[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 32735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12984]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Supplemental Oil and Gas Management Plan, Environmental Impact 
Statement, Padre Island National Seashore, TX

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a Supplemental Oil and Gas 
Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, for Padre Island 
National Seashore, Texas.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service is preparing a 
Supplemental Oil and Gas Management Plan, Environmental Impact 
Statement, for Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. This will 
supplement the Oil and Gas Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact 
Statement completed on October 12, 2000.
    The major change in the Supplemental Oil and Gas Management Plan, 
Environmental Impact Statement, will be a revised reasonably 
foreseeable development scenario. Minor revisions will include new 
information on some resources in Padre Island National Seashore.
    A scoping brochure has been prepared that detail the proposed 
revisions identified to date. Copies of the scoping brochure may be 
obtained from Linda Dansby, SEIS Manager, Office of Minerals/Oil and 
Gas Support, Intermountain Region-Santa Fe, National Park Service, P.O. 
Box 728, Santa Fe, NM 87504-0728, telephone 505-988-6095.

DATES: The Park Service will accept comments from the public through 
July 10, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The scoping brochure will be available for public review and 
comment online at the Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) 
Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/pais. The scoping brochure is 
also available in the office of the Superintendent, Joe Escoto, 20301 
Park Road 22, Corpus Christi, Texas; and in the office of the SEIS 
Manager, Office of Minerals/Oil and Gas Support, 1100 Old Santa Fe 
Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Oil and Gas Management Plan, Final 
Environmental Impact Statement completed on October 12, 2000 is also 
available online at the PEPC Web site provided above; and a limited 
number of printed copies are available by contacting the SEIS Manager.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Dansby, SEIS Manager, Office of 
Minerals/Oil and Gas Support, Intermountain Region-Santa Fe, National 
Park Service, P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0728, Telephone 
505-988-6095, e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the scoping 
brochure or on any other issues associated with the supplemental oil 
and gas management plan, environmental impact statement, you may submit 
your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to 
SEIS Manager Linda Dansby, at the mailing address provided above. You 
may also post comments online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/pais. If 
you do not receive a confirmation from the system that we have received 
your Internet message, contact SEIS Manager Linda Dansby directly at 
505-988-6095. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to Padre Island 
National Seashore or SEIS Manager Linda Dansby at the street addresses 
provided. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, 
or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should 
be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Dated: June 4, 2008.
Hal J. Grovert,
Acting Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E8-12984 Filed 6-9-08; 8:45 am]
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