[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 84 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23490-23491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9466]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

[Docket No. MMS-2008-OMM-0020]


Notice of Nominations Received and Proposed Limited Alternative 
Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and Initiation of 
Coordination and Consultation; Correction

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Correction.

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SUMMARY: The MMS published a Notice in the Federal Register on Friday, 
April 18, 2008 (73 FR 21152), announcing proposed areas of the OCS for 
limited alternative energy leasing and requesting indications of 
competitive interest in such proposed lease areas. That original Notice 
also requested public comment on the areas proposed for limited 
leasing. This correction Notice corrects the table in the original 
Notice identifying the proposed lease areas for alternative energy 
resource data collection and technology testing activities on the Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS).

DATES: This correction is effective immediately upon publication of 
this Notice. The 30-day and 60-day comment periods identified in the 
original Notice shall be deemed to commence upon the publication of 
this correction Notice.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Maureen Bornholdt, Minerals 
Management Service, Offshore Minerals Management, 381 Elden Street, 
Mail Stop 4080, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, (703) 787-1300.

Technical Correction

    Correction. The table provided in our original notice dated Friday, 
April 18, 2008, incorrectly identified the boundaries of some proposed 
lease areas. The table below accurately describes the areas of proposed 
leasing for alternative energy resource data collection and technology 
testing activities on the OCS. The locations of proposed OCS alterative 
energy limited leasing are described as follows:

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                                         Official protraction
            Adjacent state                      diagram                  Block(s)                 Resource
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1. New Jersey........................  Hudson Canyon NJ 18-03..  6451....................  Wind.
2. New Jersey........................  Wilmington NJ 18-02.....  6936....................  Wind.
3. New Jersey........................  Wilmington NJ 18-02.....  7131....................  Wind.
4. New Jersey........................  Wilmington NJ 18-02.....  6931....................  Wind.
5. New Jersey........................  Wilmington NJ 18-02.....  6738....................  Wind.
6. New Jersey........................  Wilmington NJ 18-02.....  7033....................  Wind.
7. Delaware..........................  Salisbury NJ 18-05......  6325....................  Wind.
8. Georgia...........................  Brunswick NH 17-02......  6074....................  Wind.
9. Georgia...........................  Brunswick NH 17-02......  6174....................  Wind.
10. Georgia..........................  Brunswick NH 17-02......  6126....................  Wind.
11. Florida..........................  Bahamas NG 17-06........  7103....................  Current.
12. Florida..........................  West Palm Beach NG 17-05  7040 and 7090...........  Current.
                                       Bahamas NG 17-06........  7001, 7002, 7003, 7004,
                                                                  7005, 7006, 7007, 7051,
                                                                  7052, 7053, 7054, 7055,
                                                                  7056, 7057, 7104, 7105,
                                                                  7106, and 7107.
13. Florida..........................  Bahamas NG 17-06........  6702, 6703, 6704, 6705,   Current.
                                                                  6706, 6707, and 6708.
14. Florida..........................  Miami NG 17-08..........  6040....................  Current.
                                       Bimini NG 17-09.........  6001....................
15. California.......................  Ukiah NJ 10-02..........  6405, 6455, 6456, 6504,   Wave.
                                                                  6505, 6506, 6554, 6555,
                                                                  6604, 6605, 6654, 6655,
                                                                  6704, and 6705.
16. California.......................  Eureka NK 10-10.........  6031, 6032, 6033, 6080,   Wave.
                                                                  6081, 6082, 6083, 6130,
                                                                  6131, 6132, 6133, 6179,
                                                                  6180, 6181, 6182, 6229,
                                                                  6230, 6231, 6232, 6279,
                                                                  6280, 6281, 6330, and
                                                                  6331.
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    The above locations refer to areas identified on the Official 
Protraction Diagrams that are available from each MMS regional office 
and online at http://www.mms.gov/ld/Maps.htm, and the areas are 
identified as OCS blocks that are generally nine square miles in size. 
The nominated areas may be located on those maps or on a map viewer 
maintained by MMS at http://www.mms.gov/offshore/RenewableEnergy/WebMappingViewer.htm.

    Dated: April 21, 2008.
Chris C. Oynes,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
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