70156 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 218 / Thursday, November 10, 2011 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week. 

Dated: November 3, 2011. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28941 Filed 11–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Draft Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Study (PEIS) for Proposed 

5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012– 

2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

BOEM announces the availability of the 

OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2012– 

2017 Draft PEIS prepared by BOEM to 

support the Proposed Outer Continental 

Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 

2012–2017. BOEM concurrently 

requests comments and announces 

public hearings. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 9, 2012. See public hearing 

dates in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Headquarters, 381 Elden Street, 

Herndon, VA 20170; Attention: Mr. 

James F. Bennett, Chief of the Division 

of Environmental Assessment, 

telephone: (703) 787–1660. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This draft 

PEIS assesses the scheduling for 

proposed lease sales during the years 

2012 to 2017 in six planning areas on 

the OCS. These areas are the Western, 

Central and Eastern Gulf of Mexico, 

Cook Inlet, the Beaufort Sea, and the 

Chukchi Sea. Federal regulations (40 

CFR 1502.4(b)) recommend analyzing 

effects of broad programs within a single 

programmatic EIS. 

EIS Availability: Persons interested in 

reviewing the OCS Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program for 2012–2017 Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement, OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2011– 

001 can locate it on the Internet at 

http://www.boem.gov/5-year/2012-2017 

or you may contact Mr. James F. Bennett 

at the address listed above to request a 

copy, in hard copy or as a CD/ROM 

version. Please specify if you wish a CD 

or paper copy. If neither is specified, a 

CD containing the Draft PEIS will be 

forwarded. 

Library Availability: The Draft PEIS 

will also be available for review at 

libraries in states near the proposed 

lease sales. These libraries are listed at 

the BOEM Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/5-Year/2012-2017/ 

libraries or a list of libraries can be 

provided by contacting the contact 

person listed above. 

Written Comments: Comments may be 

submitted online at http:// 

www.boem.gov/5-year/2012-2017 or 

letters may be sent to Mr. James F. 

Bennett at the address listed above. 

Comments should be labeled ‘‘Attn: 5- 

Year Program Draft PEIS.’’ 

An individual commenter may ask 

that we withhold their name, home 

address, or both from the public record, 

and we will honor such a request to the 

extent allowable by law. If you submit 

comments and wish us to withhold such 

information, you must state so 

prominently at the beginning of your 

submission. We will not consider 

anonymous comments. 

Public Hearings: Thirteen public 

hearings on the 2012–2017 OCS Oil and 

Gas Leasing Program Draft PEIS will be 

held December 5 through December 16, 

2011. In the Gulf Region, the hearings 

will be held from 1:00 to 4 p.m. and 

from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the following 

dates and at the following locations: 

December 6, 2011, Houston, TX at the 

Marriott Houston Intercontinental at 

George Bush Intercontinental, 18700 

John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, 

TX 77032; December 7, 2011, Mobile, 

AL at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview 

Plaza Hotel, 64 South Water Street, 

Mobile, AL 36602; and December 8, 

2011, New Orleans, LA at the 

Doubletree New Orleans Airport Hotel, 

2150 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, 

Kenner, LA 70062. 

In Washington, DC, the hearing will 

be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on 

December 6, 2011, at the Main 

Department of the Interior Building at 

1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 

20240. 

In Alaska, public hearings will be 

held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the 

following dates and at the following 

locations: December 5, 2011, 

Wainwright at the R. James Community 

Center; December 6, 2011, Nuiqsut at 

the Community Center, on; December 7, 

2011, Katovik at the Community Center; 

December 8, 2011, Fairbanks at the 

Westmark Hotel and Conference Center, 

813 Noble Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701; 

December 9, 2011, Anchorage at the 

Wilda Marston Theatre, 3600 Denali 

Street, Anchorage, AK; December 12, 

2011, Kotzebue at the NW Arctic 

Borough Assembly Chamber, 163 

Lagoon Street, Kotzebue, AK 99752; 

December 13, 2011, Point Hope at the 

City Qalgi Center; December 14, 2011, 

Point Lay at the Community Center; and 

December 16, 2011, Barrow at the 

Inupiat Heritage Center. 

After the public hearings and written 

comments on the Draft PEIS have been 

reviewed and analyzed, a Final PEIS 

will be prepared. 

Dated: October 26, 2011. 

Rodney Cluck, 

Acting Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29152 Filed 11–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program for 2012–2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) announces the 

availability of and requests comments 

on the Proposed 5-Year OCS Oil and 

Gas Leasing Program for 2012–2017 

(‘‘Proposed Program’’). This is part of a 

multi-step process required by law 

before the Secretary of the Interior may 

approve a new 5-year program. BOEM is 

publishing a Notice of Availability of 

the 5-Year Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) 

concurrently with this notice. 

DATES: Please submit comments and 

information to BOEM no later than 

February 8, 2012. 

Public Comment Procedure 

BOEM will accept comments in one of 

two formats: By mail or via our Internet 

commenting system. Please submit your 

comments using only one of these 

formats, and include full names and 

addresses. Comments submitted by 

other means may not be considered. We 

will not consider anonymous 


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