[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11811-11812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4757]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
Environmental Document Prepared in Support of Oil and Gas
Activities on the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
(BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a recent Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact prepared by
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the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40
CFR parts 1500-1508), and the Department of the Interior regulations on
NEPA (43 CFR part 46), BOEMRE announces the availability of an
Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) prepared by BOEMRE for oil and gas activities proposed on the
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Loman, Deputy Regional
Director, BOEMRE, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500,
Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5823; telephone 1-800-764-2627; e-mail
[email protected].
EA Availability: To obtain a copy of an EA and/or FONSI, you may
contact BOEMRE or visit the BOEMRE Web site at http://alaska.boemre.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is submitted to comply with BOEMRE
procedure for EA/FONSI which states: ``Each OCS regional office shall
prepare a quarterly Notice to be published in the Federal Register (FR)
which lists all EAs and FONSIs prepared for OCS permitting activities
in the Region during the 3-month period preceding the date that the
Notice is submitted for publication (40 CFR 1506.6(b)). If no EAs and
FONSIs were prepared for a 3-month period, no FR Notice is required.''
BOEMRE prepares EAs that examine the potential environmental
effects of proposals for activities to evaluate oil and gas resource
potential on the Alaska OCS. Each EA examines the potential
environmental effects of activities described in the proposals and
presents BOEMRE conclusions regarding the level and significance of
those effects. EAs are used as the basis for determining whether or not
approvals of the proposals would significantly affect the quality of
the human environment in the sense of NEPA Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI
is prepared in those instances where BOEMRE finds that approval of the
proposals will not result in significant effects on the quality of the
human environment. This notice constitutes the notice of availability
to the public of the following environmental documents:
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Project name Location Project purpose FONSI
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ION Geophysical, Inc., Beaufort and Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Conduct 2D Seismic Survey... 9/9/2010
Chukchi Seas Seismic Survey, OCS EIS/EA Sea, Alaska.
MMS 2010-027.
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BOEMRE has concluded that the proposed action would not
significantly affect the quality of the human environment and that the
preparation of an EIS was not required. Mitigation measures identified
during the NEPA process would have been applied to the proposal to
ensure environmental protection and safety if the action had occurred.
The 2D seismic survey in the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea did not occur
because the survey vessel was unavailable due to unanticipated
maintenance.
Dated: February 27, 2011.
L. Renee Orr,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-4757 Filed 3-2-11; 8:45 am]
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