Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 20 / Friday, January 30, 2015 / Notices 5133 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA 104000] 

Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of 

Mexico, Oil and Gas Central Planning 

Area Lease Sales 241 and 247 and 

Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

announcement of public meetings and 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) has prepared a 

Draft Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed oil 

and gas Central Planning Area (CPA) 

Lease Sales 241 and 247 and Eastern 

Planning Area (EPA) Lease Sale 226 in 

the Gulf of Mexico (CPA 241/247/EPA 

226 Draft Supplemental EIS). Proposed 

CPA Lease Sale 241 and EPA Lease Sale 

226 are tentatively scheduled to be held 

in March 2016, and proposed CPA Lease 

Sale 247 is tentatively scheduled to be 

held in March 2017. The CPA 241/247/ 

EPA 226 Draft Supplemental EIS 

updates the environmental and 

socioeconomic analyses in the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2012–2017; Western Planning Area 

Lease Sales 229, 233, 238, 246, and 248; 

Central Planning Area Lease Sales 227, 

231, 235, 241, and 247, Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (2012– 

2017 WPA/CPA Multisale EIS) (OCS 

EIS/EA BOEM 2012–019); Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2014 and 2016; Eastern Planning Area 

Lease Sales 225 and 226, Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EPA 

225/226 EIS) (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2013– 

200); Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas 

Lease Sales: 2013–2014; Western 

Planning Area Lease Sale 233; Central 

Planning Area Lease Sale 231, Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (WPA 233/CPA 231 

Supplemental EIS) (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 

2013–0118); Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: 2014–2016; and 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease 

Sales: 2015–2017; Central Planning 

Area Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247, 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (CPA 235/241/247 

Supplemental EIS) (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 

2014–655). 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the Council on Environmental 

Quality regulations (40 CFR part 1503) 

implementing the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. [1988]). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM 

prepared the CPA 241/247/EPA 226 

Draft Supplemental EIS to consider new 

information made available since 

completion of the 2012–2017 WPA/CPA 

Multisale EIS, WPA 233/CPA 231 

Supplemental EIS, WPA 238/246/248 

Supplemental EIS, and CPA 235/241/

247 Supplemental EIS, and new 

information related to the Deepwater 

Horizon explosion, oil spill, and 

response. The CPA 241/EPA 226 Draft 

Supplemental EIS provides new 

information on the baseline conditions 

and potential environmental effects of 

oil and natural gas leasing, exploration, 

development, and production in the 

CPA and EPA. BOEM conducted an 

extensive search for new information, 

reviewing scientific journals and 

available scientific data and information 

from academic institutions and Federal, 

State, and local agencies; and 

interviewing personnel from academic 

institutions and Federal, State, and local 

agencies. BOEM examined the potential 

impacts of routine activities and 

accidental events and the proposed 

lease sales’ incremental contribution to 

the cumulative impacts on 

environmental and socioeconomic 

resources. The oil and gas resource 

estimates and scenario for the CPA 241/ 

247/EPA 226 Draft Supplemental EIS 

are presented as a range that would 

encompass the resources and activities 

estimated for each proposed lease sale. 

Draft Supplemental EIS Availability: 

You may download or view the CPA 

241/247/EPA 226 Draft Supplemental 

EIS on BOEM’s Web site at http://

www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. In 

keeping with the Department of the 

Interior’s mission of the protection of 

natural resources and to limit costs 

while ensuring availability of the 

document to the public, BOEM will 

primarily distribute digital copies of the 

CPA 241/247/EPA 226 Draft 

Supplemental EIS on compact discs. 

BOEM has printed and will be 

distributing a limited number of paper 

copies. If you require a paper copy, 

BOEM will provide one upon request if 

copies are still available. You may 

obtain a copy of the CPA 241/247/EPA 

226 Draft Supplemental EIS from the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public 

Information Office (GM 335A), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 250, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394 (1– 

800–200–GULF). 

Several libraries along the Gulf Coast 

have been sent copies of the CPA 241/ 

247/EPA 226 Draft Supplemental EIS. 

To find out which libraries have copies 

of the CPA 241/247/EPA 226 Draft 

Supplemental EIS for review, you may 

contact BOEM’s Public Information 

Office or visit BOEM’s Web site at 

http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. 

Comments: All interested parties, 

including Federal, State, Tribal, and 

local governments, and other 

organizations and members of the 

public, may submit written comments 

on the CPA 241/247/EPA 226 Draft 

Supplemental EIS in one of the 

following ways: 

1. In an envelope labeled ‘‘Comments 

on the CPA 241/247/EPA 226 Draft 

Supplemental EIS’’ and mailed (or hand 

carried) to Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, 

Environmental Assessment Section, 

Office of Environment (GM 623E), 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394; 

2. Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to http://

www.regulations.gov and search for ‘‘Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, 

Outer Continental Shelf; Central 

Planning Area Lease Sales 241 and 247 

and Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 

226’’ (It is important to include the 

quotation marks in your search terms). 

Click on the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button to 

the right of the document link. Enter 

your information and comment, then 

click ‘‘Submit’’; or 

3. Through BOEM’s email address: 

cpa241-epa226@boem.gov. 

Comments should be submitted no 

later than March 16, 2015. 

Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA, BOEM will hold public 

meetings in Louisiana, Mississippi, 

Alabama, and Florida to solicit 

comments on the CPA 241/247/EPA 226 

Draft Supplemental EIS. These meetings 

are scheduled as follows: 

• New Orleans, Louisiana: Monday, 

February 23, 2015, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00 

p.m. CST; 

• Panama City, Florida: Tuesday, 

February 24, 2015, Wyndham Bay Point 

Resort, 4114 Jan Cooley Drive, Panama 

City Beach, Florida, 32408, one meeting 

beginning at 4:00 p.m. CST; 

• Mobile, Alabama: Wednesday, 

February 25, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn 

Mobile West, 828 West I–65 Service 

Road South, Mobile, Alabama 36609, 

one meeting beginning at 4:00 p.m. CST; 

• Gulfport, Mississippi: Thursday, 

February 26, 2015, Courtyard by 

Marriott, Gulfport Beachfront MS Hotel, 

1600 East Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, 

Mississippi 39501, one meeting 

beginning at 4:00 p.m. CST. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the CPA 241/247/ 

EPA 226 Draft Supplemental EIS, you 

may contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, Office of 

Environment (GM 623E), 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394 or by email at cpa241- 

epa226@boem.gov. You may also 

contact Mr. Goeke by telephone at 504– 

736–3233. 

Public Disclosure of Names and 

Addresses 

As BOEM does not consider 

anonymous comments, please include 

your name and address as part of your 

submittal. BOEM makes all comments, 

including the names and addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

BOEM withhold their names and/or 

addresses from the public record; 

however, BOEM cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. If you wish 

your name and/or address to be 

withheld, you must state your 

preference prominently at the beginning 

of your comment. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Abigail Ross Hopper, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01758 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Natural Resources Revenue 

[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0009; DS63610300 

DR2PS0000.CH7000 134D0102R2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Collection of Monies Due 

the Federal Government; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue (ONRR), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

renew approval of the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

30 CFR part 1218. This notice also 

provides the public a second 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of these regulatory 

requirements. 

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to 

approve or disapprove this information 

collection request but may respond after 

30 days; therefore, you should submit 

your public comments to OMB by 

March 2, 2015 for the assurance of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

written comments directly to the Desk 

Officer for the Department of the 

Interior (OMB Control Number 1012– 

0008), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by email to 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or 

telefax at (202) 395–5806. Please also 

mail a copy of your comments to Mr. 

Luis Aguilar, Regulatory Specialist, 

ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 61030A, 

Denver, Colorado 80225–0165, or email 

Luis.Aguilar@onrr.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1012–0008 in 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on technical issues, contact 

Ms. Lee-Ann Martin, Reporting and 

Solid Minerals Services, ONRR, 

telephone (303) 231–3313, or email 

LeeAnn.Martin@onrr.gov. For other 

questions, contact Mr. Luis Aguilar, 

telephone (303) 231–3418, or email 

Luis.Aguilar@onrr.gov. You may also 

contact Mr. Aguilar to obtain copies 

(free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any 

associated forms, and (3) the regulations 

that require the subject collection of 

information. You may also review the 

information collection request online at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Collection of Monies Due the 

Federal Government—30 CFR part 1218. 

OMB Control Number: 1012–0008. 

Bureau Form Number: Form ONRR– 

4425. 

Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior is responsible 

for collecting royalties from lessees who 

produce minerals from leased Federal 

and Indian lands and the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS). Under various 

laws, the Secretary’s responsibility is to 

manage mineral resources production 

on Federal and Indian lands and the 

OCS, collect royalties due, and 

distribute the funds collected under 

those laws. ONRR performs the royalty 

management functions for the Secretary. 

Public laws pertaining to mineral 

leases on Federal and Indian lands and 

the OCS are posted at http://

www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/PubLaws/

default.htm. 

Minerals produced from Federal and 

Indian leases vary greatly in the nature 

of occurrence, production, and 

processing methods. When a company 

or an individual enters into a lease to 

explore, develop, produce, and dispose 

of minerals from Federal or Indian 

lands, that company or individual 

agrees to pay the lessor a share in an 

amount or value of production from the 

leased lands. The lessee is required to 

report various kinds of information to 

the lessor relative to the disposition of 

the minerals. Such information is 

generally available within the records of 

the lessee or others involved in 

developing, transporting, processing, 

purchasing, or selling such minerals. 

The information collected includes data 

necessary to ensure that production is 

accurately valued and that royalties are 

appropriately paid. 

This ICR covers unique reporting 

circumstances, including (1) cross-lease 

netting in calculation of late-payment 

interest; (2) designation of a designee; 

and (3) Tribal permission for 

recoupment on Indian oil and gas 

leases. 

Cross-Lease Netting in Calculation of 

Late-Payment Interest 

Regulations at § 1218.54 require 

ONRR to assess interest on unpaid or 

underpaid amounts. ONRR distributes 

these interest revenues to States, Indian 

Tribes, and the U.S. Treasury based on 

financial lease distribution information. 

Current regulations at § 1218.42 provide 

that an overpayment on a lease or leases 

may be offset against an underpayment 

on a different lease or leases to 

determine the net payment subject to 

interest when certain conditions are 

met. This process is called cross-lease 

netting. Sections 6(a), (b), and (c) of the 

Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act 

(RSFA) require ONRR to pay interest on 

lessees’ Federal oil and gas 

overpayments made on or after February 

13, 1997 (six months after the August 

13, 1996, enactment of RSFA). ONRR 

implemented this RSFA provision in 

1997 and began calculating interest on 

both underpayments and overpayments 

for Federal oil and gas leases, making 

the cross-lease netting provisions at 

§ 1218.42 no longer applicable for these 

leases. However, lessees must still 

comply with the provisions at 30 CFR 

1218.42(b) and (c) for Indian Tribal 

leases or Federal leases other than oil 

and gas. They must demonstrate that 

cross-lease netting is correct by 

submitting production reports, pipeline 

allocation reports, or other similar 

documentary evidence. This 

information is necessary in order for 

ONRR to determine the correct amount 


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