[Federal Register: August 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 162)]
[Notices]
[Page 51859]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil and Gas
Operations on the Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of the availability of environmental documents.
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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service, in accordance with Federal
Regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), announces the availability of NEPA-related Categorical
Exclusion Reviews (CERs)/Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Findings
of No Significant Impact (FONSI), prepared by MMS for the following oil
and gas activities proposed on the Alaskan OCS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minerals Management Service, Alaska
OCS Region, Attention: Ms. Nikki Lewis, Resource Center, 949 East 36th
Avenue, Room 330, Anchorage, Alaska, telephone (907) 271-6438 or 1-800-
764-2627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS prepares CERs/EAs and FONSIs for
proposals that relate to exploration for and the development/production
of oil and gas resources on the Alaskan OCS. These CERs/EAs examine the
potential environmental effects of activities described in the
proposals and present MMS conclusions regarding the significance of
those effects. CERs/EAs are used as a basis for determining whether or
not approvals of the proposals constitute major Federal actions that
significantly affect the quality of the human environment in the sense
of NEPA Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared in those instances where
MMS finds that approval will not result in significant effects on the
quality of the human environment. The FONSI briefly presents the basis
for that finding and includes a summary or copy of the CER.
This notice constitutes the public notice of availability of
environmental documents required under the NEPA Regulations.
This listing includes all proposals for which the Alaska OCS Region
prepared a FONSI in the period subsequent to publication of the
preceding notice.
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Activity/operator Location Date
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Veritas DGC for Conoco/Phillips Between Eskimo 03/31/04
Alaska, winter over-ice 3-D Islands and the
vibrosis (winter seismic survey); Nechelik Channel of
CER review of OCS G&G Permit the Colville River
Application No. 04-01. and southern
Harrison Bay (100-
200 sq. miles
overall, but only 5-
10 sq. miles on the
Federal OCS).
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Persons interested in reviewing environmental documents for the
proposals listed above or obtaining information about CERs/EAs and
FONSIs prepared for activities on the Alaska OCS are encouraged to
contact MMS at the address or telephone listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Dated: July 16, 2004.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-19226 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]