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1https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/ 

revised-ma-ea-2014. 

2https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/beacon-wind-farm-construction-andoperations-plan. 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

biological information, folklore, 

geographical information, historical 

information, kinship, linguistics, oral 

tradition, other relevant information, or 

expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The 109 cultural items described 

above are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Quapaw Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by any lineal descendant, 

Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who shows, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 

descendant or a culturally affiliated 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after December 7, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and 

§ 10.14. 

Dated: October 27, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2023–062] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for 

Additional Site Assessment Activities 

on Beacon Wind, LLC’s Renewable 

Energy Lease OCS–A 0520 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) intends to prepare 

an environmental assessment (EA) to 

analyze the reasonably foreseeable 

impacts from additional site assessment 

activities in Lease Area OCS–A 0520 

offshore Massachusetts. Beacon Wind, 

LLC, (Beacon Wind), the leaseholder, 

requests to conduct additional site 

assessment activities in the lease area 

that were not analyzed in the initial EA. 

Those activities comprise temporarily 

installing and subsequently removing 

representative components of offshore 

wind turbine and substation 

foundations using a single suction 

bucket at locations where turbines and 

substations may be installed. BOEM is 

seeking public input regarding 

important environmental issues and the 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

that should be considered in the EA. 

This EA is limited to site assessment 

activities and will be completed 

consistent with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

implementing regulations of the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ). BOEM will assess the impacts of 

constructing and operating any wind 

energy project proposed by Beacon 

Wind in Lease Area OCS–A 0520 in an 

environmental impact statement before 

deciding whether to approve that 

proposed project. 

DATES: BOEM must receive your 

comments no later than December 7, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to https:// 

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. BOEM–2023–062 to submit 

public comments and view supporting 

and related materials available for this 

notice. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ button 

below the document link. Enter your 

information and comment, then click 

‘‘Submit Comment;’’ or 

• By U.S. Postal Service or other 

delivery service: Send your comments 

and information to the following 

address: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Office of Renewable 

Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland 

Road, Mail Stop VAM–OREP, Sterling, 

VA 20166. 

For additional information about 

submitting your comments, please see 

the discussion under the heading 

‘‘Public Participation’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Stromberg, BOEM, Environment 

Branch for Renewable Energy, 45600 

Woodland Road, Mail Stop VAM–OREP, 

Sterling, VA 20166, (703) 787–1722 or 

jessica.stromberg@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: On December 8, 2020, 

Beacon Wind submitted a site 

assessment plan (SAP) to install and 

operate one floating light detection and 

ranging buoy, two current meter 

moorings, and two meteorological and 

oceanographic (metocean) buoys. 

Beacon Wind updated this SAP on June 

28, 2021, and BOEM approved it on 

September 24, 2021. 

On June 3, 2014, BOEM issued a 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) based on a comprehensive 

revised Environmental Assessment 

titled ‘‘Commercial Wind Lease 

Issuance and Site Assessment Activities 

on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf 

Offshore Massachusetts (2014 EA).’’ 1

The 2014 EA included analysis of 

leasing and site assessment impacts in 

Lease Area OCS–A 0520. However, the 

suction bucket technique was not 

included in the analyzed site 

assessment activities. 

Proposed Action and Scope of Analysis 

The proposed action is approval of 

Beacon Wind’s amended SAP to 

conduct additional site assessment 

activities in the Lease Area. If approved, 

those activities will comprise 

foundation testing by installing and 

removing representative components for 

offshore wind turbine and substation 

foundations. This testing will include 

repeated use of a single suction bucket 

within the lease area at locations where 

wind turbines and substations may be 

installed. The equipment used for 

testing will be the same as described in 

Beacon Wind’s construction and 

operations plan 2 for suction bucket 

jacket foundations, which may be used 

to install offshore turbines and 


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substations. The proposed additional 

testing will further assess the site 

conditions and gather information 

necessary for the engineering design of 

turbine and substation foundations 

well-suited for the lease area if BOEM 

approves the project. 

BOEM decided to prepare an EA for 

this proposed action regarding Beacon 

Wind’s amended SAP to support and 

inform agency decision-making (40 CFR 

1501.3). This notice starts the scoping 

process for the EA and solicits 

information regarding additional 

important environmental issues and 

alternatives that should be considered 

in the EA (43 CFR 46.305). Additionally, 

BOEM will use the scoping process to 

identify and eliminate from detailed 

analysis issues that are not significant or 

that have been analyzed by prior 

environmental reviews (40 CFR 

1501.9(f)(1)). 

BOEM will use responses to this 

notice and the EA public input process 

to satisfy the public involvement 

requirements of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (see 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3)). Consequently, BOEM is 

seeking information from the public on 

the identification and, if applicable, the 

assessment, of potential impacts to 

cultural resources and historic 

properties that might be impacted by the 

proposed site assessment activities and 

foundation testing. The EA analyses will 

also support compliance with other 

environmental laws and statutes (e.g., 

Coastal Zone Management Act, 

Endangered Species Act, MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, and Marine Mammal 

Protection Act). 

Cooperating Agencies: BOEM invites 

Tribal Nations and Federal, State, and 

local government agencies to consider 

becoming cooperating agencies in the 

preparation of this EA. CEQ regulations 

for implementing NEPA define 

cooperating agencies as those with 

‘‘jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to any environmental 

impact involved in a proposal (or a 

reasonable alternative)’’ (40 CFR 

1508.1(e)). Potential cooperating 

agencies should consider their authority 

and capacity to assume the 

responsibilities of a cooperating agency. 

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 Whether to Invite, Decline 

or End Cooperating Agency Status’’ in 

CEQ’s memo, ‘‘Cooperating Agencies in 

Implementing the Procedural 

Requirements of the [NEPA],’’ dated 

January 30, 2002. A copy of this 

document is available at: https:// 

www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/ 

nepapub/nepa_documents/RedDont/GCEQ-CoopAgenciesImplem.pdf. 

As the lead agency, BOEM will not 

provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Even if an 

organization is not a cooperating 

agency, opportunities will exist to 

provide information and comments to 

BOEM during the normal public input 

phases of the NEPA process. 

Public Participation 

A. Comments 

Tribal Nations, Federal and State 

agencies, local governments, and other 

interested parties are requested to 

comment on important issues to be 

considered in the EA. For information 

on how to submit comments and 

deadline, see the DATES and ADDRESSES

sections above. 

B. Privileged and Confidential 

Information 

BOEM will protect privileged and 

confidential information submitted in 

comments when required by the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 

Exemption 4 of FOIA applies to trade 

secrets and commercial and financial 

information that is privileged or 

confidential. If you wish to protect the 

confidentiality of such information, 

clearly label it ‘‘Contains Confidential 

Information’’ and request that BOEM 

treat it as confidential. BOEM will not 

disclose such information if BOEM 

determines under 30 CFR 585.114(b) 

that it qualifies for a FOIA exemption. 

Consider submitting such information 

as a separate attachment. 

BOEM will not treat as confidential 

any aggregate summaries of such 

information or comments not containing 

such privileged or confidential 

information. Information that is not 

labeled as privileged or confidential 

may be regarded by BOEM as suitable 

for public release. 

C. Personally Identifiable Information 

BOEM does not consider anonymous 

comments. Please include your name 

and address as part of your comment. 

BOEM makes all comments, including 

names, addresses, and other personally 

identifiable information included in the 

comment, available for public review 

online. Individuals may request that 

BOEM withhold their names, addresses, 

or other personally identifiable 

information included in their comment 

from the public record; however, BOEM 

cannot guarantee that it will be able to 

do so because comment submissions are 

subject to FOIA. If your submission is 

requested under FOIA, your information 

will only be withheld if a determination 

is made that one of the FOIA 

exemptions to disclosure applies. Such 

a determination will be made in 

accordance with the Department’s FOIA 

regulations and applicable law. 

In order for BOEM to withhold from 

disclosure your personally identifiable 

information, you must identify any 

information contained in your 

comments that, if released, would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of your privacy. You also must 

briefly describe any possible harmful 

consequences of the disclosure of 

information, such as embarrassment, 

injury, or other harm. All submissions 

from organizations or businesses and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

D. Section 304 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 307103(a)) 

After consultation with the Secretary 

of the Interior, BOEM is required to 

withhold the location, character, or 

ownership of historic resources if it 

determines that disclosure may, among 

other things, cause a significant 

invasion of privacy, risk harm to the 

historic resources, or impede the use of 

a traditional religious site by 

practitioners. Tribal entities and other 

parties providing information on 

historic resources should designate 

information that they wish to be held as 

confidential and provide the reasons 

why BOEM should do so. 

Authority: NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4332); 40 

CFR 1501.5; 43 CFR 46.305. 

Karen Baker, 

Chief, Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 

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Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

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AGENCY: United States International 

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