79206 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 245 / Wednesday, December 21, 2011 / Notices 

Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Wildland Fire, Attention: Shari 

Eckhoff, 300 E. Mallard Drive, Suite 

170, Boise, Idaho 83706–6648. WFEC 

requests that written comments be 

received by the Friday preceding the 

scheduled meeting. Attendance is open 

to the public, but limited space is 

available. Persons with a disability 

requiring special services, such as an 

interpreter for the hearing impaired, 

should contact Ms. Eckhoff at (202) 

527–0133 at least seven calendar days 

prior to the meeting. 

Dated: December 8, 2011. 

Roy Johnson, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–J4–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2011–0023] 

Commercial Renewable Energy 

Transmission on the Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Offshore Mid-Atlantic 

States, Notice of Proposed Grant Area 

and Request for Competitive Interest 

(RFCI) in the Area of the Atlantic Wind 

Connection Proposal 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Department of the 

Interior. 

ACTION: Provide Public Notice of an 

Unsolicited Application for a 

Transmission Right-of-Way Grant 

Supporting Renewable Energy, Request 

for Submission of Indications of 

Competitive Interest, and Request for 

Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this public 

notice is to: (1) Describe the Atlantic 

Wind Connection proposal submitted to 

BOEM; (2) solicit public input regarding 

the proposal, its potential 

environmental consequences, and the 

use of the area in which the proposal 

would be located; and (3) solicit 

submissions of indications of 

competitive interest for a right-of-way 

(ROW) grant for renewable energy 

purposes for the area identified in this 

notice. 

On March 31, 2011, BOEM received 

an application from Atlantic Grid 

Holdings LLC (AGH) for a ROW grant on 

the OCS offshore New York, New Jersey, 

Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. 

AGH’s proposed project, Atlantic Wind 

Connection (AWC), would entail the 

construction and installation of a twocircuit, high-voltage direct current 

(HVDC) transmission line that would 

collect power generated by wind power 

generation facilities on the OCS and 

deliver it to the grid operated by PJM 

Interconnection LLC (PJM) and possibly 

also the New York Independent System 

Operator, LLC (NYISO). When the wind 

power generation facilities are not 

functioning at full capacity, the AWC 

facilities would facilitate the 

transmission of conventionallygenerated electricity between points on 

the onshore grid. 

Development of each phase would not 

be open-ended. Any ROW grant or plan 

approval contemplated by this notice 

would contain requirements that 

development under the grant take place 

within prescribed timeframes, as 

described in the grant, pursuant to 30 

CFR 585.652(b). If AGH were to fail to 

meet such timeframes, BOEM may 

reduce the size of, terminate, or cancel 

the grant pursuant to 30 CFR 585.432– 

.437, or the terms of the grant itself. The 

application requests only a ROW 

grant—it does not request a lease for 

commercial wind generation. 

This announcement invites the 

submission of indications of 

competitive interest for a ROW grant for 

the area requested by AGH to construct 

transmission facilities. BOEM will 

consider the responses to this public 

notice to determine whether 

competitive interest exists for the area 

requested by AGH, as required by 43 

U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties wishing to 

obtain a ROW grant for the area 

requested by AGH should submit 

detailed and specific information as 

described in the section entitled, 

‘‘Required Nomination Information.’’ 

This announcement also requests that 

interested and affected parties comment 

and provide information about site 

conditions and multiple uses within the 

area identified in this notice that would 

be relevant to the proposed project or its 

impacts. The information that BOEM is 

requesting is described below in the 

section entitled, ‘‘Requested Information 

from Interested or Affected Parties.’’ 

This notice is published pursuant to 

subsection 8(p) of the OCS Lands Act, 

which was added through the 

enactment of Section 388 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) (43 U.S.C. 

1337(p)(3)), as well as the implementing 

regulations at 30 CFR Part 585. 

DATES: If you are submitting an 

indication of interest in acquiring a 

ROW grant for the area requested by 

AGH, your submission must be sent by 

mail, postmarked no later than February 

21, 2012 for your submission to be 

considered. If you are providing 

comments or other submissions of 

information, you may send them by 

mail, postmarked by this same date, or 

you may submit them through the 

Federal Rulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, also by this same 

date. 

Submission Procedures: This notice 

solicits: (1) Submission of competitive 

interest in obtaining a ROW grant for 

renewable energy purposes for the area 

identified in this notice; and (2) public 

input related to the proposal, its 

potential environmental consequences, 

and the use of the area in which the 

proposal would be located. If you are 

submitting an indication of competitive 

interest for a ROW grant, please submit 

your nomination by mail to the 

following address: Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170. Submissions must be 

postmarked by February 21, 2012 to be 

considered by BOEM for the purposes of 

determining competitive interest. BOEM 

will list the parties that submit 

indications of competitive interest in 

the area requested by AWC, and 

describe the types of facilities proposed 

for the ROW, on the BOEM Web site 

after the 60-day comment period has 

closed. 

If you wish to protect the 

confidentiality of your nominations or 

comments, clearly mark the relevant 

sections and request that BOEM treat 

them as confidential. Please label 

privileged or confidential information 

‘‘Contains Confidential Information’’ 

and consider submitting such 

information as a separate attachment. 

Treatment of confidential information is 

addressed in the section of this notice 

entitled, ‘‘Privileged or Confidential 

Information.’’ BOEM will post all 

comments on regulations.gov unless 

labeled as confidential. Information that 

is not labeled as privileged or 

confidential will be regarded by BOEM 

as suitable for public release. 

Comments and other submissions of 

information should be submitted as 

follows: 

1. Comments may be submitted 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

titled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2011–0023, and then click 

‘‘search.’’ Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view 

supporting and related materials 

available for this notice. 

2. Alternatively, comments may be 

submitted by mail to the following 

address: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Office of Renewable 

Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 

1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Wright Frank, Energy Program 

Specialist, BOEM, Office of Renewable 

Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 

1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170, (703) 

787–1325. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the RFCI 

The OCS Lands Act requires BOEM to 

award leases, easements, and ROWs 

competitively, unless after public 

notice, BOEM determines there is no 

competitive interest (43 U.S.C. 

1337(p)(3)). Responses to this public 

notice will allow BOEM to determine, 

pursuant to 30 CFR 585.306, whether or 

not there is competitive interest in 

acquiring the ROW area requested by 

AGH for the construction and 

installation of cables and associated 

facilities for the transmission of 

electricity from renewable energy 

projects. In addition, this notice 

provides an opportunity for interested 

stakeholders to comment on the AGH 

proposal, and any potential impacts the 

AWC project may have. 

If, in response to this notice, BOEM 

receives one or more indications of 

competitive interest for offshore 

transmission development from 

qualified entities that compete with the 

proposed AWC ROW, it may decide to 

move forward with the ROW grant 

issuance process using competitive 

procedures pursuant to 30 CFR Part 585. 

However, if BOEM receives no 

competing nominations, BOEM may 

decide to move forward with the ROW 

grant issuance process using the noncompetitive procedures contained in 30 

CFR Part 585. 

Should BOEM decide to issue a grant 

in the area, whether competitively or 

non-competitively, it will provide the 

public with additional opportunities to 

provide input pursuant to 30 CFR Part 

585 and applicable law, such as the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). 

Background 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) 

The EPAct amended the OCS Lands 

Act by adding subsection 8(p), which 

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 

to grant leases, easements, and ROWs on 

the OCS for activities that are not 

otherwise authorized by law and that 

produce or support production, 

transportation, or transmission of energy 

from sources other than oil or gas. The 

EPAct also required the issuance of 

regulations to carry out the new 

authority pertaining to renewable 

energy on the OCS. The Secretary 

delegated this authority to issue leases, 

easements, and ROWs, and to 

promulgate regulations, to the Director 

of BOEM. On April 29, 2009, BOEM 

promulgated renewable energy 

regulations, at 30 CFR Part 585, which 

can be found at: http://www.boem.gov/ 

uploadedFiles/ 

FinalRenewableEnergyRule.pdf. 

Executive Order 13547: Stewardship of 

the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great 

Lakes 

In July 2010, the President signed an 

Executive Order (EO) establishing the 

National Ocean Council. The EO 

establishes a comprehensive, integrated 

national policy for the stewardship of 

the oceans, our coasts and the Great 

Lakes. Where BOEM actions affect the 

ocean, the EO requires BOEM to take 

such action as necessary to implement 

this policy, the stewardship principles 

and national priority objectives adopted 

by the EO, and guidance from the 

National Ocean Council. 

BOEM appreciates the importance of 

coordinating its planning endeavors 

with other OCS users and regulators and 

intends to follow principles of coastal 

and marine spatial planning, and 

coordinate with the regional planning 

bodies as established by the National 

Ocean Council to inform its leasing 

processes. BOEM anticipates that 

continued coordination with the BOEM 

State Renewable Energy Task Forces 

will help inform comprehensive coastal 

and marine spatial planning efforts. 

BOEM State Renewable Energy 

Intergovernmental Task Forces 

BOEM has formed Renewable Energy 

Intergovernmental Task Forces to 

enhance coordination among relevant 

Federal agencies and potentially 

affected state, local and tribal 

governments throughout the leasing and 

grant issuance processes. On June 1, 

2011, BOEM held a teleconference and 

Web conference with the New York, 

New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and 

Virginia Task Forces to discuss (1) the 

AWC proposal, (2) a draft of this 

Federal Register notice, and (3) the 

process that BOEM would use to 

process AGH’s application. BOEM will 

continue to coordinate with these Task 

Forces as necessary and appropriate 

throughout the leasing and grant 

issuance process. 

Determination of Competitive Interest 

The first step in determining whether 

there is competitive interest under 30 

CFR 585.307 will be the evaluation of 

indications of competitive interest for 

the ROW grant area requested by AGH 

to install cables and associated facilities 

for the transmission of electricity. At the 

conclusion of the comment period for 

this public notice, BOEM will review 

the submissions received, undertake a 

completeness review and qualifications 

review, and make a determination as to 

whether competitive interest exists. 

Under BOEM’s regulations at 30 CFR 

585.302(b)(1), the rights accorded in a 

ROW grant do not prevent the issuance 

of other rights in the same area, 

provided that any subsequent ROW 

grant issued by BOEM in the area of a 

previously-issued ROW grant does not 

unreasonably interfere with activities 

approved under the previously-issued 

ROW grant. BOEM may find that 

competitive interest exists if it receives 

a proposal to acquire an OCS ROW grant 

that matches the proposed grant area. 

In the event that BOEM determines 

that competitive interest exists, BOEM 

may decide to follow the process 

described in subpart B of BOEM’s 

regulations at 30 CFR 585.220–.225 for 

the competitive issuance of leases. 

If, after evaluating the responses to 

this notice, BOEM determines that there 

is no competitive interest in the 

proposed grant area, it may decide to 

proceed with the noncompetitive grant 

issuance process pursuant to 30 CFR 

585.306(b), consulting with the 

applicable BOEM State Task Forces. 

BOEM would announce its finding in a 

Federal Register notice. Following that 

notice, BOEM would initiate National 

Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) 

Section 106 and Government-toGovernment consultations. After BOEM 

has issued a Determination of No 

Competitive Interest, the applicant 

would be required to submit a General 

Activities Plan (GAP), as described in 30 

CFR 585.306(b). Following the 

submission of a GAP, BOEM would 

initiate the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) process. 

Whether following competitive or 

non-competitive procedures, BOEM will 

comply with the requirements of the 

NEPA, the Coastal Zone Management 

Act (CZMA), the Endangered Species 

Act (ESA), the NHPA, the Rivers and 

Harbors Act, the Clean Water Act, and 

other applicable Federal statutes prior to 

making a decision on whether or not to 

issue a grant and/or GAP approval, 

disapproval, or approval with 

modifications. In territorial waters, 

applicants will be responsible for 

compliance with additional Federal and 

state requirements. BOEM would 

coordinate and consult, as appropriate, 

with relevant Federal agencies, affected 

tribes, and affected state and local 

governments, in issuing a grant and 

developing grant terms and conditions. 


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Description of the Proposal 

AGH proposes to build an offshore 

‘‘backbone’’ electrical transmission 

system that would enable up to 7,000 

megawatts (MW) of offshore wind 

turbine capacity to be delivered to the 

regional high-voltage grid controlled by 

PJM Interconnection, LLC. AGH is 

considering several project design 

options, one of which would also entail 

interconnection into the NYISO. The 

transmission system would be 

constructed on the OCS off the coasts of 

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, 

Maryland, and Virginia. When wind 

power generation is not functioning at 

full capacity, AGH proposes that the 

AWC facilities would transmit 

conventionally-generated electricity 

between points on the onshore grid. 

The AWC project is proposed as a 

single integrated system, although it 

would be constructed in five phases. It 

is anticipated that, if fully developed, 

the ROW grant corridor would extend 

approximately 820 statute miles. Full 

construction would take approximately 

10 years. The phases of the proposed 

development are described below: 

• Phase A: The offshore facilities 

from southern New Jersey to Delaware 

with a capacity of up to 2,000 

megawatts (MW) (about 80 statute 

miles); 

• Phase B: The offshore facilities from 

southern New Jersey to the northern 

New Jersey/New York metropolitan area 

with a capacity of up to 1,000 MW 

(about 110 statute miles); 

• Phase C: The offshore facilities from 

Maryland to the northern New Jersey/ 

New York metropolitan area with a 

capacity of up to 2,000 MW (about 290 

statute miles); 

• Phase D: The offshore facilities from 

Maryland to Virginia with a capacity of 

up to 1,000 MW (about 175 statute 

miles); and 

• Phase E: The offshore facilities from 

Delaware to Virginia with a capacity of 

up to 1,000 MW (about 165 statute 

miles). 

The phases of the AWC system are 

intended to align with what AGH 

anticipates to be the timing of offshore 

wind generation development. The 

AWC project does not include any 

proposals for offshore wind energy 

generation facilities. 

The proposal includes two fully-built 

circuits (Circuit 1 and Circuit 2), each 

installed within a separate offshore 

corridor. The corridors are separated to 

lessen the risk that a single event, such 

as an anchor drag, could damage both 

circuits. From the northernmost point of 

the proposal to Virginia, circuit 1 would 

be installed closer to shore—generally 

between 4 and 15 statute miles 

offshore—than circuit 2. However, 

circuit 1 would cross Circuit 2 offshore 

Virginia and would lie further offshore 

than circuit 2 at the southernmost part 

of the route. Circuit 2 would be installed 

further offshore than circuit 1, in the 6 

to 20 statute mile range from northern 

New Jersey to the crossing of the circuits 

offshore Virginia. AGH is requesting a 

ROW grant that would also allow for 

another possible path in which Circuits 

1 and 2 would not cross offshore 

Virginia, remaining parallel throughout 

the route (See map referenced in ‘‘Map 

of the Area’’ section, below). 

In addition to the cable, AGH 

anticipates that the AWC system would 

have up to nine offshore converter 

platforms, which would receive 

electricity via cable from offshore 

renewable energy generation facilities. 

These platforms would convert highvoltage alternating current into HVDC 

using voltage sourced converters. Each 

offshore converter platform would 

connect to one of the two proposed 

circuits. The circuits would connect to 

the onshore transmission grid at up to 

seven locations where AWC terrestrial 

converter stations would convert the 

HVDC current to HVAC and connect to 

the grid. Interconnection is 

contemplated at Larrabee, New Jersey; 

Cardiff, New Jersey; Indian River, 

Delaware; and Piney Grove, Maryland. 

In Virginia, interconnections are 

planned at two of the following three 

potential interconnection points—one 

in Virginia Beach, and two more at 

Fentress, Virginia. In the northern New 

Jersey/New York metropolitan area, 

interconnection is planned at one of the 

following three interconnection points: 

Sewarren, New Jersey; Hudson, New 

Jersey; and Zone J on Long Island, New 

York. Each circuit of the project would 

contain three cables, two 320 kilovolt 

(kV) cables, and a fiber optic cable to 

provide communications and control 

capability. The two circuits together 

would require a total of four power 

cables, and two communication cables. 

All cables would be buried to a depth 

that would likely be determined by 

factors such as the type of seafloor (hard 

bottom or soft bottom), the potential 

presence of sandwaves and sediment 

megaripples, and the marine uses that 

take place in a given cable area. 

Description of the Area 

The area under consideration is 

located on the OCS off the coasts of New 

York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, 

and Virginia. A ROW grant is a corridor 

200 feet in width centered on the cable 

or pipeline (30 CFR 585.301). The 

coordinates of the centerline for the 

ROW can be downloaded from the 

following URL: http://www.boem.gov/ 

Renewable-Energy-Program/StateActivities/Regional-Proposals.aspx. 

The ROW grant area requested by 

AGH consists of this centerline and an 

area 100 feet to either side. This area 

may be adjusted based on the results of 

future surveys or new information 

obtained from stakeholder outreach and 

public input. We request public 

comments and indications of 

competitive interest in the actual ROW 

area requested. The centerline of the 

ROW can be determined by 

interconnecting the points indicated by 

the centerline coordinates. Coordinates 

are provided in X, Y (eastings, 

northings) UTM Zone 18N, NAD 83 and 

geographic (longitude, latitude), NAD83. 

Coordinates for tentative offshore 

substation locations are also available 

from the web site indicated above. 

Map of the Area 

A map of the area proposed for a 

ROW grant can be found at the 

following URL: http://www.boem.gov/ 

Renewable-Energy-Program/StateActivities/Regional-Proposals.aspx. 

The application itself may also be 

downloaded from the Web site. A large 

scale map of the RFCI area showing 

boundaries of the area is available from 

BOEM at the following address: Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management, Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170, Phone: (703) 787–1320, Fax: 

(703) 787–1708. 

Required Nomination Information 

If you intend to submit an indication 

of competitive interest for a ROW grant 

for the area identified in this notice for 

the purposes of transmitting electricity 

from renewable energy facilities to 

shore, you must provide the following: 

(1) Documentation demonstrating that 

you are legally qualified to hold a ROW 

grant as set forth in 30 CFR 585.106– 

.107. Guidance and examples of the 

documentation appropriate for 

demonstrating your legal qualifications 

can be found in Chapter 2 and 

Appendix B of the BOEM Renewable 

Energy Framework Guide Book 

available at: http://www.boemre.gov/ 

offshore/renewableenergy/PDFs/ 

REnGuidebook_03August2009_3_.pdf. 

Legal qualification documents will be 

placed in an official file that may be 

made available for public review. If you 

wish that some part of your legal 

qualification documentation be kept 

confidential, clearly identify what 

should be kept confidential, and submit 

it under separate cover (see Protection 


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of Privileged or Confidential 

Information Section, below). 

(2) Documentation demonstrating that 

you are technically and financially 

qualified to hold a lease as set forth in 

30 CFR 585.106–107, including 

documentation demonstrating that you 

are technically and financially capable 

of constructing, operating, maintaining, 

and decommissioning the facilities 

described in (4), below. Guidance 

regarding the documentation that you 

may submit to demonstrate your 

technical and financial qualifications 

can be found at: http:// 

www.boemre.gov/offshore/ 

RenewableEnergy/PDFs/ 

QualificationGuidelines.pdf. 

(3) A statement that you wish to 

acquire a renewable energy ROW grant 

for the proposed grant area requested by 

AGH for the AWC project and a 

description of how your proposal would 

interfere with, or suffer interference 

from, the AWC proposed project. Any 

request for a ROW grant located outside 

of the proposed grant area should be 

submitted separately pursuant to 

BOEM’s regulations at 30 CFR 585.305. 

(4) A description of your objectives, 

including: 

• Devices and infrastructure involved 

(if your project would require the use of 

offshore platforms, please indicate 

where those platforms would be 

located); 

• Anticipated capacity; 

• How the project would support 

renewable energy facilities; and 

• A statement that the proposed 

activity conforms with state and local 

energy planning requirements, 

initiatives or guidance, as applicable. 

(5) A schedule of proposed activities, 

including those leading to commercial 

operations; and; 

(6) Available and pertinent data and 

information concerning environmental 

conditions in the area, including any 

energy and resource data and 

information used to evaluate the area. 

Where applicable, spatial information 

should be submitted in a format 

compatible with ArcGIS 9.3 in a 

geographic coordinate system, (NAD 

83). 

Your complete nomination, including 

the items identified in (1) through (6) 

above, must be provided to BOEM in 

both paper and electronic formats. 

BOEM considers an Adobe PDF file 

stored on a compact disc (CD) to be an 

acceptable format for submitting an 

electronic copy. 

It is critical that you provide a 

complete submission of competitive 

interest so that BOEM may consider 

your submission in a timely manner. If 

BOEM reviews your submission and 

determines that it is incomplete, BOEM 

will inform you of this determination in 

writing and describe the information 

that BOEM wishes you to provide in 

order for BOEM to deem your 

submission complete. You will be given 

15 business days from the date of the 

letter to provide the information that 

BOEM found to be missing from your 

original submission. If you do not meet 

this deadline, or if BOEM determines 

your second submission is also 

insufficient, BOEM reserves the right to 

deem your submission invalid. In such 

a case, BOEM would not consider your 

submission. 

Requested Information From Interested 

or Affected Parties 

BOEM is also requesting from the 

public and other interested or affected 

parties specific and detailed comments 

regarding the following: 

(1) Geological and geophysical 

conditions (including bottom and 

shallow hazards) in the area described 

in this notice; 

(2) Known archaeological, historic, 

and/or cultural resource sites on the 

seabed in the area described in this 

notice; 

(3) Multiple uses of the area described 

in this notice, including navigation (in 

particular, commercial and vessel usage, 

recreation, and commercial and 

recreational fisheries); 

(4) Potential impacts to existing 

communication cables; 

(5) Department of Defense 

operational, training and testing 

activities (surface and subsurface) that 

occur in the area described in this 

notice that may be impacted by the 

proposed project; 

(6) Impacts to potential future uses of 

the area; 

(7) Advisable setback distance for 

other offshore structures, including 

other cables, renewable energy 

structures, oil and gas structures, etc. 

(8) The potential risk posed by 

anchors or other factors, and burial 

depths that would be required to 

mitigate such risks; 

(9) Other relevant environmental and 

socioeconomic information. 

Protection of Privileged or Confidential 

Information 

Freedom of Information Act 

BOEM will protect privileged or 

confidential information that you 

submit as required by the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). Exemption 4 of 

FOIA applies to trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

that you submit that is privileged or 

confidential. If you wish to protect the 

confidentiality of such information, 

clearly mark it and request that BOEM 

treat it as confidential. BOEM will not 

disclose such information, subject to the 

requirements of FOIA. Please label 

privileged or confidential information, 

‘‘Contains Confidential Information,’’ 

and consider submitting such 

information as a separate attachment. 

However, BOEM will not treat as 

confidential any aggregate summaries of 

such information or comments not 

containing such information. 

Additionally, BOEM will not treat as 

confidential: (1) The legal title of the 

nominating entity (for example, the 

name of your company); or (2) the 

geographic location of nominated 

facilities and the types of those 

facilities. Information that is not labeled 

as privileged or confidential will be 

regarded by BOEM as suitable for public 

release. 

National Historic Preservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 470w–3(a)) 

BOEM is required, after consultation 

with the Secretary, to withhold the 

location, character, or ownership of 

historic resources if it determines that 

disclosure may, among other things, risk 

harm to the historic resources or impede 

the use of a traditional religious site by 

practitioners. Tribal entities should 

designate information that falls under 

Section 304 of NHPA, 16 U.S.C. 470w– 

3, as confidential. 

Dated: November 30, 2011. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2011–N226; FXHC–1113– 

0000–05D] 

Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement for 

the Shasta Crayfish in Cassel, Shasta 

County, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of 

application. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that Michael, Melanie, and Paul Kerns 

(applicant) have applied to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service (Service) for an 

Enhancement of Survival permit under 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). The permit application 

includes a proposed safe harbor 

agreement (agreement) between the 


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