[Federal Register: February 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 35)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9506]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
30 CFR Parts 250, 253, 254, 256
[Docket ID MMS-2007-OMM-0059]
RIN 1010-AD11
Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental
Shelf-Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way; Reopening Public Comment
Period
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Reopening of Comment Period for Proposed Rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action reopens the period for submitting comments on the
proposed rule published on October 3, 2007. That proposed rule
requested comments on the revisions to Outer Continental Shelf pipeline
and pipeline rights-of-way regulations. The comment period has been
reopened to March 17, 2008. The MMS will hold a public meeting to
discuss the proposed rule in the Gulf of Mexico Regional Office on
February 22, 2008.
DATES: The comment period for proposed rule AD-11, pipelines and
pipeline rights-of-way published on October 3, 2007 (72 FR 56442), is
being reopened until March 17, 2008. The MMS may not fully consider
comments received after this date.
Public meeting date: February 22, 2008, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Public meeting location: The meeting will be held at the Gulf of
Mexico Regional Office, Minerals Management Service, Room 111, 1201
Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70123-2394. All
interested parties are invited to attend. A final agenda and meeting
format will be posted on the MMS Web site at http://www.mms.gov/ under
Announcements/Workshops. The MMS encourages written comments responding
to this notice or the public meeting discussions.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the rulemaking by any of the
following methods. Please use the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN)
1010-AD11 as an identifier in your message. See also Public
Availability of Comments under Supplementary Information.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Under the tab ``More Search Options,'' click Advanced Docket Search,
then select ``Minerals Management Service'' from the agency drop-down
menu, then click ``submit.'' In the Docket ID column, select MMS-2007-
OMM-0059 to submit public comments and to view supporting and related
materials available for this rulemaking. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the docket after the close of the
comment period, is available through the site's ``User Tips'' link. The
MMS will post all comments.
Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the
Interior; Minerals Management Service; Attention: Regulations and
Standards Branch (RSB); 381 Elden Street, MS-4024, Herndon, Virginia
20170-4817. Please reference ``Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in
the Outer Continental Shelf-Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way, 1010-
AD11'' in your comments and include your name and return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Ensele, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787-1583.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Industry has requested more time to review
the proposal and submit comments. Commenters have specifically pointed
to the comprehensive nature of the rule and the potential for
jurisdictional conflicts between MMS and the Department of
Transportation regulations as the reason for requesting additional
time. The MMS has agreed to reopen the comment period to March 17,
2008.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Dated: February 13, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-3201 Filed 2-20-08; 8:45 am]
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