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Electronic records are contained in 

computers, magnetic disks, computer 

tapes, removable drives, email and 

electronic databases. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records in this system are retrieved 

by various fields including the name of 

correspondent, project number, 

correspondence identification number 

or correspondent’s identification 

number. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to records in the PEPC System 

is limited to authorized personnel 

whose official duties require such 

access. Paper records are secured in file 

cabinets in areas which are locked 

during non-duty hours. Electronic 

records conform to OMB and 

Departmental guidelines reflecting the 

implementation of the E-Government 

Act of 2002, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology Special 

Publication standards for Computer 

Security and the DOI regulations on 

safeguarding of Privacy Act information 

(43 CFR 2.226). A Privacy Impact 

Assessment was developed for the PEPC 

System to ensure that Privacy Act 

requirements and safeguards are met. 

Database tables are kept on separate file 

servers away from general file storage 

and other local area network usage. The 

data itself is stored in a passwordprotected, client-server database. 

Electronic transmissions of records are 

encrypted and password-protected. 

Security measures establish access 

levels for different types of users. 

Personnel authorized to access the 

system must complete all Security, 

Privacy, and Records management 

training and sign the Rules of Behavior. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records in this system are retained in 

accordance with the National Park 

Service Records Schedule for Resource 

Management and Lands, which has been 

approved by National Archives and 

Records Administration (Job No. N1– 

79–08–1), and includes both permanent 

and temporary records. Records 

retention and disposition vary 

dependent on the type of record 

maintained within the system. 

Paper records are disposed of by 

shredding or pulping, and records 

contained on electronic media are 

degaussed or erased in accordance with 

384 Departmental Manual 1. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Project Manager, Office of Natural 

Resource Information Systems, Natural 

Resource Stewardship and Science, 

National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge 

Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80525. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

An individual requesting notification 

of the existence of records on himself or 

herself should send a signed, written 

inquiry to the System Manager 

identified above. The request envelope 

and letter should both be clearly marked 

‘‘PRIVACY ACT INQUIRY.’’ A request 

for notification must meet the 

requirements of 43 CFR 2.235. 

RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

An individual requesting records on 

himself or herself should send a signed, 

written inquiry to the System Manager 

identified above. The request should 

describe the records sought as 

specifically as possible. The request 

envelope and letter should both be 

clearly marked ‘‘PRIVACY ACT 

REQUEST FOR ACCESS.’’ A request for 

access must meet the requirements of 43 

CFR 2.238. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

An individual requesting corrections 

or the removal of material from his or 

her records should send a signed, 

written request to the System Manager 

identified above. A request for 

corrections or removal must meet the 

requirements of 43 CFR 2.246. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records in the PEPC System are 

obtained from DOI employees, 

contractors and volunteers, other 

Federal, state or local government 

agency employees, contractors and 

volunteers, partners of NPS that are 

involved in projects, members of the 

public providing and seeking comments 

on projects, and other individuals 

involved with projects related to 

conservation planning and 

environmental impact analysis. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–EJ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–PWR–KAHO–15695; PPPWKAHOS0, 

PPMPSPD1Z.S00000] 

Amendment of Na Hoa Pili O KalokoHonoko ̄hau National Historical Park 

Advisory Commission Meeting Date 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Amendment of 

Meeting Date. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. Appendix 1–16), notice is hereby 

given of the change in date for the 

September 5, 2014, meeting of the Na 

Hoa Pili O Kaloko-Honoko ̄hau National 

Historical Park Advisory Commission. 

DATES: The meeting date originally 

published on January 30, 2014, in the 

Federal Register, 79 FR 4956, has been 

changed. The new meeting date will be 

Friday, August 22, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. 

(Hawaii Standard Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Kaloko-Honoko ̄hau National 

Historical Park Halau at the southern 

end of the park, located north of 

Honoko ̄hau Harbor with access through 

the Honoko ̄hau pedestrian entrance. 

Parking is available at Honoko ̄hau 

Harbor. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Zimpfer, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Kaloko-Honoko ̄hau National 

Historical Park, 73–4786 Kanalani St., 

#14, Kailua Kona, HI 96740, by 

telephone 808–329–6881 x1500, or via 

email jeff_zimpfer@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings 

are open to the public. Interested 

persons may make oral/written 

presentations to the Commission or file 

written statements. Such requests 

should be made to the Superintendent 

at least seven days prior to the meetings. 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, email address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personal identifying information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you may ask us in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Dated: May 19, 2014. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0003; 

MMAA104000] 

Potential Commercial Wind Lease 

Issuance and Site Assessment 

Activities on the Atlantic Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore New 

York 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment. 


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SUMMARY: This Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

(Notice) is being published as an initial 

step to involve Federal agencies, states, 

tribes, local governments, and the 

public in an early and transparent 

process to prepare an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations implementing NEPA, 40 

CFR parts 1500–1508. This process 

includes determining the scope of issues 

and identifying potentially significant 

issues related to a proposed project on 

the OCS offshore New York. This public 

and expert input will help inform 

BOEM decision-making with regard to 

issuing leases and approving site 

assessment activities. 

In consultation with other Federal 

agencies and BOEM’s New York 

Intergovernmental Renewable Energy 

Task Force, BOEM has identified an 

area for consideration for potential 

future wind energy leasing offshore New 

York (Call Area). The Call Area is 

identified in Commercial Leasing for 

Wind Power on the Outer Continental 

Shelf Offshore New York—Call for 

Information and Nominations (Call), 

which is being published concurrently 

with this Notice. The leasing process 

provides several opportunities for 

public involvement before leasing can 

occur, including the publication of a 

Call and proposed sale notice. A 

commercial lease gives the lessee the 

exclusive right, subsequently, to seek 

BOEM approval for the development of 

the leasehold. The lease does not grant 

the lessee the right to construct any 

facilities; rather, the lease grants the 

lessee the right to use the leased area to 

develop its plans, which BOEM must 

approve before the lessee can move on 

to the next stage of the process. (See 30 

CFR 585.600 and 585.601.) 

BOEM intends to prepare an EA to 

consider the environmental 

consequences associated with issuing 

commercial wind leases, associated site 

characterization activities (i.e., 

biological, archeological, geological and 

geophysical surveys and core samples), 

and approving site assessment activities 

on those leases within the Call Area. If 

a lessee proposes commercial wind 

development activity, the specific 

proposal will be subject to an 

environmental review at that time. At a 

minimum, the EA will consider the 

alternatives of (1) no action (i.e., no 

issuance of a lease) and (2) the issuance 

of a lease, associated site 

characterization activities and approval 

of certain site assessment activities 

within the lease area, such as 

installation of a fixed meteorological 

tower and/or deployment of a 

meteorological buoy. With this notice, 

BOEM requests comments and input 

from Federal, state, and local 

government agencies; tribal 

governments; and other interested 

parties on environmental issues and 

alternatives that may be appropriate for 

consideration in the EA. BOEM also 

requests information pertaining to 

measures (e.g., limitations on activities 

based on technology, siting, or timing) 

that would minimize the impacts to 

environmental resources and 

socioeconomic conditions that could 

result from the proposed activity. 

Additionally, as part of its compliance 

with Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

470f), and its implementing regulations 

(36 CFR part 800), BOEM is seeking 

public comment and input regarding the 

identification of historic properties or 

potential effects to historic properties 

from leasing and site assessment 

activities in the proposed lease area. 

Authority: This Notice is published 

pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817, (703) 787–1340 or 

michelle.morin@BOEM.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. The OCS Wind Energy Leasing and 

Development Process 

There are four key phases in BOEM’s 

wind energy authorization on the OCS: 

(1) Planning; (2) lease issuance; (3) 

approval of a site assessment plan 

(SAP); and (4) approval of a 

construction and operations plan (COP). 

During the planning phase, BOEM 

engages our inter-governmental partners 

and other relevant parties to delineate 

an area on the OCS that would be 

appropriate for commercial wind 

activities. BOEM is currently working 

through this stage for the area offshore 

New York with BOEM’s New York 

Intergovernmental Renewable Energy 

Task Force. This phase typically ends 

with the completion of the 

environmental reviews necessary to 

support lease issuance. The second 

phase, issuance of a commercial wind 

lease, gives the lessee an exclusive right 

to apply for the required approval of a 

SAP. The third phase is the applicant’s 

actual submission and BOEM’s 

subsequent review and approval of a 

SAP. Approval of a SAP allows the 

lessee to construct and install 

equipment on the leasehold to perform 

site assessment functions, such as a 

meteorological tower or buoys. See 30 

CFR 585.600–585.601; 585.605–585.618. 

The submission of a SAP is separate 

from the submission of a COP. After the 

lessee has collected the site 

characterization and assessment data 

necessary, the lessee may submit its 

COP to BOEM for subsequent review 

and may proceed with construction and 

operation of a renewable energy facility 

on the lease if BOEM approves the COP 

(see 30 CFR 585.620–585.629) and after 

BOEM’s review of a lessee’s Facility 

Design Report and Fabrication and 

Installation Report (see 30 CFR 585.700– 

585.702) 

2. Proposed Action and Scope of 

Analysis 

The proposed action that will be the 

subject of the EA is the issuance of one 

or more renewable energy leases within 

the Call Area described in this Notice 

and the approval of site assessment 

activities on those leases in support of 

COP information requirements. (See 30 

CFR 585.610 and 585.626.) Based on the 

information submitted in response to 

this Notice and the Call, BOEM plans to 

identify any portions of the Call Area 

that should be excluded from 

consideration for commercial wind 

leasing at this time. The remaining area 

identified will constitute a Wind Energy 

Area (WEA) and will be subject to 

environmental analysis in consultation 

with appropriate Federal agencies, 

states, local governments, tribes and 

other interested parties. 

Additional NEPA analyses will be 

required before any future decisions on 

construction or operation of wind 

energy facilities on leases that may be 

issued within the Call Area. If and when 

a lessee is ready to begin this final phase 

of renewable energy development, it 

must submit a COP to proceed. No COP 

has been submitted to BOEM for a 

project within the Call Area at this time. 

If a COP is submitted for a particular 

project on a lease, appropriate site- and 

project-specific NEPA analysis will be 

prepared. 

If BOEM determines during the EA 

process that issuing leases, authorizing 

site assessment activities, or associated 

site characterization activities within 

the Call Area would constitute a major 

Federal action significantly affecting the 

human environment, BOEM will 

publish a Notice of Intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

If BOEM determines during the EA 

process that issuing leases, authorizing 

site assessment activities, or associated 

site characterization activities within 

the Call Area would not be a major 

impact significantly affecting the human 


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environment, BOEM will issue a 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). After either a FONSI is issued 

or the EIS process is completed, BOEM 

may issue one or more renewable energy 

leases within the Call Area. In the event 

that a particular lease is issued, and the 

lessee submits a SAP, BOEM will 

determine whether the EA adequately 

considers the environmental impacts of 

the activities proposed in the lessee’s 

SAP. If the analysis in the EA 

adequately addresses these impacts, 

then no further NEPA analysis will be 

required before the SAP is approved. If 

the EA requires supplementation, 

additional NEPA analysis would be 

conducted before the SAP could be 

approved. 

3. Information That Will Be 

Incorporated Into the EA 

On November 6, 2007, BOEM 

published a Notice of Availability 

(NOA) in the Federal Register (72 FR 

62,672) of the Programmatic EIS for 

Alternative Energy Development and 

Production and Alternate Use of 

Facilities on the Outer Continental 

Shelf, Final EIS (OCS Report MMS 

2007–046). BOEM has prepared several 

EAs for areas in the North Atlantic and 

Mid-Atlantic OCS that evaluated 

activities similar to those to be 

addressed in the EA for which this 

Notice is being published (http://

www.boem.gov/Renewable-EnergyProgram/Smart-from-the-Start/

Index.aspx). Additionally, BOEM has 

published a Final Programmatic EIS for 

proposed geological and geophysical 

activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South 

Atlantic OCS Planning Areas (OCS EIS/ 

EA BOEM 2014–001). 

BOEM will incorporate the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

analyses of site characterization and 

assessment activities from previous 

NEPA documents and other public 

information to help inform its analysis 

in the EA. 

4. Description of the Call Area 

A detailed description of the Call 

Area can be found in the Call that is 

being published concurrently with this 

Notice. 

A map of the Call Area can be found 

at the following URL: http://boem.gov/

Renewable-Energy-Program/StateActivities/New York.aspx. 

A large-scale map of the Call Area 

showing its boundaries and with 

numbered blocks 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 

20170–4817, Phone: (703) 787–1320. 

5. Cooperating Agencies 

BOEM invites Federal, state, and local 

government agencies, as well as tribal 

governments, to consider becoming 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of this EA. Regulations implementing 

the procedural provisions of NEPA 

define cooperating agencies as those 

with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise’’ (40 CFR 1508.5). Potential 

cooperating agencies should consider 

their authority and capacity to assume 

the responsibilities of a cooperating 

agency and remember that an agency’s 

role in the environmental analysis 

neither enlarges nor diminishes the final 

decisionmaking authority of any other 

agency involved in the NEPA process. 

Upon request, BOEM will provide 

potential cooperating agencies with a 

draft memorandum of agreement that 

includes a schedule with critical action 

dates and milestones, mutual 

responsibilities, designated points of 

contact, and expectations for handling 

pre-decisional information. Agencies 

should also consider the ’’Factors for 

Determining Cooperating Agency 

Status’’ in Attachment 1 to CEQ’s 

January 30, 2002, Memorandum for the 

Heads of Federal Agencies: Cooperating 

Agencies in Implementing the 

Procedural Requirements of the NEPA. 

A copy of this document is available at: 

http://ceg.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/

cooperating/

cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html 

and at: http://ceg.hss.doe.gov/nepa/

regs/cooperating/

cooperatingagencymemofactors.html. 

BOEM, as the lead agency, will not 

provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. If an agency is not 

a cooperating agency, it may provide 

information to BOEM during the public 

comment period for the EA. 

6. Comments 

Federal, state, local government 

agencies; tribal governments; and other 

interested parties are requested to send 

their written comments regarding 

environmental issues and potential 

alternatives to the proposed action 

described in this Notice in one of the 

following ways: 

1. Electronically: http://

www.regulations.gov. In the entry 

entitled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2014–0003, then click ‘‘search.’’ 

Follow the instructions to submit public 

comments and view supporting and 

related materials available for this 

document. 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Comments on New York EA’’ 

to Program Manager, Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817. Comments should be 

submitted no later than July 14, 2014. 

Dated: April 21, 2014. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2013–0087; 

MMAA104000] 

Commercial Leasing for Wind Power 

Development on the Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Offshore New York—Call 

for Information and Nominations (Call) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Call for Information and 

Nominations for Commercial Leases for 

Wind Power Development on the Outer 

Continental Shelf Offshore New York. 

SUMMARY: BOEM invites submissions of 

nominations from parties interested in 

obtaining one or more commercial 

leases that would allow a lessee to 

propose the construction of a wind 

energy project(s) on the OCS offshore 

New York. Although the publication of 

this notice is not itself a leasing 

announcement, the area described 

herein may be subject to future leasing. 

Parties wishing to submit a nomination 

in response to this Call should submit 

detailed and specific information as 

described in the section entitled, 

‘‘Required Nomination Information.’’ 

Parties that have previously submitted a 

nomination in response to the Request 

for Interest (RFI) (78 FR 760, published 

on January 4, 2013) do not need to 

resubmit their proposals unless they 

wish to modify or update them. 

BOEM also requests comments from 

interested and affected parties regarding 

site conditions, resources, and multiple 

uses of the identified area that would be 

relevant to BOEM’s review of the 

nominations and/or to any subsequent 

decision concerning whether to offer all 

or part of the area for commercial wind 

leasing. Information that BOEM is 

requesting is described in the section 

entitled, ‘‘Requested Information from 

Interested or Affected Parties.’’ 

This Call is published pursuant to 

subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act 

(43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)), which was added 

by section 388 of the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005 (EPAct), as well as the 


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