[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 10111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4033]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf, Pacific Region, Environmental Document 
Prepared for Plains Exploration and Production Company's Submarine 
Power Cable Repair Project

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS). Interior.

ACTION: 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 Plains Exploration and Production 
Company's Platform Hillhouse-to-Shore Submarine Power Cable Repair 
Project and issued a FONSI pursuant to the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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 EAs and FONSIs for Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas exploration and development 
activities and other operations on the Pacific OCS. Plains Exploration 
and Production Company's power cable repair project involves replacing 
up to 400 feet of failed power cable that links OCS Platform Hillhouse 
to shore in 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 EAs 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. The 
MMS completed the EA and issued the FONSI on January 31, 2005. This 
notice constitutes the public Notice of Availability of environmental 
documents required under the NEPA regulations.

    Dated: February 11, 2005.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 05-4033 Filed 3-1-05; 8:45 am]
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