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Release: #3696
Date: June 29, 2007
MMS to Hold Public Hearings on the
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed
Sale in Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Federal Register Notice Announces Availability of a
draft SEIS for
Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sale 224 in Eastern Planning Area
NEW ORLEANS
— The U.S. Department of the
Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) is seeking comments
from the public on a draft supplemental environmental impact
statement (SEIS) for proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 224 in the
Eastern Gulf of Mexico (EGOM) planning area. The notice in
the June 29, 2007 Federal Register provides information on how to
submit comments and the schedule of public hearings on the draft
SEIS.
Proposed Lease Sale 224,
scheduled for March 2008 in conjunction with Central Gulf of
Mexico Sale 206, was mandated by the Gulf of Mexico Energy
Security Act of 2006. The sale will include a small part of the EGOM Planning Area, approximately134 unleased blocks covering
approximately 500,000 acres, located more than 125 miles off the
Florida coast, west of the Military Mission Line (86 degrees, 41
minutes West longitude).
The draft SEIS updates the
environmental and socioeconomic analyses conducted for the EIS
that was completed in 2001 for the original “Sale 181 Area.”
Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sale 181 was held on December 5, 2001.
Two public hearings will be
held to give all interested parties an opportunity to comment on
the draft SEIS. The public hearings are scheduled as follows:
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Larose, Louisiana: Tuesday,
July 24, 2007, 7:00 p.m., Larose Civic Center, 307 East 5th
Street, Larose Regional Park, Larose, Louisiana
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Pensacola, Florida:
Thursday, July 26, 2007, 3:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m., New World
Landing, 600 South Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida. |
Both oral and written
statements received at the hearings will be considered part of the
hearing record. Federal, State, and local
government agencies, and other interested parties may also send
their written comments on the draft SEIS in one of two ways:
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In written form, enclosed in an
envelope labeled "Comments on the Draft SEIS" and mailed (or hand
carried) to:
Regional Supervisor
Leasing and Environment (MS 5410)
Minerals Management Service
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70123-2394
2. Electronically to the MMS e-mail address: environment@mms.gov.
Comments should be submitted no later than Monday, August 13,
2007. Printed or CD-ROM copies of the
draft SEIS are available at:
MMS Public Information Unit (MS
5034)
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114
New Orleans, LA 70123-2394
or telephone 1-800-200-GULF
(4853), or via the MMS Web site at
An
electronic copy is available via the MMS Web. You can also
locate libraries electronically holding copies of the draft
SEIS for review.
Finally, you can contact the MMS Public Information
Office or visit the MMS Web site for additional information.
Media Contact:
Caryl Fagot
504-736-2590
Eileen Angelico
504-736-2595
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