[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 19, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-25918]
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[Federal Register: October 19, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Availability of a Plan of Operations and Environmental
Assessment, Proposed Drilling and Production Operations; EP Operating
Limited Partnership, Padre Island National Seashore, Kleberg, County,
TX
The National Park Service has received for approval a Plan of
Operation for exploratory drilling and production of a gas well at
Padre Island National Seashore, Kleberg County, Texas, from EP
Operating Limited Partnership (EP Operating).
Pursuant to Sec. 9.52(b) of Title 36 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, part 9, subpart B (36 CFR part 9B); Executive Order 11988,
Floodplain Management; and Executive Order 11990, Protection of
Wetlands, the Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment are
available for public review and comment for a period of 60 days from
the publication date of this notice in the Office of the
Superintendent, Padre Island National Seashore, 9405 South Padre Island
Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas; and in the Division of Environmental
Coordination, National Park Service, Southwest Regional Office, 1220 S.
St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Copies of the documents are
available from the Superintendent, Padre Island National Seashore, 9405
South Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas 78418-5597, and will be
sent upon request.
EP Operating has sited their proposed operations to avoid, as much
as possible, impacts to wetlands, and has developed mitigation measures
to minimize unavoidable impacts. EP Operating proposes to compensate
for direct loss of 0.11 acres of non-tidal wetlands by restoring 0.22
acres of an abandoned oil and gas access road to its original wind-
tidal flat condition. The wetlands compensation project is also located
at Padre Island National Seashore.
Dated: October 13, 1994.
Philip A. Francis,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 94-25918 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]
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