[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24979-24980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10137]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[7148-NZY]


Plan of Operations, Environmental Assessment, Big Thicket 
National Preserve, Texas

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Plan of Operations and 
Environmental Assessment for a 30-day public review.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 9.52(b) of 
Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9, Subpart B, that 
the National Park Service (NPS) has received from Cimarex Energy 
Company (Cimarex), a Plan of Operations to conduct the Rivers Edge 3-D 
Seismic Survey within the Beaumont, Little Pine Island--Pine Island 
Bayou Corridor, Lower Neches River Corridor, and Village Creek Corridor 
Units of Big Thicket National Preserve (Preserve), in Hardin, Jasper, 
Jefferson, and Orange Counties, Texas. The NPS has prepared an 
Environmental Assessment of this proposal. The Environmental Assessment 
evaluates two alternatives: A No Action alternative under which there 
would be no new impacts, and the NPS preferred alternative under which 
Cimarex would conduct a 3-D seismic survey within the Preserve using a 
combination of helicopter-portable and tracked drilling equipment.

DATES: The above documents are available for public review and comment 
through May 29, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment are 
available for public review and comment at http://parkplanning.nps.gov 
and in the Office of the Superintendent, Douglas Neighbor, Big Thicket 
National Preserve, 6044 FM 420, Kountze, Texas 77625. Copies of the 
Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment are available upon 
request from the contact listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stephanie Burgess, Oil and Gas 
Program Manager, Big Thicket National Preserve, 6044 FM 420, Kountze, 
Texas 77625, Telephone: 409 951-6822, email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the Plan of 
Operations and Environmental Assessment, you may mail comments to the 
name and address above or post comments online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/. The documents will be on public review for 30 
days. Please note that the comments submitted in response to this 
notice are a matter of public record. Before including your address, 
phone number, email 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.


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    Dated: April 18, 2012.
Douglas Neighbor,
Superintendent, Big Thicket National Preserve, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-10137 Filed 4-25-12; 8:45 am]
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