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97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32518 Filed 12–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Carpinteria Offshore Field 

Redevelopment Project— 

Developmental Drilling Into the 

Carpinteria Offshore Field Oil and Gas 

Reserves, California State Waters, 

From Federal Platform Hogan 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) and the California 

State Lands Commission (CSLC) intend 

to jointly review a proposal to develop 

offshore oil and gas resources, located in 

California state waters, from an existing 

oil and gas platform located in Federal 

waters. This review will lead to a joint 

assessment of the potential 

environmental impacts and appropriate 

mitigation measures. This is the Notice 

of Preparation/Notice of Intent (NOP/ 

NOI) to jointly prepare an 

Environmental Impact Report/ 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/ 

EIS) and hold public scoping meetings 

for the Carpinteria Offshore Field 

Redevelopment Project. This notice 

initiates the public scoping process. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted by February 21, 2012. 

Scoping meeting dates/times are 

Thursday, January 19, 2012 at: 

1. 1–3 p.m. and 

2. 5–7 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

to— 

1. Mail or hand carried. Enclosed in 

an envelope labeled ‘‘Scoping 

Comments for the Carpinteria EIR/EIS’’ 

and delivered to Ms. Susan Zaleski, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Pacific OCS Region, 770 Paseo 

Camarillo, Camarillo, CA 93010–6064. 

2. Email. 

carpinteriaredevelopment@mrsenv.com. 

See Comments and Scoping Meetings 

below for meeting addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Susan Zaleski, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Pacific OCS Region, 770 

Paseo Camarillo, Camarillo, California 

93010–6064; phone (805) 389–7558, fax 

(805) 389–7874, or email at 

susan.zaleski@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

BOEM and CSLC are jointly reviewing 

the proposed Carpenteria Offshore Field 

Redevelopment Project (the Project) 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 

and the California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA), respectively. The 

BOEM will be the NEPA lead agency. 

The California State Lands Commission 

(CSLC) will be the CEQA lead agency. 

They will prepare a joint environmental 

impact report (EIR)/environmental 

impact statement (EIS) to identify and 

assess potential environmental impacts 

and mitigation measures associated with 

a proposal to develop offshore oil and 

gas resources, located in California state 

waters, from an existing oil and gas 

platform located in Federal waters. 

Publication of this notice initiates the 

public scoping process to solicit 

comments regarding the full spectrum of 

issues and concerns, including a 

suitable range of alternatives, the human 

and marine resources that could be 

affected, the nature and extent of the 

potential impacts to those resources, 

and the appropriate mitigation measures 

that should be addressed in the EIR/EIS. 

Carone Petroleum Corporation 

(Carone) is proposing to redevelop the 

state portion of the Carpinteria Offshore 

Field oil and gas reserves from Platform 

Hogan, which is located in Federal 

waters. Signal Hill Services, Inc. is the 

Federal lessee, and Pacific Operators 

Offshore, LLC (POOL) is the operator of 

Platform Hogan. The Carpinteria 

Offshore Field extends into both Federal 

and state waters and includes Federal 

and state leases. As many as 25 new 

production or injection wells would be 

drilled into existing state oil and gas 

leases from Platform Hogan. The exact 

number of wells to be drilled is 

unknown until sufficient wells are 

completed and evaluated to determine 

the amount and location of the oil and 

gas resources. 

The CSLC reviews the Plan of 

Development (POD) for state leases, 

which delineates the long-term plans of 

Carone and its designated Carpinteria 

Field operator, POOL. The POD is based 

on all state lease wells being physically 

drilled from Platform Hogan through 

subsurface operations. 

The BOEM reviews the Development 

and Production Plan (DPP) and revised 

DPP pursuant to the Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Lands Act, as amended, and 

the implementing regulations at 30 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) 550.283 

and 550.285, which address the 

procedures and requirements for 

submitting revised DPPs. The BOEM 

decides whether these revised plans 

should be approved, disapproved, or 

modified to be consistent with the 

provisions of the lease, the OCS Lands 

Act, and the implementing regulations. 

A Right-of-Use-and-Easement is also 

needed for this proposed project 

pursuant to 30 CFR 550.160–166. The 

revised DPP will also be submitted to 

the California Coastal Commission 

(CCC) to ensure its consistency with the 

California Coastal Management Plan. 

No final decision on the proposed 

project will be made until the end of the 

EIR/EIS process in order to allow for full 

consultation with Federal agencies, 

affected states, affected tribes and the 

public. Upon completion of this EIR/EIS 

process, BOEM and CSLC will make 

separate decisions concerning the 

proposed project. Consultation with 

other Federal, state and local agencies, 

affected tribes, and the public will be 

carried out to assist in the NEPA/CEQA 

process. These consultations will be 

completed before decisions are made on 

the proposed project. 

Description of the Area 

Drilling will take place from an 

existing Federal Platform Hogan 

(Federal Lease OCS–P 0166), which lies 

in the Santa Barbara Channel, 3.7 miles 

offshore of the City of Carpinteria, Santa 

Barbara County, California, in 154 feet 

of water (Latitude 34°20′16′′ N; 

Longitude 119°32′30′′ W) to develop 

resources in California state waters 

(State Oil and Gas Leases PRC 4000, 

PRC 7911 and PRC 3133). Oil and gas 

production will be transferred by an 

existing pipeline to the existing La 

Conchita Processing Facility in Ventura 

County. 

Cooperating Agencies 

BOEM and CSLC invite other Federal 

agencies and state, tribal and local 

governments to consider becoming 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the EIR/EIS. 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 remember that an agency’s role in 

the environmental analysis neither 

enlarges nor diminishes the final 

decision-making authority of any other 

agency involved in the NEPA process. 

Upon request, BOEM and CSLC will 

provide potential cooperating agencies 

with an information package that 

includes a draft Memorandum of 

Agreement. The draft Memorandum of 

Agreement includes a schedule with 

critical action dates and milestones, 


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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 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

These documents are available at 

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

guidance.html. BOEM/CSLC, as the lead 

agencies, 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 

BOEM/CSLC during the normal public 

input phases of the NEPA/EIS and 

CEQA/EIR processes. If further 

information about cooperating agency 

status is needed, please contact Ms. 

Susan Zaleski at (805) 389–7558 or 

susan.zaleski@boem.gov. 

Comments and Scoping Meetings 

Scoping is an open process used for 

identifying significant environmental 

issues related to the proposed project. 

Scoping also provides an opportunity to 

identify appropriate mitigation 

measures and alternatives to the 

proposed project. Applicable agencies 

will need to use the EIR/EIS when 

considering related permits or other 

approvals for the proposed project. 

Federal, state and local government 

agencies and other interested parties are 

requested to send their written 

comments on the scope of the EIR/EIS, 

significant issues that should be 

addressed and alternatives that should 

be considered to one of the addresses in 

the ADDRESSES section above. 

Before including your address, 

telephone 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 (including in the EIR/EIS and 

posted on the Internet). Please note that 

requests to withhold personal 

identifying information should be made 

prominently at the beginning of your 

submission. While you may ask BOEM 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, BOEM 

cannot guarantee that it will be able to 

do so. The BOEM will not consider 

anonymous comments, and BOEM will 

make available for inspection, in their 

entirety, all comments submitted by 

organizations or businesses or by 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives of organizations or 

businesses. 

This notice and detailed proposed 

project information will also be 

available on the BOEM web page at 

http://www.boem.gov/Carpinteria.aspx 

and on the CSLC web page at 

www.slc.ca.gov. 

BOEM and CSLC will hold scoping 

meetings to obtain additional comments 

and information regarding the scope of 

the EIR/EIS. Two public scoping 

meetings will be conducted for the 

proposed project to receive oral and/or 

written testimony at the following times 

and place: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 

1–3 p.m. and 5–7 p.m., Carpinteria City 

Council Chambers, 5775 Carpinteria 

Avenue, Carpinteria, California 93013– 

2697, Phone: (805) 684–5405. 

A sign language interpreter will be 

provided upon advance notification of 

need. Such notification should be made 

as soon as possible prior to the date of 

the scoping meetings. If you need 

reasonable accommodation for a 

disability, as defined by the Federal 

Americans with Disabilities Act and the 

California Fair Employment and 

Housing Act, to conduct business with 

BOEM and CSLC staff conducting the 

scoping meetings, please contact Susan 

Zaleski at (805) 389–7558 at least 7 days 

in advance of the scoping meetings to 

arrange for such accommodation. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq. (1988), and § 15802 of the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 

Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15000 

et seq.). 

Dated: December 14, 2011. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management . 

[FR Doc. 2011–32484 Filed 12–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–R–2011–N229; 1265–0000–10137– 

S3] 

James Campbell National Wildlife 

Refuge, Honolulu County, HI; 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 U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of our final comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and a finding of 

no significant impact for the 

environmental assessment for the James 

Campbell National Wildlife Refuge 

(refuge). In this final CCP, we describe 

how we will manage this refuge for the 

next 15 years. 

ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain 

copies of the final CCP and the finding 

of no significant impact (FONSI) and 

environmental assessment (EA) by any 

of the following methods. You may 

request a hard copy or CD–ROM. 

Agency Web site: Download the 

documents at www.fws.gov/pacific/ 

planning. 

Email: 

FW1PlanningComments@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘James Campbell Refuge CCP’’ 

in the subject line of the message. 

Mail: David Ellis, Project Leader, 

O‘ahu National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, 66–590 Kamehameha 

Highway, Room 2C, Hale‘iwa, HI 96712. 

In-Person Viewing or Pickup: O‘ahu 

National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 66– 

590 Kamehameha Highway, Room 2C, 

Hale‘iwa, HI 96712. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Ellis, Project Leader, (808) 637– 

6330. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we announce the 

completion of the CCP process for the 

James Campbell National Wildlife 

Refuge. The Service started this process 

through a notice of intent in the Federal 

Register on December 1, 2008 (73 FR 

72826). We released the draft CCP/EA to 

the public, announcing and requesting 

comments in a notice of availability in 

the Federal Register (76 FR 38414; June 

30, 2011). 

We announce our CCP decision and 

the availability of a FONSI in 

accordance with the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) and 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) (40 CFR 1506.6(b)) 

requirements. We prepared a thorough 

analysis of impacts, which we included 

in an EA that accompanied the draft 

CCP. 

The CCP will guide us in managing 

and administering the refuge for the 

next 15 years. Alternative C, as 

described in the draft CCP, is the basis 

for the CCP. 

Background 

The Refuge Administration Act, as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, requires us to develop a CCP for 

each refuge. The purpose for developing 

a CCP is to provide refuge managers 

with a 15-year plan for achieving refuge 


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