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Continental Shelf Offshore Delaware 

and New Jersey (OCS EIS/EA MMS 

2009–025) (Interim Policy EA), which 

addressed similar activities. 

BOEMRE will incorporate the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

analyses of site characterization and 

assessment activities from the 

Programmatic EIS, Interim Policy EA, 

and other public information to inform 

its analysis in the EA. The EA will be 

developed using many of the principles 

of coastal and marine spatial planning, 

such as comprehensive interagency 

coordination, to identify information 

needs for COP submittals necessary for 

future decisionmaking regarding wind 

energy development. 

4. Description of the Call Area 

BOEMRE has identified an area for 

consideration for potential future wind 

energy leasing in consultation with 

other Federal agencies and the Rhode 

Island and Massachusetts Renewable 

Energy Task Forces. The area identified 

in the Call and this notice is located 

within the AMI, as described by a MOU 

between the Governors of Rhode Island 

and Massachusetts. The Call Area is 

divided into two areas separated by an 

existing traffic separation scheme. A 

detailed description of the area can be 

found in the Call that is published 

concurrently with this notice. 

Map of the Call Area 

A map of the area can be found at the 

following URL: http://www.boemre.gov/ 

offshore/RenewableEnergy/ 

StateActivities-RhodeIsland.htm. 

A large-scale map of the Call Area 

showing boundaries of the area with 

numbered blocks is available from 

BOEMRE at the following address: 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement, Office of 

Offshore Alternative Energy Programs, 

381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4090, 

Herndon, Virginia 20170, Phone: (703) 

787–1320. 

Based on the information submitted 

in response to this notice and the 

aforementioned Call, BOEMRE would 

identify an area in which interest exists, 

and which will be subject to 

environmental analysis, in consultation 

with appropriate Federal agencies, 

states, local governments, tribes and 

other interested parties. The area 

identified will constitute a WEA under 

the ‘‘Smart from the Start’’ initiative, 

which will be the area analyzed in the 

EA. 

5. Cooperating Agencies 

BOEMRE invites other Federal 

agencies and state, tribal, and local 

governments to consider becoming 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of this EA. CEQ regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA define cooperating agencies as 

those with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or 

special expertise’’ (40 CFR 1508.5). 

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 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. 

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/EA process. 

6. Comments 

Federal, state, local government 

agencies, tribal governments, and other 

interested parties are requested to send 

their written comments regarding 

environmental issues and the 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

related to the proposed actions 

described in this notice in one of the 

following ways: 

1. Electronically: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled 

‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter BOEM– 

2011–0063, then click ‘‘search.’’ Follow 

the instructions to submit public 

comments and view supporting and 

related materials available for this 

document. 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Comments on Rhode Island 

and Massachusetts EA’’ to Program 

Manager, Office of Offshore Alternative 

Energy Programs (MS 4090), Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Regulation 

and Enforcement, 381 Elden Street, 

Herndon, Virginia 20170. Comments 

should be submitted no later than 

October 3, 2011. 

Dated: July 27, 2011. 

Robert P. LaBelle, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWYP00000–L51100000–GA0000– 

LVEMK09CK370; WYW176095] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Wright Area South 

Porcupine Coal Lease-by-Application 

and Environmental Impact Statement, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the South Porcupine Coal 

Lease-by-Application (LBA) included in 

the Wright Area Coal Lease 

Applications Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). 

ADDRESSES: The document is available 

electronically on the following Web site: 

http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/ 

NEPA/HighPlains/Wright-Coal.html. 

Paper copies of the ROD are also 

available at the following BLM office 

locations: 

• Bureau of Land Management, 

Wyoming State Office, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 

82009; and 

• Bureau of Land Management, 

Wyoming High Plains District Office, 

2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, 

Wyoming 82604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tyson Sackett, Acting Wyoming Coal 

Coordinator, at (307) 775–6487, or Ms. 

Sarah Bucklin, EIS Project Manager, at 

(307) 261–7541. Mr. Sackett’s office is 

located at the BLM Wyoming State 

Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009. Ms. 

Bucklin’s office is located at the BLM 

High Plains District Office, 2987 

Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming 

82604. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

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(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ROD 

covered by this Notice of Availability is 

for the South Porcupine Coal Tract and 

addresses leasing Federal coal in 

Campbell County, Wyoming, 

administered by the BLM Wyoming 

High Plains District Office. The BLM 

approves Alternative 2, which is the 

preferred alternative for this LBA in the 

Wright Area Coal Final EIS. Under 

Alternative 2, the South Porcupine Coal 

LBA area, as modified by the BLM, 

includes approximately 3,243 acres. The 

BLM estimates that it contains 

approximately 401,830,508 tons of 

mineable Federal coal reserves under 

the selected configuration. 

The BLM will announce a competitive 

coal lease sale in the Federal Register at 

a later date. The Environmental 

Protection Agency published a Federal 

Register notice announcing that the 

Final EIS was publicly available on July 

30, 2010 (75 FR 44951). 

This decision is subject to appeal to 

the Interior Board of Land Appeals 

(IBLA), as provided in 43 CFR part 4, 

within thirty (30) days from the date of 

publication of this Notice of Availability 

in the Federal Register. The ROD 

contains instructions for filing an appeal 

with the IBLA. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2031–A047–409] 

DRAFT General Management Plan and 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 

Biscayne National Park, FL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service (NPS) announces the 

availability of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the General 

Management Plan (GMP) for Biscayne 

National Park (Park), Florida. 

Consistent with NPS laws, 

regulations, and policies and the 

purpose of the Park, the Draft EIS/GMP 

describes the NPS preferred 

alternative—Alternative 4—to guide the 

management of the Park over the next 

20 to 30 years. The preferred alternative 

incorporates various management 

prescriptions to ensure protection, 

access and enjoyment of the park’s 

resources. 

An up-to-date GMP is needed to 

address how visitors access and use the 

park and the facilities needed to support 

those uses, how resources are managed, 

and how the NPS manages its 

operations. Recent studies have 

enhanced the NPS’s understanding of 

resources, resource threats, and visitor 

use in the park. 

DATES: The NPS will accept comments 

from the public on the Draft EIS/GMP 

for at least 60 days, starting from the 

date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes this Notice of 

Availability. The date, time, and 

location of the public meetings on the 

Draft EIS/GMP will be announced 

through the NPS Planning, 

Environment, and Public Comment 

(PEPC) Web site: http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/BISC and media 

outlets. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

Draft EIS/GMP will be available online 

at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/BISC. To 

request a copy, contact Biscayne 

National Park Superintendent Mark 

Lewis, 9700 SW 328 Street, Homestead, 

FL 33033–5634. 

Comments may be submitted by 

several methods. The preferred method 

is commenting via the internet on the 

PEPC Web site above. An electronic 

public comment form is provided on 

this Web site. You may also mail 

comments to Superintendent, Biscayne 

National Park, 9700 SW 328 Street, 

Homestead, FL 33033–5634. Finally, 

you may hand-deliver comments to the 

park. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, please 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 comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. We will always make 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives of or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. A 

limited number of compact disks and 

printed copies of the Draft GMP/EIS will 

be made available at Biscayne National 

Park headquarters, 9700 SW 328 Street, 

Homestead, FL. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

meetings, newsletters, and internet 

updates have kept the public informed 

and involved throughout the planning 

process. The draft GMP provides a 

framework for management, use, and 

development of the national park for the 

next 20 or more years. It presents and 

analyzes five alternatives: Alternative 1 

(no action) provides a baseline for 

evaluating changes and impacts of the 

four action alternatives. Alternative 2 

provides the highest level of visitor 

services in the form of increased 

facilities and access to areas of the park. 

Alternative 3 adds a visitor permit 

system and marine reserve zone. 

Alternative 4 is the NPS Preferred 

Alternative. It was crafted to emphasize 

strong natural and cultural resource 

protection while providing a diversity of 

visitor experiences. Visitor 

opportunities in this alternative would 

range from the challenges of exploring 

the natural environment alone to the 

conveniences of built surroundings. A 

limited amount of moderate resource 

impacts would be tolerated in high-use 

areas of the park. While the majority of 

the park would be open for public 

enjoyment and appreciation, some areas 

would be closed to visitors to protect 

sensitive resources and allow wildlife a 

respite from people. Alternative 5 

provides the highest protection of 

natural and cultural resources on the 

park, including a larger marine reserve 

zone. 

The five alternatives are described in 

detail in chapter 2 of the draft plan. The 

key impacts of implementing the five 

alternatives are detailed in chapter 4 

and summarized in chapter 2. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Biscayne National Park Superintendent 

Mark Lewis, 9700 SW 328 Street, 

Homestead, FL 33033–5634 or 

telephone at (305) 230–1144. The 

authority for publishing this notice is 

contained in 40 CFR 1506.6 

The responsible official for this Draft 

EIS is the Regional Director, NPS 

Southeast Region, 100 Alabama Street 

SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 

30303. 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

Gordon Wissinger, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

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