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BOEM identify and mitigate impacts of 

offshore oil and gas exploration and 

development on Alaska Native 

communities. 

Survey Instrument: The Social 

Indicators survey is voluntary and will 

be given to the head of each selected 

household in the study communities. 

The survey instrument was developed 

through collaborative discussions with 

key community members tasked to serve 

on the North Slope Management Board, 

specifically established to deal with this 

study. 

Interview Methods: The interviews 

will be conducted in person in a setting 

most comfortable for the respondents. 

This personal method is more expensive 

and time consuming for the researchers, 

but these drawbacks are outweighed by 

improvements in the quality of 

information obtained and the rapport 

established between the surveyor and 

the person interviewed. Telephone 

interviews have not been successful on 

the North Slope. Each respondent will 

be paid an honorarium for taking part in 

the study. Responses are voluntary. 

Frequency: One-time event. 

Description of Respondents: 

Respondents are members of the 

Alaskan coastal communities in the 

North Slope Borough. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: We 

estimate 1,001 respondents and expect 

each interview to last 1 hour for a total 

of 1,001 burden hours. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no non-hour 

paperwork cost burdens for this 

collection. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: We invite comments on: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the agency 

to perform its duties, including whether 

the information is useful; (2) the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

We will summarize written responses 

to this notice and address them in our 

submission for OMB approval. As a 

result of your comments, we will make 

any necessary adjustments to the burden 

in our submission to OMB. 

Public Availability of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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: March 5, 2014. 

Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, 

Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05605 Filed 3–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0009] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for 

Proposed Wind Energy-Related 

Research Activities on the Atlantic 

Outer Continental Shelf Offshore 

Virginia and Notice of Public Scoping 

Meeting MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4231 et seq.), BOEM intends to prepare 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) to 

consider the reasonably foreseeable 

environmental consequences associated 

with the approval of wind energyrelated research activities offshore 

Virginia as proposed by the Virginia 

Department of Mines, Minerals and 

Energy (DMME). BOEM is seeking 

public input regarding important 

environmental issues and the 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

that should be considered in the EA. 

In addition to the request for written 

comments, BOEM is holding a public 

scoping meeting to solicit comments on 

the scope of the EA. The meeting will 

be held from 5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. EDT 

on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at the 

Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science 

Center, 717 General Booth Boulevard, 

Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451. 

Authority: The Notice of Intent to prepare 

an EA is published pursuant to 43 CFR 

46.305. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

no later than April 14, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEM, Environment 

Branch for Renewable Energy, 381 

Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170–4817; (703) 787–1340 or 

michelle.morin@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

On December 9, 2013, BOEM 

published a Determination of No 

Competitive Interest (78 FR 73882) for a 

research lease requested by DMME. 

BOEM may issue DMME a research 

lease. A lease issued to DMME would be 

considered under BOEM’s Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) and EA 

for Lease Issuance and Site Assessment 

Activities on the Atlantic Outer 

Continental Shelf Offshore New Jersey, 

Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, 

which can be found at http://

www.boem.gov/Renewable-EnergyProgram/Smart-From-The-Start/

index.aspx. DMME has submitted a 

Research Activities Plan (RAP) to 

BOEM. The RAP describes the proposed 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and decommissioning of the Virginia 

Offshore Wind Technology 

Advancement Project (VOWTAP), and 

includes the results of site 

characterization studies, such as 

geophysical, geotechnical, 

archaeological, and biological surveys. 

The RAP can be found at the following 

URL: http://www.boem.gov/RenewableEnergy-Program/State-Activities/

Virginia.aspx. 

DMME’s proposed project, VOWTAP, 

would consist of two 6-MW wind 

turbine generators (WTGs), a 34.5- 

kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) 

submarine cable interconnecting the 

WTGs (inter-array cable), a 34.5 kV AC 

submarine transmission cable (export 

cable), and a 34.5 kV underground cable 

(onshore interconnection cable) that 

would connect the VOWTAP with 

existing infrastructure located in the 

City of Virginia Beach. Interconnection 

with the existing infrastructure also 

would require an onshore switch 

cabinet, an underground fiber optic 

cable, and a new interconnection station 

to be located entirely within the 

boundaries of the Camp Pendleton State 

Military Reservation (Camp Pendleton), 

in the City of Virginia Beach. 

The offshore components of the 

VOWTAP, including the WTGs and 

inter-array cable, would be located on 

the Outer Continental Shelf 

approximately 24 nautical miles 

offshore Virginia Beach, Virginia, while 

the export cable would traverse both 


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Federal and state submerged lands. The 

onshore components, including the 

onshore interconnection cable, fiber 

optic cable, switch cabinet, and 

interconnection station would be 

located entirely within the boundary of 

Camp Pendleton. Construction would be 

supported by construction staging 

area(s) and a construction port. Onshore 

support facilities would be located at 

existing waterfront industrial or 

commercial sites in the cities of Virginia 

Beach, Norfolk, and/or Newport News, 

Virginia. 

2. Proposed Action and Scope of 

Analysis 

The proposed action that will be the 

subject of the EA is the approval of the 

RAP. In addition to the no action 

alternative (disapproval of the RAP), 

other alternatives may be considered, 

such as exclusion of certain areas from 

project siting or modification of project 

activities. The EA will consider the 

reasonably foreseeable environmental 

consequences associated with the 

proposed project, including the impacts 

of the construction, operation, 

maintenance, and decommissioning of 

the WTGs and cables, including the 

impacts of noise, presence of structures, 

bottom disturbance, vessel traffic, and 

onshore activities. 

This notice starts the scoping process 

for the EA and solicits information 

regarding important environmental 

issues and alternatives that should be 

considered in the EA. Additionally, 

BOEM will use the scoping process to 

identify and eliminate from study issues 

that are not significant or issues that 

have been analyzed by prior 

environmental reviews. 

It is BOEM’s intention to prepare an 

EA that informs all Federal decisions, 

including those by the Department of 

Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, which are needed to 

determine whether and, if so, how the 

proposed action will proceed (40 CFR 

1501.6). 

BOEM will use responses to this 

notice and the EA public input process 

to satisfy the public involvement 

requirements of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), as 

provided in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3), and is 

seeking information from the public on 

the identification of historic properties 

that might be impacted by VOWTAP. 

The analyses contained within the EA 

also will support compliance with other 

environmental statutes (e.g., Endangered 

Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, and 

Marine Mammal Protection Act). 

3. Cooperating Agencies 

BOEM invites Federal, state, and local 

government agencies, as well as tribal 

governments, to consider becoming 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of this EA. Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing 

the procedural provisions of NEPA 

define cooperating agencies as those 

with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise’’ (40 CFR 1508.5). Potential 

cooperating agencies should consider 

their authority and capacity to assume 

the responsibilities of a cooperating 

agency and remember that an agency’s 

role in the environmental analysis 

neither enlarges nor diminishes the final 

decisionmaking authority of any other 

agency involved in the NEPA process. 

Upon request, BOEM will provide 

potential cooperating agencies with a 

draft Memorandum of Agreement that 

includes a schedule with critical action 

dates and milestones, mutual 

responsibilities, designated points of 

contact, and expectations for handling 

pre-decisional information. Agencies 

should also consider the ‘‘Factors for 

Determining Cooperating Agency 

Status’’ in Attachment 1 to CEQ’s 

January 30, 2002, Memorandum for the 

Heads of Federal Agencies: Cooperating 

Agencies in Implementing the 

Procedural Requirements of the NEPA. 

A copy of this document is available at: 

http://ceg.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/

cooperating/

cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html 

and at: http://ceg.hss.doe.gov/nepa/

regs/cooperating/

cooperatingagencymemofactors.html. 

BOEM, as the lead agency, will not 

provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Even if an 

organization is not a cooperating 

agency, opportunities will exist to 

provide information and comments to 

BOEM during the normal public input 

phases of the NEPA/EA process. 

4. Comments 

Federal, State, local government 

agencies, tribal governments, and other 

interested parties are requested to send 

their written comments on the 

important issues to be considered in the 

EA by either of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. In the entry 

titled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2014–0009, and then click 

‘‘search.’’ Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view 

supporting and related materials 

available for this notice; 

2. By U.S. Postal Service or other 

delivery service, send your comments 

and information to the following 

address: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Office of Renewable 

Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 

1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817; or 

3. In person at the EA public scoping 

meeting. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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 comments 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: March 3, 2014. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05683 Filed 3–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–866] 

Certain Wireless Communications 

Equipment and Articles Therein; 

Commission Determination Not To 

Review an Initial Determination 

Granting a Joint Motion To Terminate 

the Investigation Based on a 

Settlement Agreement; Termination of 

Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review the presiding administrative law 

judge’s (‘‘ALJ’’) initial determination 

(‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 62) granting a joint 

motion to terminate the abovereferenced investigation based on a 

settlement agreement. The investigation 

is terminated. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan M. Valentine, Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

708–2301. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation are or will be available for 

inspection during official business 

hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, 

telephone (202) 205–2000. General 

information concerning the Commission 


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