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 2015_register executive 2015-02-19 article Notices D09002ee1c7f7ea27 D09002ee1c7f7ea63 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 BOEM is announcing the availability of a Final Second Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Chukchi Sea Planning Area, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 (Lease Sale 193). The Final Second SEIS (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2014-669) provides new analysis in accordance with the United States District Court for the District of Alaska (District Court) Order remanding Lease Sale 193 to BOEM. The District Court's order instructs BOEM to address the deficiency in the 2007 Final EIS (OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007-026) identified by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit). The Ninth Circuit held that the EIS supporting the decision to hold Lease Sale 193 arbitrarily relied on a one billion barrel oil production estimate. The Final Second SEIS provides a revised exploration and development scenario and an accompanying analysis of potential impacts of the proposed action alternatives. The Final Second SEIS identifies Alternative IV (Corridor II Deferral) as BOEM's preferred alternative. 80 FR 9280 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-02-20/2015-03373 2015-03373 fr20fe15-38 4310-MR-P Docket No. BOEM-2014-0078 MMAA104000 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-02-20/2015-03373 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-02-20/html/2015-03373.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-02-20/pdf/2015-03373.pdf 2 p. 9280 9281 80 FR 9280 Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska OCS Region, Chukchi Sea Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193; Federal Register Vol. 80, Issue NOTICE 2015-03373 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Docket No. BOEM-2014-0078 MMAA104000 4310-MR-P 2015-03373 Notice of Availability of a Final Second Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

BOEM is announcing the availability of a Final Second Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Chukchi Sea Planning Area, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 (Lease Sale 193). The Final Second SEIS (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2014-669) provides new analysis in accordance with the United States District Court for the District of Alaska (District Court) Order remanding Lease Sale 193 to BOEM. The District Court's order instructs BOEM to address the deficiency in the 2007 Final EIS (OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007-026) identified by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit). The Ninth Circuit held that the EIS supporting the decision to hold Lease Sale 193 arbitrarily relied on a one billion barrel oil production estimate. The Final Second SEIS provides a revised exploration and development scenario and an accompanying analysis of potential impacts of the proposed action alternatives. The Final Second SEIS identifies Alternative IV (Corridor II Deferral) as BOEM's preferred alternative.

Michael Routhier, Program Analysis Officer and Project Manager, BOEM, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5823 or by telephone at (907) 334-5200. Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska OCS Region, Chukchi Sea Planning Area , http://www.boem.gov/ak193/ Vol. 80, no. 34 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2015-02-20 continuing daily deposited born digital 176 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-02-20 P0b002ee18b20d8dd 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr20fe15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-02-20 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-02-20/pdf/FR-2015-02-20.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-02-20/xml/FR-2015-02-20.xml fdlp 9189 9358 DGPO 2015-02-19 2024-06-02 FR-2015-02-20 machine generated eng FR FR-2015-02-20 80 34