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If there is no request for an oral 

hearing, or if the appeals officer decides 

the appeal can be resolved fairly based 

on the documentary evidence alone, 

FEMA will review the debt based on the 

written administrative record alone (that 

is, through a ‘‘paper hearing’’). 

Following review by either an oral or 

a paper hearing, FEMA will decide the 

applicant’s appeal within 90 days after 

FEMA receives the applicant’s appeal 

letter and will send a final decision in 

writing to be included in the 

individual’s official record. If the 

individual requests an oral hearing and 

the request is granted, the time limit 

may be extended to complete that 

process. 

If FEMA determines that the 

individual owes no debt to FEMA, the 

recoupment will be terminated and 

FEMA will reimburse any payments 

made on the debt. If FEMA determines 

that the individual owes a debt to 

FEMA, the individual will be notified of 

payment options. 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.; 6 CFR 

part 11. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Central 

and Western Gulf of Mexico, Oil and 

Gas Lease Sales for Years 2012–2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Call for information and 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: This Call for Information and 

Nominations (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘Call’’) is the initial step in a single 

multisale process covering all lease 

sales in the Central and Western Gulf of 

Mexico (GOM) Planning Areas to be 

included in the OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program for 2012–2017. Ten 

lease sales are specifically covered by 

this Call: five in the Central GOM 

Planning Area and five in the Western 

GOM Planning Area. Concurrent with 

this Call, BOEMRE is preparing a 

multisale Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) covering the same ten 

sales in the Central and Western GOM 

Planning Areas. For each of the ten 

individual lease sales associated with 

this Call, BOEMRE will comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands Act (OCSLA), and the Coastal 

Zone Management Act (CZMA). 

DATES: Nominations and comments 

must be received at the address 

specified below no later than 30 days 

following publication of this document 

in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Carrol Williams, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, 

telephone (504) 736–2803. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

1, 2008, BOEMRE initiated the 5-year oil 

and gas leasing program preparation 

process with publication of a Request 

for Information (RFI) on a program to 

cover the 2010–2015 time period, two 

years earlier than the usual cycle. On 

January 16, 2009, BOEMRE announced 

the release of the Draft Proposed 

Program (DPP) and Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an EIS for 2010–2015. On 

February 10, 2009, Secretary Salazar 

extended the comment period on the 

DPP to September 21, 2009, and later 

conducted four regional meetings to 

provide additional opportunities for 

input by all stakeholders. 

On December 1, 2010, the Secretary 

announced the OCS Oil and Gas 

Strategy as part of President Obama’s 

comprehensive energy plan for the 

country. This strategy will guide the 

next steps in preparation of the new 

2012–2017 program. As part of this 

strategy, on January 4, 2011, BOEMRE 

published a Notice of Scoping Meetings 

on the EIS modifying the OCS areas to 

be scoped for inclusion in the 5-year EIS 

(76 FR 376). The planning areas are the 

Western and Central GOM, as well as 

the area of the Eastern GOM not 

included in the Congressionallymandated drilling moratorium; and the 

Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Cook 

Inlet, which are located off Alaska. 

This multisale Call covers only the 

lease sales in the Central and Western 

GOM Planning Areas that will be 

included in the OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program for 2012–2017. On 

February 9, 2011, BOEMRE published a 

Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS on the 

2012–2017 oil and gas leasing proposals 

in the Western and Central Planning 

Areas of the GOM (76 FR 7228). 

This Call is the sixth issuance of a 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region multisale 

Call. In 1996, BOEMRE implemented 

two multisale Call processes for lease 

sales in the Central and Western GOM 

Planning Areas, respectively, in 

association with the 1997–2002 OCS Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program. In the 2002– 

2007 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 

BOEMRE implemented one multisale 

Call process for Central and Western 

GOM Planning Areas lease sales and 

one multisale Call process for Eastern 

GOM Planning Area lease sales. 

BOEMRE issued one multisale Call 

process for Central and Western GOM 

Planning Area lease sales in the 2007– 

2012 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program. 

Call for Information and Nominations 

1. Authority 

This Call is published pursuant to 

OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and 

implementing regulations (30 CFR part 

256). 

2. Purpose of Call 

The purpose of the Call is to gather 

information for the following proposed 

OCS Lease Sales in the Central and 

Western GOM Planning Areas. Lease 

Sale numbers for the last two years of 

this 5-year Program have not been 

determined and are listed as to be 

determined (TBD): 

Lease sale, OCS planning area Sale year 

Sale 229, Western GOM .............. 2012 

Sale 231, Central GOM ................ 2013 

Sale 233, Western GOM .............. 2013 

Sale 235, Central GOM ................ 2014 

Sale 238, Western GOM .............. 2014 

Sale 241, Central GOM ................ 2015 

Sale TBD, Western GOM ............. 2015 

Sale TBD, Central GOM .............. 2016 

Sale TBD, Western GOM ............. 2016 

Sale TBD, Central GOM .............. 2017 

BOEMRE seeks information and 

nominations on oil and gas leasing, 

exploration, development and 

production within the Central and 

Western GOM Planning Areas from all 

interested parties. This early planning 

and consultation step ensures that all 

interests and concerns are 

communicated to the Department of the 

Interior for its future decisions in the 

leasing process pursuant to section 18 of 

OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1344) and 

implementing regulations (30 CFR part 

256). 

BOEMRE requests responses 

regarding proposed sales in both the 

Central and Western GOM Planning 

Areas. Areawide lease sale proposals in 

the Central and Western GOM Planning 

Areas are very similar. Accordingly, this 

multisale process addresses decisions 

for all ten lease sales in both the Central 

and Western GOM Planning Areas. 

Pursuant to section 18 of OCSLA (43 

U.S.C. 1344) the Secretary of the Interior 

is developing the 5-year Program for 

2012–2017; therefore, this Call should 


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not be construed as a prejudgment by 

the Secretary concerning any area to be 

made available for leasing under the 

2012–2017 5-year Program. 

In addition, this Call does not indicate 

a preliminary decision to lease in the 

areas described below. Final delineation 

of each area for possible leasing will be 

made later in compliance with 

applicable laws (e.g., NEPA, OCSLA, 

CZMA) and established departmental 

procedures. 

3. Description of Areas 

The areas of this Call include the 

entire Central and Western GOM 

Planning Areas, except for those 

exclusions listed below in Item 4 (Areas 

Excluded from this Call). 

The Central GOM Planning Area is 

bounded on the north by the FederalState boundary offshore Louisiana, 

Mississippi, and Alabama. The eastern 

boundary of the Central GOM Planning 

Area begins at the offshore boundary 

between Alabama and Florida and 

proceeds southeasterly to 26.19 degrees 

North latitude, thence southwesterly to 

25.6 degrees North latitude. The western 

boundary of the Central GOM Planning 

Area begins at the offshore boundary 

between Texas and Louisiana and 

proceeds southeasterly to 28.43 degrees 

North latitude, thence south 

southwesterly to 27.49 degrees North 

latitude, thence south southeasterly to 

25.80 degrees North latitude. The 

Central GOM Planning Area is bounded 

on the south by the maritime boundary 

with Mexico as established by the 

‘‘Treaty Between The Government of 

The United States of America and The 

Government of The United Mexican 

States on The Delimitation of The 

Continental Shelf in The Western Gulf 

of Mexico Beyond 200 Nautical Miles,’’ 

which took effect in January 2001, and 

by the limit of the U.S. Exclusive 

Economic Zone in the area east of the 

continental shelf boundary with 

Mexico. The Central GOM Planning 

Area available for nominations and 

comments at this time consists of 

approximately 66.45 million acres, of 

which approximately 40.85 million 

acres are currently unleased. 

The Western GOM Planning Area is 

bounded on the west and north by the 

Federal/State boundary offshore Texas. 

The eastern boundary begins at the 

offshore boundary between Texas and 

Louisiana and proceeds southeasterly to 

28.43 degrees North latitude, thence 

south southwesterly to 27.49 degrees 

North latitude, thence south 

southeasterly to 25.80 degrees North 

latitude. The Western GOM Planning 

Area is bounded on the south by the 

maritime boundary with Mexico as 

established by the ‘‘Treaty Between The 

Government of The United States of 

America and The Government of The 

United Mexican States on The 

Delimitation of The Continental Shelf in 

The Western Gulf of Mexico Beyond 200 

Nautical Miles,’’ which took effect in 

January 2001. The Western GOM 

Planning Area available for nominations 

and comments at this time consists of 

approximately 28.58 million acres, of 

which approximately 19.45 million 

acres are currently unleased. 

A standard Call for Information Map 

depicting the Central and Western GOM 

Planning Areas on a block-by-block 

basis is available without charge from: 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement, Public 

Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394, or telephone: 1– 

800–200–GULF. The map is also 

available via the BOEMRE Web site at: 

http://www.boemre.gov. 

4. Areas Excluded From This Call 

A. The entire Central GOM Planning 

Area will be considered for possible 

leasing except: 

1. Blocks that were previously 

included within the Eastern GOM 

Planning Area and are within 100 miles 

of the Florida coast. 

2. Blocks east of the Military Mission 

line (86 degrees, 41 minutes west 

longitude) under an existing 

moratorium until 2022, as a result of the 

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 

2006 (December 20, 2006). 

3. Blocks that are beyond the United 

States Exclusive Economic Zone in the 

area known as the northern portion of 

the Eastern Gap. 

4. Whole and partial blocks that lie 

within the 1.4 nautical mile buffer zone 

north of the maritime boundary between 

the United States and Mexico. 

B. The entire Western GOM Planning 

Area will be considered for possible 

leasing except: 

1. Whole and partial blocks within the 

boundary of the Flower Garden Banks 

National Marine Sanctuary. 

2. Whole and partial blocks that lie 

within the 1.4 nautical mile buffer zone 

north of the continental shelf boundary 

between the United States and Mexico. 

5. Instructions on Call 

Indications of interest and comments 

must be received no later than 30 days 

following publication of this document 

in the Federal Register. Comments must 

be submitted in envelopes labeled 

‘‘Nominations for Proposed 2012–2017 

Lease Sales in the Central and Western 

Gulf of Mexico’’ or ‘‘Comments on the 

Call for Information and Nominations 

for Proposed 2012–2017 Lease Sales in 

the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico’’ 

and submitted to the Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, Leasing Activities Section, 

(Attention: Mr. Carrol Williams), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard (Mail Stop 

5422), New Orleans, Louisiana 70123– 

2394. You may also submit comments 

on the Call via e-mail to 

carrol.williams@boemre.gov. You 

should include ‘‘Comments on the Call 

for Proposed 2012–2017 Lease Sales’’ in 

the subject line of your message. 

The standard Call for Information 

Map delineates the Call area that has 

been identified by BOEMRE as having 

potential for the discovery of 

accumulations of oil and gas. 

Respondents are requested to indicate 

interest in and comment on any or all 

of the Federal acreage within the 

boundaries of the Call area that they 

wish to have included in each of the 

proposed lease sales in the Central and 

Western GOM Planning Areas. 

Indications of interest and/or comments 

must be submitted to the Gulf of Mexico 

Region’s Leasing Activities Section 

(Attention: Mr. Carrol Williams), at the 

previously-noted address. 

Respondents indicating interest 

should outline the areas of interest 

along block lines and rank the areas in 

which they have expressed interest 

according to priority of their interest 

(e.g., priority 1 [high], 2 [medium], or 3 

[low]), specifically indicating blocks by 

priority. Areas where interest has been 

indicated, but on which respondents 

have not indicated priorities will be 

considered priority 3 (low). 

Respondents may also submit a list of 

blocks nominated by Official Protraction 

Diagram and Leasing Map designations 

to ensure correct interpretation of their 

nominations. Official Protraction 

Diagrams and Leasing Maps can be 

purchased from the Public Information 

Office. 

Also, BOEMRE seeks comments from 

all interested parties about particular 

geological, environmental (including 

natural disasters), biological, 

archaeological and socioeconomic 

conditions or conflicts, or other 

information that affect the potential 

leasing and development of particular 

areas, or possible conflicts between 

future OCS oil and gas activities that 

may result from the proposed sales and 

State Coastal Management Programs 

(CMPs). These comments should 

identify specific CMP policies of 

concern, the nature of the conflict 

foreseen, and proposed means to avoid 

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Comments may refer to both broad areas 

or may refer to particular blocks. 

6. Information from Call 

Information submitted in response to 

this Call will be used for several 

purposes, including identifying and 

prioritizing areas with potential for oil 

and gas development as well as 

determining possible environmental 

effects and potential conflicts in the Call 

area. The areas nominated in the 

proposed sales, their respective 

rankings, and comments will be 

analyzed to make a preliminary 

determination of the potential 

advantages and disadvantages of oil and 

gas exploration and development to the 

region and the Nation. Comments 

collected will be used to develop 

proposed actions and alternatives in the 

EIS scoping process, to develop lease 

terms and conditions to ensure safe 

offshore operations, and to assess 

potential conflicts between offshore gas 

and oil activities and a State CMP. 

7. Existing Information 

BOEMRE routinely assesses the status 

of information acquisition efforts and 

the quality of the information base for 

potential decisions on tentatively 

scheduled lease sales. As a result of this 

continually ongoing assessment, it has 

been determined that the status of the 

existing and extensive data available for 

planning, analysis, and decision making 

is adequate. 

An extensive environmental studies 

program has been underway in the GOM 

since 1973. The emphasis, including 

continuing studies, has been on 

environmental characterization of 

biologically sensitive habitats, physical 

oceanography, ocean-circulation 

modeling, and ecological effects of oil 

and gas activities. 

A complete listing of available study 

reports, and information for ordering 

copies, can be obtained from the Public 

Information Office referenced above. 

The reports may also be ordered, for a 

fee, from the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, National Technical 

Information Service, 5301 Shawnee 

Road, Springfield, Virginia 22312, or 

telephone (703) 605–6000 or (800) 553– 

6847. In addition, a program status 

report for continuing studies in this area 

can be obtained from the Chief, 

Environmental Sciences Section (MS 

5430), Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, or 

telephone (504) 736–2752, or via the 

BOEMRE Web site at: http://

www.gomr.boemre.gov/homepg/

regulate/environ/studiesprogram.html. 

8. Tentative Schedule 

MILESTONES FOR MULTISALE EIS FOR PROPOSED 2012–2017 CENTRAL AND WESTERN GOM PLANNING AREA SALES

Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare a Multisale EIS ........................................................................................................................ February 2011. 

Call for Information and Nominations ........................................................................................................................................... March 2011. 

Comments received on NOI ......................................................................................................................................................... March/April 2011. 

Comments received on Call .......................................................................................................................................................... April 2011. 

Area Identification Decision .......................................................................................................................................................... May/June 2011. 

Draft EIS published ....................................................................................................................................................................... Summer 2011. 

Public Hearings on Draft EIS ........................................................................................................................................................ Fall 2011. 

Final EIS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Spring 2012. 

9. Sale Milestones 

The following is a list of tentative 

milestone dates applicable to lease sales 

covered by this Call: 

SALE-SPECIFIC MILESTONES FOR PROPOSED 2012–2017 CENTRAL AND WESTERN GOM PLANNING AREA SALES

Request for Information to Begin Lease Sale Specific Process .............................................................. 12 months before each lease sale. 

Environmental Review Completed ............................................................................................................ 5 to 7 months before each lease sale. 

Proposed Notice and CZM Consistency Determination ........................................................................... 5 months before each lease sale. 

Final Notice of Sale ................................................................................................................................... 1 month before each lease sale. 

Finally, the tentative months for GOM 

lease sales during 2012–2017 are: 

Central GOM Sales: March of each 

year. 

Western GOM Sales: November 

2012. August of each year thereafter. 

Dated: February 28, 2011. 

Michael R. Bromwich, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy, 

Management, Regulation and Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5953 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–R–2011–N014]; 60138–1265– 

6CCP–S3] 

San Luis Valley National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex, Alamosa, CO; 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare a Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan (CCP) and an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the San Luis 

Valley National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex (Complex) in Alamosa, 

Colorado. The Complex comprises Baca, 

Monte Vista, and Alamosa National 

Wildlife Refuges (NWRs).We provide 

this notice in compliance with our CCP 

policy to advise other Federal and State 

agencies, Tribes, and the public of our 

intentions, and to obtain suggestions 

and information on the scope of issues 

to consider in the planning process. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by April 

29, 2011. Submit comments by one of 

the methods under ADDRESSES. We will 


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