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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Notice of Availability of Draft
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (EA)
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft
Programmatic EA for the Coastal Impact
Assistance Program.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Minerals Management
Service (MMS) announces the
availability of the draft Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the
Coastal Impact Assistance Program
(CIAP). This EA will assist agency
planning by facilitating the
establishment of procedures for the
disbursement of CIAP funds and
providing an opportunity to involve the
public, States, and coastal political
subdivisions (CPSs). Specifically, this
EA generally describes the potential
environmental impacts of CIAP projects,
provides comprehensive guidance to the
States and CPSs for submitting the
documentation needed to comply with
relevant environmental laws at the time
they request funding for proposed
projects, and compiles information that
may be appropriate to include in
environmental compliance documents
prepared for each proposed project.
DATES: Comments will be accepted for
thirty (30) days after the publication
date of this notice.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,
you may submit your comments by any
one of several methods. You may
comment via the Internet at: https://
ocsconnect.mms.gov/pcs-public/. This
is the preferred method for commenting.
From the Public Connect ‘‘Welcome’’
screen, search for ‘‘Coastal Impact
Assistance Program Draft EA’’ or select
it from the ‘‘Projects Open for
Comment’’ menu. You may mail
comments to: Coastal Impact Assistance
Program Draft EA, Attention
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Mr. James F. Bennett, Chief, Branch of
Environmental Assessment, 381 Elden
Street, Mail Stop 4042, Herndon,
Virginia 20170–4817. You may also
hand-deliver comments to the
Department of the Interior, Main Interior
Building, 1849 C Street, NW., Room
4227, Washington, DC 20240. Envelopes
or packages must be marked ‘‘Coastal
Impact Assistance Program Draft
Environmental Assessment.’’ Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, be advised that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold from public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. We will not consider anonymous
comments. Submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
James F. Bennett, Minerals Management
Service, Chief, Branch of Environmental
Assessment, at (703) 787–1660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft
programmatic Environmental
Assessment may be found on the
Internet at: https://www.mms.gov/
offshore/CIAPmain.htm.
After the comments on the draft EA
have been reviewed and analyzed, a
final EA will be prepared and made
available to the public.
The CIAP was created as part of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005. The purpose
of the CIAP is to provide funds to
conserve, protect, and restore coastal
areas; mitigate damage to fish, wildlife,
and natural resources; implement a
federally-approved marine, coastal, or
comprehensive conservation
management plan; mitigate the impact
of Outer Continental Shelf activities
through funding of onshore
infrastructure projects and public
service needs; and assist planning and
defray the administrative costs of
complying with the CIAP.
Responsibility for disbursing CIAP
funds has been delegated to the MMS.
The Energy Policy Act requires MMS
to disburse $250 million for each fiscal
year 2007 through 2010 to eligible
producing States (Alabama, Alaska,
California, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Texas) and CPSs to be used for one or
more of five authorized uses. For MMS
to comply with the Energy Policy Act
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and effectively manage the CIAP, it
must establish procedures for the
submission and approval of State
coastal impact assistance plans and the
grant application process for individual
CIAP projects. The MMS has
determined that the preparation of this
EA will assist agency planning by
providing comprehensive guidance to
the States and CPSs for submitting to
MMS the documentation needed to
comply with the relevant environmental
laws at the time they request funding for
proposed projects. Review of the draft
EA provides an opportunity to involve
the public, States, and CPSs in the
establishment of this guidance. Because
the development of CIAP procedures
does not require MMS to resolve
conflicts concerning alternative uses of
available resources, MMS does not
analyze alternatives to the development
of CIAP procedures in this EA.
This EA provides information that
may be appropriate to include in
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) compliance documents
prepared for each proposed project.
Although the individual CIAP projects
have not yet been proposed, the broad
categories of authorized CIAP projects
set forth in the Energy Policy Act
enables MMS to generally describe the
potential environmental impacts of
CIAP projects. MMS expects that future
NEPA compliance documents for
proposed CIAP projects will analyze a
no action alternative on a collective or
case-by-case basis, as well as reasonable
alternatives that may include standard
mitigation measures.
Dated: November 13, 2006.
Robert P. LaBelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore
Minerals Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Notice of Availability of Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (EA)
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft Programmatic EA for the
Coastal Impact Assistance Program.
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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) announces the
availability of the draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (EA)
for the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). This EA will assist
agency planning by facilitating the establishment of procedures for the
disbursement of CIAP funds and providing an opportunity to involve the
public, States, and coastal political subdivisions (CPSs).
Specifically, this EA generally describes the potential environmental
impacts of CIAP projects, provides comprehensive guidance to the States
and CPSs for submitting the documentation needed to comply with
relevant environmental laws at the time they request funding for
proposed projects, and compiles information that may be appropriate to
include in environmental compliance documents prepared for each
proposed project.
DATES: Comments will be accepted for thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any
one of several methods. You may comment via the Internet at: https://
ocsconnect.mms.gov/pcs-public/. This is the preferred method for
commenting. From the Public Connect ``Welcome'' screen, search for
``Coastal Impact Assistance Program Draft EA'' or select it from the
``Projects Open for Comment'' menu. You may mail comments to: Coastal
Impact Assistance Program Draft EA, Attention
Mr. James F. Bennett, Chief, Branch of Environmental Assessment,
381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4042, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. You may
also hand-deliver comments to the Department of the Interior, Main
Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW., Room 4227, Washington, DC 20240.
Envelopes or packages must be marked ``Coastal Impact Assistance
Program Draft Environmental Assessment.'' Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold
from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will not consider anonymous
comments. Submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public
inspection in their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James F. Bennett, Minerals
Management Service, Chief, Branch of Environmental Assessment, at (703)
787-1660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft programmatic Environmental
Assessment may be found on the Internet at: https://www.mms.gov/
offshore/CIAPmain.htm.
After the comments on the draft EA have been reviewed and analyzed,
a final EA will be prepared and made available to the public.
The CIAP was created as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The
purpose of the CIAP is to provide funds to conserve, protect, and
restore coastal areas; mitigate damage to fish, wildlife, and natural
resources; implement a federally-approved marine, coastal, or
comprehensive conservation management plan; mitigate the impact of
Outer Continental Shelf activities through funding of onshore
infrastructure projects and public service needs; and assist planning
and defray the administrative costs of complying with the CIAP.
Responsibility for disbursing CIAP funds has been delegated to the MMS.
The Energy Policy Act requires MMS to disburse $250 million for
each fiscal year 2007 through 2010 to eligible producing States
(Alabama, Alaska, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) and
CPSs to be used for one or more of five authorized uses. For MMS to
comply with the Energy Policy Act and effectively manage the CIAP, it
must establish procedures for the submission and approval of State
coastal impact assistance plans and the grant application process for
individual CIAP projects. The MMS has determined that the preparation
of this EA will assist agency planning by providing comprehensive
guidance to the States and CPSs for submitting to MMS the documentation
needed to comply with the relevant environmental laws at the time they
request funding for proposed projects. Review of the draft EA provides
an opportunity to involve the public, States, and CPSs in the
establishment of this guidance. Because the development of CIAP
procedures does not require MMS to resolve conflicts concerning
alternative uses of available resources, MMS does not analyze
alternatives to the development of CIAP procedures in this EA.
This EA provides information that may be appropriate to include in
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance documents prepared
for each proposed project. Although the individual CIAP projects have
not yet been proposed, the broad categories of authorized CIAP projects
set forth in the Energy Policy Act enables MMS to generally describe
the potential environmental impacts of CIAP projects. MMS expects that
future NEPA compliance documents for proposed CIAP projects will
analyze a no action alternative on a collective or case-by-case basis,
as well as reasonable alternatives that may include standard mitigation
measures.
Dated: November 13, 2006.
Robert P. LaBelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E6-21445 Filed 12-14-06; 8:45 am]
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