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BURDEN BREAKDOWN—Continued 

Citation 30 CFR 550 

Subpart B and NTLs Reporting & recordkeeping requirement 1

Non-hour costs 2

Hour burden Average number of 

annual responses Burden hours 

Subtotal .................................................................................................................................... 2,673 responses ........ 4,012 

$1,822,080 Non-Hour Costs. 

Vessel Strike Avoidance and Injured/Protected Species Reporting NTL 

NTL; 211 thru 228; 

241 thru 262.

Notify BOEM within 24 hours of strike, when 

your vessel injures/kills a protected species (marine mammal/sea turtle).

1 ................................. 1 notice ...................... 1 

Subtotal .................................................................................................................................... 1 response ................. 1 

General Departure 

200 thru 299 .............. General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered 

elsewhere in Subpart B regulations.

2 ................................. 25 requests ................ 50 

Subtotal .................................................................................................................................... 25 responses ............. 50 

Total Burden ..................................................................................................................... 4,265 responses ........ 432,512 

$3,939,435 Non-Hour Costs. 

1 In the future, BOEM may require electronic filing of some submissions. 

2Fees are subject to modification per inflation annually. 

3 Number of plans currently estimated for all OCS areas. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified three non-hour costs 

associated with this information 

collection that are cost recovery fees. 

They consist of fees being submitted 

with EP’s ($3,673), DPP’s or DOCD’s 

($4,238), and CID’s ($27,348). 

There is also one non-hour cost 

burden associated with the Protected 

Species Observer Program. The cost 

associated with this program is due to 

observation activities that are usually 

subcontracted to other service 

companies with expertise in these areas 

(see above table). The total non-hour 

cost burden for this collection is 

$3,939,435. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: We invite comments 

concerning this information collection 

on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of our burden 

estimates; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden on 

respondents. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, on June 9, 2014, 

BOEM published a Federal Register 

notice (79 FR 32989) announcing that 

we would submit this ICR to OMB for 

approval. This notice provided the 

required 60-day comment period. We 

received one comment, but it did not 

pertain to the information collection. 

Public Availability of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

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. 

Dated: October 27, 2014. 

Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, 

Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26464 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0078] 

Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska OCS 

Region, Chukchi Sea Planning Area, 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193, 

MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

a Draft Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement and Notice of Public 

Hearings. 

SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the 

availability of a Draft Second 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) for the Chukchi Sea 

Planning Area, OCS Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 193 (Lease Sale 193). The Draft 

Second SEIS (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2014– 

653) provides new analysis in 

accordance with the United States 

District Court for the District of Alaska 

(District Court) Order remanding Lease 

Sale 193 to BOEM. The District Court’s 

order instructs BOEM to address the 

deficiency in the 2007 Final EIS (OCS 

EIS/EA MMS 2007–026) identified by 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit (Ninth Circuit). The Ninth 

Circuit Court held that the 

Environmental Impact Statement 

supporting the decision to hold Lease 

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Sale 193 arbitrarily relied on a 1 billion 

barrel oil production estimate. 

Authority: This Notice of Availability for 

the Draft Second SEIS is in compliance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, and is published pursuant 

to 43 CFR 46.305. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than December 22, 2014. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chukchi 

Sea OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 was 

held in February 2008. The Minerals 

Management Service (MMS) 

(predecessor to BOEM) received high 

bids totaling approximately $2.7 billion 

and issued 487 leases. The lease sale 

decision was challenged in the U.S. 

District Court for the District of Alaska. 

In 2010, the District Court remanded the 

case to the agency to remedy 

deficiencies pertaining to the agency’s 

compliance with NEPA. BOEM released 

a Final SEIS in August 2011 and the 

Secretary of the Interior reaffirmed the 

lease sale in October 2011. In February 

2012, the District Court ruled the 

Department of the Interior had met its 

NEPA obligations on remand. In April 

2012, the plaintiffs appealed the District 

Court’s decision to the U.S. Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

In a January 22, 2014, opinion, the 

Ninth Circuit found MMS’s ‘‘reliance in 

the [Final Environmental Impact 

Statement] on a one billion barrel 

estimate of total economically 

recoverable oil was arbitrary and 

capricious.’’ The Ninth Circuit 

explained that ‘‘NEPA require[s] [the 

Agency] to base its analysis on the full 

range of likely production if oil 

production were to occur.’’ Id. The 

Ninth Circuit remanded the case to the 

District Court, which further remanded 

the matter to BOEM on April 24, 2014. 

BOEM has prepared a Draft Second 

SEIS for Lease Sale 193 in accordance 

with the April 24, 2014 remand order of 

the District Court. The Draft Second 

SEIS addresses the deficiencies 

identified in the Ninth Circuit opinion 

by analyzing the potential 

environmental effects of potential oil 

and gas activities associated with Lease 

Sale 193 based on a new exploration 

and development scenario. 

Prior to this NOA, BOEM made the 

Draft Second SEIS available to the 

public by issuing a press release and 

posting the Draft Second SEIS on the 

BOEM Web site. The Draft Second SEIS 

continues to be available on BOEM’s 

Web site at http://www.boem.gov/

Alaska-Region for downloading and 

viewing. In keeping with the 

Department of the Interior’s mission to 

protect natural resources and to limit 

costs, while ensuring availability of the 

document to the public, BOEM will 

primarily distribute digital copies of the 

Draft Second SEIS on compact discs. 

BOEM has printed and will be 

distributing a limited number of paper 

copies. If requested, BOEM will provide 

a paper copy if copies are still available. 

You may request a paper copy by calling 

(907) 334–5200 or the toll free number 

at 800–764–2627. BOEM has distributed 

the Draft Second SEIS for viewing at the 

following libraries in Alaska: Alaska 

Resources Library and Information 

Service (Anchorage); University of 

Alaska Anchorage, Consortium Library; 

Alaska Pacific University, Academic 

Support Center Library; University of 

Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic 

Biology; University of Alaska Fairbanks, 

Elmer E. Rasmuson Library; Nellie 

Weyiouanna Ilisaavik Library, 

Shishmaref; Katie Tokienna Memorial 

Library, Wales; Noel Wien Library, 

Fairbanks; Kaveolook School Library, 

Kaktovik; Koyuk City Library; Tikigaq 

Library, Point Hope; Trapper School 

Community Library, Nuiqsut; Juneau 

Public Library; University of Alaska 

Southeast Library, Juneau; Alaska State 

Library, Juneau; and Kegoyah Kozga 

Public Library, Nome. 

Written Comments: Federal, state, 

tribal, and local governments and/or 

agencies and all other interested parties 

may submit written comments on this 

Draft Second SEIS at: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. In the field 

entitled, ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2014–0078, and then click 

‘‘search.’’ BOEM will make available all 

comments in their entirety on http://

www.regulations.gov. However, to the 

extent practicable, BOEM will remove 

inappropriate content (i.e., contains 

vulgar language, personal attacks of any 

kind, threats, accusations, obscenity, or 

offensive terms that target specific 

ethnic or racial groups). Before 

including your address, phone 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. 

Public Hearings: Pursuant to the 

regulations implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA, BOEM 

will hold public hearings on the Draft 

Second SEIS. These hearings are 

scheduled as follows: 

November 17, 2014, Northwest Arctic 

Borough Assembly Chambers, 163 

Lagoon Street, Kotzebue, Alaska; 

November 18, 2014, City Qalgi Center, 

Point Hope, Alaska; 

November 19, 2014, Community 

Center, Point Lay, Alaska; 

November 20, 2014, R. James 

Community Center, Wainwright, Alaska; 

December 1, 2014, Loussac Library 

Complex, 3600 Denali Street, 

Anchorage, Alaska; 

December 3, 2014, Ilisagvik College 

(Albert Hall), 100 Stevenson Street, 

Barrow, Alaska; and 

December 4, 2014, Westmark Hotel, 

813 Noble Street, Fairbanks, Alaska. 

All meetings will start at 7:00 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Routhier, Program Analysis 

Officer and Project Manager, BOEM, 

Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint 

Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 

99503–5823 or by telephone at (907) 

334–5200. 

Dated: October 20, 2014. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Acting 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–14–0075] 

Request for Information on the 

Development of a Long Term 

Monitoring Plan for Marine Mammals in 

the Gulf of Mexico; MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: BOEM, in cooperation with 

the National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), is issuing a request for 

information to aid in the development 

of a long-term monitoring plan (LTMP) 

for marine mammals in the Gulf of 

Mexico (GOM). The LTMP will focus on 

the potential impacts to marine 

mammals from geological and 

geophysical data acquisition activities, 

including seismic surveys. This LTMP 

is a required element of BOEM’s 

petition for rulemaking under the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

101(a)(5) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 

1371(a)(5)) directs the Secretary of 

Commerce to allow, upon request by 

U.S. citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

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