[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44670-44671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19107]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2015-0068]


Environmental Impact Statement on the Liberty Development and 
Production Plan in the Beaufort Sea Planning Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is announcing the 
availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 
Liberty Development and Production Plan (DPP) in the Beaufort Sea 
Planning Area. The FEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of 
the proposed action described in the Liberty DPP and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the FEIS and associated information is 
available on BOEM's website at: https://www.boem.gov/liberty.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Boldrick, Project Manager, 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint 
Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, 907-334-5200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed action would recover and 
process oil from the Liberty oil field and transport sales-quality oil 
to market. To accomplish this, Hilcorp Alaska LLC would construct the 
Liberty Drilling and Production Island (LDPI) to recover reserves from 
three Federal leases (OCS-Y-1585, OCS-Y-1650, and OCS-Y-1886) in Foggy 
Island Bay of the Beaufort Sea. The ocean bottom footprint of the 
proposed LDPI is approximately 24 acres. Hilcorp would construct a new 
pipeline linking the LDPI to the Badami Sales Oil Pipeline (Badami 
pipeline). They would bury the subsea portion (approximately 5.6 miles) 
of the pipeline along a route running south from the LPDI to the Alaska 
coastline west of the Kadleroshilik River. The pipeline would 
transition to above-ground for approximately 1.5 miles and tie into the 
existing Badami pipeline. Hilcorp would produce and process oil from 
the LDPI, transport it through the Badami pipeline to the existing 
common carrier pipeline system, and from there on to the Trans-Alaska 
Pipeline System.
    The full text of the mitigation measures which will be included in 
the project approval are available in the Liberty DPP FEIS. The FEIS 
and associated information is available on BOEM's website at: https://www.boem.gov/liberty.
    Authority: This Notice of Availability is published pursuant to 
regulations (40 CFR part 1506) implementing the provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.).


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    Dated: August 13, 2018.
James (Jim) Kendall,
Regional Director, Alaska OCS Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-19107 Filed 8-30-18; 8:45 am]
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