Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 130 / Friday, July 6, 2012 / Notices 40081 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act, BOEM 

announces the availability of the OCS 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017 

Final PEIS prepared by BOEM to 

support the Proposed Final 5-Year OCS 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012– 

2017. 

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 Final 

PEIS assesses the potential impacts of, 

and 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 Final PEIS for the 

Proposed Final 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program for 2012–2017, OCS 

EIS/EA BOEM 2012–030, can locate it 

on the Internet at www.boem.gov/5- 

year/2012-2017 or you may contact Mr. 

James F. Bennett at the address listed 

above to request a hard copy or a CD/ 

ROM version. Please specify if you wish 

a CD or paper copy. If neither is 

specified, a CD containing the Final 

PEIS will be forwarded. 

Library Availability: The Final 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 www.boem.gov/ 

5-Year/2012-2017/libraries or a list of 

libraries can be provided by contacting 

the contact person listed above. 

Dated: June 20, 2012. 

Willie R. Taylor, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16152 Filed 7–5–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS), Western Planning Area (WPA) 

and Central Planning Area (CPA), Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales for 2012–2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA) of 

the Multisale Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (Multisale FEIS). 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1503) 

implementing the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (1988)). 

SUMMARY: BOEM has prepared a 

Multisale FEIS on oil and gas lease sales 

tentatively scheduled during the period 

2012–2017 in the WPA and CPA 

offshore the States of Texas, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, and Alabama. Under the 

Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program: 2012– 

2017 (Five-Year Program), five annual 

areawide lease sales are scheduled for 

the WPA and five annual areawide lease 

sales are scheduled for the CPA. The 

proposed WPA lease sales are Lease 

Sale 229 in 2012, Lease Sale 233 in 

2013, Lease Sale 238 in 2014, Lease Sale 

246 in 2015, and Lease Sale 248 in 2016; 

the proposed CPA lease sales are Lease 

Sale 227 in 2013, Lease Sale 231 in 

2014, Lease Sale 235 in 2015, Lease Sale 

241 in 2016, and Lease Sale 247 in 2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Multisale FEIS covers the five WPA and 

five CPA Gulf of Mexico lease sales 

scheduled for 2012–2017 in the FiveYear Program. The Multisale FEIS 

presents the baseline conditions and 

potential environmental effects of oil 

and natural gas leasing, exploration, 

development, and production in the 

WPA and CPA. In an effort to better 

understand the environmental impacts 

resulting from the Deepwater Horizon 

event, BOEM conducted an extensive 

search for information. BOEM surveyed 

scientific journals and available 

scientific data and information from 

academic institutions and Federal, state, 

and local agencies; and interviewed 

personnel from academic institutions 

and Federal, state, and local agencies. 

BOEM examined potential impacts of 

routine activities and accidental events, 

including a low-probability catastrophic 

event associated with a proposed lease 

sale and a proposed lease sale’s 

incremental contribution to the 

cumulative impacts on environmental 

and socioeconomic resources. The oil 

and gas resource estimates and scenario 

information for the Multisale FEIS are 

presented as a range that would 

encompass the resources and activities 

estimated for a WPA and CPA proposed 

lease sale. 

Final EIS Availability: To obtain a 

single, printed or CD–ROM copy of the 

Multisale FEIS, you may contact the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public 

Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 250, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394 (1– 

800–200–GULF). An electronic copy of 

the Multisale FEIS is available on 

BOEM’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/EnvironmentalAssessment/NEPA/nepaprocess.aspx. 

Several libraries along the Gulf Coast 

have been sent copies of the Multisale 

FEIS. To find out which libraries have 

copies of the Multisale FEIS for review, 

you may contact BOEM’s Public 

Information Office or visit BOEM’s 

Internet Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/EnvironmentalAssessment/NEPA/ 

nepaprocess.aspx#EIS Mailing List. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Multisale FEIS, 

you may contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard (MS 5410), 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, or 

by email at MultisaleEIS@BOEM.gov. 

You may also contact Mr. Goeke by 

telephone at (504) 736–3233. 

Dated: June 19, 2012. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16149 Filed 7–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing 

its intention to request approval to 

continue the collections of information 

under 30 CFR Part 740, Surface Coal 

Mining and Reclamation Operations on 

Federal Lands. This information 

collection activity was previously 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), and assigned 

clearance numbers 1029–0027. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection must be received 

by September 4, 2012, to be assured of 

consideration. 


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