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to the implementation of a management 

plan and park operations. Efforts have 

been made locally to ensure that the 

interested public is aware of the meeting 

dates. 

Bruce Jacobson, 

Designated Federal Official, Boston Harbor 

Islands National Recreation Area Northeast 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03048 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–WV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–DPOL–12245; PPWODIREP0] 

[PPMPSPD1Y.YM0000] 

Notice of February 28, 2013, 

Teleconference Meeting of the National 

Park System Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Meeting Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix, that 

the National Park System Advisory 

Board will conduct a teleconference 

meeting on February 28, 2013. Members 

of the public may attend the meeting in 

person in Washington, DC. 

DATES: The teleconference meeting will 

be held on February 28, 2013, from 3:00 

p.m., to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard 

Time, inclusive. 

ADDRESSES: The teleconference meeting 

will be conducted in Conference Room 

3121 of the Stewart Lee Udall 

Department of the Interior Building, 

1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 

20240, telephone (202) 208–3818. Photo 

identification is required for entry to 

this Federal building. 

Agenda: During this teleconference, 

the Board will deliberate the report of 

its National Historic Landmarks 

Committee, American Latinos and the 

Making of the United States: A Theme 

Study. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning the National 

Park System Advisory Board or to 

request to address the Board, contact 

Shirley Sears Smith, National Park 

Service, 1201 I Street NW., 12th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20005, telephone (202) 

354–3955, email 

shirley_s_smith@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to the 

limited scope of this meeting, the 

National Park Service has determined 

that a teleconference will be the most 

efficient way to convene the Board 

members. The Board meeting will be 

open to the public in the same way that 

other Board meetings have been open to 

the public. Space and facilities to 

accommodate the public are limited and 

attendees will be accommodated on a 

first-come basis. Opportunities for oral 

comment will be limited to no more 

than 3 minutes per speaker and no more 

than 15 minutes total. The Board’s 

Chairman will determine how time for 

oral comments will be allotted. Anyone 

may file with the Board a written 

statement concerning matters to be 

discussed. 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 can 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. 

Draft minutes of the meeting will be 

available for public inspection about 12 

weeks after the meeting in the 12th floor 

conference room at 1201 I Street NW., 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: February 5, 2013. 

Alma Ripps, 

Acting Chief, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02967 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–EE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS), Central Planning Area (CPA) Oil 

and Gas Lease Sale 227 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

a Record of Decision (ROD) for CPA 

Lease Sale 227 in the Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2012– 

2017 Western Planning Area Lease Sales 

229, 233, 238, 246, and 248; and Central 

Planning Area Lease Sales 227, 231, 

235, 241, and 247; Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (Multisale FEIS). 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1506) 

implementing the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (1988)). 

SUMMARY: BOEM has prepared a ROD 

for oil and gas CPA Lease Sale 227 

scheduled for March 20, 2013. CPA 

Lease Sale 227 is the first CPA lease sale 

in the 2012–2017 OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program. The proposed lease 

sale is in the Gulf of Mexico’s CPA off 

the States of Louisiana, Alabama, and 

Mississippi. In making its decision, 

BOEM considered alternatives to the 

proposed action and the potential 

impacts as presented in the Multisale 

FEIS and all comments received 

throughout the NEPA process. The 

Multisale FEIS evaluated the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts for CPA Lease Sale 227. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Multisale FEIS, BOEM evaluated three 

alternatives, which are summarized 

below: 

Alternative A—The Proposed Action: 

This is BOEM’s preferred alternative. 

This alternative would offer for lease all 

unleased blocks within the CPA for oil 

and gas operations with the following 

exceptions: 

(1) Whole and portions of blocks 

deferred by the Gulf of Mexico Energy 

Security Act of 2006; 

(2) Blocks that are beyond the United 

States Exclusive Economic Zone in the 

area known as the northern portion of 

the Eastern Gap; and 

(3) Whole and partial blocks that lie 

within the 1.4 nautical mile buffer zone 

north of the maritime boundary between 

the United States and Mexico. 

The proposed CPA lease sale area 

encompasses about 63 million acres of 

the total CPA area of 66.45 million 

acres. As of October 2012, 

approximately 38 million acres of the 

CPA lease sale area are currently 

unleased. The estimated amount of 

resources projected to be developed as 

a result of proposed CPA Lease Sale 227 

is 0.460–0.894 billion barrels of oil and 

1.939–3.903 trillion cubic feet of gas. 

Alternative B—The Proposed Action 

Excluding the Unleased Blocks Near 

Biologically Sensitive Topographic 

Features: This alternative would offer 

for lease all unleased blocks in the CPA, 

as described for the proposed action 

(Alternative A), with the exception of 

any unleased blocks subject to the 

Topographic Features Stipulation. 

Alternative C—No Action: This 

alternative would cancel the proposed 

CPA Lease Sale 227 and is identified as 

the environmentally preferred 

alternative. 

After careful consideration, BOEM 

has selected a subset of the proposed 

action, identified as BOEM’s preferred 

alternative (Alternative A) in the 

Multisale FEIS with a change to 

exception 2 above to read, blocks that 

are adjacent to the southern extent of or 

beyond the United States Exclusive 

Economic Zone. BOEM’s selection of 

this alternative balances the need for 

orderly resource development with 

protection of the human, marine, and 


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coastal environments, while 

simultaneously ensuring that the public 

receives an equitable return for these 

resources and that free-market 

competition is maintained. 

Record of Decision Availability: To 

obtain a single printed or CD–ROM copy 

of the ROD for proposed CPA Lease Sale 

227, you may contact the BOEM, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, Public Information 

Office (GM 250I), 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394 (1–800–200–GULF). An 

electronic copy of the ROD is available 

on BOEM’s Internet Web site at http:// 

boem.gov/Environmental-Stewardship/ 

Environmental-Assessment/NEPA/ 

nepaprocess.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the ROD, you may 

contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard (GM 623E), New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. You 

may also contact Mr. Goeke by 

telephone at (504) 736–3233. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03039 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Natural Resources Revenue 

[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submitted for Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection (OMB Control Number 1012– 

0010). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are inviting comments on a 

collection of information requests that 

we will submit to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. OMB formerly 

approved this information collection 

request (ICR) under OMB Control 

Number 1010–0120. On March 6, 2011, 

OMB approved a new series number for 

ONRR and renumbered our ICRs. This 

ICR pertains to royalty and production 

reporting on solid minerals and 

geothermal leases on Federal and Indian 

lands. This ICR covers the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

title 30, Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), parts 1202, 1206, 1210, 1212, 

1217, and 1218. The title of this ICR is 

‘‘30 CFR Parts 1202, 1206, 1210, 1212, 

1217, and 1218, Solid Minerals and 

Geothermal Resources.’’ There are three 

forms associated with this information 

collection. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before April 12, 2013 in order to assure 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this ICR to ONRR by any of the 

following methods (please use ‘‘ICR 

1012–0010’’ as an identifier in your 

comment): 

• Electronically go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled 

‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘ONRR– 

2011–0001,’’ and then click ‘‘Search.’’ 

Follow the instructions to submit public 

comments. 

• Mail comments to Stephen Chubb, 

Regulatory Specialist, Office of Natural 

Resources Revenue, P.O. Box 25165, MS 

64000A, Denver, Colorado 80225. 

• Hand-carry comments, or use an 

overnight courier service to ONRR. Our 

courier address is Building 85, Room A– 

614, Denver Federal Center, West 6th 

Ave. and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 

80225. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Chubb, Regulatory Specialist, 

email Stephen.Chubb@onrr.gov. You 

may also contact Mr. Chubb to obtain 

copies, at no cost, of (1) the ICR, (2) any 

associated forms, and (3) the regulations 

that require us to collect the 

information. You may also review the 

information collection online at http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/PRAMAIN and 

select ‘‘Information Collection Review,’’ 

then select ‘‘Department of the Interior’’ 

in the drop-down box under ‘‘Currently 

Under Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR Parts 1202, 1206, 1210, 

1212, 1217, and 1218, Solid Minerals 

and Geothermal Collections. 

OMB Control Number: 1012–0010. 

Bureau Form Number: Forms MMS– 

4430, MMS–4292, and MMS–4293. 

Note: ONRR will publish a rule updating 

our form numbers to Forms ONRR–4430, 

ONRR–4292, and ONRR–4293. 

Abstract: The Secretary of the United 

States Department of the Interior is 

responsible for mineral resource 

development on Federal and Indian 

lands and the Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS). The Secretary’s responsibility, 

according to various laws, is to manage 

mineral resource production from 

Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, 

collect the royalties and other mineral 

revenues due, and distribute the funds 

collected under those laws. We have 

posted those laws pertaining to mineral 

leases on Federal and Indian lands and 

the OCS at http://www.onrr.gov/ 

Laws_R_D/PublicLawsAMR.htm. 

The Secretary also has a trust 

responsibility to manage Indian lands 

and seek advice and information from 

Indian beneficiaries. ONRR performs the 

minerals revenue management functions 

for the Secretary and assists the 

Secretary in carrying out the 

Department’s trust responsibility for 

Indian lands. 

Effective October 1, 2010, ONRR 

reorganized and transferred their 

regulations from chapter II to chapter 

XII in title 30 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, resulting in a change to our 

citations. You can find the information 

collections covered in this ICR at 30 

CFR part 1202, subpart H, which 

pertains to geothermal resources 

royalties; part 1206, subparts F, H, and 

J, which pertain to product valuation of 

Federal coal, geothermal resources, and 

Indian coal; part 1210, subparts E and 

H, which pertain to production and 

royalty reports on solid minerals and 

geothermal resources leases; part 1212, 

subparts E and H, which pertain to 

recordkeeping of reports and files for 

solid minerals and geothermal resources 

leases; part 1217, subparts E and H, 

which pertain to audits and inspections 

of coal, other solid minerals, and 

geothermal resources leases; and part 

1218, subparts E and F, which pertain 

to royalty, rental, bonuses, and other 

monies payment for solid minerals and 

geothermal resources. All data reported 

is subject to subsequent audit and 

adjustment. 

I. General Information 

When a company or an individual 

enters into a lease to explore, develop, 

produce, and dispose of minerals from 

Federal or Indian lands, that company 

or individual agrees to pay the lessor a 

share in an amount or value of 

production from the leased lands. The 

lessee, or designee, must report various 

kinds of information to the lessor 

relative to the disposition of the leased 

minerals. Such information is generally 

available within the records of the 

lessee or others involved in developing, 

transporting, processing, purchasing, or 

selling of such minerals. 

II. Information Collections 

ONRR, acting for the Secretary, uses 

the information that we collect to ensure 

that lessees accurately value and 

appropriately pay all royalties based on 

correct product valuation. ONRR and 

other Federal Government entities, 


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