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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01101]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2015-0001]

Notice of Availability Environmental Assessment for Commercial 
Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic 
Outer Continental Shelf Offshore North Carolina; MMAA104000

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment.

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SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the availability of an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for commercial wind lease issuance, site 
characterization activities (geological, geotechnical/archeological and 
biological surveys) and site assessment activities (including the 
installation and operation of a meteorological tower and/or buoys) on 
the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf offshore North Carolina. The EA 
considers the potential impacts of the proposed action and analyzes 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. This Notice of 
Availability (NOA) also serves to announce the beginning of the public 
comment period on the EA. The EA and associated information are 
available on BOEM's Web site at http://www.boem.gov/State-Activities-North-Carolina/.

    Authority:  This NOA for an EA is in compliance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305.

DATES: Comments should be submitted no later than February 23, 2015. 
BOEM will conduct public information meetings to explain the proposed 
activities analyzed in the EA and provide additional opportunity for 
public comment on the EA. The meetings will be held on the following 
dates:

 Monday, February 9, 2015, in the Northern Outer Banks, NC
 Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in Wilmington, NC
 Thursday, February 12, 2015, in Carolina Shores or Sunset 
Beach, NC

    Additional information on specific times and venues will be posted 
online at: http://www.boem.gov/State-Activities-North-Carolina/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of 
Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 
20170-4817, (703) 787-1340 or michelle.morin@boem.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal, state, tribal, and local 
governments and/or agencies and the public may submit written comments 
on this EA through the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the 
field entitled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BOEM-2015-0001, and then 
click ``search.'' Follow the instructions to submit public comments and 
view supporting and related materials available for this notice;
    2. In written form, delivered by hand or by mail, enclosed in an 
envelope labeled ``Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment 
Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore North 
Carolina Environmental Assessment'' and addressed to Program Manager, 
Office of Renewable Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 381 
Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170- 4817.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address or other 
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware 
that your entire comment, including your personal identifying 
information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comments to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Dated: December 31, 2014.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-01101 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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