[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65313-65314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28844]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Plan of Operations, Environmental Assessment, Padre Island 
National Seashore, Texas

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Plan of Operations, Environmental 
Assessment, and Floodplains and Wetlands Statement of Findings for a 
30-day public review at Padre Island National Seashore.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS), in accordance with Section 
9.52(b) of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Executive Order 
11988, Floodplain Management, and Executive Order 11990, Protection of 
Wetlands has received from BNP Petroleum Corporation a Plan of 
Operations for drilling and production of the Dunn-Peach No. 1 Well 
from a surface location 6.9 miles south along the Gulf beach, from the 
end of Park Road 22, within Padre Island National Seashore. 
Additionally, the NPS has prepared an Environmental Assessment and a 
Floodplains and Wetlands Statement of Findings for the site of the 
proposed well.

DATES: The above documents are available for public review and comment 
through December 19, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations, Environmental Assessment, and 
Floodplain and Wetlands Statement of Findings are available for public 
review and comment in the Office of the Superintendent, Padre Island 
National Seashore, 20301 Park Road 22, Corpus Christi, Texas. Copies of 
the Plan of Operations are available, for a duplication fee, from the 
Superintendent, Padre Island National Seashore, PO Box 181300, Corpus 
Christi, Texas 78480-1300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Arlene Wimer, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Padre Island National Seashore, PO Box 181300, 
Corpus Christi, Texas 78480-1300, Telephone: 361-949-8173 x 224, e-mail 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to submit comments about this 
document within the 30 days; mail them

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to the post office address provided above, hand-deliver them to the 
park at the street address provided above, or electronically file them 
to the e-mail address provided above. 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 also may be 
circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a respondent's 
identity, as 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 25, 2003.
Michael D. Snyder,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 03-28844 Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
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