12204 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 44 / Friday, March 6, 2015 / Notices 

2013–0118); and Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: 2014–2016; 

Western Planning Area Lease Sales 238, 

246, and 248, Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (WPA 

238/246/248 Supplemental EIS; OCS 

EIS/EA BOEM 2014–009). The 2012– 

2017 WPA/CPA Multisale EIS was 

completed in July 2012. The WPA 233/ 

CPA 231 Supplemental EIS was 

completed in April 2013. The WPA 238/ 

246/248 Supplemental EIS was 

completed in March 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, Office of Environment (GM 

623E), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, by 

telephone at 504–736–3233 or email at 

wpa246@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM 

developed this Final Supplemental EIS 

for proposed WPA Lease Sales 246 and 

248 to consider new information made 

available since completion of the 2012– 

2017 WPA/CPA Multisale EIS, WPA 

233/CPA 231 Supplemental EIS, and 

WPA 238/246/248 Supplemental EIS, 

and to consider new information on the 

Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil spill, 

and response. This Final Supplemental 

EIS provides updates on the baseline 

conditions and potential environmental 

effects of oil and natural gas leasing, 

exploration, development, and 

production in the WPA. BOEM 

conducted an extensive search for new 

information in consideration of the 

Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil spill, 

and response, reviewing scientific 

journals and available scientific data 

and information from academic 

institutions and Federal, State, and local 

agencies; and interviewing personnel 

from academic institutions and Federal, 

State, and local agencies. BOEM has 

examined the potential impacts of 

routine activities, accidental events, and 

the proposed lease sales’ incremental 

contribution to the cumulative impacts 

on environmental and socioeconomic 

resources. BOEM has also examined the 

potential impacts associated with a lowprobability catastrophic event. The oil 

and gas resource estimates and scenario 

information for this Final Supplemental 

EIS are presented as a range that would 

encompass the oil and gas resources and 

activities estimated for a proposed WPA 

lease sale. 

BOEM has printed and will be 

distributing a limited number of paper 

copies of the Final Supplemental EIS. In 

keeping with the Department of the 

Interior’s mission of the protection of 

natural resources and to limit costs 

while ensuring availability of the 

document to the public, BOEM will 

primarily distribute digital copies of the 

Final Supplemental EIS on compact 

discs. However, if you require a paper 

copy, BOEM will provide one upon 

request if copies are still available. 

1. You may obtain a copy of the Final 

Supplemental EIS from the Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, Public Information 

Office (GM 335A), 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, Room 250, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394 (1–800–200– 

GULF). 

2. You may download or view the 

Final Supplemental EIS on BOEM’s 

Web site at http://www.boem.gov//. 

Several libraries along the Gulf Coast 

have been sent copies of the Final 

Supplemental EIS. To find out which 

libraries have copies of the Final 

Supplemental EIS for review, you may 

contact BOEM’s Public Information 

Office or visit BOEM’s Web site at 

http://www.boem.gov//. 

Authority: This Notice of Availability is 

published pursuant to the regulations (40 

CFR part 1503) implementing the provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq. [1988]). 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Abigail Ross Hopper, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[BOEM–2014–0085; MMAA104000] 

Outer Continental Shelf, 2017–2022 Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of additional public 

scoping meetings for the programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

on the 2017–2022 Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management is announcing three 

additional public scoping meetings for 

the EIS on the 2017–2022 Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program. 

Additional Scoping Meetings 

Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina 

Æ March 16, 2015; Ramada Plaza Nags 

Head Oceanfront, 1701 S. Virginia Dare 

Trail, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina; 

3:00–7:00 p.m.; free parking. 

Atlantic City, New Jersey 

Æ March 18, 2015; Sheraton Atlantic 

City, 2 Convention Blvd., Atlantic City, 

New Jersey; 3:00–7:00 p.m.; validated 

participant parking at hotel. 

Savannah, Georgia 

Æ March 24, 2015; Hyatt Regency 

Savannah, Two West Bay St., Savannah, 

Georgia; 3:00–7:00 p.m.; validated 

participant parking at hotel. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

by March 30, 2015. Please see 

boemoceaninfo.com/get-involved/

comments/ or www.regulations.gov 

(search ‘‘BOEM–2014–0085’’) for 

information on how to comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the EIS, the submission 

of comments, or BOEM’s policies 

associated with this Notice, please 

contact Mr. Geoffrey L. Wikel, Acting 

Chief, Division of Environmental 

Assessment, Office of Environmental 

Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (HM 3107), 381 Elden 

Street, Herndon, VA 20170–4817, 

telephone (703) 787–1283. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 29, 2015, BOEM published a 

Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.) to inform decisions that will be 

made during the preparation and 

implementation of the 2017–2022 Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program (2017–2022 

Program) (80 FR 4939). The EIS will 

analyze the potential direct, indirect, 

and cumulative impacts of possible 

outer continental shelf oil and gas 

activities that could result from lease 

sales proposed under the 2017–2022 

Program. The scope of the EIS will be 

based on the 2017–2022 Draft Proposed 

Program (DPP) after consideration of 

public input received during the 

scoping period for the EIS (for details, 

see the DPP at http://www.boem.gov/

Five-Year-Program/). The January 29, 

2015, announcement included a 

schedule of EIS public scoping 

meetings, providing dates and locations, 

and this Notice is adding three new 

meetings. 

Authority: This Notice is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1501.7) 

implementing the provisions of NEPA. 

Dated: March 2, 2015. 

Abigail Ross Hopper, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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