[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 61069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17243]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Notice of Additional Information for a Public Hearing on the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed 5-Year 
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2007-2012

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the regulations implementing the procedural 
provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et 
seq.), the Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced Public Hearings 
to solicit comments on the Draft EIS for the Proposed 2007-2012 OCS Oil 
and Gas 5-Year Leasing Program in the Federal Register notice on 
September 26, 2006. The notice did not include specific information on 
place and time for the Public Hearing in Norfolk, Virginia. That 
specific information is now attached below. Statements, both oral and 
written, will be received at the hearing. Persons wishing to speak may 
be put on the speakers' list by the MMS contact listed below in advance 
of the public hearing or may sign up at the hearing. Time limits may be 
set on oral testimony to allow time for all speakers to participate.

Date and Location of Public Hearing: November 14, 2006--Radisson Hotel, 
700 Monticello Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia, 1 p.m., contact: Dr. Norman 
Froomer, (703) 787-1644. Information concerning the Draft EIS for the 
Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 
2007-2012 can be accessed at http://www.mms.gov/5-year/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minerals Management Service, Mr. James 
Bennett, Chief, Branch of Environmental Assessment, 381 Elden Street, 
Mail Stop 4042, Herndon, Virginia 20170, (703) 787-1660.

    Dated: October 2, 2006.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Minerals Management Service.
[FR Doc. E6-17243 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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