[Federal Register: September 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 177)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil, Gas, and
Mineral Operations by the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Region
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of the Availability of Environmental Documents. Prepared
for OCS Mineral Proposals by the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
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SUMMARY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), in accordance with Federal
Regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), announces the availability of NEPA-related Site-Specific
Environmental Assessments (SEA) and Findings of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), prepared by MMS for the following oil-, gas-, and mineral-
related activities proposed on the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic OCS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Information Unit, Information
Services Section at the number below. Minerals Management Service, Gulf
of Mexico OCS Region, Attention: Public Information Office (MS 5034),
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-
2394, or by calling 1-800-200-GULF.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS prepares SEAs and FONSIs for proposals
that relate to exploration, development, production, and transport of
oil, gas, and mineral resources on the Federal OCS. These SEAs examine
the potential environmental effects of activities described in the
proposals and present MMS conclusions regarding the significance of
those effects. Environmental Assessments are used as a basis for
determining whether or not approval of the proposals constitutes 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 SEA.
This notice constitutes the public notice of availability of
environmental documents required under the NEPA Regulations.
This listing includes all proposals for which the Gulf of Mexico
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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Murphy Exploration & Production Company-- Lloyd Ridge, Block 268, Lease OCS-G 10492, 2/8/2008
USA, Initial Exploration Plan, SEA N-9105. located 124 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company-- Lloyd Ridge, Block 410, Lease OCS-G 31846, 4/3/2008
USA, Initial Exploration Plan SEA N-9141. located 152 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company-- Lloyd Ridge, Blocks 326 & 370, Leases OCS- 4/3/2008
USA, Initial Exploration Plan, SEA N-9143. G 31837 & 31842, respectively, located
171 miles from the nearest Louisiana
shoreline.
Energy Resource Technology GOM, Inc., South Timbalier, Block 63, Lease OCS-G 4/6/2008
Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-034. 00599, located 19 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Apache Corporation, Structure Removal, SEA West Cameron, Block 68, Lease OCS 00526, 4/6/2008
ES/SR 08-048. located 7 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Seismic Exchange, Inc., Geological & Located in the western Gulf of Mexico 45 4/8/2008
Geophysical Prospecting for Mineral miles southwest of Texas City, Texas.
Resources, SEA T08-04.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company Lloyd Ridge, Block 180, Lease OCS-G 31822, 4/8/2008
USA, Initial Exploration Plan, SEA N-9155. located 120 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
EMGS Americas, Geological & Geophysical Located in the western Gulf of Mexico 4/9/2008
Prospecting for Mineral Resources, SEA south of Galveston, Texas.
T08-06.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company Lloyd Ridge, Block 499, Lease OCS-G 31851, 4/9/2008
USA, Initial Exploration Plan, SEA N-9151. located 158 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company-- Lloyd Ridge, Blocks 412 & 456, Leases OCS- 4/9/2008
USA, Initial Exploration Plan, SEA N-9142. G 31848 & 31850 respectively, located 155
miles from the nearest Louisiana
shoreline.
McMoRan Oil & Gas, LLC, Structure Removal, West Cameron, Block 522, Lease OCS-G 4/9/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-044. 14340, located 100 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Initial Lloyd Ridge, Block 400, Lease OCS-G 23481, 4/16/2008
Exploration Plan, SEA N-9145. located 128 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Apache Corporation, Structure Removal, SEA South Timbalier, Block 198, Lease OCS-G 4/17/2008
ES/SR 08-052. 07769, located 54 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Apache Corporation, Structure Removal, SEA West Delta, Block 41, Lease OCS-G 01073, 4/17/2008
ES/SR 08-049. located 15 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company Lloyd Ridge, Block 317, Lease OCS-G 31834, 4/18/2008
USA, Initial Exploration Plan, SEA N-9160. located 137 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company Lloyd Ridge, Block 319, Lease OCS-G 31836, 4/18/2008
USA, Initial Exploration Plan, SEA N-9159. located 141 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
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GX Technology Corporation, Geological & Located in the central Gulf of Mexico 4/18/2008
Geophysical Prospecting for Mineral south of Mobile, Alabama.
Resources, SEA L07-84.
PGS Geophysical for Multi Klient Invest Located in the western/central Gulf of 4/18/2008
AS, Geological & Geophysical Prospecting Mexico from south of Galveston, Texas to
for Mineral Resources SEA L08-16. an area south of Venice, Louisiana.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, Mobile, Block 918, Lease OCS-G 12114, 4/24/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-054. located 8 miles from the nearest Alabama
shoreline.
Apache Corporation, Structure Removal, SEA South Pass, Block 62, Lease OCS-G 01294, 4/24/2008
ES/SR 07-151, 07-152. located 17 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
McMoran Oil & Gas, LLC, Structure Removal, Vermilion, Block 160, Lease OCS-G 08668, 4/24/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-042, 08-043. located 41 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Devon Energy Production Company, L.P., Eugene Island, Block 120, Lease OCS-G 4/25/2008
Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-010A. 00050, located 30 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Apache Corporation, Structure Removal, SEA Main Pass, Block 290, Lease OCS-G 01667, 4/25/2008
ES/SR 07-118A. located 34 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Energy Resource Technology GOM, Inc., Matagorda Island, Block 604, Lease OCS-G 4/25/2008
Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 06-016B. 06037, located 8 miles from the nearest
Texas shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, West Cameron, Block 44, Lease OCS-G 21532, 4/25/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-056. located 6 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
BHP Billiton Petroleum (Americas), Inc., Located in the central Gulf of Mexico 5/1/2008
Geological & Geophysical Prospecting for south of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
Mineral Resources, SEA L08-24.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, Ship Shoal, Block 169, Lease OCS-G 00820, 5/5/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-058. located 28 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Hunt Petroleum (AEC), Inc., Structure Vermilion, Block 54, Lease OCS-G 19754, 5/5/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-063, 08-064. located 12 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc., East Cameron, Block 322, Lease OCS-G 5/6/2008
Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-072. 02254, located 110 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Phoenix Exploration Company, LLC, High Island, Block 53, Lease OCS 00740, 5/6/2008
Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-062. located 15 miles from the nearest Texas
shoreline.
WesternGeco, LLC, Geological & Geophysical Located in the western/central Gulf of 5/6/2008
Prospecting for Mineral Resources SEA L08- Mexico south of Lafayette, Louisiana.
25.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, South Marsh Island (North Addition), Block 5/6/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-057. 288, Lease OCS-G 02316, located 29 miles
from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, Mobile, Block 904, Lease OCS-G 05749, 5/8/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-055. located 7 miles from the nearest
Mississippi shoreline.
Bois d'Arc Offshore Ltd., Structure Ship Shoal, Block 112, Lease OCS-G 00066, 5/9/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-071. located 20 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, South Timbalier, Block 24, Lease OCS-G 5/9/2008
SEA ES/SR 97-171A. 00387, located 6 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, South Timbalier, Block 52, Lease OCS-G 5/9/2008
SEA ES/SR 00-115A. 01241, located 14 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, Breton Sound, Block 56, Lease OCS-G 01373, 5/14/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-074, 08-075. located 14 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Stone Energy, Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR Eugene Island, Block 49, Lease OCS-G 5/14/2008
08-079. 17959, located 25 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Energy Resource Technology GOM, Inc., South Pelto, Blocks 20 & 19, Leases OCS 5/14/2008
Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-027, 08- 00074 & 00073 respectively, located 7
085. miles from the nearest Louisiana
shoreline.
Mariner Energy, Inc., Structure Removal, High Island, Block A467, Lease OCS-G 5/15/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-088. 02688, located 93 miles from the nearest
Texas shoreline.
TDC Energy, LLC, Structure Removal, SEA ES/ Vermilion, Block 221, Lease OCS-G 04424, 5/15/2008
SR 07-062A. located 60 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, South Timbalier, Block 23, Lease OCS-G 5/16/2008
SEA ES/SR 97-051A. 00166, located 5 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, South Marsh Island, Block 218, Lease OCS-G 5/16/2008
SEA ES/SR 05-119A. 00310, located 9 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
BP America Production Company, Structure South Timbalier, Block 160, Lease OCS-G 5/16/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 07-105A. 04828, located 32 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Callon Petroleum Operating Company, South Marsh Island, Block 261, Lease OCS-G 5/16/2008
Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-080, 08- 16337, located 30 miles from the nearest
081, 08-082. Louisiana shoreline.
Stone Energy Corporation, Structure Eugene Island, Block 49, Lease OCS-G 5/20/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-065. 17959, located 25 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, Grand Isle, Block 37, Lease OCS-G 00392, 5/20/2008
SEA ES/SR 00-014A. located 7 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., Located off the coast of Manatee & 5/20/2008
Geological & Geophysical Prospecting for Sarasota Counties, Florida on the Federal
Mineral Resources, SEA M08-02. OCS of the Gulf of Mexico.
Union Oil Company, Structure Removal, SEA Mobile, Block 915, Lease OCS-G 05752, 5/20/2008
ES/SR 08-083, 08-084. located 8 miles from the nearest Alabama
shoreline.
Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc., West Cameron, Block 153, Lease OCS-G 5/20/2008
Structure Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-053. 10549, located 24 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, Eugene Island, Block 133, Lease OCS-G 5/21/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-067, 08-068, 08-069, 08-070. 04445, located 43 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, Grand Isle, Block 37, Lease OCS-G 00392, 5/21/2008
SEA ES/SR 97-049A. located 7 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
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Bois d'Arc Offshore, Ltd., Structure Ship Shoal, Block 107, Lease OCS-G 21654, 5/21/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-086. located 20 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Apache Corporation, Structure Removal, SEA Ship Shoal, Block 207, Lease OCS-G 01523, 5/21/2008
ES/SR 08-002A, 08-014A. located 34 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Exxon Mobil Corporation, Revised Walker Ridge, Block 584, Lease OCS 20351, 5/21/2008
Exploration Plan, SEA R-4825. located 186 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline south of Morgan City,
Louisiana.
Energy Resource Technology, Inc., Green Canyon, Blocks 236 & 237, Leases OCS- 5/27/2008
Supplemental Developmental Operations G 15562 & 15563, located approximately 91
Coordination Document, SEA S-7156. miles southward from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Petsec Energy, Inc., Structure Removal, Vermilion, Block 257, Lease OCS-G 24851, 5/29/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-089. located 69 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
GOM Shelf, LLC, Structure Removal, SEA ES/ Eugene Island, Block 142, Lease OCS-G 5/30/2008
SR 06-140A. 10726, located 27 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Apache Corporation, Structure Removal, SEA Eugene Island, Block 87, Lease OCS-G 6/2/2008
ES/SR 08-036. 09580, located 21 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Arena Offshore, LLC, Structure Removal, Matagorda Island, Block 669, Lease OCS-G 6/2/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-073. 04065, located 23 miles from the nearest
Texas shoreline.
Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal, Ship Shoal, Block 108, Lease OCS-G 00814, 6/2/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-076. located 23 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, Structure Removal, Vermilion, Block 159, Lease OCS-G 03128, 6/3/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-047. located 45 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Hunt Oil Company, Structure Removal, SEA Cameron (West Addition), Block 289, Lease 6/5/2008
ES/SR 08-090. OCS-G 22539, located 28 miles from
thenearest Louisiana shoreline.
Neptune LNG, LLC, Right-of-Way Boston, Blocks NK 19-04 6525 & 19-04 6575, 6/10/2008
Application, SEA P-7. located in Massachusetts Bay off the
Massachusetts shoreline.
Magnum Hunter Production, Inc., Structure South Timbalier, Block 250, Lease OCS-G 6/10/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-093. 15336, located 57 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Hunt Petroleum (AEC), Inc., Structure Main Pass, Block 116, Lease OCS-G 03419, 6/16/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-092. located 30 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
BP America, Inc., Structure Removal, SEA West Delta, Block 96, Lease OCS-G 01498, 6/16/2008
ES/SR 07-107A. located 27 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company Lloyd Ridge, Block 511, Lease OCS-G 10496, 6/17/2008
U.S.A., Initial Exploration Plan, SEA N- Wells A, B, C, D and E, located 185 miles
9186. from the nearest Louisiana shoreline, 217
miles from the nearest Mississippi
shoreline, 202 miles from the nearest
Alabama shoreline and 168 miles from the
nearest Florida shoreline.
Hunt Petroleum (AEC), Inc., Structure Grand Isle, Block 28, Lease OCS-G 22765, 6/18/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-091. located 17 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Eugene Island, Block 116, Lease OCS-G 6/20/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 07-143A. 00478, located 46 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Eugene Island, Block 129, Lease OCS-G 6/20/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 07-116A, 07-117A. 00054, located 38 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Wild Well Control, Inc., Structure Grand Isle, Block 40, Lease OCS-G 00128, 6/20/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-104. located 14 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Wild Well Control, Inc., Structure Grand Isle, Block 41, Lease OCS-G 00129, 6/20/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 08-105. located 14 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure South Marsh, Block 233, Lease OCS-G 11929, 6/20/2008
Removal, SEA ES/SR 07-074A, 07-138A, 07- located 20 miles from the nearest
139A. Louisiana shoreline.
Arena Offshore, LLC, Structure Removal, Eugene Island, Block 83, Lease OCS-G 6/24/2008
SEA ES/SR 08-115. 24888, located 15 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Apache Corporation, Structure Removal, SEA Main Pass, Block 151, Lease OCS-G 02951, 6/25/2008
ES/SR 07-068. located 10 miles from the nearest
Louisiana shoreline.
Joint Industry Project, Geological & Green Canyon, Block 955 & Walker Ridge, 6/26/2008
Geophysical Exploration for Mineral Block 313, located 139 & 170 miles from
Resources, SEA L08-49 & L08-48. the nearest Louisiana shoreline,
respectively.
Exxon Mobil Corporation, Revised Keathley Canyon, Block 964, Lease OCS-G 6/30/2008
Exploration Plan, SEA R-4845. 21451, lo`cated 240 miles from the
nearest Louisiana shoreline south of
Morgan City, Louisiana.
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Persons interested in reviewing environmental documents for the
proposals listed above or obtaining information about SEAs and FONSIs
prepared by the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region are encouraged to contact MMS
at the address or telephone listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
Dated: August 20, 2008.
Lars Herbst,
Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
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