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In addition, the Department must 

further evaluate the criteria listed in 25 

CFR part 292 in making a final 

determination that the Mashpee and 

Taunton sites may be considered the 

‘‘initial reservation’’ of the Tribe 

pursuant to section 20(b)(1)(B)(ii) of 

IGRA. The Department’s consideration 

and analysis of the applicable 

regulations may lead to a final decision 

that selects an alternative other than the 

Preferred Alternative, including no 

action, a variant of the Preferred 

Alternative, or another one of the 

alternatives analyzed in the FEIS. 

The BIA has afforded other 

government agencies and the public 

extensive opportunity to participate in 

the preparation of this EIS. The BIA 

published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

prepare the EIS for the proposed action 

in the Federal Register on May 31, 2012 

(77 FR 32132). The BIA held public 

scoping meetings on June 20, 2012, at 

Taunton High School in Taunton, 

Massachusetts, and on June 21, 2012, at 

Mashpee High School in Mashpee, 

Massachusetts. A Notice of Availability 

for the Draft EIS (DEIS) was published 

in the Federal Register on November 15, 

2013 (78 FR 68860), and the EPA 

published its Notice in the Federal 

Register on November 22, 2013 (78 FR 

70041). The BIA held public hearings on 

December 2, 2013, at Mashpee High 

School in Mashpee, Massachusetts, and 

on December 3, 2013, at Taunton High 

School in Taunton, Massachusetts. 

Comments on the DEIS received from 

the public and based on internal BIA 

review were considered and 

incorporated as appropriate into the 

FEIS. 

Locations Where the FEIS is Available 

for Review: The FEIS will be available 

for review at the following locations 

during normal business hours: 

• Taunton Public Library, 12 Pleasant 

Street, Taunton, Massachusetts 02780; 

• Mashpee Public Library, 64 Steeple 

Street, Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649; 

and 

• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 

Headquarters at 483 Great Neck Road— 

South, Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649. 

The FEIS is also available online at: 

http://www.mwteis.com. To obtain a 

compact disc copy of the FEIS, please 

provide your name and address in 

writing or by voicemail to Mr. Chet L. 

McGhee, Regional Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Eastern Regional Office. Contact 

information is listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. Individual paper copies of the 

FEIS will be provided only upon 

payment of applicable printing expenses 

by the requestor for the number of 

copies requested. 

Public Comment Availability: Before 

including your address, phone 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. 

While you may request us in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Authority: This notice is published in 

accordance with section 1503.1 of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR 1500 et seq.) and the 

Department of the Interior Regulations (43 

CFR part 46) implementing the procedural 

requirements of the National Environmental 

Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the 

Department of Interior Manual (516 DM 1–6), 

and is in accordance with the exercise of 

authority delegated to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by part 209 DM 8.1. 

Dated: August 25, 2014. 

Kevin K. Washburn, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20669 Filed 9–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA 104000] 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of 

Mexico (GOM), Oil and Gas Lease 

Sales, Western Planning Area (WPA) 

Lease Sales 246 and 248 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) 

and Announcement of Public Meetings 

and Comment Period for the Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for Proposed GOM Oil 

and Gas WPA Lease Sales 246 and 248. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (NEPA), BOEM 

has prepared a Draft Supplemental EIS 

for proposed WPA oil and gas Lease 

Sales 246 and 248 in the GOM (WPA 

246/248 Draft Supplemental EIS). 

Proposed Lease Sales 246 and 248 are 

tentatively scheduled to be held in 

August 2015 and 2016, respectively, in 

the WPA offshore the States of Texas 

and Louisiana. The WPA 246/248 Draft 

Supplemental EIS updates the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

analyses in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: 2012–2017; 

Western Planning Area Lease Sales 229, 

233, 238, 246, and 248; Central 

Planning Area Lease Sales 227, 231, 

235, 241, and 247, Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 

2012–019) (2012–2017 WPA/CPA 

Multisale EIS), Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: 2013–2014; 

Western Planning Area Lease Sale 233; 

Central Planning Area Lease Sale 231, 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 

2013–0118) (WPA 233/CPA 231 

Supplemental EIS), 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 (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2014– 

009) (WPA 238/246/248 Supplemental 

EIS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the WPA 246/248 

Draft Supplemental EIS, you may 

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 or by email at 

wpa246@boem.gov. You may also 

contact Mr. Goeke by telephone at (504) 

736–3233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM 

developed the WPA 246/248 Draft 

Supplemental EIS 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 related to the 

Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil spill, 

and response. The WPA 246/248 Draft 

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, 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 

examined the potential impacts of 

routine activities and accidental events 

and the proposed lease sales’ 

incremental contribution to the 

cumulative impacts on environmental 

and socioeconomic resources. The oil 

and gas resource estimates and scenario 

information for the WPA 246/248 Draft 

Supplemental EIS are presented as a 

range that would encompass the 


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resources and activities estimated for a 

proposed WPA lease sale. 

Draft Supplemental EIS Availability: 

You may download or view the WPA 

246/248 Draft Supplemental EIS on 

BOEM’s Web site at http://

www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. In 

keeping with the Department of the 

Interior’s mission to protect natural 

resources and to limit costs, while 

ensuring availability of the document to 

the public, BOEM will primarily 

distribute digital copies of the WPA 

246/248 Draft Supplemental EIS on 

compact discs. BOEM has printed and 

will be distributing a limited number of 

paper copies. If you require a paper 

copy, BOEM will provide one upon 

request if copies are still available. You 

may obtain a copy of the WPA 246/248 

Draft 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). 

Several libraries along the Gulf Coast 

have been sent copies of the WPA 246/ 

248 Draft Supplemental EIS. To find out 

which libraries have copies of the WPA 

246/248 Draft Supplemental EIS for 

review, you may contact BOEM’s Public 

Information Office or visit BOEM’s 

Internet Web site at http://

www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. 

Comments: All interested parties, 

including Federal, State, Tribal, and 

local governments, and other 

organizations and members of the 

public, may submit written comments 

on the WPA 246/248 Draft 

Supplemental EIS in one of the 

following ways: 

1. In an envelope labeled ‘‘Comments 

on the WPA 246 and 248 Draft 

Supplemental EIS’’ and mailed (or hand 

carried) to Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, 

Environmental Assessment Section, 

Office of Environment (GM 623E), 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394; 

2. Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to http://

www.regulations.gov and search for ‘‘Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, 

Outer Continental Shelf; Western 

Planning Area Lease Sales 246 and 248’’ 

(Note: It is important to include the 

quotation marks in your search terms.) 

Click on the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button to 

the right of the document link. Enter 

your information and comment, then 

click ‘‘Submit’’; or 

3. Through BOEM’s email address: 

wpa246@boem.gov. 

Comments should be submitted no 

later than 45 days from the publication 

of this NOA. Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA, BOEM will hold public 

meetings in Texas and Louisiana to 

solicit comments on the WPA 246/248 

Draft Supplemental EIS. These meetings 

are scheduled as follows: 

• Houston, Texas: Tuesday, 

September 23, 2014, Houston Airport 

Marriott at George Bush 

Intercontinental, 18700 John F. Kennedy 

Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032, one 

meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT; 

and, 

• New Orleans, Louisiana: Thursday, 

September 25, 2014, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00 

p.m. CDT. 

Public Disclosure of Names and 

Addresses 

As BOEM does not consider 

anonymous comments, please include 

your name and address as part of your 

submittal. BOEM makes all comments, 

including the names and addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

BOEM withhold their names and/or 

addresses from the public record; 

however, BOEM cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. If you wish 

your name and/or address to be 

withheld, you must state your 

preference prominently at the beginning 

of your comment. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1503) 

implementing the provisions of NEPA. 

Dated: August 1, 2014. 

L. Renee Orr, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21008 Filed 9–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR02015200, 14XR0687NA, 

RX185279076000000] 

Notice of Availability of the Upper San 

Joaquin River Basin Storage 

Investigation Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement, Madera and Fresno 

Counties, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

has made available for public review 

and comment, the Upper San Joaquin 

River Basin Storage Investigation Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

The Draft EIS describes the potential 

environmental effects of the No-Action 

Alternative and five action alternatives 

for a multiple purpose dam and 

reservoir to increase water storage for 

agricultural, municipal, and 

environmental uses, and improve 

regional water management flexibility. 

DATES: Send written comments on the 

Draft EIS on or before October 21, 2014. 

Two hearings will be held on the 

following dates: 

1. Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 1 p.m. 

to 3 p.m., Sacramento, CA. 

2. Thursday, October 16, 2014, 6 p.m. 

to 8 p.m., Fresno, CA. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or 

requests for copies to Ms. Melissa 

Harris, Project Manager, Bureau of 

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Sacramento, CA 95825, or via email to 

sha-mpr-usjrbsi@usbr.gov. The Draft EIS 

is also accessible from the following 

Web site: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/

sccao/storage/index.html. 

The hearing locations are: 

1. Sacramento—Bureau of 

Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 2800 

Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 

95825. 

2. Fresno—Piccadilly Inn, 2305 West 

Shaw Avenue, Fresno, California 93711. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Melissa Harris, Project Manager, 916– 

978–5075; or by email at sha-mprusjrbsi@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

EIS documents the potential direct, 

indirect, and cumulative physical, 

biological, and socioeconomic 

environment effects that may result 

from the development of a new storage 

reservoir. 

The Draft EIS evaluates construction 

and operation of storage (1.26 million 

acre-feet) and single or selective level 

intake structures. The primary project 


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