Use of Outer Continental Shelf Sand Resources in the Martin County Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project, Hutchinson Island, Martin County, Florida, 32576-32577 [2017-14867]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Use of Outer Continental Shelf Sand
Resources in the Martin County
Hurricane and Storm Damage
Reduction Project, Hutchinson Island,
Martin County, Florida
MMAA104000
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) is announcing the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) that documents BOEM’s decision
to authorize the use of Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) sand resources
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) Jacksonville District in the
Martin County Hurricane and Storm
Damage Reduction (HSDR) Project,
Hutchinson Island, Martin County,
Florida. BOEM will enter into a
negotiated agreement with the USACE
and Martin County and make available
OCS sand for use in the Martin County
HSDR project.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available at
BOEM’s Web site at https://
www.boem.gov/Florida-Projects/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
Lewandowski, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Chief, Division of
Environmental Assessment, Office of
Environmental Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, VAM OEP, Sterling,
VA 20166, (703) 787–1703;
jill.lewandowski@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
environmental impacts of dredging and
the placement of OCS sand along the
Martin County shoreline have been
evaluated in several National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
documents. The most recent
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) was prepared in 2011
by the USACE with BOEM as a
cooperating agency. The SEIS tiered
directly from the USACE 1986
Feasibility Report and Final EIS and
1994 General Design Memorandum and
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Environmental Assessment. These
previous NEPA documents evaluated a
suite of structural and non-structural
alternatives to address HSDR needs in
Martin County, Florida. In its February
2012 ROD, the Corps selected its
preferred alternative to construct the
Martin County HSDR Project, including
use of OCS sand from the C1–B borrow
area for the remaining life of the Federal
project through 2046. A ROD was signed
by BOEM in March 2012 for use of
1,000,000 cubic yards (CY) of OCS sand
resources from C1–B to support
nourishment of the Martin County
project in 2012. In accordance with 40
CFR 1502.9 and 43 CFR 46.120, BOEM
has reviewed all existing NEPA
documents and independently
determined that existing environmental
analyses adequately assess impacts of
the proposed action. There are no
changes to the proposed action, no new
circumstances, and no new information
that would result in significantly
different environmental effects and
warrant supplementation of the existing
SEIS. The 2011 SEIS adequately
assessed the physical, biological, and
social/human impacts of the proposed
project and considered a range of
alternatives, including a no-action
alternative.
The USACE Jacksonville District and
Martin County Board of Commissioners
(non-federal sponsor) have since
requested that BOEM authorize the use
of up to 1,000,000 CY of additional OCS
sand resources from C1–B to support
nourishment of the Martin County
HSDR project. The project proponents
propose to nourish a 4-mile stretch of
Hutchinson Island, Florida, creating a
sea-turtle friendly beach template using
sand from shoal C1–B. BOEM and the
USACE will enter into a negotiated
agreement authorizing the use of up to
1,000,000 CY of OCS sand from the C1–
B borrow area. This decision is for the
authorization of the proposed use of
OCS sand for the Martin County HSDR
Project in 2017 and may also apply to
future use of OCS sand resources if
BOEM determines the existing NEPA
analysis is still adequate and
supplementation is not warranted.
Under the OCS Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1337(k)(2)), BOEM can convey, on a
noncompetitive basis, the rights to use
OCS sand, gravel, or shell resources for
use in a program for shore protection,
beach restoration, or coastal wetland
restoration undertaken by a Federal,
state, or local government agency (43
U.S.C. 1337(k)(2)).
The ROD discloses BOEM’s decision,
articulates the basis for the decision,
summarizes the alternatives considered
by BOEM, and identifies the
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environmentally preferable alternative
and the mitigation measures BOEM is
adopting. The USACE is committed to
implementing the mitigation measures
and monitoring requirements deemed
practicable to avoid or minimize
environmental harm. The mitigation
measures and monitoring requirements
are identified in BOEM’s ROD and will
be incorporated into the negotiated
agreement between BOEM, the USACE,
and Martin County.
Authority: This Notice of Availability is
published pursuant to the regulations (40
CFR 1506.6) implementing the provisions of
the NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Dated: July 11, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf
Oil and Gas Lease Sale 249
MMAA104000
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Final Notice of Sale.
AGENCY:
On Wednesday, August 16,
2017, the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) will open and
publicly announce bids received for
blocks offered in the Gulf of Mexico
(GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Regionwide Oil and Gas Lease Sale 249
(GOM Regionwide Sale 249), in
accordance with the provisions of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(OCSLA), as amended, and the
implementing regulations issued
pursuant thereto. The GOM Regionwide
Sale 249 Final Notice of Sale (NOS)
package contains information essential
to potential bidders.
DATES: Public bid reading for GOM
Regionwide Sale 249 will begin at 9:00
a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New
Orleans, Louisiana. The venue will not
be open to the general public, media, or
industry. Instead, the bid opening will
be available for public viewing on
BOEM’s Web site at www.boem.gov via
live-streaming video beginning at 9:00
a.m. on the date of the sale. BOEM will
also post the results on its Web site after
bid opening and reading are completed.
All times referred to in this document
are Central Standard Time, unless
otherwise specified.
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Bid Submission Deadline: BOEM
must receive all sealed bids between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on normal
working days, or from 8:00 a.m. to the
Bid Submission Deadline of 10:00 a.m.
on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, the day
before the lease sale. For more
information on bid submission, see
Section VII, ‘‘Bidding Instructions,’’ of
this document.
Bonus Bid Deposits: Bonus bid
deposits must be electronically
deposited into an interest-bearing
account in the U.S. Treasury by 11:00
a.m. on the day after the bid reading,
August 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may
download the Final NOS package from
BOEM’s Web site at https://
www.boem.gov/Sale-249/. Copies of the
sale maps may be obtained by
contacting the BOEM GOM Region at:
Gulf of Mexico Region Public
Information Office, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, 1201 Elmwood
Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
70123–2394, tel. (504) 736–2519 or
(800) 200–GULF.
Mailed bids should be addressed to:
Attention: Leasing and Financial
Responsibility Section, BOEM Gulf of
Mexico Region, 1201 Elmwood Park
Boulevard WS–266A, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70123–2394, noting: Contains
Sealed Bids for GOM Regionwide Sale
249, Please deliver to Ms. Cindy
Thibodeaux or Mr. Greg Purvis.
Geophysical Data and Information
Statements (GDIS) must be submitted to:
BOEM, Resource Studies, GM 881A,
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New
Orleans, LA 70123–2304.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
David Diamond, Chief, Leasing
Division, 703–787–1776,
david.diamond@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
This Final NOS includes the
following sections:
I. Lease Sale Area
II. Statutes and Regulations
III. Lease Terms and Economic Conditions
IV. Lease Stipulations
V. Information to Lessees
VI. Maps
VII. Bidding Instructions
VIII. Bidding Rules and Restrictions
IX. Forms
X. The Lease Sale
XI. Delay of Sale
I. Lease Sale Area
Blocks Offered for Leasing: BOEM
will offer for bid in this lease sale all of
the available unleased acreage in the
GOM, except those blocks listed in
‘‘Blocks Not Offered for Leasing.’’
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Blocks Not Offered for Leasing: The
following whole and partial blocks are
not offered for lease in this sale. The
BOEM Official Protraction Diagrams
(OPDs) and Supplemental Official Block
Diagrams are available online at https://
www.boem.gov/Maps-and-GIS-Data/.
Whole and partial blocks that lie
within the boundaries of the Flower
Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary (in the East and West Flower
Garden Banks and the Stetson Bank),
identified in the following list:
High Island, East Addition, South
Extension (Leasing Map TX7C)
Whole Block: A–398
Partial Blocks: A–366, A–367, A–374,
A–375, A–383, A–384, A–385, A–
388, A–389, A–397, A–399, A–401
High Island, South Addition (Leasing
Map TX7B)
Partial Blocks: A–502, A–513
Garden Banks (OPD NG15–02)
Partial Blocks: 134, 135
Blocks that are adjacent to or beyond
the United States Exclusive Economic
Zone in the area known as the northern
portion of the Eastern Gap:
Lund South (OPD NG 16–07)
Whole Blocks: 128, 129, 169 through
173, 208 through 217, 248 through
261, 293 through 305, and 349
Henderson (OPD NG 16–05)
Whole Blocks: 466, 508 through 510,
551 through 554, 594 through 599,
637 through 643, 679 through 687,
722 through 731, 764 through 775,
807 through 819, 849 through 862,
891 through 905, 933 through 949,
and 975 through 992
Partial Blocks: 467, 511, 555, 556,
600, 644, 688, 732, 776, 777, 820,
821, 863, 864, 906, 907, 950, 993,
and 994
Florida Plain (OPD NG 16–08)
Whole Blocks: 5 through 24, 46
through 67, 89 through 110, 133
through 154, 177 through 197, 221
through 240, 265 through 283, 309
through 327, and 363 through 370
All whole or partial blocks deferred
by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security
Act of 2006, Public Law 109–432:
Pensacola (OPD NH 16–05)
Whole Blocks: 751 through 754, 793
through 798, 837 through 842, 881
through 886, 925 through 930, and
969 through 975
Destin Dome (OPD NH 16–08)
Whole Blocks: 1 through 7, 45
through 51, 89 through 96, 133
through 140, 177 through 184, 221
through 228, 265 through 273, 309
through 317, 353 through 361, 397
through 405, 441 through 450, 485
through 494, 529 through 538, 573
through 582, 617 through 627, 661
through 671, 705 through 715, 749
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Use of Outer Continental Shelf Sand Resources in the Martin
County Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project, Hutchinson Island,
Martin County, Florida
MMAA104000
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is announcing the
availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) that documents BOEM's
decision to authorize the use of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sand
resources by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville
District in the Martin County Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction
(HSDR) Project, Hutchinson Island, Martin County, Florida. BOEM will
enter into a negotiated agreement with the USACE and Martin County and
make available OCS sand for use in the Martin County HSDR project.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available at BOEM's Web site at https://www.boem.gov/Florida-Projects/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Lewandowski, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, Chief, Division of Environmental Assessment, Office
of Environmental Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM OEP, Sterling, VA
20166, (703) 787-1703; jill.lewandowski@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental impacts of dredging and
the placement of OCS sand along the Martin County shoreline have been
evaluated in several National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
documents. The most recent Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(SEIS) was prepared in 2011 by the USACE with BOEM as a cooperating
agency. The SEIS tiered directly from the USACE 1986 Feasibility Report
and Final EIS and 1994 General Design Memorandum and Environmental
Assessment. These previous NEPA documents evaluated a suite of
structural and non-structural alternatives to address HSDR needs in
Martin County, Florida. In its February 2012 ROD, the Corps selected
its preferred alternative to construct the Martin County HSDR Project,
including use of OCS sand from the C1-B borrow area for the remaining
life of the Federal project through 2046. A ROD was signed by BOEM in
March 2012 for use of 1,000,000 cubic yards (CY) of OCS sand resources
from C1-B to support nourishment of the Martin County project in 2012.
In accordance with 40 CFR 1502.9 and 43 CFR 46.120, BOEM has reviewed
all existing NEPA documents and independently determined that existing
environmental analyses adequately assess impacts of the proposed
action. There are no changes to the proposed action, no new
circumstances, and no new information that would result in
significantly different environmental effects and warrant
supplementation of the existing SEIS. The 2011 SEIS adequately assessed
the physical, biological, and social/human impacts of the proposed
project and considered a range of alternatives, including a no-action
alternative.
The USACE Jacksonville District and Martin County Board of
Commissioners (non-federal sponsor) have since requested that BOEM
authorize the use of up to 1,000,000 CY of additional OCS sand
resources from C1-B to support nourishment of the Martin County HSDR
project. The project proponents propose to nourish a 4-mile stretch of
Hutchinson Island, Florida, creating a sea-turtle friendly beach
template using sand from shoal C1-B. BOEM and the USACE will enter into
a negotiated agreement authorizing the use of up to 1,000,000 CY of OCS
sand from the C1-B borrow area. This decision is for the authorization
of the proposed use of OCS sand for the Martin County HSDR Project in
2017 and may also apply to future use of OCS sand resources if BOEM
determines the existing NEPA analysis is still adequate and
supplementation is not warranted. Under the OCS Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1337(k)(2)), BOEM can convey, on a noncompetitive basis, the rights to
use OCS sand, gravel, or shell resources for use in a program for shore
protection, beach restoration, or coastal wetland restoration
undertaken by a Federal, state, or local government agency (43 U.S.C.
1337(k)(2)).
The ROD discloses BOEM's decision, articulates the basis for the
decision, summarizes the alternatives considered by BOEM, and
identifies the
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environmentally preferable alternative and the mitigation measures BOEM
is adopting. The USACE is committed to implementing the mitigation
measures and monitoring requirements deemed practicable to avoid or
minimize environmental harm. The mitigation measures and monitoring
requirements are identified in BOEM's ROD and will be incorporated into
the negotiated agreement between BOEM, the USACE, and Martin County.
Authority: This Notice of Availability is published pursuant to
the regulations (40 CFR 1506.6) implementing the provisions of the
NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Dated: July 11, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-14867 Filed 7-13-17; 8:45 am]
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