Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil and Gas Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, Extending Comment Period, 72508 [2022-25745]

Download as PDF 72508 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 226 / Friday, November 25, 2022 / Notices Background The Final PDARP/PEIS provides for TIGs to propose phasing restoration projects across multiple restoration plans. A TIG may propose in a draft restoration plan conceptual projects to fund for an information-gathering planning phase, such as E&D (phase 1). This allows TIGs to develop information needed to fully consider a subsequent implementation phase in a later restoration plan (phase 2). In the final RP/EA #7, the LA TIG selected three conceptual projects for E&D, using funds from the ‘‘Wetlands, Coastal and Nearshore Habitats’’ and ‘‘Birds’’ restoration types, as provided for in the DWH Consent Decree. One of the projects selected for E&D in the Final RP/EA #7, the Terrebonne HNC Island project, reached a stage of design where proposed construction alternatives (phase 2) could be analyzed under the OPA NRDA regulations and NEPA. The LA TIG made the Draft RP/EA #7.1 available for public review and comment via publication of a notice of availability in the Federal Register on August 25, 2022 (87 FR 52411). The public review and comment period ran through September 26, 2022. To facilitate public understanding of the document, the LA TIG held a public webinar on September 8, 2022, during which public comment was also solicited. The LA TIG received no comments during the public comment period. After public review, the LA TIG finalized the plan and selected design alternative 7A for construction. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES The Final RP/EA #7.1 and FONSI (Appendix C of the Final RP/EA #7.1) is being released in accordance with OPA NRDA regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 15 CFR part 990, NEPA and its implementing regulations found at 40 CFR parts 1500– 1508, the Final PDARP/PEIS/ROD, and the Consent Decree. The Final RP/EA #7.1 provides the LA TIG’s OPA, NRDA, and NEPA analyses for a reasonable range of design alternatives for the HNC Island project and selects the LA TIG’s preferred design alternative, 7A, for implementation. Alternative 7A would increase the acreage of the island from 27.6 acres (ac) to up to approximately 45 ac of shrub nesting, ground nesting, and marsh habitat. The approximate cost to complete E&D, construct, maintain, and monitor the selected alternative is $34 million. A second design alternative, 7, is also evaluated in the restoration plan, as well as a No Action alternative. Both 18:43 Nov 23, 2022 Jkt 259001 Administrative Record The documents comprising the Administrative Record for the RP/EA #7.1 can be viewed electronically at https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/ adminrecord. Authority The authority for this action is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), its implementing Natural Resource Damage Assessment regulations found at 15 CFR part 990, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing regulations found at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508. Mary Josie Blanchard, Director of Gulf of Mexico Restoration, Department of the Interior. [FR Doc. 2022–25724 Filed 11–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil and Gas Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, Extending Comment Period Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Interior. ACTION: Notice of extension of the public comment period. AGENCY: BSEE is extending the public comment period for the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Oil and Gas Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) [EIS No. 20220156]. DATES: BSEE published the Notice of Availability (NOA) for the PEIS on October 12, 2022, and opened a public comment period through November 28, 2022. BSEE is extending this public comment period to January 10, 2023. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 You may submit comments in writing or through www.regulations.gov. Written comments may be delivered by hand or by mail, enclosed in an envelope labeled, ‘‘Pacific Decommissioning’’ and addressed to Richard Yarde, Regional Supervisor, Office of Environment, BOEM Pacific Region, 760 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 102, Camarillo, CA, 93010. Comments may also be submitted online through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. BOEM–2021–0043. Click on the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button to the right of the document link. Enter your information and comment, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ ADDRESSES: For information on the PEIS, contact Richard Yarde, Regional Supervisor, Office of Environment, at richard.yarde@boem.gov or 805–384– 6379. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. On October 12, 2022, BSEE published a notice in the Federal Register [87 FR 61628] that provided a 47-day public comment period on the Draft PEIS for Oil and Gas Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific OCS, which would close on November 28, 2022. On October 28, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register [87 FR 65202] that also provided a 45-day public comment period on the Draft PEIS for Oil and Gas Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific OCS, which will close on December 12, 2022. BSEE has received numerous requests from the public seeking longer extensions to the comment period. In consideration of the EPA’s public comment period, the numerous requests seeking extensions to the comment period, and to ensure robust public comments, BSEE is extending the public comment period by an additional twenty-nine days beyond December 12, 2022, to January 10, 2023. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [EEEE500000 234E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000; BOEM–2021–0043] Overview of the Final RP/EA #7.1 VerDate Sep<11>2014 HNC Island action alternatives would include a rock dike around the island perimeter, breakwaters, and a bird ramp. While the non-preferred alternative would create more total habitat acres (53.3 ac), the preferred alternative would provide a balance between constructability, feasibility, and creation of optimal habitat features for nesting birds, while minimizing environmental impacts during construction. Sfmt 4703 Kevin Sligh, Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. [FR Doc. 2022–25745 Filed 11–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P E:\FR\FM\25NON1.SGM 25NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 72508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25745]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

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Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil and Gas 
Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, 
Extending Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), 
Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: BSEE is extending the public comment period for the Draft 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Oil and Gas 
Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
[EIS No. 20220156].

DATES: BSEE published the Notice of Availability (NOA) for the PEIS on 
October 12, 2022, and opened a public comment period through November 
28, 2022. BSEE is extending this public comment period to January 10, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments in writing or through 
www.regulations.gov. Written comments may be delivered by hand or by 
mail, enclosed in an envelope labeled, ``Pacific Decommissioning'' and 
addressed to Richard Yarde, Regional Supervisor, Office of Environment, 
BOEM Pacific Region, 760 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 102, Camarillo, CA, 
93010. Comments may also be submitted online through the 
regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to https://www.regulations.gov and 
search for Docket No. BOEM-2021-0043. Click on the ``Comment Now!'' 
button to the right of the document link. Enter your information and 
comment, then click ``Submit.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the PEIS, contact 
Richard Yarde, Regional Supervisor, Office of Environment, at 
[email protected] or 805-384-6379.
    Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 12, 2022, BSEE published a notice 
in the Federal Register [87 FR 61628] that provided a 47-day public 
comment period on the Draft PEIS for Oil and Gas Decommissioning 
Activities on the Pacific OCS, which would close on November 28, 2022. 
On October 28, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published a notice in the Federal Register [87 FR 65202] that also 
provided a 45-day public comment period on the Draft PEIS for Oil and 
Gas Decommissioning Activities on the Pacific OCS, which will close on 
December 12, 2022. BSEE has received numerous requests from the public 
seeking longer extensions to the comment period. In consideration of 
the EPA's public comment period, the numerous requests seeking 
extensions to the comment period, and to ensure robust public comments, 
BSEE is extending the public comment period by an additional twenty-
nine days beyond December 12, 2022, to January 10, 2023.

Kevin Sligh,
Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2022-25745 Filed 11-23-22; 8:45 am]
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