[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 61 (Friday, March 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16060-16061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06102]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2017-0001]


Notice of Availability for the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental 
Shelf Lease Sale Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 2018 
MMAA10400

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is announcing the 
availability of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 2018 (2018 Draft 
Supplemental EIS). The 2018 Draft Supplemental EIS provides an analysis

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of the potential significant impacts of a proposed action (a region 
wide lease sale) and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. 
This Supplemental EIS is expected to be used to inform decisions on 
each of the two lease sales scheduled in 2018, and to be supplemented 
as necessary for future Gulf of Mexico region wide lease sales. This 
Notice of Availability also serves to announce the beginning of the 45-
day public comment period for the Draft Supplemental EIS.
    The Draft Supplemental EIS and associated information are available 
on BOEM's Web site at http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. BOEM will 
primarily distribute digital copies of the Draft Supplemental EIS on 
compact discs. You may request a compact disc, a paper copy or the 
location of a library with a digital copy of the Draft Supplemental EIS 
from the BOEM, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public Information Office (GM 
335A), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 
or by telephone at 1-800-200-GULF.

DATES: Comments must be submitted or postmarked no later than May 15, 
2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on the Draft 
Supplemental EIS, you may contact Mr. Greg Kozlowski, Deputy Regional 
Supervisor, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS) Region, Office of Environment (GM 623E), 1201 
Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394. You may also 
contact Mr. Greg Kozlowski by telephone at 504-736-2512.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
governments and/or agencies and the public may submit written comments 
on the scope of this Draft Supplemental EIS through the following 
methods:
    1. In an envelope labeled ``Comments on the 2018 Draft Supplemental 
EIS'' and mailed (or hand carried) to Mr. Greg Kozlowski, Deputy 
Regional Supervisor, Office of Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394; or
    2. Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. BOEM-2017-0001. Click on 
the ``Comment Now!'' button to the right of the document link. Enter 
your information and comment, and then click ``Submit.''
    BOEM will hold public meetings to obtain comments regarding the 
Draft Supplemental EIS. These public meetings will be held in an open-
house format, and will take place between 4:00 p.m. CDT and 7:00 p.m. 
CDT. They are scheduled as follows:
     New Orleans, Louisiana: Tuesday, April 25, 2017, Wyndham 
Garden New Orleans Airport, 6401 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 
Louisiana 70003;
     Houston, Texas: Thursday, April 27, 2017, Houston Marriott 
North, 255 North Sam Houston Pkwy East, Houston, Texas 77060;
     Pensacola, Florida: Monday, May 1, 2017, Hilton Garden Inn 
Pensacola Airport, 1144 Airport Blvd., Pensacola, Florida 32504;
     Mobile, Alabama: Tuesday, May 2, 2017, The Admiral Hotel 
Mobile, Curio Collection by Hilton, 251 Government Street, Mobile, 
Alabama 36602; and
     Gulfport, Mississippi: Wednesday, May 3, 2017, Courtyard 
by Marriott, Gulfport Beachfront MS Hotel, 1600 East Beach Boulevard, 
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501.
    BOEM does not consider anonymous comments; please include your name 
and address as part of your submittal. 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. All 
submissions from organizations, businesses, and identified individuals 
will be available for public viewing on regulations.gov.
    Authority: This Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental EIS 
is published pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and 43 CFR 46.415.

    Dated: March 22, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-06102 Filed 3-30-17; 8:45 am]
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