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Notice of availability.
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act of 2017, which requires the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
to establish and administer a
competitive oil and gas program for the
leasing, development, production, and
transportation of oil and gas in and from
the Coastal Plain area within the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the
BLM, Arctic District Office, has
prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA) and Draft Finding of No New
Significant Impact (FONNSI) for
proposed 3-dimensional seismic
exploration in the Coastal Plain of the
ANWR.
DATES: The BLM will accept comments
concerning the adequacy of the analysis
of the EA and the preliminary
conclusions made in the Draft FONNSI.
All comments must be received by
December 30, 2020. Reviewers are
encouraged to provide their comments
in such a manner that they are useful to
the agency’s analysis. Therefore,
comments should clearly articulate the
reviewer’s concerns and contentions.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments at the
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project/2003258/510), or by mail or in
person at the BLM Arctic District Office,
Attn: Coastal Plain Seismic EA, 222
University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska
99709. Comments not transmitted in
accordance with these instructions may
not be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah LaMarr, Project Lead; by
telephone, 907–474–2334; by email,
slamarr@blm.gov; or by mail, at the
address in the ADDRESSES section.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017,
Section 20001 of Public Law 115–97
(Dec. 22, 2017), requires the Secretary of
the Interior, acting through the BLM, to
establish and administer a competitive
oil and gas program for the leasing,
development, production, and
transportation of oil and gas in and out
of the Coastal Plain area within the
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(KIC) has requested authorization to
conduct 3-dimensional seismic
exploration on the eastern side of the
Coastal Plain during the 2020/2021
winter season starting in January 2021,
to acquire high-quality, high-resolution
seismic data.
Seismic exploration would occur on
approximately 352,400 acres around the
community of Kaktovik, to include
92,000 acres of Kaktovik In˜upiat
Corporation lands and approximately
260,400 acres of federally managed
lands. Seismic exploration generates
acoustic waves that are picked up by
sensors as the waves travel through and
bounce off subsurface formations. From
this information, images can be created
that show subsurface structure and
formations including those areas of
potential hydrocarbons.
Comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses of those who comment, will
be part of the public record for this
proposed action.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Chad B. Padgett,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Vineyard Wind LLC’s Proposed Wind
Energy Facility Offshore
Massachusetts
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Department of the
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The preparation of an
Environment Impact Statement (EIS) for
the Construction and Operations Plan
(COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind LLC
(Vineyard Wind) concerning the
construction and operation of an 800
megawatt wind energy facility offshore
Massachusetts (Vineyard Wind 1
Project) is no longer necessary and the
process is hereby terminated.
DATES: This termination takes effect
immediately.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, please contact:
Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787–1722 or
michelle.morin@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
December 2017, Vineyard Wind
submitted to BOEM a COP for the
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Vineyard Wind 1 Project. On December
7, 2018, BOEM published a Draft EIS for
the proposed Project. On June 12, 2020,
BOEM published a Supplement to the
Draft EIS in response to comments from
the public and stakeholders requesting
an expanded cumulative analysis and
an analysis of fishing data previously
unavailable to BOEM. A Final EIS was
scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register on December 11, 2020.
However, by way of a letter dated
December 1, 2020, Vineyard Wind
withdrew the COP ‘‘from further review
and decision-making by BOEM pursuant
to 30 CFR 585.628’’ to conduct
additional technical and logistical
reviews associated with the inclusion of
the General Electric Haliade-X wind
turbine generator into the final project
design. Vineyard Wind’s December 1,
2020, letter for withdrawal of its COP
was made ‘‘effectively immediately.’’
Since the COP has been withdrawn from
review and decision-making, there is no
longer a proposal for a major federal
action awaiting technical and
environmental review, nor is there a
decision pending before BOEM. See 42
U.S.C. 4332; 40 CFR 1500.1; 1508.1(q),
(x). Thus, in light of Vineyard Wind’s
letter dated December 1, 2020, this
notice advises the public that the
preparation and completion of an EIS is
no longer necessary, and the process is
hereby terminated.
Authority: This Notice was prepared
under National Environmental Policy
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), and published in accordance with
Council on Environmental Quality
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),
including sections 1503.1 and 1506.6.
William Yancey Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Vineyard Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore
Massachusetts
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The preparation of an Environment Impact Statement (EIS) for
the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind
LLC (Vineyard Wind) concerning the construction and operation of an 800
megawatt wind energy facility offshore Massachusetts (Vineyard Wind 1
Project) is no longer necessary and the process is hereby terminated.
DATES: This termination takes effect immediately.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please
contact: Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs,
45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166, (703) 787-1722 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In December 2017, Vineyard Wind submitted to
BOEM a COP for the Vineyard Wind 1 Project. On December 7, 2018, BOEM
published a Draft EIS for the proposed Project. On June 12, 2020, BOEM
published a Supplement to the Draft EIS in response to comments from
the public and stakeholders requesting an expanded cumulative analysis
and an analysis of fishing data previously unavailable to BOEM. A Final
EIS was scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on December
11, 2020. However, by way of a letter dated December 1, 2020, Vineyard
Wind withdrew the COP ``from further review and decision-making by BOEM
pursuant to 30 CFR 585.628'' to conduct additional technical and
logistical reviews associated with the inclusion of the General
Electric Haliade-X wind turbine generator into the final project
design. Vineyard Wind's December 1, 2020, letter for withdrawal of its
COP was made ``effectively immediately.'' Since the COP has been
withdrawn from review and decision-making, there is no longer a
proposal for a major federal action awaiting technical and
environmental review, nor is there a decision pending before BOEM. See
42 U.S.C. 4332; 40 CFR 1500.1; 1508.1(q), (x). Thus, in light of
Vineyard Wind's letter dated December 1, 2020, this notice advises the
public that the preparation and completion of an EIS is no longer
necessary, and the process is hereby terminated.
Authority: This Notice was prepared under National Environmental
Policy Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and published in
accordance with Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR
parts 1500-1508), including sections 1503.1 and 1506.6.
William Yancey Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2020-27701 Filed 12-15-20; 8:45 am]
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