 7 to 10 PM in the Wilda Marston Theater, ZJ 
Loussac Public Library, phone contact: Robin Cacy at (907) 271-6070.

December 4, 2001

    Soldotna, Alaska from 7 to 10 PM in the Kenai Peninsula Borough 
Conference Room, phone contact: Robin Cacy at (907) 271-6070;
    Kotzebue, Alaska from 7 to 10 PM in the North West Arctic Borough 
Assembly Room, phone contact: Robin Cacy at (907) 271-6070.

December 5, 2001

    Homer, Alaska from 7 to 10 PM in the Homer City Council Chamber, 
491 E. Pioneer Avenue, phone contact: Robin Cacy at (907) 271-6070;
    Nome, Alaska from 7 to 10 PM at the North West Campus, University 
of Alaska Fairbanks, phone contact: Robin Cacy at (907) 271-6070.

December 7, 2001

    Kodiak, Alaska from 7 to 10 PM in the Kodiak Island Borough 
Assembly Chambers, phone contact: Robin Cacy at (909) 271-6070;
    Barrow, Alaska from 7 to 10 PM in the North Slope Borough Assembly 
Room, phone contact: Robin Cacy at (907) 271-6070.

December 10, 2001

    Houston, Texas from 1 to 3 PM at the Houston Airport Marriott, 
18700 Kennedy Boulevard, phone contact: Janet Diaz at (504) 736-2540.

December 11, 2001

    New Orleans, Louisiana from 1 to 3 PM at the Minerals Management 
Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, phone contact: Janet Diaz at 
(504) 736-2540.

December 12, 2001

    Mobile, Alabama from 1 to 3 PM and 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Adams 
Mark Hotel, 64 South Water Street, phone contact; Janet Diaz at (504) 
736-2540.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Wildermann, Minerals 
Management Service, Branch of Environmental Assessment, at (703) 787-
1670.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested individuals, representatives of 
organizations, and public officials who wish to testify at the hearings 
are requested to contact the person listed as the contact for the 
hearing at the particular location they wish to attend at least 5 days 
prior to the hearings. Time limitations may make it necessary to limit 
the length of each oral presentation to 10 minutes or less. An oral 
statement may be supplemented, however, by a more complete written 
statement that should be submitted to the hearing panel at the time of 
the oral presentation. After the presentation of oral statements by 
those who have pre-registered, if time is still available other 
individuals will be given an opportunity to be heard. Each hearing will 
begin at the specified time and will recess when all speakers have had 
an opportunity to testify. If there are no additional speakers, the 
hearing will adjourn immediately after the recess. Written comments on 
the draft EIS, including comments from individuals unable to present 
oral statements or to attend the hearings, will be accepted until 
January 24, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft EIS and written materials prepared as 
part of testimony at the public hearings should be mailed to the 
Minerals Management Service, Attention: Mr.

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Richard Wildermann, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4042, Herndon, Virginia 
20170-4817. Hand deliveries may be made to the Department of the 
Interior, Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW., Room 4227, 
Washington, DC 20240. Envelopes or packages should be marked ``2002-
2007 OCS Oil and Gas Program Draft EIS.'' The MMS will also accept 
comments submitted by e-mail to [email protected].
    Public Comment Procedures: Our practice is to make comments, 
including the names and home addresses of respondents, available for 
public review. An individual commenter may ask that we withhold name, 
home address, or both from the public record, and we will honor such a 
request to the extent allowable by law. If you submit comments and wish 
us to withhold such information, you must state so prominently at the 
beginning of your submission. We will not consider anonymous comments, 
and we will make available for inspection in their entirety all 
comments submitted by organizations and businesses or by individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives of organizations and 
businesses.
    After the public hearing testimony and written comments on the 
draft EIS have been reviewed and analyzed, a final EIS will be 
prepared. The comment period for the draft EIS closes January 24, 2002.

    Dated: October 18, 2001.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
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