[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 43432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16443]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf, Pacific Region, Environmental Document 
Prepared for Nuevo Energy Company's Submarine Power Cable Repair 
Project

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS).

ACTIONS: Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment (EA) and 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

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SUMMARY: The MMS prepared an EA for Nuevo Energy Company's Submarine 
Power Cable Repair Project and issued a FONSI pursuant to the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

DATES: MMS completed the EA and issued the FONSI on June 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minerals Management Service, Pacific 
Region, 770 Paseo Camarillo, Camarillo, CA 93010, Mr. John Lane, 
telephone (805) 389-7820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS prepares EA's and FONSI's for Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas exploration and development 
activities and other operations on the Pacific OCS. Nuevo Energy 
Company's power cable repair project involves replacing a segment 
(1,800 feet) of failed power cable that links OCS Platforms Henry and 
Hillhouse which are located offshore the County of Santa Barbara. The 
EA examines the potential environmental effects of the project and 
presents MMS's conclusions regarding the significance of those effects. 
The MMS prepares EA's to determine whether proposed projects constitute 
a major Federal action that significantly affects the quality of the 
human environment in the sense of NEPA 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared 
in those instances where the MMS finds that approval will not result in 
significant effects on the quality of the human environment. The FONSI 
briefly presents the basis for that finding and includes a summary or 
copy of the EA. This notice constitutes the public Notice of 
Availability of environmental documents required under the NEPA 
regulations.

    Dated: June 24, 2004.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-16443 Filed 7-19-04; 8:45 am]
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