Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 33 / Friday, February 19, 2010 / Notices 7515 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Alvin Foster, 

Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3192 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Environmental Documents Prepared 

for Proposed Mineral Exploration on 

the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of the availability of 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). 

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management 

Service (MMS), in accordance with 

Federal regulations that implement the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), announces the availability of 

two Environmental Assessments (EAs) 

and associated Findings of No 

Significant Impacts (FONSIs) prepared 

by MMS for oil and gas exploration 

activities proposed on the Alaska Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Minerals Management Service, Alaska 

OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 

Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503– 

5823; or AKWebmaster@mms.gov; or 1– 

800–764–2627. You may view the EAs 

on the MMS Web site at http:// 

www.mms.gov/alaska. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS 

prepares EAs for proposals for 

exploration drilling to evaluate oil and 

gas resource potential on the Alaska 

OCS. The EAs examine the potential 

environmental effects of activities 

described in the proposals and present 

MMS conclusions regarding the level 

and significance of those effects. The 

EAs are used as the basis for 

determining whether or not approvals of 

the proposals would 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. 

Document Number: OCS EIS/EA 

MMS 2009–052. FONSI Date: October 

15, 2009. The EA evaluates the potential 

for significant impacts of the specific 

operations proposed in the Exploration 

Plan (EP), dated June 2009, submitted to 

MMS by Shell Offshore Inc. The EP is 

for exploratory drilling operations that 

would be conducted in accordance with 

the OCS Lands Act Amendments and 

MMS operating regulations (30 CFR 250 

and 30 CFR 254). Shell proposes to drill 

two wells located on the company’s 

leases in the Camden Bay area of the 

Alaskan Beaufort Sea to evaluate the 

Sivulliq and Torpedo prospects. The 

proposed drilling locations are Lease 

OCS–Y–1805 (Flaxman Island block 

6658) and Lease OCS–Y–1941 (Flaxman 

Island block 6610). Drilling operations 

would be conducted from the drill ship 

M/V Frontier Discoverer during the 

July–October 2010 open-water period. 

Shell’s proposal includes suspending all 

operations and removal of the drill ship 

and support vessels from the area 

beginning August 25 until completion of 

fall subsistence bowhead whaling by the 

Native Villages of Kaktovik and 

Nuiqsut, Alaska. Information about the 

methods by which the exploration 

activities would be conducted is 

detailed in the EP and the associated 

Environmental Impact Analysis and Oil 

Discharge Prevention and Contingency 

Plan. 

OCS EIS/EA MMS 2009–061. FONSI 

Date: December 7, 2009. The EA 

evaluates the potential for significant 

impacts of the specific drilling 

operations proposed in Shell Gulf of 

Mexico Inc.’s Exploration Plan (EP), 

dated July 2009; deemed submitted 

October 20, 2009. The EP is for 

exploratory drilling operations that 

would be conducted in accordance with 

the OCS Lands Act Amendments and 

MMS operating regulations (30 CFR 250 

and 30 CFR 254). Shell proposes to drill 

up to three wells at five potential drill 

sites on the company’s leases in the 

Alaskan Chukchi Sea to evaluate the 

Burger, Crackerjack, and SW Shoebill 

prospects. The potential drill sites are 

on Lease OCS–Y–2280 (Posey block 

6764), Lease OCS–Y–2267 (Posey block 

6714), Lease OCS–Y–2321 (Posey block 

6912), Lease OCS–Y–2111 (Karo block 

6864), and Lease OCS–Y–2142 (Karo 

block 7007). Drilling operations would 

be conducted from the drill ship M/V 

Frontier Discoverer during the July– 

October 2010 open-water period. 

Information about the methods by 

which the exploration activities would 

be conducted is detailed in the EP and 

in the associated Environmental Impact 

Analysis and Oil Discharge Prevention 

and Contingency Plan. 

Dated: January 26, 2010. 

Jeffery Loman, 

Acting Regional Director, Alaska OCS Region, 

Minerals Management Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3291 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CACA 47740, LLCAD07000, 

L51030000.FX0000, LVRAB109AA01] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/Staff 

Assessment for the Stirling Energy 

Systems Solar Two Project and 

Possible California Desert 

Conservation Area Plan Amendment. 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 

the California Energy Commission (CEC) 

have prepared a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS), Draft California 

Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan 

Amendment, and Staff Assessment (SA) 

as a joint environmental analysis 

document for the Stirling Energy 

Systems (SES) Solar Two Project and by 

this notice are announcing the opening 

of the comment period. 

DATES: To ensure that comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Draft EIS/SA 

within 90 days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register. The BLM will 

announce future meetings or hearings 

and any other public involvement 

activities at least 15 days in advance 

through public notices, media releases, 

and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the SES Solar Two Project by 

any of the following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.energy.ca.gov/ 

sitingcases/solartwo/index.html 

• E-mail: Cmeyer@energy.state.ca.us 

• Fax: (818) 597–8001 

• Mail or other delivery service: 

Christopher Meyer, Project Manager, 

Siting, Transmission and Environmental 

Protection Division, California Energy 

Commission, 1516 Ninth Street, MS–15, 

Sacramento, California, 95814. 

Copies of the SES Solar Two Draft 

EIS/SA are available from the CEC at the 

above address and in the BLM El Centro 

Field Office, 1661 S. 4th Street, El 

Centro, California, 92243. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Jim 

Stobaugh, BLM Project Manager, by 

telephone at (775) 861–6478; through 

mail at Bureau of Land Management, 


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