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Dated: April 11, 2011.
Michael R. Bromwich,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement
Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS), Western
Planning Area (WPA), Oil and Gas
Lease Sale for the 2007–2012 5-Year
OCS Program
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of
a Draft Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) and Public
Meetings.
AGENCY:
BOEMRE has prepared a Draft
SEIS on an oil and gas lease sale
tentatively scheduled in late 2011 for
WPA Lease Sale 218, which is the final
WPA lease sale in the 2007–2012 5–
Year OCS Program. The proposed sale is
in the Gulf of Mexico’s WPA off the
States of Texas and Louisiana. This
Draft SEIS updated the environmental
and socioeconomic analyses for the
WPA Lease Sale 218, originally
evaluated in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil
and Gas Lease Sales: 2007–2012; WPA
Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, and 218;
Central Planning Area (CPA) Sales 205,
206, 208, 213, 216, and 222, Final EIS
(OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007–018)
(Multisale EIS), completed in April
2007. This Draft SEIS also updated the
environmental and socioeconomic
analyses for the WPA Lease Sale 218 in
the GOM OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales:
2009–2012; CPA Sales 208, 213, 216,
and 222; WPA Sales 210, 215, and 218;
Final Supplemental EIS (OCS EIS/EA
MMS 2008–041) (2009–2012 SEIS),
completed in September 2008.
DATES: Public meetings to obtain
additional comments and information
regarding the Draft SEIS scheduled for
May 17, 2011, and May 19, 2011. For
additional information see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
more information on the Draft SEIS or
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the public meetings, you may contact
Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, Regulation and
Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard
(MS 5412), New Orleans, Louisiana
70123–2394, or by e-mail at
WPASupplementalEIS@boemre.gov.
You may also contact Mr. Goeke by
telephone at (504) 736–3233.
BOEMRE
developed the Draft SEIS for WPA Lease
Sale 218 to reflect new information
made available since completion of the
Multisale EIS and the 2009–2012 SEIS
and to consider the Deepwater Horizon
event. This Draft SEIS provides updates
on the baseline conditions and potential
environmental effects of oil and natural
gas leasing, exploration, development,
and production in the WPA. BOEMRE
conducted an extensive search for such
new information, from scientific
journals; interviews with personnel
from academic institutions; Federal,
state, and local agencies; and various
other sources. BOEMRE has reexamined
potential impacts of routine activities
and accidental events, including a
possible large-scale event, associated
with the proposed WPA lease sale.
BOEMRE has also re-analyzed the
proposed lease sale’s incremental
contribution to the cumulative impacts
on environmental and socioeconomic
resources. Like the Multisale EIS and
the 2009–2012 SEIS, the oil and gas
resource estimates and scenario
information for this Draft SEIS are
presented as a range that would
encompass the resources and activities
estimated for this proposed lease sale.
Draft Supplemental EIS Availability:
To obtain a single printed or CD–ROM
copy of the Draft SEIS for WPA Lease
Sale 218, you may contact BOEMRE,
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public
Information Office (MS 5034), 1201
Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114,
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394 (1–
800–200–GULF). An electronic copy of
the Draft SEIS (as well as links to the
Multisale EIS and the 2009–2012 SEIS)
is available at BOEMRE’s Internet Web
site at https://www.gomr.boemre.gov/
homepg/regulate/environ/nepa/
nepaprocess.html. The CD–ROM
version of the Draft SEIS also contains
copies of the Multisale EIS and the
2009–2012 SEIS.
Several libraries along the Gulf Coast
have been sent copies of the Draft SEIS.
To find out which libraries and their
locations have copies of the Draft
Supplemental EIS for review, you may
contact BOEMRE’s Public Information
Office or visit BOEMRE’s Internet Web
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site at https://www.gomr.boemre.gov/
homepg/regulate/environ/libraries.html.
Comments: Federal, State, and local
government agencies and other
interested parties are requested to send
their written comments on the Draft
Supplemental EIS in one of the
following two ways:
1. In written form enclosed in an
envelope labeled ‘‘Comments on the
WPA Lease Sale 218 Draft Supplemental
EIS’’ and mailed (or hand carried) to the
Regional Supervisor, Leasing and
Environment (MS 5410), Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
and Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard,
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394.
2. Electronically to the BOEMRE email address:
WPASupplementalEIS@boemre.gov.
Comments should be submitted no later
than 45 days from the publication of
this NOA.
Public Meetings: BOEMRE will hold
public meetings to obtain additional
comments and information regarding
the Draft SEIS. These meetings are
scheduled as follows:
• Tuesday, May 17, 2011; Houston
Airport Marriott at George Bush
Intercontinental, 18700 John F. Kennedy
Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032,
beginning at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. CDT; and
• Thursday, May 19, 2011, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
and Enforcement, 1201 Elmwood Park
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
70123, beginning at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
CDT.
Authority: This NOA is published
pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1503)
implementing the provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (1988)).
Dated: April 18, 2011.
L. Renee Orr,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy
and Minerals Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R1–ES–2011–N019; [10120–1113–
0000–C4]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; 5-Year Status Reviews of
Three Species in Washington, Oregon,
and California; Reopening of Public
Comment Period
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
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Notice of initiation of reviews;
request for information; reopening of
comment period.
ACTION:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, recently initiated 5year reviews for the Oregon silverspot
butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta),
northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis
caurina), and Stephanomeria
malheurensis (Malheur wire-lettuce)
under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act). See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details.
Because we may not have received some
comments submitted by email, we now
reopen the comment period. We request
any new information on these species
that may have a bearing on their
classification as endangered or
threatened. Based on the results of our
5-year reviews we will determine
whether these species are properly
classified under the Act.
DATES: To ensure consideration in our
reviews, we are requesting submission
of new information no later than May
20, 2011. However, we will continue to
accept new information about any listed
species at any time.
ADDRESSES: Submit information to:
Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year
Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600
SE. 98th Avenue, Suite 100, Portland,
OR 97266. Information can also be
submitted by e-mail to:
fw1or5yearreview@fws.gov.
SUMMARY:
Jeff
Dillon, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 503–
231–6179. Individuals who are hearing
impaired or speech impaired may call
the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8337 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 24, 2010, we published a
notice initiating 5-year reviews for 58
species in Washington, Oregon,
California, and Hawaii and requesting
public comment for a 60-day comment
period (75 FR 71726). Due to a
typographical error in the email address
for the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office,
we may not have received some
comments for three of these species
(Oregon silverspot butterfly, northern
spotted owl, and Stephanomeria
malheurensis) if they were submitted by
email. Therefore, we are reopening the
comment period for these three species
to allow comments to be resubmitted if
necessary. Comments that were
originally sent by regular mail, or
comments addressing the other 55
species in the original notice, need not
be resubmitted.
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Please refer to our notice of November
24, 2010, for background information on
the 5-year review process. As stated in
that notice, to ensure that a 5-year
review is complete and based on the
best available scientific and commercial
information, we request new
information from all sources. If you
submit information, please support it
with documentation such as maps,
bibliographic references, methods used
to gather and analyze the data, and/or
copies of any pertinent publications,
reports, or letters by knowledgeable
sources.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware 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 your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Comments and materials received will
be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours at the offices where the comments
are submitted.
Authority
This document is published under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
Dated: March 8, 2011.
Richard R. Hanman,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–9542 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R5–R–2010–N267; BAC–4311–K9–S3]
Parker River and Thacher Island
National Wildlife Refuges, Essex
County, MA; Comprehensive
Conservation Plan and Environmental
Assessment
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent; announcement
of public meetings; request for
comments.
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), intend to
prepare a comprehensive conservation
plan (CCP) and environmental
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assessment (EA) for Parker River and
Thacher Island National Wildlife
Refuges (NWR). We provide this notice
in compliance with our CCP policy to
advise other Federal and State agencies,
Tribes, and the public of our intentions,
and to obtain suggestions and
information on the scope of issues to
consider in the planning process. We
are also announcing public meetings
and requesting public comments.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by May 20,
2011. We will hold public meetings and
other scheduled events throughout the
CCP planning process. We will
announce opportunities for public input
in local news media throughout the CCP
process.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or
requests for more information by any of
the following methods.
E-mail: northeastplanning@fws.gov.
Include ‘‘Parker River CCP’’ in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: Attention: Graham Taylor, at
978–465–2807.
U.S. Mail: Parker River NWR, 6 Plum
Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA
01950.
In-Person Drop-off: You may drop off
comments during regular business hours
or call for an appointment (978–465–
5753) at Parker River NWR, 6 Plum
Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA
01950.
Carl
Melberg, Planning Team Leader, at 978–
443–4661, or carl_melberg@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Introduction
With this notice, we initiate our
process for developing a CCP for Parker
River and Thacher Island NWRs, in
Essex County, Massachusetts. This
notice complies with our CCP policy to:
(1) Advise other Federal and State
agencies, Tribes, and the public of our
intention to conduct detailed planning
on these refuges, and (2) obtain
suggestions and information on the
scope of issues to consider in the
environmental document and during
development of the CCP.
Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as
amended by the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of
1997, requires us to develop a CCP for
each national wildlife refuge. The
purpose for developing a CCP is to
provide refuge managers with a 15-year
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2011-N019; [10120-1113-0000-C4]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Status
Reviews of Three Species in Washington, Oregon, and California;
Reopening of Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
[[Page 22140]]
ACTION: Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information;
reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, recently initiated 5-
year reviews for the Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene
hippolyta), northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina), and
Stephanomeria malheurensis (Malheur wire-lettuce) under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for details. Because we may not have received some comments submitted
by email, we now reopen the comment period. We request any new
information on these species that may have a bearing on their
classification as endangered or threatened. Based on the results of our
5-year reviews we will determine whether these species are properly
classified under the Act.
DATES: To ensure consideration in our reviews, we are requesting
submission of new information no later than May 20, 2011. However, we
will continue to accept new information about any listed species at any
time.
ADDRESSES: Submit information to: Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year
Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife
Office, 2600 SE. 98th Avenue, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97266.
Information can also be submitted by e-mail to:
fw1or5yearreview@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Dillon, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 503-231-6179. Individuals who
are hearing impaired or speech impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877-8337 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 24, 2010, we published a notice
initiating 5-year reviews for 58 species in Washington, Oregon,
California, and Hawaii and requesting public comment for a 60-day
comment period (75 FR 71726). Due to a typographical error in the email
address for the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, we may not have
received some comments for three of these species (Oregon silverspot
butterfly, northern spotted owl, and Stephanomeria malheurensis) if
they were submitted by email. Therefore, we are reopening the comment
period for these three species to allow comments to be resubmitted if
necessary. Comments that were originally sent by regular mail, or
comments addressing the other 55 species in the original notice, need
not be resubmitted.
Please refer to our notice of November 24, 2010, for background
information on the 5-year review process. As stated in that notice, to
ensure that a 5-year review is complete and based on the best available
scientific and commercial information, we request new information from
all sources. If you submit information, please support it with
documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, methods used to
gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent
publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware 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 your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Comments and materials received will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the offices
where the comments are submitted.
Authority
This document is published under the authority of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: March 8, 2011.
Richard R. Hanman,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-9542 Filed 4-19-11; 8:45 am]
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