Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 200 in the Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM), 16824-16825 [E6-4812]
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Commission and the Committee of
Scientific Advisors for their review.
Applicant: Francis H. Azur,
Coraopolia, PA, PRT–120039.
The applicant requests a permit to
import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
sport hunted from the Western Hudson
Bay polar bear population in Canada for
personal, noncommercial use.
Applicant: Christopher F. Azur,
Nevillewood, PA, PRT–120037.
The applicant requests a permit to
import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
sport hunted from the Western Hudson
Bay polar bear population in Canada for
personal, noncommercial use.
Dated: March 10, 2006.
Monica Farris,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,
Division of Management Authority.
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attend and need special assistance, such
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accommodations, should contact BLM.
Julia Dougan,
Acting State Director.
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Bureau of Land Management
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Bureau of Land Management
Public Land Order No. 7660; Partial
Revocation of Public Land Order No.
1973; Alaska
[AK–910–1310PP–ARAC]
Notice of Public Meeting, Alaska
Resource Advisory Council
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Alaska State Office, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Alaska
Resource Advisory Council will meet as
indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held April
27–28, 2006, at the Juneau Federal
Building, 709 W. 9th in Juneau, Alaska.
On April 27 the meeting starts at 10:30
a.m. and a public comment period
begins at 1 p.m. On April 28 the meeting
begins at 8:15 a.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danielle Allen, Alaska State Office, 222
W. 7th Avenue #13, Anchorage, AK
99513. Telephone (907) 271–3335 or email Danielle_Allen@ak.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the Bureau of
Land Management, on a variety of
planning and management issues
associated with public land
management in Alaska. At this meeting,
topics planned for discussion include:
• South National Petroleum ReserveAlaska.
• 17 (b) easements.
• Mineral Assessment program.
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SUMMARY:
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION:
Public land order.
SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a
Public Land Order insofar as it affects
0.88 acre of public land withdrawn for
administrative purposes for use by the
Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture, at Juneau, Alaska. The land
is no longer needed for the purpose for
which it was withdrawn. This action
also allows the conveyance of the land
to the State of Alaska, if such land is
otherwise available. Any land described
herein that is not conveyed to the State
will be subject to Public Land Order No.
5186, as amended, and any other
withdrawal or segregation of record.
DATES:
Effective Date: April 4, 2006.
Alaska State Office, Bureau
of Land Management, 222 West Seventh
Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska,
99513–7599.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robbie J. Havens, Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222
West Seventh Avenue #13, Anchorage,
Alaska, 99513–7599, 907–271–5477.
The
partial revocation of Public Land Order
No. 1973 will allow the land to be
conveyed to the State of Alaska, who
will convey the parcel to the City and
Borough of Juneau as a municipal
entitlement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714 (2000), and by Section 17(d)(1) of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act, 43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1) (2000), it is
ordered as follows:
1. Public Land Order No. 1973 (24 FR
7253, September 9, 1959), which
withdrew public land for administrative
purposes, is hereby revoked insofar as it
affects the following described land:
Copper River Meridian
U.S. Survey No. 3566, Lot 3, located within
T. 41 S., R. 67 E.
The area described contains 0.88 acre.
2. The State of Alaska application for
selection made under Section 6(a) of the
Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48
U.S.C. note prec. 21 (2000), and under
Section 906(e) of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act, 43
U.S.C. 1635(e) (2000), becomes effective
without further action by the State upon
publication of this public land order in
the Federal Register, if such land is
otherwise available. Lands selected by,
but not conveyed to, the State will be
subject to Public Land Order No. 5186,
as amended, and any other withdrawal
or segregation of record.
Dated: March 16, 2006.
Mark Limbaugh,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Notice of Availability of the Proposed
Notice of Sale for Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale
200 in the Western Gulf of Mexico
(GOM)
Minerals Management Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
proposed Notice of Sale for proposed
Sale 200.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The MMS announces the
availability of the proposed Notice of
Sale for proposed Sale 200 in the
Western GOM OCS. This Notice is
published pursuant to 30 CFR 256.29(c)
as a matter of information to the public.
With regard to oil and gas leasing on the
OCS, the Secretary of the Interior,
pursuant to section 19 of the OCS Lands
Act, provides the affected States the
opportunity to review the proposed
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Notice. The proposed Notice sets forth
the proposed terms and conditions of
the sale, including minimum bids,
royalty rates, and rentals.
DATES: Comments on the size, timing, or
location of proposed Sale 200 are due
from the affected States within 60 days
following their receipt of the proposed
Notice. The final Notice of Sale will be
published in the Federal Register at
least 30 days prior to the date of bid
opening. Bid opening is currently
scheduled for August 16, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed Notice of Sale for Sale 200 and
a ‘‘Proposed Sale Notice Package’’
containing information essential to
potential bidders may be obtained from
the Public Information Unit, Gulf of
Mexico Region, Minerals Management
Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard,
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394.
Telephone: (504) 736–2519.
Dated: March 27, 2006.
R.M. ‘‘Johnnie’’ Burton,
Director, Minerals Management Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental
Shelf, Western Planning Area, Oil and
Gas Lease Sale 200 (2006)
Environmental Assessment
Minerals Management Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of an
environmental assessment.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Minerals Management
Service (MMS) is issuing this notice to
advise the public, pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq., that MMS has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for
proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
oil and gas Lease Sale 200 in the
Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) (Lease
Sale 200) scheduled for August 2006.
Proposed Lease Sale 200 is the fifth
Western Planning Area (WPA) lease sale
scheduled in the Outer Continental
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program:
2002–2007 (5-Year Program, OCS EIS/
EA MMS 2002–006). The preparation of
this EA is an important step in the
decisionmaking process for Lease Sale
200. The proposal for Lease Sale 200
(the offering of all available unleased
acreage in the WPA) and its alternatives
(the proposed action excluding the
unleased blocks near biologically
sensitive topographic features and no
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action) were identified by the MMS
Director in January 2002 following the
Call for Information and Nominations/
Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and were analyzed in the Gulf of Mexico
OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2003–
2007; Central Planning Area Sales 185,
190, 194, 198, and 201; Western
Planning Area Sales 187, 192, 196, and
200—Final Environmental Impact
Statement; Volumes I and II (Multisale
EIS, OCS EIS/EA MMS 2002–052). The
Multisale EIS analyzed the effects of a
typical WPA lease sale by presenting a
set of ranges for resource estimates,
projected exploration and development
activities, and impact-producing factors
for any of the proposed WPA lease sales.
The level of activities projected for
proposed Lease Sale 200 falls within
these ranges. In this EA, which tiers
from the Multisale EIS and incorporates
that document by reference, MMS
reexamined the potential environmental
effects of the proposed action and its
alternatives based on any new
information regarding potential impacts
and issues that were not available at the
time the Multisale EIS was prepared. No
new significant impacts were identified
for proposed Lease Sale 200 that were
not already assessed in the Multisale
EIS. As a result, MMS determined that
a supplemental EIS is not required and
prepared a Finding of No New
Significant Impact (FONNSI).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Dennis Chew, Minerals Management
Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region,
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, MS
5410, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–
2394. You may also contact Mr. Chew
by telephone at (504) 736–2793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
November 2002, MMS prepared a
Multisale EIS that addressed nine
proposed Federal actions that offer for
lease areas on the GOM OCS that may
contain economically recoverable oil
and gas resources. Federal regulations
allow for several related or similar
proposals to be analyzed in one EIS (40
CFR 1502.4). Since each proposed lease
sale and its projected activities are very
similar each year for each planning area,
a single EIS was prepared for the nine
Central Planning Area (CPA) and WPA
lease sales scheduled in the 5-Year
Program. Under the 5-Year Program, five
annual areawide lease sales are
scheduled for the CPA (Lease Sales 185,
190, 194, 198, and 201) and five annual
areawide lease sales are scheduled for
the WPA (Lease Sales 184, 187, 192,
196, and 200). Lease Sale 184 was not
addressed in the Multisale EIS; a
separate EA was prepared for that
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proposal. The Multisale EIS addressed
CPA Lease Sales 185, 190, 194, 198, and
201 scheduled for 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, and 2007, respectively, and WPA
Lease Sales 187, 192, 196, and 200
scheduled for 2003, 2004, 2005, and
2006, respectively. Although the
Multisale EIS addresses nine proposed
lease sales, at the completion of the EIS
process, decisions were made only for
proposed CPA Lease Sale 185 and
proposed WPA Lease Sale 187. In the
year prior to each subsequent proposed
lease sale, an additional NEPA review
(an EA) has been conducted to address
any new information relevant to that
proposed action. After completion of the
EA, MMS determines whether to
prepare a FONNSI or a Supplemental
EIS. The MMS then prepares and sends
Consistency Determinations (CD’s) to
the affected States to determine whether
the proposed lease sale is consistent
with their federally-approved State
coastal zone management programs.
Finally, MMS will solicit comments via
the Proposed Notice of Sale (PNOS)
from the governors of the affected States
on the size, timing, and location of the
proposed lease sale. The tentative
schedule for the prelease decision
process for Lease Sale 200 is as follows:
CD’s sent to affected States, March 2006;
PNOS sent to governors of the affected
States, March 2006; Final Notice of Sale
published in the Federal Register, July
2006; and Lease Sale 200, August 2006.
To obtain single copies of the Multisale
EIS, you may contact the Minerals
Management Service, Gulf of Mexico
OCS Region, Attention: Public
Information Office (MS 5034), 1201
Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114,
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394 (1–
800–200–GULF). You may also view the
Multisale EIS or check the list of
libraries that have copies of the
Multisale EIS on the MMS Web site at
https://www.gomr.mms.gov.
Public Comments: Interested parties
are requested to send comments on this
EA/FONNSI within 30 days of this
Notice’s publication. Comments may be
submitted in one of the following three
ways:
1. Comments may be submitted using
MMS’s Public Connect on-line
commenting system at https://
ocsconnect.mms.gov. This is the
preferred method for commenting. From
the Public Connect ‘‘Welcome’’ screen,
search for ‘‘WPA Lease Sale 200 EA’’ or
select it from the ‘‘Projects Open for
Comment’’ menu.
2. Written comments may be enclosed
in an envelope labeled ‘‘Comments on
WPA Lease Sale 200 EA’’ and mailed (or
hand carried) to the Regional
Supervisor, Leasing and Environment
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 200 in the Western Gulf
of Mexico (GOM)
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the proposed Notice of Sale for
proposed Sale 200.
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SUMMARY: The MMS announces the availability of the proposed Notice of
Sale for proposed Sale 200 in the Western GOM OCS. This Notice is
published pursuant to 30 CFR 256.29(c) as a matter of information to
the public. With regard to oil and gas leasing on the OCS, the
Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to section 19 of the OCS Lands Act,
provides the affected States the opportunity to review the proposed
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Notice. The proposed Notice sets forth the proposed terms and
conditions of the sale, including minimum bids, royalty rates, and
rentals.
DATES: Comments on the size, timing, or location of proposed Sale 200
are due from the affected States within 60 days following their receipt
of the proposed Notice. The final Notice of Sale will be published in
the Federal Register at least 30 days prior to the date of bid opening.
Bid opening is currently scheduled for August 16, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed Notice of Sale for Sale 200 and
a ``Proposed Sale Notice Package'' containing information essential to
potential bidders may be obtained from the Public Information Unit,
Gulf of Mexico Region, Minerals Management Service, 1201 Elmwood Park
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394. Telephone: (504) 736-
2519.
Dated: March 27, 2006.
R.M. ``Johnnie'' Burton,
Director, Minerals Management Service.
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