Department of the Interior September 10, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On April 28, 2006, MMS issued a Call for 11 lease sales in the Western and Central GOM planning areas included in the draft proposed 2007-2012 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program. After that Call the Congress enacted a mandate, in the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (GOMESA) (Pub. L. 109-432, December 20, 2006), that MMS offer, as soon as practicable, approximately 5.8 million acres located in the southeastern part of the Central Planning Area (CPA) referred to as the ``181 South Area.'' Central GOM Sale 208 (March 2009) will be the first sale to include the ``181 South Area.'' The purpose of this Call is to gather information on oil and gas leasing, exploration, and development that might result from the four Central GOM OCS oil and gas lease sales tentatively scheduled in 2009-2012, in particular regarding the ``181 South Area.'' The purpose of this NOI is to announce MMS's intent to prepare a SEIS on the four Central and three Western GOM OCS oil and gas lease sales tentatively scheduled in 2009-2012. Comments received in response to the NOI will assist MMS in developing the scope of the SEIS.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on a proposed new collection of information (OMB 1024-xxxx). The 30-Day Federal Register Notice for this collection of information was published on August 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 166, Pages 49303-49305). There are a few corrections that need to be added to the previous publication of this Federal Register Notice. Under the heading Estimated average number of respondents, the words that should be added at the end are ``and 4750 non-respondents''. Under the heading Estimated average number of responses, the answer should be: 8,794 responses (4,044 respondents and 4,750 non-respondents). Under the heading Estimated average time burden per respondent, the information that should be added should read ``Non-respondents: 1 minute/respondent''. Under the heading Estimated total annual reporting burden, the information should be 1,144 hours. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter, please contact Mr. Leonard E. Stowe, NPS, Information Collection Clearance Office, 1849 C St., NW., (2605), Washington, DC 20240; or via fax at 202/371-1427; or via e-mail at leonard stowe@nps.gov.