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determines that disclosure may, among 

other things, risk harm to the historic 

resources or impede the use of a 

traditional religious site by 

practitioners. Tribal entities should 

designate information that falls under 

Section 304 of NHPA as confidential. 

Dated: April 11, 2011. 

Michael R. Bromwich, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9545 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS), Western 

Planning Area (WPA), Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale for the 2007–2012 5-Year 

OCS Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

a Draft Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (SEIS) and Public 

Meetings. 

SUMMARY: BOEMRE has prepared a Draft 

SEIS on an oil and gas lease sale 

tentatively scheduled in late 2011 for 

WPA Lease Sale 218, which is the final 

WPA lease sale in the 2007–2012 5– 

Year OCS Program. The proposed sale is 

in the Gulf of Mexico’s WPA off the 

States of Texas and Louisiana. This 

Draft SEIS updated the environmental 

and socioeconomic analyses for the 

WPA Lease Sale 218, originally 

evaluated in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: 2007–2012; WPA 

Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, and 218; 

Central Planning Area (CPA) Sales 205, 

206, 208, 213, 216, and 222, Final EIS 

(OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007–018) 

(Multisale EIS), completed in April 

2007. This Draft SEIS also updated the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

analyses for the WPA Lease Sale 218 in 

the GOM OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2009–2012; CPA Sales 208, 213, 216, 

and 222; WPA Sales 210, 215, and 218; 

Final Supplemental EIS (OCS EIS/EA 

MMS 2008–041) (2009–2012 SEIS), 

completed in September 2008. 

DATES: Public meetings to obtain 

additional comments and information 

regarding the Draft SEIS scheduled for 

May 17, 2011, and May 19, 2011. For 

additional information see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Draft SEIS or 

the public meetings, you may contact 

Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard 

(MS 5412), New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394, or by e-mail at 

WPASupplementalEIS@boemre.gov. 

You may also contact Mr. Goeke by 

telephone at (504) 736–3233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEMRE 

developed the Draft SEIS for WPA Lease 

Sale 218 to reflect new information 

made available since completion of the 

Multisale EIS and the 2009–2012 SEIS 

and to consider the Deepwater Horizon 

event. This Draft SEIS provides updates 

on the baseline conditions and potential 

environmental effects of oil and natural 

gas leasing, exploration, development, 

and production in the WPA. BOEMRE 

conducted an extensive search for such 

new information, from scientific 

journals; interviews with personnel 

from academic institutions; Federal, 

state, and local agencies; and various 

other sources. BOEMRE has reexamined 

potential impacts of routine activities 

and accidental events, including a 

possible large-scale event, associated 

with the proposed WPA lease sale. 

BOEMRE has also re-analyzed the 

proposed lease sale’s incremental 

contribution to the cumulative impacts 

on environmental and socioeconomic 

resources. Like the Multisale EIS and 

the 2009–2012 SEIS, the oil and gas 

resource estimates and scenario 

information for this Draft SEIS are 

presented as a range that would 

encompass the resources and activities 

estimated for this proposed lease sale. 

Draft Supplemental EIS Availability: 

To obtain a single printed or CD–ROM 

copy of the Draft SEIS for WPA Lease 

Sale 218, you may contact BOEMRE, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public 

Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394 (1– 

800–200–GULF). An electronic copy of 

the Draft SEIS (as well as links to the 

Multisale EIS and the 2009–2012 SEIS) 

is available at BOEMRE’s Internet Web 

site at http://www.gomr.boemre.gov/

homepg/regulate/environ/nepa/

nepaprocess.html. The CD–ROM 

version of the Draft SEIS also contains 

copies of the Multisale EIS and the 

2009–2012 SEIS. 

Several libraries along the Gulf Coast 

have been sent copies of the Draft SEIS. 

To find out which libraries and their 

locations have copies of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS for review, you may 

contact BOEMRE’s Public Information 

Office or visit BOEMRE’s Internet Web 

site at http://www.gomr.boemre.gov/

homepg/regulate/environ/libraries.html. 

Comments: Federal, State, and local 

government agencies and other 

interested parties are requested to send 

their written comments on the Draft 

Supplemental EIS in one of the 

following two ways: 

1. In written form enclosed in an 

envelope labeled ‘‘Comments on the 

WPA Lease Sale 218 Draft Supplemental 

EIS’’ and mailed (or hand carried) to the 

Regional Supervisor, Leasing and 

Environment (MS 5410), Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Regulation 

and Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. 

2. Electronically to the BOEMRE email address: 

WPASupplementalEIS@boemre.gov. 

Comments should be submitted no later 

than 45 days from the publication of 

this NOA. 

Public Meetings: BOEMRE will hold 

public meetings to obtain additional 

comments and information regarding 

the Draft SEIS. These meetings are 

scheduled as follows: 

• Tuesday, May 17, 2011; Houston 

Airport Marriott at George Bush 

Intercontinental, 18700 John F. Kennedy 

Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032, 

beginning at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. CDT; and 

• Thursday, May 19, 2011, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Regulation 

and Enforcement, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123, beginning at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. 

CDT. 

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)). 

Dated: April 18, 2011. 

L. Renee Orr, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9701 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2011–N019; [10120–1113– 

0000–C4] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; 5-Year Status Reviews of 

Three Species in Washington, Oregon, 

and California; Reopening of Public 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 


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