[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 42526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18107]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement


Notice of Availability of Draft Programmatic Environmental 
Assessment for BSEE Permitted Activities in the Southern California 
Planning Area 189E1700D2, ET1EE0000.PSB000, EEJJ000000

AGENCIES: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior; and 
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have prepared a Draft 
Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential 
environmental effects of reviewing and approving new applications for 
well drilling, conductor installation, temporary well abandonment, and 
other permitted downhole activities at platforms on existing leases on 
the Pacific OCS.

DATES: Comments on this Draft PEA will be accepted until September 21, 
2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on the Draft PEA, 
you may contact Mr. Rick Yarde, Regional Supervisor, Office of 
Environment Pacific Region, BOEM, (805) 384-6379 or Mr. David Fish, 
Chief Environmental Compliance Division, BSEE, (703) 787-1567.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice of Availability 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. (1988)). To obtain a copy of the Draft 
PEA:
    1. You may download or view the Draft PEA on the following website: 
http://pocspermittingpea.evs.anl.gov
    2. Hard copies of the Draft PEA may be obtained by contacting 
either Mr. Rick Yarde or Mr. David Fish.
    COMMENTS: Government agencies and other interested parties are 
requested to send their written comments on the Draft PEA in one of the 
following ways:
    1. Preferred: Submit your comment on the project's public review 
website at: http://pocspermittingpea.evs.anl.gov
    2. In an envelope labeled ``Comments on the Draft PEA for BSEE 
Permitted Activities in the Southern California Planning Area'' and 
mailed (or hand carried) to Mr. Rick Yarde, Regional Supervisor, Office 
of Environment Pacific Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 760 
Paseo Camarillo, Suite 102 (CM102), Camarillo, CA 93010; or Mr. David 
Fish, Chief Environmental Compliance Division, Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, VAE-ECD, Sterling, VA 
20166.
    Comments must be submitted by September 21, 2018.

Public Disclosure of Names and Addresses

    Before including your address, phone number, email address or other 
personal identifying information in your comment, be advised 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 from public review your personal identifying 
information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. The 
Bureaus will not consider anonymous comments, and the Bureaus will make 
available for inspection, in their entirety, all comments submitted by 
organizations or businesses or by individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives of organizations or businesses.

    Dated: August 9, 2018.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
    Dated: August 9, 2018.
Scott A. Angelle
Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2018-18107 Filed 8-21-18; 8:45 am]
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