94-10969. Environmental Document Prepared for Offshore Storage and Treatment Vessel (OS&T) Abandonment Project on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Environmental Document Prepared for Offshore Storage and 
Treatment Vessel (OS&T) Abandonment Project on the Pacific Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of the availability of environmental document prepared 
for the Santa Ynez Unit OS&T Abandonment Project 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 the following Santa Ynez Unit Development and Production 
Plan Modifications.

PARTIES: Exxon Company, U.S.A.

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                     Activity                                  Location                         Date            
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Abandonment and removal of offshore storage and     Santa Barbara Channel, Santa    5/94 through 9/94.          
 treatment vessel (OS&T) and associated single-leg   Ynez Unit, Lease OCS-P 0188.                               
 anchor mooring (SALM).                                                                                         
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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: April 20, 1994.
Peter L. Tweedt,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific OCS Region.
[FR Doc. 94-10969 Filed 5-6-94; 8:45 am]
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