[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19226]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil and Gas 
Operations on the Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of the availability of environmental documents.

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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service, in accordance with Federal 
Regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA), announces the availability of NEPA-related Categorical 
Exclusion Reviews (CERs)/Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Findings 
of No Significant Impact (FONSI), prepared by MMS for the following oil 
and gas activities proposed on the Alaskan OCS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minerals Management Service, Alaska 
OCS Region, Attention: Ms. Nikki Lewis, Resource Center, 949 East 36th 
Avenue, Room 330, Anchorage, Alaska, telephone (907) 271-6438 or 1-800-
764-2627.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS prepares CERs/EAs and FONSIs for 
proposals that relate to exploration for and the development/production 
of oil and gas resources on the Alaskan OCS. These CERs/EAs examine the 
potential environmental effects of activities described in the 
proposals and present MMS conclusions regarding the significance of 
those effects. CERs/EAs are used as a basis for determining whether or 
not approvals of the proposals constitute major Federal actions that 
significantly affect the quality of the human environment in the sense 
of NEPA Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared in those instances where 
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 CER.
    This notice constitutes the public notice of availability of 
environmental documents required under the NEPA Regulations.
    This listing includes all proposals for which the Alaska OCS Region 
prepared a FONSI in the period subsequent to publication of the 
preceding notice.

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         Activity/operator                  Location            Date
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Veritas DGC for Conoco/Phillips      Between Eskimo            03/31/04
 Alaska, winter over-ice 3-D          Islands and the
 vibrosis (winter seismic survey);    Nechelik Channel of
 CER review of OCS G&G Permit         the Colville River
 Application No. 04-01.               and southern
                                      Harrison Bay (100-
                                      200 sq. miles
                                      overall, but only 5-
                                      10 sq. miles on the
                                      Federal OCS).
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    Persons interested in reviewing environmental documents for the 
proposals listed above or obtaining information about CERs/EAs and 
FONSIs prepared for activities on the Alaska OCS are encouraged to 
contact MMS at the address or telephone listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.

    Dated: July 16, 2004.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-19226 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]
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