95-24485. Environmental Document Prepared for a Three-Dimensional (3D) Seismic Survey on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51806-51807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24485]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Environmental Document Prepared for a Three-Dimensional (3D) 
Seismic Survey on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), U.S. Department of the 
Interior.

ACTION: Notice of the availability of an environmental document 
prepared for the 3-D Seismic Survey on the Pacific OCS.

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SUMMARY: The MMS, in accordance with Federal Regulations (40 CFR 1501.4 
and 1506.6) that implement the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA), announces the availability of a NEPA-related Environmental 
Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), prepared 
by the MMS for a proposed 3-D seismic survey to take place offshore 
Santa Barbara County, California in the Santa Ynez Unit.

Parties

    Exxon Company, U.S.A.

                                                                                                                

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        Activity                 Location                  Date         
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3-D Seismic Survey.....  Santa Barbara Channel,   10/95 through 12/95.  
                          Santa Ynez Unit.                              
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    Persons interested in reviewing the environmental document for the 
proposal listed above or obtaining information about EA's and FONSI's 
prepared for activities on the Pacific OCS are encouraged to contact 
the MMS office in the Pacific OCS Region.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regional Supervisor, Office of 
Environmental Evaluation, Pacific OCS Region, Minerals Management 
Service, 770 Paseo Camarillo, Mail Stop 7300, Camarillo, California, 
93010, Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS prepares EA's and FONSI's for 
proposals that relate to research and development of mineral resources 
on the Pacific OCS. The EA's examine the potential environmental 
effects of activities described in the proposals and present MMS 
conclusions regarding the significance of those effects. The EA is used 
as a basis for determining whether or not approval of the proposals 
constitutes major Federal actions that significantly affect the quality 
of the human environment in the sense of NEPA 102(2)(C). A FONSI is 
prepared in those instances where the MMS finds that approval will not 
result in significant effects on the quality of the human environment. 
The FONSI briefly presents the basis for that finding and includes a 
summary or copy of the EA.
    This Notice constitutes the public Notice of Availability of 
environmental documents required under the NEPA regulations.

    Dated: September 25, 1995.
J. Lisle Reed,
Regional Director, Pacific OCS Region.
[FR Doc. 95-24485 Filed 10-2-95; 8:45 am]
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