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The NewsRoom
Release: #3833
Date: July 28, 2008
MMS Holds
Scoping Meetings in Bristol Bay for Proposed Lease Sale in North
Aleutian Basin
Anchorage,
Alaska–
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) will hold scoping meetings in
the Bristol Bay region to gather information to be included in an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sale in the North Aleutian Basin
Planning area. Lease Sale 214 is
scheduled for
late 2011
under the Final 2007-2012 Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The meetings
will be held in the following locations:
·
King Salmon,
Monday, August 18, 7-9:30 p.m., Lake and Peninsula Borough
Administration Building
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Naknek,
Tuesday, August 19, 11 a.m. -1 p.m., Borough Assembly Chambers
·
Dillingham,
Tuesday, September 2, 7-9:30 p.m., Dillingham City Council Chambers
·
Sand Point,
Monday, September 15, 7-9:30 p.m., Aleutians East Borough Offices
·
Nelson Lagoon,
Tuesday, September 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Nelson Lagoon Community
Building
·
Cold Bay,
Tuesday, September 16, 7-9:30 p.m., Cold Bay Community Center
·
King Cove,
Wednesday, September 17, 7-9:30 p.m., King Cove City Council
Chambers
MMS staff will
answer questions about the proposal and seek input from local
residents on important environmental, social, or economic issues
that could arise from sales in these areas. MMS will continue to
evaluate issues, if new ones are identified in the future. MMS also
seeks input on alternatives to the proposed sales and measures to
mitigate any potential impacts. The draft EIS will be available in
early 2010.
For more
information about the meetings, please visit the MMS Alaska OCS
Region website at
www.mms.gov/alaska, call Robin Cacy at 907-334-5208, toll-free
at 1-800-764-2627 or send questions via e-mail at
akwebmaster@mms.gov.
Contact:
Robin Lee Cacy
907-334-5208
1-800-764-2627
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