[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 74797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30301]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2015-0068; MMAA10400]


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska Region, Beaufort Sea 
Planning Area, Liberty Development and Production Plan, Extension of 
Public Scoping Comment Period

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

ACTION: Extension of public scoping comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 25, 2015, BOEM published a Notice of Intent (NOI) 
to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Liberty 
Development and Production Plan (DPP) in the Beaufort Sea Planning Area 
(80 FR 57873). The September 25 notice provided for a 60-day comment 
period, which is scheduled to end on November 24, 2015. During BOEM's 
scoping, the pubic recommended extending the comment period. To further 
the intent of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to collect 
information to define the scope of issues to be addressed in depth in 
the analyses that will be included in the EIS, and to provide 
additional opportunity for interested and affected parties to comment, 
BOEM is extending the scoping comment period for an additional 60 days 
to January 26, 2016.

DATES: Scoping comments should be submitted by January 26, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Liberty DPP EIS 
or BOEM's policies associated with this notice, please contact Lauren 
Boldrick, Project Manager, BOEM, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint 
Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 334-5227.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
governments and/or agencies and other interested parties may submit 
written comments on the scope of the EIS through the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the field entitled 
``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter [Docket No. BOEM-2015-0068], and then 
click ``search.'' Follow the instructions to submit public comments and 
view supporting and related materials available for this notice.
    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 comments to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority: The NOI to prepare an EIS was issued pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4231 et seq.), and implementing regulations at 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 
CFR 46.415.

     Dated: November 18, 2015.
Abigail Ross Hopper,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-30301 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
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