[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56401-56402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21993]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[MMAA 104000]


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Oil and Gas 
Lease Sales, Central Planning Area (CPA) Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

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    Authority: This NOA is published pursuant to the regulations (40 
CFR part 1503) implementing the provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.).

SUMMARY: BOEM has prepared a Final Supplemental EIS for proposed OCS 
oil and gas Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247, which are tentatively 
scheduled to be held in March 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively, in 
the Gulf of Mexico CPA offshore the States of Louisiana,

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Mississippi, and Alabama. This Final Supplemental EIS updates the 
environmental and socioeconomic analyses for proposed CPA Lease Sales 
235, 241, and 247 evaluated in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease 
Sales: 2012-2017; Western Planning Area Lease Sales 229, 233, 238, 246, 
and 248; Central Planning Area Lease Sales 227, 231, 235, 241, and 247, 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2012-019) (2012-
2017 WPA/CPA Multisale EIS) and in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas 
Lease Sales: 2013-2014; Western Planning Area Lease Sale 233; Central 
Planning Area Lease Sale 231, Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2013-0118) (WPA 233/CPA 231 Supplemental 
EIS).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM developed this Final Supplemental EIS 
for proposed CPA Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247 to consider new 
information made available since completion of the 2012-2017 WPA/CPA 
Multisale EIS and WPA 233/CPA 231 Supplemental EIS, and to consider new 
information on the Deepwater Horizon incident. This Final Supplemental 
EIS updates the baseline conditions and potential environmental effects 
of oil and natural gas leasing, exploration, development, and 
production in the CPA. BOEM conducted an extensive search for new 
information, reviewing scientific journals and available scientific 
data and information from academic institutions and Federal, State, and 
local agencies; and interviewing personnel from academic institutions 
and Federal, State, and local agencies. BOEM has examined the potential 
impacts of routine activities and accidental events and the proposed 
lease sales' incremental contribution to the cumulative impacts on 
environmental and socioeconomic resources. The oil and gas resource 
estimates and scenario information for this Final Supplemental EIS are 
presented as a range that would encompass the resources and activities 
estimated for a proposed CPA lease sale.
    Final Supplemental EIS Availability: BOEM has printed and will 
distribute a limited number of paper copies. In keeping with the 
Department of the Interior's mission of the protection of natural 
resources and to limit costs while ensuring availability of the 
document to the public, BOEM will primarily distribute digital copies 
of the Final Supplemental EIS on compact discs. However, if you require 
a paper copy, BOEM will provide one upon request if copies are still 
available.
    You may obtain a copy of the Final Supplemental EIS from the Bureau 
of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public 
Information Office (GM 335A), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 250, 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 (1-800-200-GULF).
    You may also download or view the Final Supplemental EIS on BOEM's 
Internet Web site at http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/.
    Several libraries along the Gulf Coast have been sent copies of the 
Final Supplemental EIS. To find out which libraries have copies of the 
Final Supplemental EIS for review, you may contact BOEM's Public 
Information Office or visit BOEM's Internet Web site at http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on the Final 
Supplemental EIS, you may contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Office of Environment (GM 
623E), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 
or by email at [email protected]. You may also contact Mr. Goeke by 
telephone at 504-736-3233.

    Dated: August 20, 2014.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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