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Street, SW., Room 8236, Washington, 

DC 20410–3000; telephone (202) 755–

1785, extension 4337 (this is not a tollfree number). Speech- or hearingimpaired individuals may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 35, 

subparts B through R, set out general 

lead-based paint requirements for all 

federally-assisted pre-1978 housing. 

Specifically, subparts B and R set forth 

general requirements applying to all 

HUD programs and subparts G and H 

describe the procedures for notification, 

evaluation, and reduction of lead-based 

paint hazards in (1) multifamily 

residential properties for which HUD is 

the owner of the mortgage or for which 

a lender receives mortgage insurance, 

including non-residential properties 

being converted to multifamily 

residential properties and (2) 

multifamily residential properties for 

which an owner receives project-based 

housing assistance, respectively. 

HUD regulations at 24 CFR 30.45 and 

30.68 authorize the Assistant Secretary 

for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, or the Assistant 

Secretary’s designee, to initiate civil 

money penalty actions for violations of 

section 537(c)(1)(B) of the National 

Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1735f–

15(c)(1)(B)) and for violations of Section 

8 of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), including the 

failure to provide decent, safe, and 

sanitary housing, as set out by 24 CFR 

5.703. Pursuant to this authority, the 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—

Federal Housing Commissioner 

redelegates to the Director of the Office 

of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard 

Control authority to initiate civil money 

penalty actions pursuant to 24 CFR 

30.45 and 30.68 against a property 

owner who fails to provide information 

documenting compliance with or fails to 

comply with HUD regulations that 

require the notification, evaluation, and 

reduction of lead-based paint hazards in 

(1) multifamily residential properties for 

which HUD is the owner of the 

mortgage or for which a lender receives 

mortgage insurance, including nonresidential properties being converted to 

multifamily residential properties and 

(2) multifamily properties for which an 

owner receives project-based housing 

assistance as set out in 24 CFR part 35, 

subparts B, G, H, and R. 

Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary 

for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner hereby retains and 

redelegates authority as follows: 

I. Redelegation of Authority 

The Director of the Office of Healthy 

Homes and Lead Hazard Control is 

hereby authorized to initiate a civil 

money penalty action pursuant to and 

within the scope of 24 CFR 30.45 and 

30.68 against property owners who fail 

to provide information documenting 

compliance with or fail to comply with 

HUD regulations that require the 

notification, evaluation, and reduction 

of lead-based paint hazards in (1) 

multifamily residential properties for 

which HUD is the owner of the 

mortgage or for which a lender receives 

mortgage insurance, including nonresidential properties being converted to 

multifamily residential properties and 

(2) multifamily residential properties for 

which an owner receives project-based 

housing assistance as set out in 24 CFR 

part 35, subparts B, G, H, and R. 

II. Authority To Redelegate 

The Director of the Office of Healthy 

Homes and Lead Hazard Control is not 

authorized to redelegate the authority 

described herein. 

III. Revocation 

The Assistant Secretary for Housing—

Federal Housing Commissioner may 

revoke the authority authorized herein, 

in whole or in part, at any time. 

Dated: June 8, 2007. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Notice of the Annual Price Threshold 

Determination 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of annual price threshold 

determination and annual average oil 

and gas market price calculations, along 

with their effects for the Gulf of Mexico 

royalty relief programs. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides the 

official MMS documentation of which 

Gulf of Mexico price thresholds have 

been exceeded by annual market prices 

for oil or gas, by lease vintage, for 

calendar year 2006. This notice also 

explains in detail how MMS calculates 

the annual oil and gas prices and 

applicable price thresholds used to 

determine whether royalty relief applies 

in calendar year 2006 for our various 

deepwater and deep depth royalty relief 

programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marshall Rose, Chief, Economics 

Division at (703) 787–1536. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By various 

laws (Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

Act, Deep Water Royalty Relief Act, 

Energy Policy Act) and regulations (30 

CFR 203.47, 203.54, 203.78, 260.110, 

and 260.122), MMS has authority to 

impose price thresholds for royalty 

relief. As prescribed in applicable 

regulations or lease terms, 

notwithstanding any provisions for 

royalty relief, companies are required to 

pay royalties for those calendar years 

when annual average New York 

Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) market 

prices for oil or gas exceed the adjusted 

price thresholds levels. As a courtesy, 

MMS tracks, calculates, and posts on its 

website a variety of relevant information 

about applicable oil and gas prices and 

the price threshold levels to be used in 

determining whether a particular lease 

continues to be eligible for deep gas, 

deep water, or other royalty relief. The 

information contained in this published 

notice was posted on MMS Web site 

previously. 

The following table represents the 

official MMS price threshold and 

market price calculation determinations 

made for calendar year 2006. Any 

subsequent inflation adjustments or 

market price adjustments will not affect 

these official results or their implication 

for royalty relief on the designated 

categories of leases. 

APPLICABLE PRICE THRESHOLDS AND MARKET PRICES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2006 

Product Lease vintage (sales held in) 

Annual average NYMEX 

price 

($/bbl or $/ 

mmbtu) 

Adjusted price 

threshold level 

($/bbl or $/ 

mmbtu) 

Royalty relief 

suspended 

Deepwater oil ................................................... Before 1996; 1996–1997; 2000; 2002–3/2004 $66.22 $35.75 Yes 


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APPLICABLE PRICE THRESHOLDS AND MARKET PRICES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2006—Continued 

Product Lease vintage (sales held in) 

Annual average NYMEX 

price 

($/bbl or $/ 

mmbtu) 

Adjusted price 

threshold level 

($/bbl or $/ 

mmbtu) 

Royalty relief 

suspended 

Deepwater oil ................................................... 2001 ................................................................ 66.22 32.06 Yes 

Deepwater oil ................................................... 8/2004–2006 ................................................... 66.22 41.36 Yes 

Deepwater gas ................................................ Before 1996; 1996–1997; 2000; 2002–3/2004 6.99 4.47 Yes 

Deepwater gas ................................................ 2001 ................................................................ 6.99 4.00 Yes 

Deepwater gas ................................................ 8/2004–2006 ................................................... 6.99 6.88 Yes 

Deep gas ......................................................... 3/2001 ............................................................. 6.99 4.00 Yes 

Deep gas ......................................................... 8/2001–2003 ................................................... 6.99 5.72 Yes 

Deep gas ......................................................... 2004–2006 ...................................................... 6.99 9.88 No 

Deep gas ......................................................... Reg 30 CFR 203.47 ........................................ 6.99 9.88 No 

bbl = barrel, mmbtu = million British Thermal Units. 

Technical Documentation 

The data and methodology used for 

making the 2006 calculations and 

determinations are discussed below. 

This same information for all years 

since 1996 is available at the Economics 

Division Web site http://www.mms.gov/ 

econ/DWRRAPrice1.htm. Additional 

information and notes about 

understanding this Web site are 

included at the end of this notice. 

Methodology for Calculation of the 

Actual Annual Average NYMEX Nearby 

Delivery Price 

1. We use the price for the nearby 

delivery month. That is, the price for the 

first contract or earliest month that you 

can get the delivery/inventory for 

buying and selling today’s product. For 

example, on September 1, 2006, the 

nearby delivery month was October 

2006. There are prices for other delivery 

months that can be bought and sold on 

September 1, 2006, such as November 

2006, December 2006, etc., but the 

‘‘nearby delivery month’’ would be 

October 2006. However, the nearby 

delivery month is not always the next 

month because trading days may differ 

for oil and gas futures. For example, on 

September 28, 2006, the nearby delivery 

month was November 2006. 

2. The daily NYMEX closing price is 

listed as the settle price at the end of 

business trading hours for each 

commodity. These are listed at http:// 

www.nymex.com and also summarized 

at http://www.oilnergy.com. 

3. The daily closing average is used to 

calculate the monthly average. For 

holidays and weekends, we use the 

previous business day’s closing average. 

For example, Table A illustrates the 

calculation of the average NYMEX oil 

price for the month of September 2006. 

(Note—this methodology is different 

from the Minerals Revenue 

Management’s Royalty In-Kind Program 

that excludes weekends and holidays.) 

Our analysis indicates that inclusion or 

exclusion of weekends and holidays 

does not bias the annual average price 

calculation in either direction. We chose 

to include the weekends and holidays, 

as highlighted in Table A, because our 

source summarizes the monthly price 

data with the inclusion. 

TABLE A.—EXAMPLE OF MONTHLY AVERAGE PRICE CALCULATION

Day Date 

Daily 

closing 

price 

($/bbl) 

Day Date 

Daily 

closing 

price 

($/bbl) 

Friday .......................................................... 9/1/2006 $69.19 Saturday ..................................................... 9/16/2006 $63.33 

Saturday ...................................................... 9/2/2006 69.19 Sunday ....................................................... 9/17/2006 63.33 

Sunday ........................................................ 9/3/2006 69.19 Monday ....................................................... 9/18/2006 63.80 

Monday (Holiday) ........................................ 9/4/2006 69.19 Tuesday ...................................................... 9/19/2006 61.66 

Tuesday ...................................................... 9/5/2006 68.60 Wednesday ................................................. 9/20/2006 60.46 

Wednesday ................................................. 9/6/2006 67.50 Thursday ..................................................... 9/21/2006 61.59 

Thursday ..................................................... 9/7/2006 67.32 Friday .......................................................... 9/22/2006 60.55 

Friday .......................................................... 9/8/2006 66.25 Saturday ..................................................... 9/23/2006 60.55 

Saturday ...................................................... 9/9/2006 66.25 Sunday ....................................................... 9/24/2006 60.55 

Sunday ........................................................ 9/10/2006 66.25 Monday ....................................................... 9/25/2006 61.45 

Monday ....................................................... 9/11/2006 65.61 Tuesday ...................................................... 9/26/2006 61.01 

Tuesday ...................................................... 9/12/2006 63.76 Wednesday ................................................. 9/27/2006 62.96 

Wednesday ................................................. 9/13/2006 63.97 Thursday ..................................................... 9/28/2006 62.76 

Thursday ..................................................... 9/14/2006 63.22 Friday .......................................................... 9/29/2006 62.91 

Friday .......................................................... 9/15/2006 63.33 Saturday ..................................................... 9/30/2006 62.91 

Average ............................................... ...................... ................ ..................................................................... ...................... 64.29 


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4. The monthly average is used to 

calculate the annual average. For 

example, Table B illustrates the 

calculation of the NYMEX oil price for 

2006. The calculation for the year-todate average consists of the monthly 

averages so far in the year. The dollar 

amount of the result is rounded to the 

nearest tenth decimal point (i.e., cents). 

TABLE B. EXAMPLE OF ANNUAL

AVERAGE PRICE CALCULATION

Month 

Average 

closing price 

($/bbl) 

January ..................................... $65.33 

February ................................... 62.02 

March ........................................ 62.89 

April ........................................... 70.11 

May ........................................... 70.86 

June .......................................... 71.03 

July ........................................... 74.45 

August ....................................... 73.11 

September ................................ 64.29 

October ..................................... 59.22 

November ................................. 59.14 

TABLE B. EXAMPLE OF ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE CALCULATION—Continued 

Month 

Average 

closing price 

($/bbl) 

December ................................. 62.22 

Average ............................. 66.22 

Methodology for Calculation of the 

Applicable Oil and Natural Gas Price 

Thresholds 

1. The price thresholds are estimates 

until they are locked in for a calendar 

year based on the most current inflation 

data available after the close of the year. 

In conjunction with the calculation of 

the annual market prices for oil and gas 

above, once the price thresholds are 

locked in, MMS makes an official 

determination regarding whether these 

market prices have exceeded the 

applicable price thresholds for the 

calendar year for a given vintage of lease 

and royalty relief program. After this 

official MMS determination is made, 

any subsequent revisions in the 

underlying source of the inflation 

figures will not affect the locked-in 

price thresholds or the determination of 

eligibility for royalty relief for that 

calendar year. 

2. The source for inflation data is the 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis (BEA) http:// 

www.bea.gov. U.S. Economic 

Accounts—Gross Domestic Product 

(GDP). National Income and Products 

Account (NIPA) Table 1.1.9. The 4th 

quarter implicit price deflator is usually 

not available from BEA until March of 

the subsequent calendar year. 

3. The implicit price deflator for GDP 

is used to calculate the applicable 

annual inflation rate, as illustrated in 

Table C. The deflator from the 

applicable year is divided by the 

deflator from the previous year and 

subtracted by one. For example, the 

inflation rate used to set the 2003 price 

threshold is calculated as {(106.40/ 

104.19) ¥ 1 = 2.1%} 

TABLE C.—INFLATION RATES (CURRENT AND LOCKED-IN) 

[Derived from BEA data] 

Calendar year 

Implicit price 

deflator for GDP 

( base=1996) 

Implicit price 

deflator for GDP 

(base=2000) 

Current annual inflation rate Locked-in annual 

inflation rate 

1994 ......................................................................................... 96.01 .............................. .............................. ..............................

1995 ......................................................................................... 98.10 .............................. .............................. ..............................

1996 ......................................................................................... 100.00 .............................. .............................. ..............................

1997 ......................................................................................... 101.95 .............................. .............................. ..............................

1998 ......................................................................................... 103.20 .............................. .............................. ..............................

1999 ......................................................................................... 104.65 .............................. .............................. ..............................

2000 ......................................................................................... 107.04 100.00 .............................. ..............................

2001 ......................................................................................... .............................. 102.40 2.2 2.3 

2002 ......................................................................................... .............................. 104.19 1.2 1.2 

2003 ......................................................................................... .............................. 106.40 2.1 1.6 

2004 ......................................................................................... .............................. 109.43 2.8 2.3 

2005 ......................................................................................... .............................. 112.74 3.0 3.5 

2006 ......................................................................................... .............................. 116.04 2.9 2.9 

4. Because price thresholds are fixed 

for previous years, the current inflation 

rate displayed in Table C above may not 

correspond precisely to the rate actually 

employed to calculate previous price 

thresholds. For example, the GDP 

deflator posted on the BEA Web site in 

March 2007 shows an inflation rate for 

2004 of 2.8 percent. However, back in 

March 2005, when the 2004 price 

threshold was locked-in, the BEA Web 

site showed an inflation rate of 2.3 

percent, resulting in a change for the 

deepwater oil price threshold for lease 

vintage 1996–2000*; 2002–3/2004*, as 

shown in the Deepwater Table on the 

Web site, from $32.80/bbl in 2003 to 

$33.55/bbl in 2004. Note that the figures 

that were shown on the BEA Web site 

in March of each year would be 

consistent with the adjustments made in 

the price thresholds from year to year. 

Rounding explains any remaining small 

differences between calculated lockedin inflation rates and those rates 

depicted on the MMS Web site. 

Therefore, to replicate the calculation 

for previous price thresholds, use the 

locked-in inflation rate. To replicate the 

calculation for the estimated price 

threshold, prior to March of the 

subsequent year, use the current 

inflation rate. 

Additional Information and Notes 

About the Web Site 

1. The MMS will estimate the average 

market price at which oil or gas would 

have to sell during the remainder of the 

calendar year for the estimated price 

threshold to be exceeded for that year. 

If that estimated market price is shown 

in the table as a negative number, the 

average price at which oil or gas would 

have to be sold during the rest of the 

calendar year as of that time is 

guaranteed to exceed the estimated 

price threshold for the calendar year. 

2. The bold font shown for selected 

actual annual market prices indicates 

years in which at least some leases were 

not eligible for royalty relief because 

actual prices exceeded the applicable 

price thresholds set for those leases. For 

example, in calendar year 2004, the 

actual average price of natural gas of 

$6.18 (per million Btu) exceeded the 


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shallow water, deep natural gas price 

threshold levels of $3.76 for leases 

issued in Sale 178 (2001), and $5.37 for 

leases issued in all other Gulf of Mexico 

Sales held from 2001–2003 that did not 

exercise the option to switch terms 

offered under 30 CFR 203.48. 

3. Production generated royalty-free 

under the deep gas program counts 

against the remaining royalty 

suspension volume, with one exception. 

That exception involves production 

from March 1, 2004, through May 2, 

2004, from deep wells that qualified for 

royalty suspension under 30 CFR 203.40 

through 48 (see Federal Register, 

Volume 69, Number 84, page 24055). 

4. Regulations pertaining to price 

thresholds include 30 CFR 203.47, 

203.54, 203.78, 260.110, and 260.122. 

Dated: May 22, 2007. 

Chris C. Oynes, 

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 07–2991 Filed 6–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before June 2, 2007. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR 

part 60 written comments concerning 

the significance of these properties 

under the National Register criteria for 

evaluation may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service, 1201 Eye 

St., NW., 8th floor, Washington, DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by July 5, 2007. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

COLORADO 

Las Animas County 

Aultman House, 711 Colorado Ave., 

Trinidad, 07000673 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

District of Columbia 

Sixteenth Street Historic District (Boundary 

Increase), 16th St., NW., Washington, 

07000671 

KENTUCKY 

Bracken County 

Baker Vineyard and Wine Cellar (Boundary 

Increase), 4465 W. Augusta–Chatham Rd., 

Augusta, 07000679 

Campbell County 

Weber, John, Farm, (German Settlement, Four 

Mile Creek Area TR) 6231 Four Mile Rd., 

Camp Springs, 07000672 

Clark County 

Corinth Christian Methodist Episcopal 

Church, 1180 L & E Junction Rd., 

Winchester, 07000678 

Jefferson County 

Olympic, The, 223 W. Breckinridge St., 

Louisville, 07000677 

Knott County 

Bolen Building, 85 W. Main St., Hindman, 

07000676 

Hindman Ben Franklin, 16 W. Main St., 

Hindman, 07000675 

Pulaski County 

Gover–Hardin House, 307 W. Mt. Vernon St., 

Somerset, 07000674 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Middlesex County 

Old Billerica Road Historic District, 229–301 

Old Billerica Rd., Bedford, 07000681 

Plymouth County 

Wright Memorial Library, 147 St. George St., 

Duxbury, 07000680 

Worcester County 

Pan Burying Ground, 477 Main St., Bolton, 

07000682 

MISSOURI 

Cape Girardeau County 

Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District 

(Boundary Increase), (Cape Girardeau, 

Missouri MPS) 101 N. Main St., Cape 

Girardeau, 07000683 

TENNESSEE 

Davidson County 

McGavock—Gatewood Webb House, 908 

Meridian St., Nashville, 07000688 

Sevier County 

Settlement School Community Outreach 

Historic District, (Pi Beta Phi Settlement 

School MPS) 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, 

07000686 

White Oak Flats Cemetery, Cemetery Rd., 

Gatlinburg, 07000685 

Shelby County 

Vollintine Hills Historic District, (Memphis 

MPS) Roughly bounded by Bollintine, 

Brown, McLean, and Evergreen, Memphis, 

07000684 

Wilson County 

Lebanon Woolen Mills, 218 N. Maple St., 

Lebanon, 07000687 

TEXAS 

Galveston County 

USS STEWART, East End of Seawolf Park, 

Galveston, 07000689 

La Salle County 

La Salle County Courthouse, 101 Courthouse 

Square, Cotulla, 07000690 

Rockwall County 

First Methodist Church of Rockwall, 303 E. 

Rusk, Rockwall, 07000691 

VERMONT 

Orange County 

Foundry Bridge, VT 25, Tunbridge, 07000692 

Rutland County 

Crown Point Road:Socialborough South Line 

to Otter Creek Crossing, (Crown Point Road 

MPS) Address Restricted, Clarendon, 

07000693 

Crown Point Road: Stevens Site South Road 

Segment, (Crown Point Road MPS) 

Address Restricted, Proctor, 07000694 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1122–0005] 

Office on Violence Against Women; 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension of a Currently 

Approved Collection 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Semi-Annual 

Progress Report for Grants to Reduce 

Violent Crimes Against Women on 

Campus Program 

The Department of Justice, Office on 

Violence Against Women (OVW) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Comments are encouraged and will be 

accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until August 

20, 2007. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

Written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the items contained in this 

notice, especially the estimated public 

burden and associated response time, 

should be directed to The Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention Department of Justice Desk 

Officer, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally, comments may be 

submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 

395–5806. 


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