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Release: #3573
Date: October 30,
2006
Minerals Management Service to Hold
Public Hearing in Mobile on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for 2007-2012 OCS Oil and Gas
Leasing Program
WASHINGTON – The
Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) will
hold a public hearing in Mobile, Alabama on Wednesday,
November 1, 2006 to solicit comments on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed
5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing
Program for 2007-2012.
The hearing will be held at the Riverview Plaza Hotel, 64
South Water Street, Mobile, Alabama at 1:00 p.m. Statements
on the DEIS, both oral and written, will be recorded.
Speakers are requested to arrive early to allow time to
register to testify at the hearing. Time limits may be set
on oral testimony to allow time for all speakers to
participate.
MMS released the proposed plan for the 2007-2012 Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing program and the associated
DEIS for comment on August 25, 2006. The DEIS is open for
comment until November 22, 2006, and is available for review
on the MMS website at:
http://www.mms.gov/5-year/.
Relevant Web
Site:
MMS
Main Website
Media Contact:
Nicolette Nye
703/623-9082
Debra
Winbush
504/650-0991
MMS:
Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for
America
U.S. Department
of the Interior
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