United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2014_register executive 2014-04-02 article Notices D09002ee1c7fa3ec0 D09002ee1c7fa3f42 United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) considering the reasonably foreseeable environmental and socioeconomic impacts of issuing an Interim Policy lease and subsequent site characterization activities (geophysical, geotechnical, archaeological, and biological surveys) in Official Protraction Diagram NH 17-02 Blocks 6074, 6126, and 6174, offshore Georgia. The EA also considers the reasonably foreseeable impacts associated with the approval of site assessment activities (including the installation and operation of a meteorological tower and/or buoys) on the lease that may be issued. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the availability of the EA for review, to solicit public comments on the EA, and to seek public comment and input under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), and its implementing regulations (36 CFR part 800). The EA can be found online at http://www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy- Program/State-Activities/Georgia.aspx. 79 FR 18578 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-04-02/2014-07376 2014-07376 fr02ap14-90 4310-MR-P Docket No. BOEM-2014-0010 MMAA104000 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-04-02/2014-07376 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-04-02/html/2014-07376.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-04-02/pdf/2014-07376.pdf 2 p. 18578 18579 79 FR 18578 Environmental Assessment for Potential Interim Policy Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Georgia; Federal Register Vol. 79, Issue NOTICE 2014-07376 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Docket No. BOEM-2014-0010 MMAA104000 4310-MR-P 2014-07376 Notice of the Availability of an Environmental Assessment.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) considering the reasonably foreseeable environmental and socioeconomic impacts of issuing an Interim Policy lease and subsequent site characterization activities (geophysical, geotechnical, archaeological, and biological surveys) in Official Protraction Diagram NH 17-02 Blocks 6074, 6126, and 6174, offshore Georgia. The EA also considers the reasonably foreseeable impacts associated with the approval of site assessment activities (including the installation and operation of a meteorological tower and/or buoys) on the lease that may be issued. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the availability of the EA for review, to solicit public comments on the EA, and to seek public comment and input under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), and its implementing regulations (36 CFR part 800). The EA can be found online at http://www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy- Program/State-Activities/Georgia.aspx.

Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, (703) 787-1340 or michelle.morin@boem.gov. Environmental Assessments, Availability, etc.: Potential Interim Policy Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities, Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, Georgia , michelle.morin@boem.gov http://www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy-Program/State-Activities/Georgia.aspx http://www.boem.gov/State-Activities-Georgia/ http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 79, no. 63 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2014-04-02 continuing daily deposited born digital 180 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-04-02 P0b002ee1881e73a2 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr02ap14 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-04-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-04-02/pdf/FR-2014-04-02.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-04-02/xml/FR-2014-04-02.xml fdlp 18441 18610 DGPO 2014-04-02 2024-06-02 FR-2014-04-02 machine generated eng FR FR-2014-04-02 79 63