[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65630-65632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25242]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil and Gas 
Operations on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of the Availability of Environmental Documents. Prepared 
for OCS Mineral Proposals on the Gulf of Mexico OCS.

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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 and gas activities 
proposed on the Gulf of Mexico 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 for and the development/production of oil 
and gas resources on the Gulf of Mexico 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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Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Removal  West Delta, Block 17, Lease OCS-G 05668, located 10        7/1/2004
 SEA ES/SR 04-088.                            miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Newfield Exploration Company, Structure      East Cameron, Block 38, Lease OCS-G 02562, located 8       7/2/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-094.                    miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Newfield Exploration Company, Structure      West Cameron, Block 146, Lease OCS-G 01996, located 25     7/2/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-090, 04-091, 04-092,    miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
 04-093.
Seneca Resources Corporation, Structure      Eugene Island, Block 98, Lease OCS-G 17965, located 20     7/7/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-098.                    miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Newfield Exploration Company, Structure      Vermilion (South Addition), Block 308, Lease OCS-G         7/7/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-095.                    11892, located 78 miles from the nearest Louisiana
                                              shoreline.
SPN Resources, LLC, Structure Removal SEA    South Marsh Island, Block 97, Lease OCS-G 21619,           7/9/2004
 ES/SR 04-097.                                located 64 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Newfield Exploration Company, Structure      South Timbalier, Block 194, Lease OCS-G 05610, located     7/9/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-096.                    37 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

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El Paso Production, Structure Removal SEA    West Cameron (South), Block 526, Lease OCS-G 15100,       7/13/2004
 ES/SR 04-099.                                located 90 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
El Paso Production Oil & Gas Company,        West Cameron (South Addition), Block 523, Lease OCS-G     7/14/2004
 Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04-100.          19725, located 92 miles from the nearest Texas
                                              shoreline.
Chevron USA, Inc., Structure Removal SEA ES/ South Timbalier, Block 130, Lease OCS 00456, located      7/20/2004
 SR 04-101.                                   29 miles south of the Louisiana shoreline.
El Paso Production GOM, Inc., Structure      Grand Isle, Blocks 30 & 31, Leases OCS-G 23599 (RUE) &    7/21/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-102, 04-103.            18065, located 11 to 12 miles from the nearest
                                              Louisiana shoreline.
El Paso Production Company, Structure        Eugene Island, Block 52, Lease OCS-G 03148, located 10    7/23/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-104, 04-105.            miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, Structure         Vermilion, Block 63, Lease OCS-G 15167, located 18        7/27/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-115.                    miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company,     South Pelto, Block 12, Lease OCS 00072, located 6         7/28/2004
 Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04-106, 04-      miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
 107, 04-108, 04-109, 04-110, 04-011, 04-
 112.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company,     South Pelto, Block 19, Lease OCS 00073, located 10        7/28/2004
 Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04-113.          miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company,     LLoyd Ridge, Blocks 1 & 2, Leases OCS-G 10486 & 10487,     8/4/2004
 Initial Exploration Plan SEA N-8098.         located 105 miles from the nearest Louisiana
                                              shoreline.
Fugro GeoServices, Inc., Geological &        Located in the central Gulf of Mexico.................     8/4/2004
 Geophysical Exploration Plan for Apache
 Corporation, SEA L04-49.
Energy Partners, Ltd., Structure Removal     West Cameron, Block 149, Lease OCS 00253, located 22       8/6/2004
 SEA ES/SR 04-114.                            miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
SPN Resources, LLC, Structure Removal SEA    Eugene Island, Block 100, Lease OCS 00796, located 17     8/10/2004
 ES/SR 04-119.                                miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Dunhill Resources, Inc., Structure Removal   High Island, Block 139, Lease OCS-G 03235, located 20     8/10/2004
 SEA ES/SR 04-120.                            miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Fugro GeoServices, Inc., Geological &        Located in the central Gulf of Mexico.................    8/11/2004
 Geophysical Exploration Plan for GulfTerra
 Energy Partners, LP, SEA L04-51.
C & C Technologies, Inc., Geological &       Located in the central Gulf of Mexico.................    8/12/2004
 Geophysical Exploration Plan for BP
 America, Inc. SEA L04-54.
SPN Resources, LLC, Structure Removal SEA    Eugene Island, Block 100, Lease OCS 00796, located 18     8/17/2004
 ES/SR 04-118.                                miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
SPN Resources, LLC, Structure Removal SEA    Eugene Island, Block 100, Lease OCS 00796, located 18     8/17/2004
 ES/SR 89-059A.                               miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Multiwave Geophysical Company, Geological &  Located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the central     8/17/2004
 Geophysical Exploration Plan SEA L04-50.     Gulf of Mexico.
BP America, Inc., Geological & Geophysical   Located in the central Gulf of Mexico.................    8/17/2004
 Exploration Plan SEA L04-55.
Energy Partners, LTD, Structure Removal SEA  West Delta, Block 94, OCS 00839, located 25 miles from    8/18/2004
 ES/SR 04-121.                                the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Multiwave Geophysical Company, Geological &  Located in Mississippi Canyon of the central Gulf of      8/20/2004
 Geophysical Exploration Plan for Shell E &   Mexico south of the nearest Alabama shoreline.
 P, SEA L04-53.
Noble Energy, Inc., Structure Removal SEA    High Island (East South), Block A281, Lease OCS-G         8/26/2004
 ES/SR 04-124.                                03377, located 85 miles from the nearest Louisiana
                                              shoreline.
Forest Oil Corporation, Structure Removal    West Cameron & High Island, Blocks 228 & 132, ROW G       8/30/2004
 SEA ES/SR 04-122, 04-123.                    8607 & OCS-G 18937, located 42 miles south of the
                                              nearest Cameron Parish, Louisiana shoreline; 51 miles
                                              southeast of the Sabine Pass, Texas shoreline; and 28
                                              miles south of the Jefferson County, Texas shoreline.
Veritas DGC Corporation, Geological &        Located in the central Gulf of Mexico east of              9/1/2004
 Geophysical Exploration Plan SEA L04-58.     Galveston, Texas.
The Louisiana Land & Exploration Company,    Eugene Island (South Addition), Block 384, Lease OCS-G     9/8/2004
 Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04-089.          03159, located 78 miles from the nearest Louisiana
                                              shoreline.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Structure Removal SEA  Ship Shoal & West Cameron, Blocks 108 & 48, Leases OCS    9/13/2004
 ES/SR 04-126, 04-127, 04-128, 95-48A, 04-    00814 & OCS-G 01351, located 19 miles southwest from
 129, 04-130, 04-131.                         the nearest Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana shoreline,
                                              and 4 miles south from the nearest Cameron Parish,
                                              Louisiana shoreline, respectively.
Calpine Natural Gas, LP, Structure Removal   East Cameron, Block 89, Lease OCS-G 00935, located 22     9/21/2004
 SEA ES/SR 04-125.                            miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
SPN Resources, LLC, Structure Removal SEA    Mobile, Block 830, Lease OCS-G 06845, located 4 miles     9/21/2004
 ES/SR 04-132.                                from the nearest Alabama shoreline.
Hunt Petroleum (AEC), Inc., Structure        Vermilion, Block 248, Lease OCS-G 15195, located 65       9/21/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-133.                    miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

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Vintage Petroleum, Inc., Structure Removal   Main Pass, Block 125, Lease OCS-G 04913, located 20       9/23/2004
 SEA ES/SR 04-137.                            miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Removal  East Cameron, Block 38, Lease OCS-G 02562, located 8      9/28/2004
 SEA ES/SR 04-136.                            miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Removal  Eugene Island, Block 28, Lease OCS-G 05478, located 12    9/28/2004
 SEA ES/SR 04-135.                            miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, Structure         High Island (East South), Block A354, Lease OCS-G         9/28/2004
 Removal SEA ES/SR 04-134.                    17212, located 110 miles from the nearest Texas
                                              shoreline.
Veritas DGC, Inc., Geological & Geophysical  Located in the central Gulf of Mexico south of            9/30/2004
 Exploration Plan SEA L04-62.                 Fourchon, Louisiana.
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    Persons interested in reviewing environmental documents for the 
proposals listed above or obtaining information about SEAs and FONSIs 
prepared for activities on the Gulf of Mexico OCS are encouraged to 
contact MMS at the address or telephone listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section.

    Dated: October 7, 2004.
Chris C. Oynes,
Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
[FR Doc. 04-25242 Filed 11-12-04; 8:45 am]
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