# Notice of Withdrawal of Request for Public Comment on a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment
**AGENCY:**
National Science Foundation.
**ACTION:**
Notice of withdrawal of request for public comment on a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), originally published in the *Federal Register* : March 19, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 54), page 14847.
**SUMMARY:**
The National Science Foundation (NSF) withdraws the notice of the request for public comment on a Draft PEA for the OOI. The notice was erroneously published ( *Federal Register* : March 19, 2008 [Volume 73, Number 54], page 14847) prior to the release of the Draft PEA.
**DATES:**
Effective immediately.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Dr. Shelby Walker, National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 725, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292-8580.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The National Science Foundation (NSF) withdraws the notice of the request for public comment on a Draft PEA for the OOI. The notice was erroneously published ( *Federal Register* : March 19, 2008 [Volume 73, Number 54], page 14847) prior to the release of the Draft PEA.
Shelby Walker,
Associate Program Director, Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination, Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation.