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issued in accordance with the 

requirements of 30 CFR 1218.155 and 

556.47(f); and (3) satisfy the bonding 

requirements of 30 CFR part 556, 

subpart I, as amended. ONRR requests 

that only one transaction be used for 

payment of the four-fifths bonus bid 

amount and the first year’s rental. 

XI. Delay of Sale 

The BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD has the 

discretion to change any date, time, 

and/or location specified in the Final 

NOS Package in case of an event that the 

BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD deems may 

interfere with the carrying out of a fair 

and proper lease sale process. Such 

events could include, but are not 

limited to, natural disasters (e.g., 

earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods), 

wars, riots, acts of terrorism, fires, 

strikes, civil disorder, or other events of 

a similar nature. In case of such events, 

bidders should call (504) 736–0557, or 

access the BOEM Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov. for information 

regarding any changes. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03320 Filed 2–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA104000] 

Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area 

(CPA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 231 (CPA Sale 

231) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Final notice of sale. 

SUMMARY: On Wednesday, March 19, 

2014, BOEM will open and publicly 

announce bids received for blocks 

offered in CPA Sale 231 in accordance 

with the provisions of the OCS Lands 

Act (OCSLA, 43 U.S.C. 1331–1356, as 

amended) and the implementing 

regulations issued pursuant thereto (30 

CFR Parts 550 and 556). 

The CPA 231 Final Notice of Sale 

(NOS) package (Final NOS Package) 

contains information essential to 

potential bidders, and bidders are 

charged with knowing the contents of 

the documents contained in the Final 

NOS Package. The Final NOS Package is 

available at the address and Web site 

below. 

DATES: Public bid reading for CPA Sale 

231 will begin at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, 

March 19, 2014, at the Mercedes-Benz 

Superdome, 1500 Sugarbowl Drive, New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70112. The lease sale 

will be held in the St. Charles Club 

Room on the second floor (Loge Level). 

Entry to the Superdome will be on the 

Poydras Street side of the building 

through Gate A on the Ground Level; 

parking will be available at Garage 6. All 

times referred to in this document are 

local New Orleans times, unless 

otherwise specified. 

Bid Submission Deadline: BOEM 

must receive all sealed bids between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on normal 

working days, or from 8:00 a.m. to the 

Bid Submission Deadline of 10:00 a.m. 

on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, the day 

before the lease sale. For more 

information on bid submission, see 

Section VII, ‘‘Bidding Instructions,’’ of 

this document. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties, upon 

request, may obtain a compact disc (CD– 

ROM) containing the Final NOS Package 

by contacting the BOEM Gulf of Mexico 

Region (GOMR) at: Gulf of Mexico 

Region Public Information Office, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, (504) 

736–2519 or (800) 200–GULF, or by 

visiting the BOEM Web site at http://

www.boem.gov/Sale-231/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

This Final NOS includes the 

following sections: 

I. Lease Sale Area 

II. Statutes and Regulations 

III. Lease Terms and Economic Conditions 

IV. Lease Stipulations 

V. Information to Lessees 

VI. Maps 

VII. Bidding Instructions 

VIII. Bidding Rules and Restrictions 

IX. Forms 

X. The Lease Sale 

XI. Delay of Sale 

I. Lease Sale Area 

Blocks Offered for Leasing 

In CPA Sale 231, BOEM is offering for 

lease all blocks and partial blocks in the 

document ‘‘List of Blocks Available for 

Leasing’’ included in the Final NOS 

Package. All of these blocks are shown 

on the following leasing maps and 

Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs): 

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Maps— 

Louisiana Map Numbers 1 Through 12 

(These 30 maps sell for $2.00 each.) 

LA1 West Cameron Area (Revised July 

1, 2011) 

LA1A West Cameron Area, West 

Addition (Revised February 28, 2007) 

LA1B West Cameron Area, South 

Addition (Revised February 28, 2007) 

LA2 East Cameron Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA2A East Cameron Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3 Vermilion Area (Revised November 

1, 2000) 

LA3A South Marsh Island Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA3B Vermilion Area, South Addition 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3C South Marsh Island Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3D South Marsh Island Area, North 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA4 Eugene Island Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA4A Eugene Island Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA5 Ship Shoal Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA5A Ship Shoal Area, South Addition 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA6 South Timbalier Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA6A South Timbalier Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA6B South Pelto Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA6C Bay Marchand Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA7 Grand Isle Area (Revised November 

1, 2000) 

LA7A Grand Isle Area, South Addition 

(Revised February 17, 2004) 

LA8 West Delta Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA8A West Delta Area, South Addition 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA9 South Pass Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA9A South Pass Area, South and East 

Additions (Revised November 1, 

2000) 

LA10 Main Pass Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA10A Main Pass Area, South and East 

Additions (Revised November 1, 

2000) 

LA10B Breton Sound Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA11 Chandeleur Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA11A Chandeleur Area, East Addition 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA12 Sabine Pass Area (Revised July 1, 

2011) 

Outer Continental Shelf Official 

Protraction Diagrams 

(These 19 diagrams sell for $2.00 each.) 

NG15–02 Garden Banks (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NG15–03 Green Canyon (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NG15–05 Keathley Canyon (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

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NG15–06 Walker Ridge (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NG15–08 Sigsbee Escarpment (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NG15–09 Amery Terrace (Revised 

October 25, 2000) 

NG16–01 Atwater Valley (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NG16–02 Lloyd Ridge (Revised August 

1, 2008) 

NG16–04 Lund (Revised November 1, 

2000) 

NG16–05 Henderson (Revised August 1, 

2008) 

NG16–07 Lund South (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NG16–08 Florida Plain (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NH15–12 Ewing Bank (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NH16–04 Mobile (Revised July 1, 2011) 

NH16–05 Pensacola (Revised February 

28, 2007) 

NH16–07 Viosca Knoll (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NH16–08 Destin Dome (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NH16–10 Mississippi Canyon (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NH16–11 De Soto Canyon (Revised 

August 1, 2008) 

Please Note: A CD–ROM (in ArcInfo and 

Acrobat (.pdf) format) containing all of the 

Gulf of Mexico (GOM) leasing maps and 

OPDs, except for those not yet converted to 

digital format, is available from the BOEM 

Gulf of Mexico Region Public Information 

Office for a price of $15.00. These GOM 

leasing maps and OPDs are available for free 

online in .pdf and .gra formats at http://

www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-Energy-Program/

Mapping-and-Data/Official-ProtractionDiagrams.aspx. 

For the current status of all CPA 

leasing maps and OPDs, please refer to 

66 FR 28002 (May 21, 2001), 69 FR 

23211 (April 28, 2004), 72 FR 27590 

(May 16, 2007), 72 FR 35720 (June 29, 

2007), 73 FR 63505 (October 24, 2008), 

and 76 FR 54787 (September 2, 2011). 

All blocks being offered in the lease 

sale are shown on these leasing maps 

and OPDs. The available Federal acreage 

of all whole and partial blocks in this 

lease sale is shown in the document 

‘‘List of Blocks Available for Leasing’’ 

included in the Final NOS Package. 

Some of these blocks may be partially 

leased or deferred, or transected by 

administrative lines such as the Federal/ 

state jurisdictional line. A bid on a 

block must include all of the available 

Federal acreage of that block. 

Information on the unleased portions of 

such blocks is found in the document 

‘‘Central Planning Area, Lease Sale 231, 

March 19, 2014—Unleased Split Blocks 

and Available Unleased Acreage of 

Blocks with Aliquots and Irregular 

Portions Under Lease or Deferred’’ 

included in the Final NOS Package. 

For additional information, please call 

Mr. Lenny Coats, Chief of the Mapping 

and Automation Section, at (504) 736– 

1457. 

Blocks Not Offered for Leasing 

The following whole and partial 

blocks are not offered for lease in this 

sale: 

Whole and partial blocks deferred by 

the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

of 2006, Public Law 109–432: 

Pensacola (OPD NH 16–05) 

Whole Blocks: 751 through 754, 793 

through 798, 837 through 842, 881 

through 886, 925 through 930, and 

969 through 975 

Destin Dome (OPD NH 16–08) 

Whole Blocks: 1 through 7, 45 through 

51, 89 through 96, 133 through 140, 

177 through 184, 221 through 228, 

265 through 273, 309 through 317, 

353 through 361, 397 through 405, 

441 through 450, 485 through 494, 

529 through 538, 573 through 582, 

617 through 627, 661 through 671, 

705 through 715, 749 through 759, 

793 through 804, 837 through 848, 

881 through 892, 925 through 936, 

and 969 through 981 

DeSoto Canyon (OPD NH 16–11) 

Whole Blocks: 1 through 15, 45 through 

59, and 92 through 102 

Partial Blocks: 16, 60, 61, 89 through 91, 

103 through 105, and 135 through 147 

Henderson (OPD NG 16–05) 

Partial Blocks: 114, 158, 202, 246, 290, 

334, 335, 378, 379, 422, and 423 

Blocks that are adjacent to or beyond 

the United States Exclusive Economic 

Zone in the area known as the northern 

portion of the Eastern Gap: 

Lund South (OPD NG 16–07) 

Whole Blocks: 128, 129, 169 through 

173, 208 through 217, 248 through 

261, 293 through 305, and 349 

Henderson (OPD NG 16–05) 

Whole Blocks: 466, 508 through 510, 

551 through 554, 594 through 599, 

637 through 643, 679 through 687, 

722 through 731, 764 through 775, 

807 through 819, 849 through 862, 

891 through 905, 933 through 949, 

and 975 through 992 

Partial Blocks: 467, 511, 555, 556, 600, 

644, 688, 732, 776, 777, 820, 821, 863, 

864, 906, 907, 950, 993, and 994 

Florida Plain (OPD NG 16–08) 

Whole Blocks: 5 through 24, 46 through 

67, 89 through 110, 133 through 154, 

177 through 197, 221 through 240, 

265 through 283, 309 through 327, 

and 363 through 370 

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: 

Amery Terrace (OPD NG 15–09) 

Whole Blocks: 280, 281, 318 through 

320, and 355 through 359 

Partial Blocks: 235 through 238, 273 

through 279, and 309 through 317 

Sigsbee Escarpment (OPD NG 15–08) 

Whole Blocks: 239, 284, and 331 

through 341 

Partial Blocks: 151, 195, 196, 240, 241, 

285 through 298, and 342 through 349 

The following block is deferred until 

measures to ensure the safety of planned 

decommissioning operations are 

completed: 

Green Canyon (OPD NG15–03) Block 20 

Please Note: Blocks that lie within the 

former Western Gap and within 1.4 nautical 

miles north of the Continental Shelf 

Boundary (1.4-nautical mile buffer) between 

the United States and Mexico. 

After extensive negotiations, the 

United States and Mexico exchanged 

instruments of ratification in January 

2001, and a Continental Shelf Boundary 

treaty entered into force in the Western 

Gap area of the GOM. The treaty states 

that, at the earliest, exploration or 

development within 1.4 nautical miles 

of the Continental Shelf Boundary 

would occur after January 2011. On June 

23, 2010, the United States and Mexico 

mutually agreed to extend this period 

for an additional three years. The treaty 

provision was to remain in effect until 

January 17, 2014, but, by exchange of 

diplomatic notes on January 17, 2014, 

the United States and Mexico have 

extended the prohibition on exploration 

and development in the 1.4-nautical 

mile buffer until July 17, 2014, or until 

the day the Agreement between the 

United States of America and the United 

Mexican States Concerning 

Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs 

in the Gulf of Mexico (Agreement) 

enters into force, whichever is sooner. 

Although the Agreement (described 

below), negotiated between and signed 

by the United States and Mexico on 

February 20, 2012, has received 

Congressional approval and the 

President’s signature, it has not entered 

into force. Once it enters into force, the 

Agreement will supersede and 

automatically terminate the prohibition 

on exploration or development in the 

1.4-nautical mile buffer imposed by the 

continuing treaty provision. 

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As the Agreement has not entered into 

force, and the United States and Mexico 

have extended the Treaty provision 

prohibiting exploration and 

development in this area, BOEM has 

decided not to offer for lease whole and 

partial blocks in the 1.4-nautical mile 

buffer for CPA Sale 231. BOEM 

currently anticipates that blocks in the 

1.4-nautical mile buffer will be offered 

in the next CPA lease sale in 2015. 

Bids on Blocks near the U.S.–Mexico 

Maritime and Continental Shelf 

Boundary 

The following definitions apply to 

this section: 

‘‘Agreement’’ refers to the 

transboundary agreement between the 

United Mexican States and the United 

States of America that addresses 

identification and unitization of 

transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, 

allocation of production, inspections, 

safety, and environmental protection. A 

copy of the Agreement can be found at 

http://www.boem.gov/BOEMNewsroom/Library/BoundariesMexico.aspx. 

‘‘Boundary Area’’ means an area 

comprised of any and all blocks in the 

CPA that are wholly or partially located 

within 3 statute miles of the Maritime 

and Continental Shelf Boundary with 

Mexico, as that Maritime Boundary is 

delimited in the November 23, 1970, 

Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary 

Differences and Maintain the Rio 

Grande and Colorado River as the 

International Boundary; the May 4, 

1978, Treaty on Maritime Boundaries 

between the United Mexican States and 

the United States of America; and the 

June 9, 2000, Treaty on the Continental 

Shelf between the Government of the 

United Mexican States and the 

Government of the United States of 

America. 

The Agreement was signed on 

February 20, 2012. The United States 

Congress approved the Agreement as 

part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 

2013, which the President signed on 

December 26, 2013. The Agreement will 

enter into force 60 days after the 

exchange of diplomatic notes between 

the United States and Mexico. 

Therefore, BOEM has decided that bids 

submitted on available blocks in the 

Boundary Area will be opened on the 

date scheduled for the sale. Bidders 

should refer to Stipulation No. 10 in the 

Stipulations section of the Final NOS 

Package, which will be applicable to 

leases issued for blocks in the Boundary 

Area. 

The following whole and partial 

blocks comprise the entire Boundary 

Area (not all of which may be available 

under CPA Sale 231): 

Sigsbee Escarpment—151, 152, 195, 

196, 197, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 284, 

285, 286, 287, 288*, 289*, 290*, 291, 

292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 

300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 331, 332, 

333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 

341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 

349 

Amery Terrace—118, 119, 120*, 121*, 

122*, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 

161, 162, 163, 164*, 165*, 166*, 167, 

168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 

193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 

201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 210, 211, 

212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 

232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 

240, 241, 242, 243, 265, 266, 267, 271, 

272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 

280, 281, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 

315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 355, 356, 

357, 358, 359 

Lund South—133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 

138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 177, 

178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 

186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 

194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 

202, 203, 204, 205, 232, 233, 234, 235, 

236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 

244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 

252, 293, 294, 295, 296 

* = Leased 

II. Statutes and Regulations 

Each lease is issued pursuant to 

OCSLA, and is subject to OCSLA, 

implementing regulations promulgated 

pursuant thereto, and other applicable 

statutes and regulations in existence 

upon the effective date of the lease, as 

well as those applicable statutes enacted 

and regulations promulgated thereafter, 

except to the extent that the afterenacted statutes and regulations 

explicitly conflict with an express 

provision of the lease. Each lease is also 

subject to amendments to statutes and 

regulations, including but not limited to 

OCSLA, that do not explicitly conflict 

with an express provision of the lease. 

The lessee expressly bears the risk that 

such new or amended statutes and 

regulations (i.e., those that do not 

explicitly conflict with an express 

provision of the lease) may increase or 

decrease the lessee’s obligations under 

the lease. 

III. Lease Terms and Economic 

Conditions 

Lease Terms 

OCS Lease Form 

BOEM will use Form BOEM–2005 

(October 2011) to convey leases 

resulting from this sale. This lease form 

may be viewed on the BOEM Web site 

at http://www.boem.gov/About-BOEM/

Procurement-Business-Opportunities/

BOEM–OCS-Operation-Forms/BOEM– 

2005.aspx. The lease form will be 

amended to conform with the specific 

terms, conditions, and stipulations 

applicable to each individual lease. The 

terms, conditions, and stipulations 

applicable to this sale are set forth 

below. 

Initial Periods 

Initial periods are summarized in the 

following table: 

Water depth 

(meters) Initial periods 

0 to < 400 ........................................ Standard initial period is 5 years; the lessee may earn an additional 3 years (i.e., for an 8-year extended 

initial period) if a well is spudded targeting hydrocarbons below 25,000 feet True Vertical Depth Subsea 

(TVD SS) during the first 5 years of the lease. 

400 to < 800 .................................... Standard initial period is 5 years; the lessee will earn an additional 3 years (i.e., for an 8-year extended initial period) if a well is spudded during the first 5 years of the lease. 

800 to < 1,600 ................................. Standard initial period is 7 years; the lessee will earn an additional 3 years (i.e., for a 10-year extended initial period) if a well is spudded during the first 7 years of the lease. 

1,600+ ............................................. 10 years. 

(1) The standard initial period for a 

lease in water depths less than 400 

meters issued as a result of this sale is 

5 years. If the lessee spuds a well 

targeting hydrocarbons below 25,000 

feet TVD SS within the first 5 years of 

the lease, then the lessee may earn an 

additional 3 years, resulting in an 8-year 

extended initial period. The lessee will 

earn the 8-year extended initial period 

when the well is drilled to a target 

below 25,000 feet TVD SS, or the lessee 

may earn the 8-year extended initial 

period in cases where the well targets, 

but does not reach, a depth below 

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25,000 feet TVD SS due to mechanical 

or safety reasons, where sufficient 

evidence is provided. 

In order to earn the 8-year extended 

initial period, the lessee is required to 

submit to the Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) 

GOM Regional Supervisor for 

Production and Development, within 30 

days after completion of the drilling 

operation, a letter providing the well 

number, spud date, information 

demonstrating a target below 25,000 feet 

TVD SS and whether that target was 

reached, and if applicable, any safety, 

mechanical, or other problems 

encountered that prevented the well 

from reaching a depth below 25,000 feet 

TVD SS. The BSEE Gulf of Mexico 

Regional Supervisor for Production and 

Development must concur in writing 

that the conditions have been met for 

the lessee to earn the 8-year extended 

initial period. The BSEE Gulf of Mexico 

Regional Supervisor for Production and 

Development will provide a written 

response within 30 days of receipt of the 

lessee’s letter. 

A lessee that has earned the 8-year 

extended initial period by spudding a 

well with a hydrocarbon target below 

25,000 feet TVD SS during the first 5 

years of the lease, confirmed by BSEE, 

will not be eligible for a suspension for 

that same period under the regulations 

at 30 CFR 250.175 because the lease is 

not at risk of expiring. 

(2) The standard initial period for a 

lease in water depths ranging from 400 

to less than 800 meters issued as a result 

of this sale is 5 years. The lessee will 

earn an additional 3 years, resulting in 

an 8-year extended initial period, if the 

lessee spuds a well within the first 5 

years of the lease. 

In order to earn the 8-year extended 

initial period, the lessee is required to 

submit to the appropriate BSEE District 

Manager, within 30 days after spudding 

a well, a letter providing the well 

number and spud date, and requesting 

concurrence that the lessee has earned 

the 8-year extended initial period. The 

BSEE District Manager will review the 

request and make a written 

determination within 30 days of receipt 

of the request. The BSEE District 

Manager must concur in writing that the 

conditions have been met by the lessee 

to earn the 8-year extended initial 

period. 

(3) The standard initial period for a 

lease in water depths ranging from 800 

to less than 1,600 meters issued as a 

result of this sale will be 7 years. The 

lessee will earn an additional 3 years, 

resulting in a 10-year extended initial 

period, if the lessee spuds a well within 

the first 7 years of the lease. 

In order to earn the 10-year extended 

initial period, the lessee is required to 

submit to the appropriate BSEE District 

Manager, within 30 days after spudding 

a well, a letter providing the well 

number and spud date, and requesting 

concurrence that the lessee earned the 

10-year extended initial period. The 

BSEE District Manager will review the 

request and make a determination. A 

written response will be sent to the 

lessee documenting the BSEE District 

Manager’s decision within 30 days of 

receipt of the request. The BSEE District 

Manager must concur in writing that the 

conditions have been met by the lessee 

to earn the 10-year extended initial 

period. 

(4) The standard initial period for a 

lease in water depths 1,600 meters or 

greater issued as a result of this sale will 

be 10 years. 

Economic Conditions 

Minimum Bonus Bid Amounts 

• $25.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

for blocks in water depths less than 400 

meters 

• $100.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

for blocks in water depths 400 meters or 

deeper 

BOEM will not accept a bonus bid 

unless it provides for a cash bonus in 

the amount equal to, or exceeding, the 

specified minimum bid of $25.00 per 

acre or fraction thereof for blocks in 

water depths less than 400 meters, and 

$100.00 per acre or fraction thereof for 

blocks in water depths 400 meters or 

deeper. 

Rental Rates 

Annual rental rates are summarized in 

the following table: 

RENTAL RATES PER ACRE OR FRACTION THEREOF

Water depth 

(meters) Years 1–5 Years 6, 7, & 8+ 

0 to < 200 ................................................................................................................................ $7.00 $14.00, $21.00, & $28.00 

200 to < 400 ............................................................................................................................ 11.00 $22.00, $33.00, & $44.00 

400+ ......................................................................................................................................... 11.00 $16.00 

Escalating Rental Rates for Leases with 

an 8-Year Extended Initial Period in 

Water Depths Less Than 400 Meters 

Any lessee with a lease in less than 

400 meters water depth who earns an 8- 

year extended initial period will pay an 

escalating rental rate as shown above. 

The rental rates after the fifth year for 

blocks in less than 400 meters water 

depth will become fixed and no longer 

escalate if another well is spudded 

targeting hydrocarbons below 25,000 

feet TVD SS after the fifth year of the 

lease, and BSEE concurs that such a 

well has been spudded. In this case, the 

rental rate will become fixed at the 

rental rate in effect during the lease year 

in which the additional well was 

spudded. 

Royalty Rate 

• 18.75 percent. 

Minimum Royalty Rates 

• $7.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

per year for blocks in water depths less 

than 200 meters. 

• $11.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

per year for blocks in water depths 200 

meters or deeper. 

Royalty Suspension Provisions 

Leases with royalty suspension 

volumes (RSVs) are authorized under 

existing BOEM regulations at 30 CFR 

part 560. Royalty relief or reduction is 

implemented by BSEE through 

regulations at 30 CFR part 203. 

Ultra-deep Gas Royalty Suspensions 

A lease issued as a result of this sale 

may be eligible for RSV incentives for 

ultra-deep wells pursuant to 30 CFR 

part 203, implementing requirements of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Certain 

wells on leases in less than 400 meters 

water depth completed to a drilling 

depth of 20,000 feet TVD SS or deeper 

may receive an RSV of 35 billion cubic 

feet of natural gas. This RSV incentive 

is subject to applicable price thresholds 

set forth in that regulation. 

IV. Lease Stipulations 

One or more of the following 

stipulations may be applied to leases 

issued as a result of this sale. The 

detailed text of these stipulations is 

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contained in the ‘‘Lease Stipulations’’ 

section of the Final NOS Package. 

(1) Topographic Features 

(2) Live Bottoms 

(3) Military Areas 

(4) Evacuation 

(5) Coordination 

(6) Blocks South of Baldwin County, 

Alabama 

(7) Law of the Sea Convention Royalty 

Payment 

(8) Protected Species 

(9) Below Seabed Operations 

(10) Agreement between the United 

States of America and the United 

Mexican States Concerning 

Transboundary Hydrocarbon 

Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico 

V. Information to Lessees 

The Information to Lessees (ITL) 

clauses provide detailed information on 

certain issues pertaining to this oil and 

gas lease sale. The detailed text of these 

ITL clauses is contained in the 

‘‘Information to Lessees’’ section of the 

Final NOS Package: 

(1) Navigation Safety 

(2) Ordnance Disposal Areas 

(3) Communication Towers 

(4) Existing and Proposed Artificial 

Reefs/Rigs to Reefs 

(5) Lightering Zones 

(6) Indicated Hydrocarbons List 

(7) Military Areas 

(8) Safety Zones for Certain Production 

Facilities 

(9) Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) Inspection and 

Enforcement of Certain Coast Guard 

Regulations 

(10) Deepwater Port Applications for 

Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas 

Facilities 

(11) Ocean Dredged Material Disposal 

Sites 

(12) Potential Sand Dredging Activities 

(13) Below Seabed Operations 

(14) Commercial Waste Disposal Areas 

(15) Air Quality Permits 

(16) Notice of Arrival on the Outer 

Continental Shelf 

(17) Gulf Islands National Seashore 

(18) Bidder/Lessee Notice Obligations 

Related to Criminal/Civil Charges 

and Offenses, Suspension, or 

Debarment. 

VI. Maps 

The maps pertaining to this lease sale 

may be found on the BOEM Web site at 

http://www.boem.gov/Sale-231/. The 

following maps also are included in the 

Final NOS Package: 

Lease Terms and Economic Conditions 

Map 

The lease terms and economic 

conditions and the blocks to which 

these terms and conditions apply are 

shown on the map ‘‘Final, Central 

Planning Area, Lease Sale 231, March 

19, 2014, Lease Terms and Economic 

Conditions’’ included in the Final NOS 

Package. 

Stipulations and Deferred Blocks Map 

The blocks to which one or more lease 

stipulations may apply are shown on 

the map ‘‘Final, Central Planning Area, 

Lease Sale 231, March 19, 2014, 

Stipulations and Deferred Blocks Map’’ 

included in the Final NOS Package. 

VII. Bidding Instructions 

Instructions on how to submit a bid, 

secure payment of the advance bonus 

bid deposit (if applicable), and what 

information must be included with the 

bid are as follows: 

Bid Form 

For each block bid upon, a separate 

sealed bid shall be submitted in a sealed 

envelope (as described below) and must 

include the following: 

• total amount of the bid in whole 

dollars only; 

• sale number; 

• sale date; 

• each bidder’s exact name; 

• each bidder’s proportionate interest, 

stated as a percentage, using a 

maximum of five decimal places (e.g., 

33.33333 percent); 

• typed name, title, and signature of 

each bidder’s authorized officer; 

• each bidder’s qualification number; 

• map name and number or Official 

Protraction Diagram (OPD) name and 

number; 

• block number; and 

• statement acknowledging that the 

bidder(s) understand that this bid 

legally binds the bidder(s) to comply 

with all applicable regulations, 

including payment of one-fifth of the 

bonus bid amount on all apparent high 

bids. 

The information required on the 

bid(s) will be specified in the document 

‘‘Bid Form’’ contained in the Final NOS 

Package. A blank bid form is provided 

therein for convenience and may be 

copied and completed with the 

necessary information described above. 

Bid Envelope 

Each bid must be submitted in a 

separate sealed envelope labeled as 

follows: 

• ‘‘Sealed Bid for Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 231, not to be opened until 9 a.m. 

Wednesday, March 19, 2014’’; 

• map name and number or OPD 

name and number; 

• block number for block bid upon; 

and 

• the exact name and qualification 

number of the submitting bidder only. 

The Final NOS Package includes 

samples of the bid envelopes for 

reference. 

Mailed Bids 

If bids are mailed, please address the 

envelope containing the sealed bid 

envelope(s) as follows: 

Attention: Leasing and Financial 

Responsibility Section, BOEM Gulf of 

Mexico Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394, Contains Sealed Bids for 

CPA Oil and Gas Lease Sale 231 Please 

Deliver to Ms. Cindy Thibodeaux or Ms. 

Kasey Couture, 2nd Floor, Immediately. 

Please Note: Bidders mailing bid(s) are 

advised to call Ms. Cindy Thibodeaux at 

(504) 736–2809, or Ms. Kasey Couture at 

(504) 736–2909, immediately after putting 

their bid(s) in the mail. If BOEM receives 

bids later than the Bid Submission Deadline, 

the BOEM Regional Director (RD) will return 

those bids unopened to bidders. Please see 

‘‘Section XI. Delay of Sale’’ regarding 

BOEM’s discretion to extend the Bid 

Submission Deadline in the case of an 

unexpected event (e.g., flooding or travel 

restrictions) and how bidders can obtain 

more information on such extensions. 

Advance Bonus Bid Deposit Guarantee 

Bidders that are not currently an OCS 

oil and gas lease record title holder or 

designated operator or those that ever 

have defaulted on a one-fifth bonus bid 

deposit, by Electronic Funds Transfer 

(EFT) or otherwise, must guarantee 

(secure) the payment of the one-fifth 

bonus bid deposit prior to bid 

submission using one of the following 

four methods: 

• provide a third-party guarantee; 

• amend an areawide development 

bond via bond rider; 

• provide a letter of credit; or 

• provide a lump sum payment in 

advance via EFT. 

For more information on EFT 

procedures, see Section X of this 

document entitled ‘‘The Lease Sale.’’ 

Affirmative Action 

BOEM requests that, prior to bidding, 

the bidder file Equal Opportunity 

Affirmative Action Representation Form 

BOEM–2032 (October 2011) and Equal 

Opportunity Compliance Report 

Certification Form BOEM–2033 

(October 2011) with the BOEM Gulf of 

Mexico Region Adjudication Section. 

This certification is required by 41 CFR 

part 60 and Executive Order No. 11246, 

issued September 24, 1965, as amended 

by Executive Order No. 11375, issued 

October 13, 1967. Please note that both 

forms are required to be on file for the 

bidder(s) in the GOM Region 

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Adjudication Section prior to the 

execution of any lease contract. 

Geophysical Data and Information 

Statement Package (GDIS) 

The GDIS is composed of three parts: 

(1) The ‘‘Statement’’ page includes the 

company representatives’ information 

and lists of blocks bid on that used 

proprietary data and those bid on that 

did not use proprietary data, 

(2) the ‘‘Table’’ listing the required 

data about each proprietary survey used 

(see below), and 

(3) the ‘‘Maps,’’ which are the live 

trace maps for each survey identified in 

the GDIS statement and table. 

Every bidder submitting a bid on a 

block in CPA Sale 231, or participating 

as a joint bidder in such a bid, must 

submit at the time of bid submission all 

three parts of the GDIS. A bidder must 

submit the GDIS even if its joint bidder 

or bidders on a specific block also have 

submitted a GDIS. Any speculative data 

that has been reprocessed externally or 

‘‘in-house’’ is considered proprietary 

due to the proprietary processing and is 

no longer considered to be speculative. 

The GDIS must be submitted in a 

separate and sealed envelope. It also 

must identify all proprietary data; 

reprocessed speculative data, and/or 

any Controlled Source Electromagnetic 

surveys, Amplitude Versus Offset 

(AVO), Gravity, or Magnetic data; or 

other information used as part of the 

decision to bid or participate in a bid on 

the block. The bidder and joint bidder 

must also include a live trace map (e.g., 

.pdf and ArcGIS shape file) for each 

survey that they identify in the GDIS 

illustrating the actual areal extent of the 

proprietary geophysical data in the 

survey (see the ‘‘Example of Preferred 

Format’’ in the Final NOS Package for 

additional information). 

The GDIS statement must include the 

name, phone number, and full address 

of a contact person and an alternate who 

are both knowledgeable about the 

information and data listed and who are 

available for 30 days post sale. The 

GDIS statement also must include 

entries for all blocks bid upon that did 

not use proprietary or reprocessed preor post-stack geophysical data and 

information as part of the decision to 

bid or to participate as a joint bidder in 

the bid. The GDIS statement must be 

submitted even if no proprietary 

geophysical data and information were 

used in bid preparation for the block. 

The GDIS table should have columns 

that clearly state the sale number; the 

bidder company’s name; the block area 

and block number bid on; the owner of 

the original data set (i.e., who initially 

acquired the data); the industry’s 

original survey name (e.g., E Octopus); 

the BOEM permit number for the 

survey; whether the data set is a fast 

track version; whether the data is 

speculative or proprietary; the data type 

(e.g., 2–D, 3–D, or 4–D; pre-stack or 

post-stack; and time or depth); 

migration algorithm (e.g., Kirchhoff 

Migration, Wave Equation Migration, 

Reverse Migration, Reverse Time 

Migration) of the data; and areal extent 

of bidder survey (i.e., number of line 

miles for 2–D or number of blocks for 

3–D). Provide the computer storage size, 

to the nearest gigabyte, of each seismic 

data and velocity volume used to 

evaluate the lease block in question. 

This will be used in estimating the 

reproduction costs for each data set, if 

applicable. The next column should 

state who reprocessed the data (e.g., 

external company name or ‘‘in-house’’) 

and when the date of final reprocessing 

was completed (month and year). If the 

data was sent to BOEM for bidding in 

a previous lease sale, list the date the 

data was processed (month and year) 

and indicate if AVO data was used in 

the evaluation. BOEM reserves the right 

to query about alternate data sets, to 

quality check, and to compare the listed 

and alternative data sets to determine 

which data set most closely meets the 

needs of the fair market value 

determination process. An example of 

the preferred format of the table may be 

found in the Final NOS Package and a 

blank digital version of the preferred 

table may be accessed on the CPA Sale 

231 page at http://www.boem.gov/Sale231/. 

The GDIS maps are live trace maps (in 

.pdf and ArcGIS shape files) that should 

be submitted for each survey that is 

identified in the GDIS table. They 

should illustrate the actual areal extent 

of the proprietary geophysical data in 

the survey (see the ‘‘Example of 

Preferred Format’’ in the Final NOS 

Package for additional information). 

Pursuant to 30 CFR 551.12 and 30 

CFR 556.32, as a condition of the sale, 

the BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD requests 

that all bidders and joint bidders submit 

the proprietary data identified on their 

GDIS within 30 days after the lease sale 

(unless they are notified after the lease 

sale that BOEM has withdrawn the 

request). This request only pertains to 

proprietary data that is not 

commercially available. Commercially 

available data is not required to be 

submitted to BOEM, and reimbursement 

will not be provided if such data is 

submitted by a bidder. The BOEM Gulf 

of Mexico RD will notify bidders and 

joint bidders of any withdrawal of the 

request, for all or some of the 

proprietary data identified on the GDIS, 

within 15 days of the lease sale. 

Pursuant to 30 CFR part 551 and as a 

condition of this sale, all bidders 

required to submit data must ensure that 

the data is received by BOEM no later 

than the 30th day following the lease 

sale, or the next business day if the 

submission deadline falls on a weekend 

or Federal holiday. The data must be 

submitted to BOEM at the following 

address: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Resource Studies, MS 

881A, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., New 

Orleans, LA 70123–2304. 

BOEM recommends that bidders mark 

the submission’s external envelope as 

‘‘Deliver Immediately to DASPU.’’ 

BOEM also recommends that the data be 

submitted in an internal envelope, or 

otherwise marked, with the following 

designation ‘‘Proprietary Geophysical 

Data Submitted Pursuant to Lease Sale 

231 and used during (Bidder Name’s) 

evaluation of Block (Block Number).’’ 

In the event a person supplies any 

type of data to BOEM, that person must 

meet the following requirements to 

qualify for reimbursement: 

(1) Persons must be registered with 

the System for Award Management 

(SAM), formerly known as the Central 

Contractor Registration (CCR). CCR 

usernames will not work in SAM. A 

new SAM User Account is needed to 

register or update an entity’s records. 

The Web site for registering is https:// 

www.sam.gov. 

(2) Persons must be enrolled in the 

Department of Treasury’s Internet 

Payment Platform (IPP) for electronic 

invoicing. The person must enroll in the 

IPP at https://www.ipp.gov/. Access 

then will be granted to use IPP for 

submitting requests for payment. When 

a request for payment is submitted, it 

must include the assigned Purchase 

Order Number on the request. 

(3) Persons must have a current Online Representations and Certifications 

Application at https://www.sam.gov. 

Please Note: The GDIS Information Table 

must be submitted digitally, preferably as an 

Excel spreadsheet, on a CD or DVD along 

with the seismic data map(s). If you have any 

questions, please contact Ms. Dee Smith at 

(504) 736–2706, or Mr. John Johnson at (504) 

736–2455. Bidders should refer to Section X 

of this document, ‘‘The Lease Sale: 

Acceptance, Rejection, or Return of Bids,’’ 

regarding a bidder’s failure to comply with 

the requirements of the Final NOS, including 

any failure to submit information as required 

in the Final NOS or Final NOS Package. 

Telephone Numbers/Addresses of 

Bidders 

BOEM requests that bidders provide 

this information prior to or at the time 

of bid submission. The suggested format 

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is contained in the Final NOS Package. 

This form must not be enclosed inside 

the sealed bid envelope. 

Additional Documentation 

BOEM may require bidders to submit 

other documents in accordance with 30 

CFR 556.46. 

VIII. Bidding Rules and Restrictions 

Restricted Joint Bidders 

BOEM published in the Federal 

Register, on October 28, 2013, the most 

recent List of Restricted Joint Bidders at 

78 FR 64243. Potential bidders are 

advised to refer to the Federal Register, 

prior to bidding, for the most current 

List of Restricted Joint Bidders in place 

at the time of the lease sale. Please refer 

to joint bidding provisions at 30 CFR 

556.41 for additional restrictions. 

Authorized Signatures 

All signatories executing documents 

on behalf of bidder(s) must execute the 

same in conformance with the BOEM 

qualification records. 

Unlawful Combination or Intimidation 

BOEM warns bidders against violation 

of 18 U.S.C. 1860, prohibiting unlawful 

combination or intimidation of bidders. 

Bid Withdrawal 

Bids may be withdrawn only by 

written request delivered to BOEM prior 

to the Bid Submission Deadline. The 

withdrawal request must be on 

company letterhead and must contain 

the bidder’s name, its company number, 

the map name/number, and the block 

number(s) of the bid(s) to be withdrawn. 

The request must be executed in 

conformance with the BOEM 

qualification records. Signatories must 

be authorized to bind their respective 

legal business entities (e.g., a 

corporation, partnership, or LLC); they 

also must have an incumbency 

certificate and/or specific power of 

attorney setting forth express authority 

to act on the business entity’s behalf for 

purposes of bidding and lease execution 

under OCSLA. The name and title of the 

signatory must be typed under the 

signature block on the withdrawal letter. 

Upon the BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD’s, or 

his designee’s, approval of such request, 

he/she will indicate approval by signing 

and dating the withdrawal request. 

Bid Rounding 

The bonus bid amount must be stated 

in whole dollars. If the acreage of a 

block contains a decimal figure, then 

prior to calculating the minimum bonus 

bid, BOEM rounded up to the next 

whole acre. The appropriate minimum 

rate per acre was then applied to the 

whole (rounded up) acreage. If this 

calculation resulted in a fractional 

dollar amount, the minimum bonus bid 

was rounded up to the next whole 

dollar amount. The bonus bid amount 

must be greater than or equal to the 

minimum bonus bid in whole dollars. 

Minimum bonus bid calculations, 

including all rounding, for all blocks 

will be shown in the document ‘‘List of 

Blocks Available for Leasing’’ included 

in the Final NOS Package. 

IX. Forms 

The Final NOS Package includes 

instructions, samples, and/or the 

preferred format for the following items. 

BOEM strongly encourages bidders to 

use these formats; should bidders use 

another format, they are responsible for 

including all the information specified 

for each item in the Final NOS Package. 

(1) Bid Form 

(2) Sample Completed Bid 

(3) Sample Bid Envelope 

(4) Sample Bid Mailing Envelope 

(5) Telephone Numbers/Addresses of 

Bidders Form 

(6) GDIS Form 

(7) GDIS Envelope Form 

X. The Lease Sale 

Bid Opening and Reading 

Sealed bids received in response to 

the Final NOS will be opened at the 

place, date, and hour specified in the 

DATES section of this document above. 

The opening of the bids is for the sole 

purpose of publicly announcing and 

recording the bids received; no bids will 

be accepted or rejected at that time. 

Bonus Bid Deposit for Apparent High 

Bids 

Each bidder submitting an apparent 

high bid must submit a bonus bid 

deposit to the U.S. Department of the 

Interior’s Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue (ONRR) equal to one-fifth of 

the bonus bid amount for each such bid. 

A copy of the notification of the high 

bidder’s one-fifth bonus liability may be 

obtained at the EFT Area outside the 

Bid Reading Room on the day of the bid 

opening, or it may be obtained on the 

BOEM Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/Sale-231/ under the 

heading ‘‘Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus 

Liability.’’ All payments must be 

deposited electronically into an interestbearing account in the U.S. Treasury by 

11:00 a.m. Eastern Time the day 

following the bid reading (no 

exceptions). Account information is 

provided in the ‘‘Instructions for 

Making Electronic Funds Transfer 

Bonus Payments’’ found on the BOEM 

Web site http://www.boem.gov/FinalNotice-of-Sale-231-Package/. 

BOEM requires bidders to use EFT 

procedures for payment of one-fifth 

bonus bid deposits for CPA Sale 231, 

following the detailed instructions 

contained on the ONRR Payment 

Information Web page at http://

www.onrr.gov/FM/PayInfo.htm. 

Acceptance of a deposit does not 

constitute and shall not be construed as 

acceptance of any bid on behalf of the 

United States. 

Withdrawal of Blocks 

The United States reserves the right to 

withdraw any block or partial block 

from this lease sale prior to issuance of 

a written acceptance of a bid for the 

block. 

Acceptance, Rejection, or Return of Bids 

The United States reserves the right to 

reject any and all bids. No bid will be 

accepted, and no lease for any block 

will be awarded, to any bidder, unless 

the bidder has complied with all 

requirements of the Final NOS, 

including those set forth in the 

documents contained in the Final NOS 

Package and applicable regulations, the 

bid is the highest valid bid, and the 

amount of the bid has been determined 

to be adequate by the authorized officer. 

Any bid submitted that does not 

conform to the requirements of the Final 

NOS and Final NOS Package, OCSLA, 

or other applicable statute or regulation 

may be rejected and returned to the 

bidder. The U.S. Department of Justice 

and the Federal Trade Commission will 

review the results of the lease sale for 

anti-trust issues prior to the acceptance 

of bids and issuance of leases. To ensure 

that the Government receives a fair 

return for the conveyance of leases from 

this sale, high bids will be evaluated in 

accordance with BOEM’s bid adequacy 

procedures. A copy of current 

procedures, ‘‘Modifications to the Bid 

Adequacy Procedures,’’ published at 64 

FR 37560 on July 12, 1999, can be 

obtained from the BOEM Gulf of Mexico 

Region Public Information Office, or via 

the BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region Web 

site at http://www.boem.gov/Oil-andGas-Energy-Program/Leasing/RegionalLeasing/Gulf-of-Mexico-Region/BidAdequacy-Procedures.aspx. 

Lease Award 

BOEM requires each bidder awarded 

a lease to: (1) Execute all copies of the 

lease (Form BOEM–2005 (October 

2011), as amended); (2) pay by EFT the 

balance of the bonus bid amount and 

the first year’s rental for each lease 

issued in accordance with the 

requirements of 30 CFR 218.155 and 

556.47(f); and (3) satisfy the bonding 

requirements of 30 CFR part 556, 

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1Commissioner Shara L. Aranoff did not 

participate. 

subpart I, as amended. ONRR requests 

that only one transaction be used for 

payment of the four-fifths bonus bid 

amount and the first year’s rental. 

XI. Delay of Sale 

The BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD has the 

discretion to change any date, time, 

and/or location specified in the Final 

NOS Package in case of an event that the 

BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD deems may 

interfere with the carrying out of a fair 

and proper lease sale process. Such 

events could include, but are not 

limited to, natural disasters (e.g., 

earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods), 

wars, riots, acts of terrorism, fires, 

strikes, civil disorder, or other events of 

a similar nature. In case of such events, 

bidders should call (504) 736–0557, or 

access the BOEM Web site at http://

www.boem.gov for information 

regarding any changes. 

Dated: February 6, 2014. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03316 Filed 2–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–986–987 

(Second Review)] 

Ferrovanadium From China and South 

Africa: Notice of Commission 

Determination To Conduct Full FiveYear Reviews 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice that it will proceed with full 

reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1675(c)(5)) to determine whether 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

orders on ferrovanadium from China 

and South Africa would be likely to lead 

to continuation or recurrence of material 

injury within a reasonably foreseeable 

time. A schedule for the reviews will be 

established and announced at a later 

date. For further information concerning 

the conduct of these reviews and rules 

of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through 

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 

207). 

DATES: Effective Date: February 4, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Lo (202–205–1888), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these reviews may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 4, 2014, the Commission 

determined that it should proceed to 

full reviews in the subject five-year 

reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of 

the Act.1 The Commission found that 

the domestic interested party group 

response and the respondent interested 

party group response to its notice of 

institution (78 FR 65706, November 1, 

2013) with respect to the review on 

ferrovanadium from South Africa were 

adequate, and decided to conduct a full 

review of that antidumping duty order. 

The Commission found that the 

respondent interested party group 

response with respect to the review on 

ferrovanadium from China was 

inadequate. However, the Commission 

determined to conduct a full review 

concerning the order on ferrovanadium 

from China to promote administrative 

efficiency in light of its decision to a 

conduct full review with respect to the 

order on subject imports from South 

Africa. A record of the Commissioners’ 

votes, the Commission’s statement on 

adequacy, and any individual 

Commissioner=s statements will be 

available from the Office of the 

Secretary and at the Commission’s Web 

site. 

Authority: These reviews are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.62 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: February 11, 2014. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Acting Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03262 Filed 2–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–890] 

Certain Sleep-Disordered Breathing 

Treatment Systems and Components 

Thereof; Commission Determination 

Not To Review an Initial Determination 

Granting the Complainants’ Motion to 

Amend the Complaint and Notice of 

Investigation to Substitute U.S. Patent 

No. Re44,453 For U.S. Patent No. 

7,614,398 and Granting Respondents’ 

Motion to Terminate the Investigation 

With Respect to U.S. Patent No. 

7,614,398 

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 an initial determination (‘‘ID’’) 

(Order No. 7) of the presiding 

administrative law judge granting the 

Complainants’ motion to amend the 

complaint and notice of investigation to 

substitute claims 1–7 of U.S. Patent No. 

RE44,453 for claims 1–7 of U.S. Patent 

No. 7,614,398 (‘‘the ‘398 patent’’) and 

granting the Respondents’ motion to 

terminate the investigation with respect 

to the ‘398 patent. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James A. Worth, Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–3065. 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 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 

The public record for this investigation 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (EDIS) at http://

edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons are advised that information on 

this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted this investigation 

on Friday, August 23, 2013, based on a 

complaint filed on July 19, 2013, on 

behalf of ResMed Corp. of San Diego, 

California; ResMed Inc. of San Diego, 

California; and ResMed Ltd. of Bella 

Vista, Australia (collectively, ‘‘the 

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