[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51568-51569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20876]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management


Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sales, 
Western Planning Area Lease Sale 233 and Central Planning Area Lease 
Sale 231

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Reopening of Scoping Comment Period.

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    Authority:  This scoping comment period is published pursuant to 
the regulations (40 CFR 1501.7) implementing the provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) (NEPA).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the regulations implementing the procedural 
provisions of NEPA, on July 9, 2012, BOEM announced its intent to 
prepare a Supplemental EIS for proposed Western Planning Area (WPA) 
Lease Sale 233 and Central Planning Area (CPA) Lease Sale 231 (WPA/CPA 
Supplemental EIS) (77 FR 40380). Due to a BOEM email address 
incorrectly noted in the July 9, 2012, Federal Register notice and out 
of an abundance of caution to ensure that BOEM receives all scoping 
comments, BOEM is reopening the scoping comment period.

DATES: Scoping comments for this Draft WPA/CPA Supplemental EIS will 
now be accepted until September 10, 2012.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:  BOEM is announcing the re-opening of the 
scoping process for the WPA/CPA Supplemental EIS. Throughout the 
scoping process, Federal, State, tribal, and local government agencies, 
and other interested parties have the opportunity to aid BOEM in 
determining the significant issues, reasonable alternatives, and 
potential mitigation measures to be analyzed in the WPA/CPA 
Supplemental EIS, as well as providing additional information. BOEM 
will use the NEPA commenting process to satisfy the public involvement 
process for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470f), as provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3).

Comments

    All interested parties, including Federal, State, and local 
government agencies, and the general public, may submit written 
comments on the scope of the WPA/CPA Supplemental EIS, significant 
issues that should be addressed, alternatives that should be 
considered, potential mitigation measures, and the types of oil and gas 
activities of interest in the proposed lease sale areas.

Written scoping comments may be submitted in one of the following two 
ways:
    (1.) In an envelope labeled ``Scoping for the WPA/CPA Supplemental 
EIS'' and mailed (or hand delivered) to Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, 
Regional Assessment Section, Office of Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park

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Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394; or
    (2.) BOEM email address: [email protected].

    Petitions, although accepted, do not generally provide relevant 
information at this stage to assist in scoping. BOEM does not consider 
anonymous comments. 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. If you wish for your name and/or address to be 
withheld, you must state your preference prominently at the beginning 
of your comment.
    All submissions from organizations or businesses and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of 
organizations or businesses will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the WPA/CPA 
Supplemental EIS, scoping process, the submission of comments, or 
BOEM's policies associated with this notice, please contact Mr. Gary D. 
Goeke, Chief, Regional Assessment Section, Office of Environment (GM 
623E), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, 
telephone (504) 736-3233.

    Dated: August 2, 2012.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-20876 Filed 8-23-12; 8:45 am]
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