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Geary County 

Jackson—McConnell House, 228 W. 5th St., 

Junction City, 12000204 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Berkshire County 

Old Churchyard Cemetery, Adjacent to 918 

Jenks Rd., Cheshire, 12000206 

MISSOURI 

Jackson County 

Twenty—Twenty Grand Building, (Railroad 

Related Historic Commercial and Industrial 

Resources in Kansas City, Missouri MPS) 

2008–2020 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, 

12000205 

St. Louis Independent City 

Shaw’s Garden Historic District, Roughly 

bounded by DeTonty, Tower Grove, Shaw, 

Alfred, Magnolia, Kingshighway, & 

Vandeventer Aves., St. Louis (Independent 

City), 12000207 

NEW JERSEY 

Hunterdon County 

Kalmia Club, The, (Clubhouses of New Jersey 

Women’s Clubs MPS) 39 York St., 

Lambertville, 12000208 

Somerset County 

North Branch Historic District, Easton Tpk., 

Vanderveer Ave., Burnt Mills, & Station 

Rds. (Branchburg Township), North 

Branch, 12000209 

NEW YORK 

Montgomery County 

Reaney, Margaret, Memorial Library, 19 

Kingsbury Ave., St. Johnsville, 12000210 

Washington County 

Hebron District School No. 16, NY 22, East 

Hebron, 12000211 

Wyoming County 

Perry Downtown Historic District, N. & S. 

Main, Covington, & Lake Sts., Borden Ave., 

Perry, 12000212 

NORTH CAROLINA 

Bertie County 

Lee, William H., House, 246 Farm Rd., 

Lewiston, 12000213 

Mitchell County 

Penland Post Office and General Store, 1162 

Penland Rd., Penland, 12000214 

Northampton County 

Gaston School, 200 School St., Gaston, 

12000215 

Robeson County 

Robeson County Agricultural Building, 108 

W. 8th St., Lumberton, 12000216 

Surry County 

Atkinson, Samuel Josiah, House, 586 

Atkinson Rd., Siloam, 12000217 

Wake County 

Page, Williamson, House, 116 S. Page St., 

Morrisville, 12000218 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Allegheny County 

Cavalry Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave., 

Pittsburgh, 12000219 

Chester County 

Phoenixville Historic District (Boundary 

Decrease), High, Dayton, Railroad, 

Vanderslice, Bridge, & N. Main Sts., 

Wheatland & French Cr., Phoenixville, 

12000220 

Lackawanna County 

Scranton Lace Company, 1315 Meylert St., 

Scranton, 12000221 

Luzerne County 

Hazelton High School, (Educational 

Resources of Pennsylvania MPS) 700 N. 

Wyoming St., Hazelton, 12000222 

Philadelphia County 

Wayne Junction Historic District, Roughly 

bounded by W. Berkley St., Roberts, 

Germantown, & Wayne Aves., 

Philadelphia, 12000223 

Tioga County 

Parkhurst Memorial Presbyterian Church, 

302 W. Main St., Elkland, 12000224 

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Upshur County 

Buckhannon Central Residential Historical 

District, Roughly bounded by College Ave., 

S. Kanawha, Madison, & E. Main Sts., 

Buckhannon, 12000225 

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UTAH 

Weber County 

Goodyear, Miles, Cabin, Tabernacle Sq., 

Ogden, 71000866 

Weber Stake Relief Society Building, 2148 

Grant Ave., Ogden, 88003438 

[FR Doc. 2012–7262 Filed 3–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–51–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska 

OCS Region, Cook Inlet Planning Area, 

Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 244 

for OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program 

2012–2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Request for Interest (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Proposed OCS Oil and 

Gas Leasing Program for 2012–2017 

(Proposed Program) identifies Sale 244 

as a potential special interest sale for the 

Cook Inlet Planning Area in Alaska. 

While industry interest in the Federal 

OCS offshore area has been limited in 

the past decade, recently there has been 

renewed interest in exploring for and 

developing additional hydrocarbon 

resources in the south-central region of 

the state, as evidenced by acreage leased 

in state sales and announced discoveries 

of natural gas on state-managed lands, 

both offshore and onshore. 

This RFI seeks to determine the level 

of industry interest in a possible Sale 

244 in 2013 in the Cook Inlet Planning 

Area, whether focused on a few blocks 

or prospects, or on a larger portion of 

the program area. 

BOEM is also seeking comments from 

tribal, local, and state governments, 

Federal agencies, and the general public 

to evaluate whether the agency should 

proceed with further evaluations 

pursuant to the OCS Lands Act 

(OCSLA), the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA), and all other 

applicable laws and regulations. BOEM 

will consider the level of industry 

interest and other issues and concerns 

reflected in comments in its 

determination on how to proceed. 

BOEM will then decide on whether to 

proceed with further evaluation of this 

special interest sale. This RFI does not 

indicate a decision to include Sale 244 

in the Proposed Final OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program for 2012–2017 (Final 

Program) or to lease in the Cook Inlet 

Planning Area. 

DATES: All responses to the RFI on 

proposed Cook Inlet Sale 244 must be 

received no later than May 11, 2012. 

Written nomination submittals should 

be labeled ‘‘Comments on Proposed 

Special Interest Sale 244.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

King, Chief, Leasing Section, Leasing 

and Plans, BOEM, Alaska OCS Region, 

3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5823, or at 

(907) 334–5271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Interest and Information 

1. Authority: This RFI is published 

pursuant to the OCSLA, as amended (43 

U.S.C. 1331–1356 (1994)) and the 

regulations issued thereunder (30 CFR 

Part 556) and in accordance with the 

Proposed Program. 

Due to the long lead time necessary to 

prepare for a sale, this RFI is being 

published before a final decision is 

made later in 2012 on which sales will 

be included in the Final Program. This 

proposed sale was included in the 

Proposed Program with a sale date 

tentatively scheduled for late 2013. If 

the Final Program includes proposed 

Cook Inlet Sale 244, BOEM will 

continue to prepare for the sale, and the 

final decision to hold or cancel the sale 

will likely be made in late 2013 as part 

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of the sale preparation process. If the 

Final Program does not include this 

sale, then BOEM will terminate 

preparations for the sale. 

2. Purpose of RFI: This RFI seeks to 

determine the level of industry interest 

and whether that interest, if any, is 

focused on a few blocks or prospects or 

on a larger portion of the program area. 

BOEM is also seeking comments from 

tribal, local, and state governments, 

Federal agencies, and the general public 

to determine whether BOEM should 

proceed with further evaluations 

pursuant to the OCSLA, NEPA, ESA, 

and other applicable laws and 

regulations. 

This information-gathering step is 

important to ensure that all pertinent 

information is assessed in determining 

whether to proceed with further 

evaluation of the special interest leasing 

process pursuant to the OCSLA and 

regulations at 30 CFR Part 556. A 

special interest leasing option allows 

BOEM to consider for further evaluation 

a very focused or larger area of the Cook 

Inlet Planning Area, depending on 

interest. This RFI does not indicate a 

decision to include Sale 244 in the Final 

Program or to lease in the Cook Inlet 

area described below. 

After the 45-day RFI comment period 

closes, BOEM will decide whether to 

continue the process after consideration 

of the nomination information and 

comments received. If industry response 

to this RFI does not indicate sufficient 

interest at this time, then preparations 

for Sale 244 will not proceed. BOEM 

may issue another RFI subsequently to 

gauge industry interest in a potential 

lease sale in the Cook Inlet Planning 

Area later in the Proposed Program. 

If sufficient industry interest is 

received during the RFI process, 

including nominations of specific 

blocks in response to the RFI, and after 

reviewing and considering the other 

information provided, BOEM may 

recommend to the Assistant Secretary— 

Land and Minerals Management, that 

the sale process should continue, as 

well as the size of the area to be 

considered for further evaluation in the 

process referred to as Area 

Identification. Following Area 

Identification, the BOEM Alaska Region 

will prepare the appropriate NEPA 

analysis of potential environmental 

effects of oil and gas leasing, 

exploration, development, and 

production in the proposed sale area 

and its vicinity. After the completion of 

the NEPA process and consultation with 

the Governor of Alaska, if BOEM 

determines that leasing and potential 

exploration can occur in an 

environmentally safe manner, then 

BOEM may proceed with the leasing 

process for a competitive sale in the 

general area of interest. 

Sale 244 is tentatively scheduled for 

late 2013 under the Proposed Program. 

BOEM is starting the RFI process now 

to allow sufficient time to complete all 

of the steps in the presale process to 

hold a sale in 2013, in the event that the 

decision is made to proceed with a 

potential lease sale in the Cook Inlet 

Planning Area. As explained above, 

issuance of this RFI does not indicate a 

decision to lease in the Cook Inlet 

Planning Area. 

3. Background and Description of the 

Area: Five Federal OCS sales have been 

held in the Cook Inlet Planning Area 

within the past 34 years. In October 

1977, Sale CI resulted in 88 leases being 

issued. In September 1981, Sale 60 

resulted in 13 leases being issued. A reoffering sale, Sale RS–2, was held in 

August 1982, but no bids were received 

and no leases resulted from this sale. 

Sale 149, held in June 1997, resulted in 

2 leases issued. Sale 191 was held in 

May 2004, and no bids were submitted. 

Two special interest Cook Inlet Sales, 

211 and 219, were scheduled under the 

2007–2012 Program. On July 8, 2008, 

the Minerals Management Service (now 

BOEM) issued a RFI for Cook Inlet Sale 

211. The comment period closed 

October 6, 2008. MMS received three 

comments, but no industry nominations 

identifying specific leasing interest. In 

2008, MMS decided not to proceed with 

the Sale 211 presale process. On March 

2, 2011, the decision to cancel Sale 219 

was published in the Federal Register. 

Between 1978 and 1985, a total of 13 

exploratory wells were drilled on 

Federal leases in the Cook Inlet 

Planning Area, all have been 

permanently plugged and abandoned. 

The State of Alaska currently has active 

oil and gas leases with two drill 

operations preparing for the 2012 drill 

season. Companies have purchased 

leases offshore at the State-held Cook 

Inlet Sale in June 2011. The most recent 

State oil and gas lease sale held in 

December 2011 included 575,202 acres. 

There are currently no active Federal 

OCS leases in Cook Inlet. 

The BOEM document ‘‘Assessment of 

Undiscovered Technically Recoverable 

Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s 

Outer Continental Shelf, 2011’’ 

estimates the mean undiscovered 

conventionally recoverable resources for 

the Cook Inlet Planning Area at 1.01 

billion barrels of oil and 1.2 trillion 

cubic feet of gas (http://www.boem.gov/ 

uploadedFiles/2011_National

_Assessment_Factsheet.pdf ). 

The Cook Inlet Planning Area is 

located offshore the State of Alaska just 

south of Kalgin Island and the Barren 

Islands and continues south through 

Shelikof Strait to just above the 

southern tip of Kodiak Island (see map 

below). The Cook Inlet Planning Area 

consists of approximately 1,093 whole 

and partial blocks covering about 2.1 

million hectares (about 5.3 million 

acres). It extends from 3 to 

approximately 60 nautical miles 

offshore, in water depths from about 30 

feet to approximately 650 feet. A map of 

the Cook Inlet Planning Area 

accompanies this RFI. A large-scale RFI 

map showing the boundaries of the 

Cook Inlet Planning Area on a block-byblock basis is available on the BOEM 

Web site at http://www.boem.gov/ 

aksale244. 

4. Instructions on RFI: If a company 

is interested in potentially acquiring oil 

and gas leases in the Cook Inlet 

Planning Area, it should send specific 

written nomination information to: 

Chief, Leasing Section, BOEM, Alaska 

OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 

Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503– 

5823. Written nominations must be 

received by May 11, 2012. The written 

information from industry nominating 

specific blocks, which BOEM considers 

proprietary, will not be released to the 

public. If a company believes that a 

larger area should be considered, it 

should explicitly describe its interest, 

including a summary of the geologic 

and economic information about that 

larger area. To avoid inadvertent release 

of proprietary information, please mark 

all documents ‘‘Confidential—Contains 

Proprietary Information’’ on every page 

containing such information. This 

written letter of nomination may 

include maps, and should include a 

company contact name, address, and 

phone number(s) that BOEM can use if 

it needs additional information or 

clarification. Submittals should indicate 

‘‘Responses to RFI for Proposed Cook 

Inlet Special Interest Lease Sale 244.’’ 

Respondents should rank areas they 

have nominated according to priority of 

interest; for example, priority 1 (high), 

2 (medium), and/or 3 (low) on a largesale RFI map available at http:// 

www.boem.gov/aksale244. Respondents 

are encouraged to be specific in 

indicating blocks by priority and be 

prepared to discuss their range of 

interest and activity regarding the 

nominated area(s). Please provide the 

telephone number and name of a person 

to contact in the organization’s 

response. BOEM’s Alaska OCS Regional 

office may contact this person to set up 

a mutually agreeable meeting to more 

fully review the company’s level of 

interest. 

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BOEM is seeking comments and 

information from all interested parties 

about particular geological (including 

natural hazard areas), environmental, 

biological, archaeological, and 

socioeconomic conditions or potential 

conflicts, or other information that 

might bear upon the potential leasing, 

exploration, and development in the 

program area and its vicinity. Except for 

written letters of nomination, all other 

comments to the RFI, including general 

information from companies, federal 

agencies, state and local governments, 

tribes and other interested parties and 

individuals will be accepted only 

through http://www.regulations.gov, 

using docket designation: BOEM–2012– 

0017. All comments received via 

regulations.gov, including names and 

addresses of respondents, are public and 

will be posted for public review on 

regulations.gov. 

BOEM will not consider anonymous 

comments. BOEM will make available 

in their entirety on regulations.gov all 

non-proprietary submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses. All written 

nomination information submitted by 

industry about their interest will remain 

proprietary and will not be released. 

5. Use of RFI Information: Information 

submitted in response to this RFI will be 

used for several purposes. Responses 

will be used to: 

—Determine whether to proceed with 

the leasing process for a specialinterest oil and gas lease sale in the 

Cook Inlet Planning Area; 

—Identify specific areas of interest for 

oil and/or gas leasing, exploration, 

and development; 

—Identify potential environmental 

effects and potential use conflicts; 

—Develop the appropriate level of 

environmental analysis, if the level of 

industry interest is such that BOEM 

recommends proceeding with the 

special interest sale process; 

—Develop lease terms, conditions, and 

mitigating measures. 

6. Existing Information: An extensive 

environmental, social, and economic 

Studies Program has been underway in 

the Alaska OCS Region since 1976, 

including studies in the Cook Inlet 

Planning Area. The emphasis has been 

on environmental characterization of 

biologically sensitive habitats, 

endangered whales and marine 

mammals, physical oceanography, 

ocean-circulation modeling, subsistence 

uses, and ecological and socio-cultural 

effects of oil and gas activities. NEPA 

analyses were prepared for the previous 

OCS sales held in the Cook Inlet 

Planning Area. 

Information on the BOEM 

Environmental Studies Program, 

completed studies, and a program status 

report for continuing studies in this area 

is available on the BOEM Web site 

http:// 

www.boem.gov/akstudies, or may be 

obtained from the Chief, Environmental 

Studies Section, Alaska OCS Region, by 

telephone request at (907) 334–5283. 

Dated: March 6, 2012. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–VH–C 

[FR Doc. 2012–7337 Filed 3–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Environmental Documents Prepared 

for Proposed Oil, Gas, and Mineral 

Operations by the Gulf of Mexico Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Region 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of the availability of 

Environmental Documents Prepared for 

OCS Mineral Proposals by the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), in accordance 

with Federal Regulations that 

implement the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), announces the 

availability of NEPA-related SiteSpecific Environmental Assessments 


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