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interpretation and other reasonable
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Dated: October 6, 2006.
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Notice of Public Meeting: Northeast
California Resource Advisory Council
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Interior.
Notice of public meeting.
[NV–952–07–1420–BJ]
ACTION:
Filing of Plats of Survey; Nevada
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972
(FACA), the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) Northeast California Resource
Advisory Council will meet as indicated
below.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Thursday and Friday, February 8–9,
2007, in the Conference Room of the
Bureau of Land Management Eagle Lake
Field Office, Susanville, CA. The
meeting runs from 1 to 5 p.m. February
8 and from 8 a.m. to noon on February
9. Time for public comment is reserved
at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim
Burke, BLM Alturas Field Office
Manager, (530) 233–4666; or BLM
Public Affairs Officer Joseph J. Fontana,
(530) 252–5332.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member council advises the Secretary of
the Interior, through the BLM, on a
variety of planning and management
issues associated with public land
management in Northeast California and
the northwest corner of Nevada. At this
meeting, agenda topics will include
discussion and review of wild horse
herd management, a five-year strategy
for the BLM Litchfield Wild Horse and
Burro Corrals, and updates on Resource
Management Plans for the Eagle Lake,
Alturas and Surprise field offices. All
meetings are open to the public.
Members of the public may present
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ACTION:
Bureau of Land Management.
Notice.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is
to inform the public and interested State
and local government officials of the
filing of Plats of Survey in Nevada.
EFFECTIVE DATES: Filing is effective at 10
a.m. on the date indicated below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David D. Morlan, Chief, Branch of
Geographic Sciences, Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Nevada State
Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., P.O. Box
12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 775–861–
6541.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The Supplemental Plat of the
following described lands was officially
filed at the Nevada State Office, Reno,
Nevada, on July 10, 2006:
The supplemental plat, showing
amended lottings of lots 21 and 22,
section 19, Township 19 North, Range
44 East, Mount Diablo Meridian,
Nevada, was accepted July 7, 2006.
This supplemental plat was prepared
to meet certain administrative needs of
the Bureau of Land Management.
2. The plat of Survey of the following
described lands was officially filed at
the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada,
on July 24, 2006.
The plat representing the dependent
resurvey of portions of the south and
west boundaries and a portion of the
subdivisional lines, and the subdivision
of section 32, Township 19 North,
Range 19 East, Mount Diablo Meridian,
Nevada, under Group No. 768, was
accepted July 21, 2006. This survey was
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executed to meet certain administrative
needs of the U.S. Forest Service.
3. The plat of Survey of the following
described lands was officially filed at
the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada,
on August 24, 2006.
The plat representing the dependent
resurvey of a portion of the
subdivisional lines, and the subdivision
of sections 16 and 17, Township 30
North, Range 19 East, Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada, under Group No.
819, was accepted August 22, 2006.
This survey was executed to meet
certain administrative needs of the
Bureau of Land Management.
4. The plat of Survey of the following
described lands was officially filed at
the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada,
on September 13, 2006.
The plat representing the dependent
resurvey of a portion of the
subdivisional lines and a portion of the
subdivision of section 29, the further
subdivision of section 29, and a metesand-bounds survey in section 29,
Township 19 South, Range 60 East,
Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, under
Group No. 825, was accepted September
13, 2006.
This survey was executed to meet
certain administrative needs of the
Bureau of Land Management.
5. The above-listed surveys are now
the basic record for describing the lands
for all authorized purposes. These
surveys have been placed in the open
files in the BLM Nevada State Office
and are available to the public as a
matter of information. Copies of the
surveys may be furnished to the public
upon payment of the appropriate fees.
Dated: October 6, 2006.
David D. Morlan,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Nevada.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Chukchi Sea Planning Area Oil and
Gas Lease Sale 193 and Seismic
Surveying Activities in the Chukchi
Sea
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
and associated Public Hearings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The purpose of the proposed
Federal action addressed in this DEIS
(OCS EIS/EA MMS 2006–060) is to offer
for lease areas in the Chukchi Sea Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) that might
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contain economically recoverable oil
and gas resources. This lease sale would
provide qualified bidders the
opportunity to bid on certain blocks in
the Chukchi Sea OCS to gain
conditional rights to explore, develop,
and produce oil and natural gas. This
DEIS is the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) analysis to enable the
Minerals Management Service (MMS) to
make informed decisions on the
configuration of the lease sale and the
applicable mitigation measures. In the
DEIS, the potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative environmental impacts of
the sale, including estimated
exploration and development and
production activities related to the sale,
on the physical, biological, and human
environments in the Chukchi Sea area
are analyzed. The DEIS also provides
NEPA evaluation for exploration
activities in the Chukchi Sea, including
seismic survey geophysical permitting
(30 CFR 251), ancillary activities (30
CFR 250.207), and exploration plans (30
CFR 250.214). In addition, the DEIS will
provide NEPA documentation for the
U.S. Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine
Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) possible
issuance of Incidental Harassment
Authorizations to the seismic-survey
industry to take marine mammals by
harassment, incidental to conducting
prelease and ancillary on-lease oil and
gas seismic surveys in the Chukchi Sea.
To address its NEPA responsibilities,
the NMFS agreed to become a
cooperating agency (as that term is
defined in 40 CFR 1501.6) and proposes
to adopt the DEIS as authorized by 40
CFR 1506.3 as its own NEPA statement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this
DEIS, the MMS has examined the
potential environmental effects of the
Proposed Action and its alternatives.
The Proposed Action (Alternative I) is to
conduct Chukchi Sea OCS Lease Sale
193 in 2007. The resource estimates and
scenario information included in this
DEIS analysis are presented as a range
of activities that could be associated
with the sale, including exploration
seismic surveying, on-lease ancillary
activities, exploration and delineation
drilling, development and production of
OCS oil and gas resources, and lease
abandonment. The Proposed Action
would offer for lease approximately
6,155 whole and partial blocks (about 34
million acres) identified as the program
area in the 2002–2007 5-Year Program.
The proposed Sale 193 area excludes a
15- to 50-mile (mi)-wide corridor along
the coast, the polynya or spring lead
system. Water depths in the sale area
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vary from about 95 feet (ft) to
approximately 262 ft. A small portion of
the northeast corner of the area deepens
to approximately 9,800 ft.
Alternative II (No Lease Sale) is
equivalent to cancellation of the
Proposed Action as scheduled in the
approved 5-Year Program. The
opportunity for development of the
estimated oil and gas resources that
could have resulted from the Proposed
Action would be precluded or
postponed, and any potential
environmental impacts resulting from
the Proposed Action would not occur or
would be postponed.
Alternative III (Corridor I Deferral) is
the Proposed Action excluding an area
comprising approximately 1,649 whole
or partial blocks along the coastward
edge of the sale area. This alternative
would attempt to reduce potential
impacts to subsistence hunting as well
as various wildlife species and
associated habitats.
Alternative IV (Corridor II Deferral) is
the Proposed Action excluding an area
comprising approximately 795 whole or
partial blocks along the coastward edge
of the sale area. This alternative was
developed as a result of the 1987
Biological Opinion for the Chukchi Sea
as recommended by the NMFS.
The MMS also examines potential
environmental effects of prelease
seismic survey geophysical permitting.
The DEIS includes an analysis of a range
of mitigation alternatives for seismic
surveys which were previously
considered in the Programmatic
Environmental Assessment Arctic
Ocean Outer Continental Shelf Seismic
Surveys—2006. Commenters are invited
to identify additional alternatives for
MMS’s consideration. The Endangered
Species Act (ESA) consultation with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
concerning Spectacled and Steller’s
eiders is ongoing. The NMFS concluded
in its Arctic Region Biological Opinion,
dated June 2006, that leasing and
exploration activities are not likely to
jeopardize the continued existence of
the threatened, endangered, or
candidate species under their
jurisdiction; however, the potential
additive effects of oil and gas activities
associated with exploration, production,
and transportation throughout the
Chukchi Sea and neighboring Beaufort
Sea is of concern. The NMFS concluded
further that activities associated with
seismic surveys in the Chukchi Sea may
adversely affect but not jeopardize the
continued existence of any species
listed under the ESA that are under the
jurisdiction of the NMFS.
DEIS Availability: To obtain a copy of
the DEIS, you may contact the Minerals
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Management Service, Alaska OCS
Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite
500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5820,
telephone (907) 334–5200. You may also
view the DEIS on the MMS Web site at
https://www.mms.gov/alaska or at the
following locations:
Alaska Pacific University, Academic
Support Center Library, 4101
University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska;
Alaska Resources Library and
Information Service (ARLIS), 3211
Providence Drive, Suite 111,
Anchorage, Alaska;
Alaska State Library, Government
Publications, State Office Building,
333 Willoughby, Juneau, Alaska;
City of Point Hope, P.O. Box 169, Point
Hope, Alaska;
City of Wainwright, P.O. Box 9,
Wainwright, Alaska;
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Noel
Wien Library, 1215 Cowles Street,
Fairbanks, Alaska;
Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Library, 218 Driveway, Fairbanks,
Alaska;
Point Lay Tribal Council, P.O. Box
59031 Point Lay, Alaska;
Tuzzy Consortium Library, P.O. Box
749, Barrow, Alaska;
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 10 Library, 1200 6th Avenue,
OMP–104, Seattle, Washington;
University of Alaska Anchorage,
Consortium Library, 3211 Providence
Drive, Anchorage, Alaska;
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E.
Rasmuson Library, Government
Documents, 310 Tanana Drive,
Fairbanks, Alaska;
University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Geophysical Institute, Government
Documents, Fairbanks, Alaska;
Z. J. Loussac Library, 3600 Denali Street,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Written Comments: Interested parties
may submit their written comments on
this DEIS until December 15, 2006 to the
Regional Director, Alaska OCS Region,
Minerals Management Service, 3801
Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500,
Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5820, or
online at https://ocsconnect.mms.gov.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents available for public review.
Individual commenters may ask that we
withhold their name, home address, or
both from the public record, and we will
honor such a request to the extent
allowable by law. If you submit
comments and wish us to withhold such
information, you must state so
prominently at the beginning of your
submission. We will not consider
anonymous comments, and we will
make available for inspection in their
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entirety all comments submitted by
organizations or businesses or by
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives of organizations or
businesses.
Public Hearings: Public hearings will
be held to receive comments on the
DEIS. The hearings will provide the
MMS with additional information that
will help in evaluating potential effects
of the leasing program in the Chukchi
Sea. The locations and dates of the
public hearings are as follows:
• Wainwright, Alaska. November 13,
2006, at the Robert James Community
Center, 7 p.m., contact: Mr. Albert
Barros, (907) 334–5209.
• Point Lay, Alaska. November 14,
2006, at the Point Lay Community
Center, 7 p.m., contact: Mr. Albert
Barros, (907) 334–5209.
• Point Hope, Alaska. November 15,
2006, at the Kalgi Center, 7 p.m.,
contact: Mr. Albert Barros, (907) 334–
5209.
• Barrow, Alaska. November 16,
2006, at the Inupiat Heritage Center,
7 p.m., contact: Mr. Albert Barros, (907)
334–5209.
• Anchorage, Alaska. December 6,
2006, at the Centerpoint Building, 3801
Centerpoint Drive, 1st Floor Conference
Room, 7 p.m., contact: Mr. Albert
Barros, (907) 334–5209.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Minerals Management Service, Alaska
OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive,
Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503–
5820, Ms. Deborah Cranswick,
telephone (907) 334–5267.
Dated: September 29, 2006.
Robert P. LaBelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore
Minerals Management.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
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In the Matter of Certain Digital
Processors and Digital Processing
Systems, Components Thereof, and
Products Containing Same; Notice of
Commission Decision To Review-InPart the Presiding Administrative Law
Judge’s Initial Determination Granting
Respondents’ Motion for Summary
Determination of Non-Infringement of
U.S. Patent No. 5,021,945
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined to review
in part the initial determination (‘‘ID’’)
of the presiding administrative law
judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued on September 6,
2006, in the above-captioned
investigation under section 337 of the
Tariff Act as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337.
Specifically, the Commission has
determined to review the issues of (1)
claim construction of the limitations
‘‘logical processor number’’ and ‘‘added
to each instruction,’’ (2) whether there
are genuine issues of material fact
precluding summary determination, and
(3) the ALJ’s interpretation of the law
concerning the doctrine of equivalents.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christal A. Sheppard, Esq., telephone
202–708–2301, Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. Copies of all
non-confidential documents filed in
connection with this investigation are or
will be available for inspection during
official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15
p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436,
telephone 202–205–2000. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server (https://www.usitc.gov).
The public record for this investigation
may be viewed on the Commission’s
electronic docket (EDIS–ON–LINE) at
https://dockets.usitc.gov/eol.public.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on the matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
investigation was instituted on January
17, 2006, based on a complaint filed on
behalf of Biax Corporation (‘‘Biax’’) of
Boulder, Colorado. 71 FR 2565 (January
17, 2006). The complaint asserts a
violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, in the
importation into the United States, sale
for importation, or sale within the
United States after importation of
certain digital processors and digital
processing systems, components
thereof, and products containing the
same by reason of infringement of one
or more claims of three U.S. patents
including U.S. Patent No. 5,021,945
(‘‘the ‘945 patent’’). 71 FR 2565 (January
17, 2006). The notice of investigation
named five respondents but was
subsequently amended first to remove
and then to add respondents. Currently,
the named respondents are: Philips
Semiconductor, Inc.; Philips Electronics
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North America Corp.; Philips Consumer
Electronics B.V.; Philips
Semiconductors B.V. (collectively,
‘‘Philips’’); and 2Wire, Inc. of San Jose,
California.
On August 7, 2006, Philips moved for
summary determination of noninfringement of the three patents at
issue. On August 11, 2006, respondent
2Wire filed a motion to join Philips’
motion for summary determination. The
Commission investigative attorney
(‘‘IA’’) and Biax opposed the motion for
summary determination. On September
6, 2006, the ALJ issued the subject ID
granting Philips’ motion as to only one
of the three asserted patents, the ‘945
patent. Philips filed a petition for
review on September 13, 2006. On
September 14, 2006, the IA filed a
request to file his petition for review
one day past the due date. Neither Biax
nor Philips opposes this request. On
September 20, 2006, Philips filed
combined oppositions to Biax’s and the
IA’s petitions. On September 21, 2006,
Biax filed a supplement to its petition
for review. On September 28, 2006,
respondents opposed the supplement.
The Commission’s rules do not provide
for additional filings unless requested
by the Commission. 19 CFR
210.43(d)(2). Therefore, we have not
considered the supplement or the
response. Whether the additional filings
should be admitted into the record is an
evidentiary matter that we leave, in the
first instance, to the ALJ.
The Commission, having examined
the petitions for review, the responses
thereto, and the relevant portions of the
record has determined to review the
following issues: (1) Claim construction
of the limitations ‘‘logical processor
number’’ and ‘‘added to each
instruction,’’ (2) whether there are
genuine issues of material fact
precluding summary determination, and
(3) the ALJ’s interpretation of the law
concerning the doctrine of equivalents.
The Commission has also granted the
IA’s request to file his petition out of
time.
This action is taken under the
authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337),
and sections 210.43 and 210.45(c) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 210.43 and
210.45(c)).
Issued: October 10, 2006.
By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Chukchi Sea Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and Seismic
Surveying Activities in the Chukchi Sea
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) and associated Public Hearings.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of the proposed Federal action addressed in this
DEIS (OCS EIS/EA MMS 2006-060) is to offer for lease areas in the
Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that might
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contain economically recoverable oil and gas resources. This lease sale
would provide qualified bidders the opportunity to bid on certain
blocks in the Chukchi Sea OCS to gain conditional rights to explore,
develop, and produce oil and natural gas. This DEIS is the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis to enable the Minerals
Management Service (MMS) to make informed decisions on the
configuration of the lease sale and the applicable mitigation measures.
In the DEIS, the potential direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental impacts of the sale, including estimated exploration and
development and production activities related to the sale, on the
physical, biological, and human environments in the Chukchi Sea area
are analyzed. The DEIS also provides NEPA evaluation for exploration
activities in the Chukchi Sea, including seismic survey geophysical
permitting (30 CFR 251), ancillary activities (30 CFR 250.207), and
exploration plans (30 CFR 250.214). In addition, the DEIS will provide
NEPA documentation for the U.S. Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries
Service's (NMFS) possible issuance of Incidental Harassment
Authorizations to the seismic-survey industry to take marine mammals by
harassment, incidental to conducting prelease and ancillary on-lease
oil and gas seismic surveys in the Chukchi Sea. To address its NEPA
responsibilities, the NMFS agreed to become a cooperating agency (as
that term is defined in 40 CFR 1501.6) and proposes to adopt the DEIS
as authorized by 40 CFR 1506.3 as its own NEPA statement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this DEIS, the MMS has examined the
potential environmental effects of the Proposed Action and its
alternatives. The Proposed Action (Alternative I) is to conduct Chukchi
Sea OCS Lease Sale 193 in 2007. The resource estimates and scenario
information included in this DEIS analysis are presented as a range of
activities that could be associated with the sale, including
exploration seismic surveying, on-lease ancillary activities,
exploration and delineation drilling, development and production of OCS
oil and gas resources, and lease abandonment. The Proposed Action would
offer for lease approximately 6,155 whole and partial blocks (about 34
million acres) identified as the program area in the 2002-2007 5-Year
Program. The proposed Sale 193 area excludes a 15- to 50-mile (mi)-wide
corridor along the coast, the polynya or spring lead system. Water
depths in the sale area vary from about 95 feet (ft) to approximately
262 ft. A small portion of the northeast corner of the area deepens to
approximately 9,800 ft.
Alternative II (No Lease Sale) is equivalent to cancellation of the
Proposed Action as scheduled in the approved 5-Year Program. The
opportunity for development of the estimated oil and gas resources that
could have resulted from the Proposed Action would be precluded or
postponed, and any potential environmental impacts resulting from the
Proposed Action would not occur or would be postponed.
Alternative III (Corridor I Deferral) is the Proposed Action
excluding an area comprising approximately 1,649 whole or partial
blocks along the coastward edge of the sale area. This alternative
would attempt to reduce potential impacts to subsistence hunting as
well as various wildlife species and associated habitats.
Alternative IV (Corridor II Deferral) is the Proposed Action
excluding an area comprising approximately 795 whole or partial blocks
along the coastward edge of the sale area. This alternative was
developed as a result of the 1987 Biological Opinion for the Chukchi
Sea as recommended by the NMFS.
The MMS also examines potential environmental effects of prelease
seismic survey geophysical permitting. The DEIS includes an analysis of
a range of mitigation alternatives for seismic surveys which were
previously considered in the Programmatic Environmental Assessment
Arctic Ocean Outer Continental Shelf Seismic Surveys--2006. Commenters
are invited to identify additional alternatives for MMS's
consideration. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concerning Spectacled and Steller's
eiders is ongoing. The NMFS concluded in its Arctic Region Biological
Opinion, dated June 2006, that leasing and exploration activities are
not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the threatened,
endangered, or candidate species under their jurisdiction; however, the
potential additive effects of oil and gas activities associated with
exploration, production, and transportation throughout the Chukchi Sea
and neighboring Beaufort Sea is of concern. The NMFS concluded further
that activities associated with seismic surveys in the Chukchi Sea may
adversely affect but not jeopardize the continued existence of any
species listed under the ESA that are under the jurisdiction of the
NMFS.
DEIS Availability: To obtain a copy of the DEIS, you may contact
the Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint
Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5820, telephone (907) 334-
5200. You may also view the DEIS on the MMS Web site at https://
www.mms.gov/alaska or at the following locations:
Alaska Pacific University, Academic Support Center Library, 4101
University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska;
Alaska Resources Library and Information Service (ARLIS), 3211
Providence Drive, Suite 111, Anchorage, Alaska;
Alaska State Library, Government Publications, State Office Building,
333 Willoughby, Juneau, Alaska;
City of Point Hope, P.O. Box 169, Point Hope, Alaska;
City of Wainwright, P.O. Box 9, Wainwright, Alaska;
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Noel Wien Library, 1215 Cowles Street,
Fairbanks, Alaska;
Northern Alaska Environmental Center Library, 218 Driveway, Fairbanks,
Alaska;
Point Lay Tribal Council, P.O. Box 59031 Point Lay, Alaska;
Tuzzy Consortium Library, P.O. Box 749, Barrow, Alaska;
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 Library, 1200 6th
Avenue, OMP-104, Seattle, Washington;
University of Alaska Anchorage, Consortium Library, 3211 Providence
Drive, Anchorage, Alaska;
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, Government
Documents, 310 Tanana Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska;
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Government
Documents, Fairbanks, Alaska;
Z. J. Loussac Library, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage, Alaska.
Written Comments: Interested parties may submit their written
comments on this DEIS until December 15, 2006 to the Regional Director,
Alaska OCS Region, Minerals Management Service, 3801 Centerpoint Drive,
Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5820, or online at https://
ocsconnect.mms.gov. Our practice is to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents available for public review.
Individual commenters may ask that we withhold their name, home
address, or both from the public record, and we will honor such a
request to the extent allowable by law. If you submit comments and wish
us to withhold such information, you must state so prominently at the
beginning of your submission. We will not consider anonymous comments,
and we will make available for inspection in their
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entirety all comments submitted by organizations or businesses or by
individuals identifying themselves as representatives of organizations
or businesses.
Public Hearings: Public hearings will be held to receive comments
on the DEIS. The hearings will provide the MMS with additional
information that will help in evaluating potential effects of the
leasing program in the Chukchi Sea. The locations and dates of the
public hearings are as follows:
Wainwright, Alaska. November 13, 2006, at the Robert James
Community Center, 7 p.m., contact: Mr. Albert Barros, (907) 334-5209.
Point Lay, Alaska. November 14, 2006, at the Point Lay
Community Center, 7 p.m., contact: Mr. Albert Barros, (907) 334-5209.
Point Hope, Alaska. November 15, 2006, at the Kalgi
Center, 7 p.m., contact: Mr. Albert Barros, (907) 334-5209.
Barrow, Alaska. November 16, 2006, at the Inupiat Heritage
Center, 7 p.m., contact: Mr. Albert Barros, (907) 334-5209.
Anchorage, Alaska. December 6, 2006, at the Centerpoint
Building, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 1st Floor Conference Room, 7 p.m.,
contact: Mr. Albert Barros, (907) 334-5209.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minerals Management Service, Alaska
OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-
5820, Ms. Deborah Cranswick, telephone (907) 334-5267.
Dated: September 29, 2006.
Robert P. LaBelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
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