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lessee has paid the required $500 

administrative fee and $159 to 

reimburse the Department for the cost of 

this Federal Register notice. The lessee 

has met all the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease as set out in 

Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral 

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 

188), and the BLM is proposing to 

reinstate lease WYW161782 effective 

April 1, 2012, under the original terms 

and conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 

above. The BLM has not issued a valid 

lease to any other interest affecting the 

lands. 

Julie L. Weaver, 

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31608 Filed 1–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–MWR–IATR–10868; PPMWMWROW2/ 

PPMPSAS1Y.YP0000] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

General Management Plan/Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains, 

WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of the 

Final General Management Plan/ 

Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/ 

EIS) for the Ice Age Complex at Cross 

Plains in Cross Plains, Wisconsin. 

DATES: The Final GMP/EIS will remain 

available for public review for 30 days 

following the publishing of the Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register by 

the Environmental Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the GMP/EIS will 

be available to the public by request by 

writing to the Superintendent, Ice Age 

National Scenic Trail, 700 Rayovac 

Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin 

53711. The document is available on the 

internet at the NPS Planning, 

Environment, and Public Comment Web 

site at http:// 

www.parkplanning.nps.gov/iatr. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent John Madden, Ice Age 

National Scenic Trail, 700 Rayovac 

Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin 

53711, telephone (608) 441–5610. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

NPS, announce the availability of the 

Final GMP/EIS for the Ice Age Complex 

at Cross Plains, Wisconsin. This 

document is a joint state and federal 

effort addressing lands within the Cross 

Plains Unit of the Ice Age National 

Scientific Reserve as well as the 

Interpretive Site for the Ice Age National 

Scenic Trail; these lands are referred to 

as the ‘‘Ice Age Complex at Cross 

Plains’’ for the purpose of this planning 

effort. 

This plan will guide the management 

of the Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains 

for the next 25 years. The Final GMP/ 

EIS considers five draft conceptual 

alternatives—a no-action and four 

action alternatives, including the NPS 

preferred alternative. The Final GMP/ 

EIS assesses impacts to soil resources, 

water quality, soundscapes, vegetation 

and wildlife, socioeconomics, and 

visitor use and experience. 

The preferred alternative focuses on 

providing visitors with interpretation of 

the evolution of the complex from the 

last glacial retreat and opportunities to 

enjoy appropriate low-impact outdoor 

recreation. Ecological resources would 

largely be managed to reveal the glacial 

landscape. The most sensitive ecological 

areas would be carefully protected, and 

visitor access would be highly 

controlled in these areas. Visitors would 

experience a wide variety of indoor and 

outdoor interpretive programming. 

Under this alternative, the Ice Age 

Complex would serve as the 

headquarters for the Ice Age National 

Scenic Trail. 

Dated: July 10, 2012. 

Michael T. Reynolds, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31678 Filed 1–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2012–0083] 

Potential Commercial Leasing for Wind 

Power on the Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS) Offshore New York, Request for 

Interest 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Public notice of an unsolicited 

request for a commercial OCS wind 

lease, request for interest, and request 

for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this public 

notice is to: (1) Describe the proposal 

submitted to BOEM by the New York 

Power Authority (NYPA) to acquire an 

OCS wind lease; (2) solicit public input 

regarding the proposal, its potential 

environmental consequences, and the 

use of the area in which the proposed 

project would be located; and (3) solicit 

submissions of indications of 

competitive interest for a commercial 

lease for wind energy development on 

the OCS offshore New York for the area 

identified in this notice. 

On September 8, 2011, BOEM 

received an unsolicited request from 

NYPA for a commercial wind lease on 

the OCS offshore New York. NYPA 

submitted its request on behalf of the 

‘‘Long Island-New York City Offshore 

Wind Collaborative,’’ a public-private 

entity consisting of NYPA, the Long 

Island Power Authority, and 

Consolidated Edison Company of New 

York, Inc. The Collaborative’s goal is to 

develop the proposed project to supply 

the Long Island and New York City 

region with renewable energy, 

consistent with New York State’s and 

the City of New York’s renewable 

energy initiatives. NYPA’s proposed 

project, the ‘‘Long Island-New York City 

Offshore Wind Project’’, is designed to 

generate at least 350 megawatts (MW) of 

electricity from offshore wind resources, 

with the ability to expand generation 

capacity to as much as 700 MW. The 

project would be located approximately 

11 nautical miles (nmi) south of Long 

Beach, New York, in water depths 

ranging from 60 to 120 feet. NYPA’s 

unsolicited lease request, and an 

amendment filed on June 20, 2012, can 

be viewed at: http://www.boem.gov/ 

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

This request for interest is published 

pursuant to subsection 8(p)(3) of the 

OCS Lands Act, as amended by section 

388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

(EPAct) (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)), and the 

implementing regulations at 30 CFR 

585.231(b). Subsection 8(p)(3) of the 

OCS Lands Act requires that OCS 

renewable energy leases, easements, and 

rights-of-way be issued ‘‘on a 

competitive basis unless the Secretary 

determines after public notice of a 

proposed lease, easement, or right-ofway that there is no competitive 

interest.’’ This request for interest 

provides such public notice for the 

proposed lease area requested by NYPA 

and invites the submission of 

indications of competitive interest. 

BOEM will consider the responses to 

this public notice to determine whether 

competitive interest exists for the area 

requested by NYPA, as required by 43 

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

obtain a lease for the area requested by 

NYPA should submit detailed and 

specific information as described in the 

section entitled, ‘‘Required Indication of 

Interest Information.’’ 

This announcement also requests that 

interested and affected parties comment 

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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. A detailed description of the 

proposed lease area can be found in the 

section of this notice entitled, 

‘‘Description of the Area.’’ 

DATES: If you are submitting an 

indication of interest in acquiring a 

lease for the area proposed by NYPA, 

your submission must be sent by mail, 

postmarked no later than March 5, 2013 

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 eRulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov, also by 

this same date. 

Submission Procedures: If you are 

submitting an indication of competitive 

interest for a lease, please submit it 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 March 5, 2013 to be 

considered by BOEM for the purposes of 

determining competitive interest. In 

addition to a paper copy of your 

submission, include an electronic copy; 

BOEM considers an Adobe PDF file 

stored on a compact disk (CD) to be an 

acceptable format for submitting an 

electronic copy. BOEM will list the 

parties that submit indications of 

competitive interest on the BOEM Web 

site after the 60-day comment period 

has closed. 

If you are submitting comments or 

other information concerning the 

proposed lease area, you may use either 

of the following two methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

titled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2012–0083, 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. 

If you wish to protect the 

confidentiality of your submissions 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Andrew Krueger, Renewable Energy 

Program Specialist, BOEM, Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170, (703) 787–1320. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Request for Interest 

Responses to this public notice will 

allow BOEM to determine, pursuant to 

30 CFR 585.231, whether or not there is 

competitive interest in acquiring an 

OCS commercial wind lease in the area 

requested by NYPA. In addition, this 

notice provides an opportunity for 

interested stakeholders to comment on 

the proposed lease area and the 

proposed project and any potential 

impacts the project may have. 

If, in response to this notice, BOEM 

receives one or more indications of 

competitive interest for offshore wind 

energy development from qualified 

entities that wish to compete for the 

proposed lease area, BOEM may decide 

to move forward with the lease issuance 

process using competitive procedures 

pursuant to 30 CFR part 585. If BOEM 

receives no competing indications of 

interest, BOEM may decide to move 

forward with the lease issuance process 

using the non-competitive procedures 

contained in 30 CFR part 585. 

If BOEM decides to proceed with 

issuing a lease in the proposed lease 

area, whether competitively or noncompetitively, it may provide the public 

with additional opportunities to provide 

input pursuant to 30 CFR part 585 and 

applicable laws, such as the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

BOEM’s competitive and 

noncompetitive leasing processes are 

described in 30 CFR part 585, subpart B. 

Determination of Competitive Interest 

and Leasing Process 

After the publication of this 

announcement, BOEM will evaluate 

indications of competitive interest for 

the area requested by NYPA for 

acquiring a commercial lease on the 

OCS. At the conclusion of the comment 

period for this public notice, BOEM will 

review the submissions received and 

undertake a completeness review for 

each of those submissions and a 

qualifications review for each of the 

nominating entities. BOEM will then 

make a determination as to whether 

competitive interest exists. 

If BOEM determines that there is no 

competitive interest in the proposed 

lease area, it will publish in the Federal 

Register a notice that there is no 

competitive interest. At that point, 

BOEM may decide to proceed with the 

noncompetitive lease issuance process 

pursuant to 30 CFR 585.231, and NYPA 

would be required to submit any 

required plan(s). Whether following 

competitive or non-competitive 

procedures, BOEM will consult with the 

intergovernmental Task Force and will 

comply with all applicable requirements 

before making a decision on whether or 

not to issue a lease and approve, 

disapprove, or approve with 

modifications any associated plan(s). 

BOEM would coordinate and consult, as 

appropriate, with relevant Federal 

agencies, affected tribes, and affected 

state and local governments, in issuing 

a lease and developing lease terms and 

conditions. 

Description of the Proposed Lease Area 

The proposed lease area is located off 

the coast of Long Island, New York, 

beginning approximately 11 nmi south 

of Long Beach, New York. From its 

western edge, the area extends 

approximately 26 nmi southeast at its 

longest portion. The project area 

consists of 5 full OCS blocks and 19 

partial OCS blocks. The entire area is 

approximately 127 square miles; 81,130 

acres; or 32,832 hectares. Table 1 

describes the OCS lease sub-blocks 

included within the area of interest. 

The proposed lease area is located 

between two Traffic Separation 

Schemes (TSS) for vessels transiting 

into and out of the Port of New York 

and New Jersey. Because of its close 

proximity to shipping lanes, the U.S. 

Coast Guard recommended that a buffer 

zone—a minimum 1 nmi setback line 

from the adjacent TSS—be applied to 

the area. BOEM has adopted this 

recommendation and, for purposes of 

this request for interest, will not 

consider for leasing those aliquots 

between an adjacent TSS and the 1 nmi 

setback. However, BOEM is including 

aliquots that are transected by the 

setback line. No structures will be 

installed above the seabed on portions 

of those aliquots located within the 

setback. 

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TABLE 1—LIST OF OCS BLOCKS INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST FOR INTEREST

Protraction name Protraction No. Block No. Sub block 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6655 F,G,H,K,L,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6656 I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6657 M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6706 B,C,D,H. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6707 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,J,K,L,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6708 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6709 E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6710 I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6711 M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6712 M. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6758 A,B,C,D,G,H. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6759 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6760 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6761 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6762 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6763 A,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6764 A,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,M,N. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6810 A,B,C,D,G,H,L. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6811 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6812 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6813 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,M,N. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6814 A. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6862 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,K. 

New York ................................. NK 18–12 ................................ 6863 A. 

The boundary of the proposed lease 

area follows the points listed in Table 2 

in clockwise order. Point numbers 1 and 

73 are the same. Coordinates are 

provided in X, Y (eastings, northings) 

UTM Zone 18N, NAD 83 and geographic 

(longitude, latitude), NAD83. 

TABLE 2—LIST OF BOUNDARY POINTS INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST FOR INTEREST

Point No. X (Easting) Y (Northing) Longitude Latitude 

1 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.628463 40.394074 616400 4472400 

2 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.586057 40.393563 620000 4472400 

3 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.586283 40.382755 620000 4471200 

4 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.529751 40.382050 624800 4471200 

5 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.529986 40.371243 624800 4470000 

6 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.473466 40.370510 629600 4470000 

7 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.473710 40.359703 629600 4468800 

8 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.417200 40.358943 634400 4468800 

9 ....................................................................................................... ¥73.417453 40.348137 634400 4467600 

10 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.360955 40.347350 639200 4467600 

11 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.361217 40.336543 639200 4466400 

12 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.304730 40.335729 644000 4466400 

13 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.305001 40.324922 644000 4465200 

14 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.234407 40.323866 650000 4465200 

15 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.234688 40.313060 650000 4464000 

16 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.178225 40.312184 654800 4464000 

17 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.178515 40.301379 654800 4462800 

18 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.164402 40.301155 656000 4462800 

19 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.164109 40.311961 656000 4464000 

20 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.121764 40.311281 659600 4464000 

21 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.122063 40.300476 659600 4462800 

22 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.079726 40.299780 663200 4462800 

23 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.080032 40.288975 663200 4461600 

24 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.094142 40.289209 662000 4461600 

25 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.094446 40.278403 662000 4460400 

26 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.108554 40.278635 660800 4460400 

27 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.108855 40.267830 660800 4459200 

28 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.122961 40.268059 659600 4459200 

29 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.123259 40.257254 659600 4458000 

30 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.137363 40.257482 658400 4458000 

31 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.137659 40.246676 658400 4456800 

32 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.165863 40.247127 656000 4456800 

33 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.166446 40.225515 656000 4454400 

34 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.180544 40.225738 654800 4454400 

35 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.180833 40.214932 654800 4453200 

36 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.194928 40.215153 653600 4453200 

37 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.195215 40.204347 653600 4452000 

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TABLE 2—LIST OF BOUNDARY POINTS INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST FOR INTEREST—Continued 

Point No. X (Easting) Y (Northing) Longitude Latitude 

38 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.209308 40.204566 652400 4452000 

39 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.209593 40.193760 652400 4450800 

40 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.223684 40.193977 651200 4450800 

41 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.223402 40.204783 651200 4452000 

42 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.251589 40.205212 648800 4452000 

43 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.251033 40.226825 648800 4454400 

44 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.279230 40.227248 646400 4454400 

45 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.278957 40.238054 646400 4455600 

46 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.321260 40.238676 642800 4455600 

47 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.320993 40.249482 642800 4456800 

48 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.335097 40.249686 641600 4456800 

49 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.334832 40.260493 641600 4458000 

50 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.363044 40.260895 639200 4458000 

51 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.362783 40.271702 639200 4459200 

52 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.391001 40.272098 636800 4459200 

53 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.390744 40.282905 636800 4460400 

54 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.418967 40.283294 634400 4460400 

55 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.418715 40.294101 634400 4461600 

56 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.446942 40.294484 632000 4461600 

57 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.446695 40.305291 632000 4462800 

58 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.474927 40.305667 629600 4462800 

59 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.474684 40.316474 629600 4464000 

60 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.488802 40.316659 628400 4464000 

61 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.488561 40.327467 628400 4465200 

62 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.516803 40.327832 626000 4465200 

63 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.516567 40.338640 626000 4466400 

64 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.544814 40.338999 623600 4466400 

65 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.544582 40.349806 623600 4467600 

66 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.572834 40.350159 621200 4467600 

67 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.572606 40.360966 621200 4468800 

68 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.600863 40.361312 618800 4468800 

69 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.600639 40.372119 618800 4470000 

70 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.614770 40.372290 617600 4470000 

71 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.614549 40.383098 617600 4471200 

72 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.628682 40.383266 616400 4471200 

73 ..................................................................................................... ¥73.628463 40.394074 616400 4472400 

Map of the Area 

A map of the area proposed by NYPA 

and the area included in this request for 

interest can be found at the following 

URL: http://www.boem.gov/RenewableEnergy-Program/State-Activities/NewYork.aspx. A large scale map of the 

proposed lease area showing boundaries 

of the area with the 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, Phone: 

(703) 787–1320, Fax: (703) 787–1708. 

Department of Defense Activities and 

Stipulations 

The Department of Defense (DOD) 

conducts offshore testing, training, and 

operations on the OCS and may request 

site specific stipulations in the proposed 

lease area. BOEM will consult with the 

DOD regarding potential issues 

concerning offshore testing, training, 

and operational activities, and will 

develop appropriate stipulations to 

mitigate the effects of wind turbines on 

these activities in the proposed lease 

area. 

Required Indication of Interest 

Information 

If you intend to submit an indication 

of competitive interest for a lease for the 

area identified in this notice, you must 

provide the following: 

(1) A statement that you wish to 

acquire a commercial wind lease within 

the proposed lease area. For BOEM to 

consider your indication of interest, it 

must include a proposal for a 

commercially viable wind power project 

of at least 350 MW nameplate capacity 

within the proposed lease area. Any 

request for a commercial wind lease 

located outside of the proposed lease 

area should be submitted separately 

pursuant to 30 CFR 585.230; 

(2) A general description of your 

objectives and the facilities that you 

would use to achieve those objectives; 

(3) A general schedule of proposed 

activities, including those leading to 

commercial operations; 

(4) Available and pertinent data and 

information concerning renewable 

energy resources and environmental 

conditions in the area that you wish to 

lease, including energy and resource 

data and information used to evaluate 

the area of interest. Where applicable, 

spatial information should be submitted 

in a format compatible with ArcGIS 9.3 

in a geographic coordinate system (NAD 

83); 

(5) Documentation demonstrating that 

you are legally qualified to hold a lease 

as set forth in 30 CFR 585.106 and 107. 

Examples of the documentation 

appropriate for demonstrating your legal 

qualifications and related guidance can 

be found in Chapter 2 and Appendix B 

of the Guidelines for the Renewable 

Energy Framework Guide Book 

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

Renewable-Energy-Program/RegulatoryInformation/Index.aspx. Legal 

qualification documents will be placed 

in an official file that may be made 

available for public review. If you wish 

that any part of your legal qualification 

documentation be kept confidential, 

clearly identify what should be kept 

confidential, and submit it under 

separate cover (see ‘‘Protection of 

Privileged or Confidential Information 

Section’’, below); and 

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(6) Documentation demonstrating that 

you are technically and financially 

capable of constructing, operating, 

maintaining and decommissioning the 

facilities described in (2) above. 

Guidance regarding the documentation 

that could be used to demonstrate your 

technical and financial qualifications 

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

Renewable-Energy-Program/RegulatoryInformation/Index.aspx. If you wish 

that any part of your technical and 

financial qualification documentation 

be kept confidential, clearly identify 

what should be kept confidential, and 

submit it under separate cover (see 

‘‘Protection of Privileged or Confidential 

Information Section’’, below). 

Your complete submission, 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 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 needs from you 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 may 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) Historic properties potentially 

affected by the construction of 

meteorological towers, the installation 

of meteorological buoys, or commercial 

wind development in the area identified 

in this notice; 

(3) Multiple uses of the area described 

in this notice, including but not limited 

to navigation (commercial and 

recreational vessel usage); commercial 

and recreational fishing; recreational 

resources (e.g., dive sites, wildlife 

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Dated: December 28, 2012. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31654 Filed 1–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–491–497 

(Preliminary)] 

Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From 

China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, 

Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam; 

Institution of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations and Scheduling of 

Preliminary Phase Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the institution of investigations 

and commencement of preliminary 

phase countervailing duty investigations 

Nos. 701–TA–491–497 (Preliminary) 

under sections 703(a) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a)) (the Act) to 

determine whether there is a reasonable 

indication that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured or 

threatened with material injury, or the 

establishment of an industry in the 

United States is materially retarded, by 

reason of imports from China, Ecuador, 

India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, 

and Vietnam of frozen warmwater 

shrimp, provided for in subheadings 

0306.17.00, 1605.21.10 and 1605.29.10 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States, that are alleged to be 

subsidized by the Governments of 

China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, 

Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

Unless the Department of Commerce 

extends the time for initiation pursuant 

to sections 702(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 

U.S.C. 1671a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission 

must reach a preliminary determination 

in countervailing duty investigations in 

45 days, or in this case by February 11, 

2013. The Commission’s views are due 

at Commerce within five business days 

thereafter, or by February 19, 2013. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of these investigations and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through 

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

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207). 

DATES: Effective Date: December 28, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sherman (202–205–3289), Office 

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