<searchTitle>Preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 215 in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (2010); Federal Register Vol. 74, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>NOTICE</granuleClass>
<accessId>E9-21670</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</agency>
<agency order="2">Minerals Management Service</agency>
<commentDate>2009-10-09</commentDate>
<billingCode>4310-MR-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>E9-21670</frDocNumber>
<action>Notice of Preparation (NOP) of an EA.</action>
<summary>The purpose of the NOP is to gather information on oil and gas leasing, exploration, and development that might result from an OCS oil and gas lease sale tentatively scheduled for mid-2010.</summary>
<dates>Comments must be received no later than October 9, 2009 at the address specified below.</dates>
<contact>For information on the NOP, you may contact Mr. Gary Goeke, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, telephone (504) 736-3233.</contact>
<tocSubject1>Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 215 in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (2010)
, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>WPALeaseSale215@mms.gov</emailRef>