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amount of natural resources projected to 

be developed as a result of proposed 

EPA Lease Sale 226 is 0–0.071 billion 

barrels of oil and 0–0.162 trillion cubic 

feet of gas. 

Alternative B—No Action: This 

alternative is the cancellation of 

proposed EPA Lease Sale 226 and is 

identified as the environmentally 

preferred alternative. 

Lease Stipulations—The CPA 241/

EPA 226 Supplemental EIS describes all 

lease stipulations, which are included 

in the Final Notice of Sale Package. The 

four lease stipulations for proposed EPA 

Lease Sale 226 are the Protected Species 

Stipulation, the Military Areas 

Stipulation, the Evacuation Stipulation, 

and the Coordination Stipulation. The 

stipulations will be added as lease terms 

where applicable and will therefore be 

enforceable as part of the lease. 

Appendix A of the CPA 241/EPA 226 

Supplemental EIS provides a list and 

description of standard postlease 

mitigating measures that may be 

required by BOEM or the Bureau of 

Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

as a result of plan and permit review 

processes for the Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region. 

After careful consideration, BOEM 

has selected the proposed action, which 

is identified as BOEM’s preferred 

alternative (Alternative A) in the CPA 

241/EPA 226 Supplemental EIS. 

BOEM’s selection of the preferred 

alternative reflects an orderly resource 

development with protection of the 

human, marine, and coastal 

environments, while also ensuring that 

the public receives an equitable return 

for these resources and that free-market 

competition is maintained. 

Authority: This NOA of a Record of 

Decision is published pursuant to regulations 

(40 CFR part 1503) implementing the 

provisions of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.). 

Dated: February 10, 2016. 

Abigail Ross Hopper, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2015–0119] 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of 

Mexico (GOM), Oil and Gas Western 

Planning Area (WPA) Lease Sale 248, 

MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the 

availability of a Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

for proposed GOM OCS Oil and Gas 

WPA Lease Sale 248. The Final SEIS 

provides a discussion of the potential 

significant impacts of the proposed 

action, provides an analysis of 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action, and identifies the Bureau’s 

preferred alternative. 

The Final SEIS is available on 

BOEM’s Web site at http://

www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. BOEM 

will primarily distribute digital copies 

of the Final SEIS on compact discs. You 

may request a paper copy or the location 

of a library with a digital copy of the 

Final SEIS from the Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Region, Public Information Office 

(GM 250C), 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, Room 250, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394 (1–800–200– 

GULF). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the WPA 248 Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement, 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 wpa248@boem.gov. You 

may also contact Mr. Goeke by 

telephone at 504–736–3233. 

Authority: This Notice of Availability of 

a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement is in compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and is 

published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.415. 

Dated: January 4, 2016. 

Abigail Ross Hopper, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02653 Filed 2–18–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2015–0117] 

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS), Central Planning Area (CPA) Oil 

and Gas Lease Sale 241; MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a 

Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the 

availability of a Record of Decision for 

proposed oil and gas CPA Lease Sale 

241. This Record of Decision identifies 

the Bureau’s selected alternative for 

proposed CPA Lease Sale 241, which is 

analyzed in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: 2016 and 2017; 

Central Planning Area Lease Sales 241 

and 247; Eastern Planning Area Lease 

Sale 226; Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (CPA 

241/EPA 226 Supplemental EIS). The 

Record of Decision and associated 

information are available on the agency 

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

nepaprocess/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Record of 

Decision, you may contact Mr. Gary D. 

Goeke, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard 

(GM 623E), New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394. You may also contact Mr. 

Goeke by telephone at 504–736–3233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

CPA 241/EPA 226 Supplemental EIS, 

BOEM evaluated the three alternatives 

that are summarized below with regard 

to proposed CPA Lease Sale 241: 

Alternative A—The Proposed Action: 

This is BOEM’s preferred alternative. 

This alternative would offer for lease for 

oil and gas operations all unleased 

blocks within the proposed CPA lease 

sale area with the following exceptions: 

whole and partial blocks deferred by the 

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 

2006; and blocks that are adjacent to or 

beyond the United States’ Exclusive 

Economic Zone in the area known as the 

northern portion of the Eastern Gap. 

All unleased whole and partial blocks 

in the CPA that BOEM will offer for 

leasing in proposed CPA Lease Sale 241 

are listed in the document ‘‘List of 

Blocks Available for Leasing,’’ which is 

included in the Final Notice of Sale for 

CPA Lease Sale 241. The proposed CPA 

lease sale area encompasses about 63 

million acres (ac) of the total CPA area 

of 66.45 million acres. As of October 

2015, approximately 46.9 million ac of 


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