[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 36 (Thursday, February 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3524]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Availability of revised North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) 
Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that effective with this publication, 
the following NAD 83--based Outer Continental Shelf Official 
Protraction Diagrams last revised on the date indicated are available 
for information only, in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office, New 
Orleans, Louisiana. Copies are also available for download at http://www.mms.gov/ld/atlantic.htm. The Minerals Management Service in 
accordance with its authority and responsibility under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act is updating and depicting the ambulatory 
Submerged Lands Act boundary and Limit of ``8 (g) Zone'' for the entire 
Continental United States and Alaska, except where fixed under a 
Supplemental Decree of the United States Supreme Court. This effort is 
being conducted under a joint project with the NOAA National Ocean 
Service and the Department of State's Interdepartmental Baseline 
Committee to develop a new National Baseline for the United States. 
These diagrams constitute the basic record of the marine cadastre in 
the geographic area they represent.

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                       Description                             Date
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NK19-04 (Boston)........................................     19-JAN-2005
NK19-05 (Cashes Ledge)..................................     19-JAN-2005
NK19-07 (Providence)....................................     19-JAN-2005
NK19-08 (Chatham).......................................     19-JAN-2005
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of Official Protraction 
Diagrams are $2.00 each. These may be purchased from the Public 
Information Unit, Information Services Section, Gulf of Mexico OCS 
Region, Minerals Management Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New 
Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, telephone (504) 736-2519 or (800) 200-
GULF.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Official Protraction Diagrams may be 
obtained in two digital formats: .gra files for use in ARC/INFO and 
.pdf files for viewing and printing in Adobe[reg] Acrobat.

    Dated: February 16, 2005.
Robert P. Labelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 05-3524 Filed 2-23-05; 8:45 am]
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