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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), 

Western and Central Planning Areas, 

Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Oil and Gas 

Lease Sales for the 2007–2012 5-Year 

OCS Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

1. Authority 

This Notice of Intent (NOI) is 

published pursuant to the regulations 

(40 CFR 1501.7) implementing the 

provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

(1988)). 

2. Purpose of the Notice of Intent 

The BOEMRE is announcing its intent 

to prepare a supplemental 

environmental impact statement (SEIS) 

for Western Planning Area (WPA) Lease 

Sale 218 and Central Planning Area 

(CPA) Lease Sale 222 in the 2007–2012 

5-Year OCS Program. The proposed 

sales are in the Gulf of Mexico’s WPA 

off the States of Texas and Louisiana 

and in the CPA off the States of Texas, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. 

The SEIS will update the environmental 

and socioeconomic analyses in the Gulf 

of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2007–2012; WPA Sales 204, 207, 210, 

215, and 218; CPA Sales 205, 206, 208, 

213, 216, and 222, Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (OCS EIS/EA MMS 

2007–018) (Multisale EIS), the NOI for 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on March 7, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 

44, Page 11444). The SEIS will also 

update the environmental and 

socioeconomic analyses in the GOM 

OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2009– 

2012; CPA Sales 208, 213, 216, and 222; 

WPA Sales 210, 215, and 218; Final 

SEIS (OCS EIS/EA MMS 2008–041), the 

NOI for which was published in the 

Federal Register on September 10, 2007 

(Vol. 72, No. 174, Page 51654). The SEIS 

for 2009–2012 was prepared after the 

Gulf of Mexico Energy and Security Act 

(Pub. L. 109–432, December 20, 2006), 

which required BOEMRE to offer 

approximately 5.8 million acres in the 

CPA (‘‘181 South Area’’) for oil and gas 

leasing, ‘‘as soon as practicable after the 

date of enactment of this Act.’’ Lease 

Sales 218 and 222 are proposed to be 

held in late 2011 or early 2012, before 

the end of the 2007–2012 5-Year OCS 

Program. 

A SEIS is deemed appropriate to 

supplement the NEPA documents cited 

above for these lease sales in order to 

consider new circumstances and 

information arising, among other things, 

from the Deepwater Horizon blowout 

and spill. The SEIS analysis will focus 

on updating the baseline conditions and 

potential environmental effects of oil 

and natural gas leasing, exploration, 

development, and production in the 

WPA and CPA. 

Scoping Process: Federal, State, and 

local government agencies, and other 

interested parties may assist BOEMRE 

in determining the significant issues 

and alternatives to be analyzed in the 

SEIS. Early planning and consultation is 

important for ensuring that all interests 

and concerns are communicated to the 

Department of the Interior for future 

decisions in the leasing process 

pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands Act and regulations at 30 CFR 

256. At a minimum, alternatives that 

will be considered for the sales are no 

action (i.e., cancel the sale) or to exclude 

certain areas from the sales. Input is 

requested on additional measures (e.g., 

technology or water depth limitations) 

that would maximize avoidance and 

minimize impacts to environmental and 

socioeconomic resources. Formal 

consultation with other Federal 

agencies, the affected states, and the 

public will be carried out during the 

NEPA process and will be completed 

before a final decision is made on Lease 

Sales 218 and 222. 

For more information on the proposed 

sales or the SEIS, you may contact Mr. 

Gary Goeke, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

Mail Stop 5410, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394 or by calling (504) 736– 

3233. 

3. Description of the Area 

The general area proposed for Lease 

Sale 218 covers approximately 28.57 

million acres in 5,240 blocks in the 

western portion of the GOM (excluding 

whole and partial blocks within the 

boundary of the Flower Garden Banks 

National Marine Sanctuary), Lease Sale 

222 covers approximately 66.45 million 

acres in 12,409 blocks in the Central 

portion of GOM (excluding blocks that 

were previously included within the 

Eastern Planning Area (EPA) and that 

are within 100 miles of the Florida 

coast; or beyond the U.S. Exclusive 

Economic Zone in the area known as the 

northern portion of the Eastern Gap). A 

map is available on the BOEMRE Web 

site at http://www.gomr.boemre.gov/ 

homepg/lsesale/mau_gom_pa.pdf. 

4. Cooperating Agency 

The BOEMRE invites other Federal 

agencies and state, tribal, and local 

governments to consider becoming 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the SEIS. Following the guidelines 

from the Council of Environmental 

Quality (CEQ), qualified agencies and 

governments are those with ‘‘jurisdiction 

by law or special expertise.’’ Potential 

cooperating agencies should consider 

their authority and capacity to assume 

the responsibilities of a cooperating 

agency and to remember that an 

agency’s role in the environmental 

analysis neither enlarges nor diminishes 

the final decisionmaking authority of 

any other agency involved in the NEPA 

process. 

Upon request, BOEMRE will provide 

potential cooperating agencies with an 

information package with a draft 

Memorandum of Agreement that 

includes a schedule with critical action 

dates and milestones, mutual 

responsibilities, designated points of 

contact, and expectations for handling 

predecisional information. Agencies 

should also consider the ‘‘Factors for 

Determining Cooperating Agency 

Status’’ in Attachment 1 to CEQ’s 

January 30, 2002, Memorandum for the 

Heads of Federal Agencies: Cooperating 

Agencies in Implementing the 

Procedural Requirements of the NEPA. 

A copy of this document is available at 

http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ 

cooperating/ 

cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html 

and http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ 

cooperating/ 

cooperatingagencymemofactors.html. 

The BOEMRE, as the lead agency, will 

not provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Even if an 

organization is not a cooperating 

agency, opportunities will exist to 

provide information and comments to 

BOEMRE during the normal public 

input phases of the NEPA/EIS process. 

If further information about cooperating 

agency status is needed, please contact 

Mr. Gary Goeke at (504) 736–3233. 

5. Comments 

Public meetings will be held in 

locations near these areas in early to 

mid November 2010. The meetings are 

being planned for, but not necessarily 

limited to: 

• Tuesday, November 16, 2010, New 

Orleans, Louisiana, Hilton New Orleans 

Airport, 901 Airline Drive Kenner, 

Louisiana 70062, 1 p.m. CST. 

• Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 

Houston, Texas, Houston Airport 

Marriott at George Bush 

Intercontinental, 18700 John F. Kennedy 


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Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032, 1 

p.m. CST. 

• Thursday, November 18, 2010, 

Mobile, Alabama, The Battle House 

Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa, 26 

North Royal Street, Mobile, Alabama 

36602 1 p.m. CST. 

The BOEMRE will use and coordinate 

the NEPA commenting process to satisfy 

the public involvement process for 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) as 

provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

Federal, State, local government 

agencies, and other interested parties 

are requested to send their written 

comments on the scope of the SEIS, 

significant issues that should be 

addressed, and alternatives that should 

be considered in one of the following 

ways: 

1. Electronically to the BOEMRE email address: 

sales218&222@boemre.gov. 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Comments on the Sales 218 and 

222 SEIS’’ to the Regional Supervisor, 

Leasing and Environment (MS 5410), 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation, and Enforcement, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394. 

Comments should be submitted no 

later than December 27, 2010. 

Dated: November 4, 2010. 

L. Renee Orr, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28355 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[Account No. 3950–SZM] 

Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for a Proposed Project Involving the 

Area in and Around President’s Park 

South. 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Withdrawal of Notice 

of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

and the United States Secret Service are 

withdrawing the September 22, 2010, 

Federal Register notice (75 FR 57811) 

announcing their intent to prepare an 

Environmental Assessment and to 

conduct scoping in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act, 42 

U.S.C. 4321 (NEPA), to aid their 

consideration of certain proposed 

actions, including permanent roadway 

closures, the re-design of security 

elements, and the preservation of the 

historic landscape within President’s 

Park South, to include the portion of E 

Street, NW., between 15th Street and 

17th Street, in Washington, DC. The 

scoping process, public comment 

period, and public meeting referenced 

in that notice are now cancelled. 

DATES: Effective November 10, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Office of the National Park Service 

Liaison to the White House, National 

Park Service, National Capital Region, 

1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 

20242, Telephone: (202) 619–6344. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

September 22, 2010, Federal Register 

notice was published in error. The 

notice will be reissued when the 

National Park Service and the United 

States Secret Service are ready to begin 

preparation of this NEPA Environmental 

Assessment, conduct scoping, and 

receive public comments. In that notice 

they expect to announce when a public 

scoping meeting will be held. 

Comments that have been received to 

date as a result of the September 22, 

2010, Federal Register notice of scoping 

will be incorporated into this 

subsequent NEPA process. 

Dated: October 8, 2010. 

Lisa Mendelson-Ielmini, 

Acting Regional Director, National Capital 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28428 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–54–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2010–N176; 40136–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, 

Charleston County, SC; Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of our final comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and finding of 

no significant impact (FONSI) for the 

environmental assessment for Cape 

Romain National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR). In the final CCP, we describe 

how we will manage this refuge for the 

next 15 years. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the CCP by writing to: Raye Nilius, 

Refuge Manager, Cape Romain NWR, 

5801 Highway 17 North, Awendaw, SC 

29429. The CCP may also be accessed 

and downloaded from the Service’s Web 

site: http://southeast.fws.gov/planning/ 

under ‘‘Final Documents.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raye Nilius; telephone: 843/928–3264. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we finalize the CCP 

process for Cape Romain NWR. We 

started this process through a notice in 

the Federal Register on January 3, 2007 

(72 FR 141). 

Established in 1932 as a migratory 

bird refuge, Cape Romain NWR 

encompasses a 22-mile segment of the 

southeast Atlantic coast. The refuge 

contains 66,267 acres and consists of 

barrier islands, salt marshes, intricate 

coastal waterways, sandy beaches, fresh 

and brackish water impoundments, and 

maritime forests. Points of interest 

include Bulls Island, Cape Island, and 

Lighthouse Island. Two lighthouses, 

though no longer operational, still stand 

on Lighthouse Island. The refuge’s 

original objectives were to conserve in 

public ownership habitat for waterfowl, 

shorebirds, and resident species. In 

recent years, objectives have expanded 

to include managing endangered 

species, protecting the 28,000-acre Class 

1 Wilderness Area, and conserving the 

Bulls Island and Cape Island forests and 

associated diverse plant communities. 

Currently, the refuge is actively working 

to aid in the recovery of the threatened 

loggerhead sea turtle. Recognizing the 

high migratory bird benefits and 

recreational opportunities served by the 

lands and waters of the refuge, Cape 

Romain NWR was established under the 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act, the 

Fish and Wildlife Act, and the Refuge 

Recreation Act, thus outlining the 

following primary purposes of these 

lands and waters: 

• ‘‘For use as an inviolate sanctuary, 

or for any other management purpose, 

for migratory birds’’ (16 U.S.C. 715d; 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act); 

• ‘‘to conserve and protect migratory 

birds * * * and other species of 

wildlife that are listed * * * as 

endangered species or threatened 

species and to restore or develop 

adequate wildlife habitat’’ (16 U.S.C. 

715i; Migratory Bird Conservation Act); 

• ‘‘for the development, advancement, 

management, conservation, and 

protection of fish and wildlife 

resources’’ (16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)) ‘‘for the 

benefit of the United States Fish and 


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