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appropriate for local, regional, or single 

Tribe issues. 

The Bureau or Office will solicit the 

views of affected Tribes regarding the 

process timeline to meaningfully 

consider a Departmental Action with 

Tribal Implications. The Bureau or 

Office should make all reasonable 

efforts to comply with the expressed 

views of the affected Tribes regarding 

the process timeline at this Stage, taking 

into account the level of impact, the 

scope, and the complexity of the issues 

involved in the Departmental Action 

with Tribal Implications, along with the 

other factors driving the schedule. The 

process will be open and transparent. 

If the Bureau or Office determines that 

the Administrative Procedure Act or 

other Federal law or regulation 

expressly prohibits continued 

discussion at a specified point in the 

decision-making process, the Bureau or 

Office should so inform the Tribes at the 

outset of this Stage in the process. 

3. Implementation of Final Federal 

Action Stage. 

In addition to any formal notice 

required by law or regulation, final 

decisions on Departmental Action with 

Tribal Implications should be 

communicated in writing to affected 

Tribes, with a summarized explanation 

of the final decision. 

A Bureau or Office may consider 

implementing a post-consultation 

review process where it is consistent 

with law, regulations, and EO 13175. 

Any review process shall not limit the 

Department’s deliberative process 

privilege regarding internal 

considerations or any other applicable 

privilege. The Bureau or Office at this 

Stage will consider the need for training 

or technical assistance. 

F. Impact of Consultation Guidelines. 

Consultation as described in this 

Section is not a basis for the Department 

to preclude requests or 

recommendations by Bureaus, Offices, 

or Indian Tribes to collaborate and 

foster trusting relationships between the 

Department and Indian Tribes outside of 

the processes described in this Section. 

Exigent circumstances may allow the 

Department to take measures that 

deviate from this Policy, but the 

Department should make every effort to 

comply and should explain to Indian 

Tribes as soon as exigent circumstances 

arise. 

VIII. Supplemental Policies 

Bureaus and Offices, in collaboration 

with the TGO, are to review existing 

policies that may be impacted by this 

Policy. All Bureau and Office policies 

are to conform to this Policy. Where 

necessary, a Bureau or Office may 

develop a new policy in order to 

conform to this Policy. 

Consistent with Federal 

appropriations law, the Department 

shall develop a policy for consultation 

with Alaska Native Corporations. The 

Policy will address when a Department 

action impacts an Alaska Native 

Corporation’s interest. The Policy will 

not conflict with the requirements of 

this document. The Secretary’s designee 

will provide a Plan of Action for 

developing the Alaska Native 

Corporation consultation policy. Other 

entities that are not Bureaus or Offices 

as defined in this Policy may develop 

policies that conform to this Policy. 

Other entities may develop such 

policies in coordination with the TGO. 

IX. Disclaimer 

Except to the extent already 

established by law, this Policy is 

intended only to improve the internal 

management of the Department, and is 

not intended to create any right, benefit, 

or trust responsibility, substantive or 

procedural, enforceable at law by a 

party against the Department or any 

person. The Department also does not 

waive any applicable privilege that it 

may hold by virtue of this Policy. 

Dated: May 11, 2011. 

Laura Daniel Davis, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11971 Filed 5–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

(BOEMRE) 

Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: List of restricted joint bidders. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority 

vested in the Director of the Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Regulation 

and Enforcement by the joint bidding 

provisions of 30 CFR 256.41, each entity 

within one of the following groups shall 

be restricted from bidding with any 

entity in any other of the following 

groups at Outer Continental Shelf oil 

and gas lease sales to be held during the 

bidding period May 1, 2011, through 

October 31, 2011. The List of Restricted 

Joint Bidders published in the Federal 

Register on January 24, 2011, covered 

the period November 1, 2010, through 

April 30, 2011. 

Group I. 

Exxon Mobil Corporation, 

ExxonMobil Exploration Company. 

Group II. 

Shell Oil Company, 

Shell Offshore Inc., 

SWEPI LP, 

Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc., 

SOI Finance Inc., 

Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. 

Group III. 

BP America Production Company, 

BP Exploration & Production Inc., 

BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., 

Group IV. 

Chevron Corporation, 

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 

Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., 

Unocal Corporation, 

Union Oil Company of California, 

Pure Partners, L.P. 

Group V. 

ConocoPhillips Company, 

ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., 

Phillips Pt. Arguello Production 

Company, 

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas 

Company LP, 

Burlington Resources Offshore Inc., 

The Louisiana Land and Exploration 

Company, 

Inexeco Oil Company. 

Group VI. 

Eni Petroleum Co. Inc., 

Eni Petroleum US LLC, 

Eni Oil US LLC, 

Eni Marketing Inc., 

Eni BB Petroleum Inc., 

Eni US Operating Co. Inc., 

Eni BB Pipeline LLC. 

Group VII. 

Petrobras America Inc., 

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. 

Group VIII. 

Statoil ASA, 

Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC, 

Statoil USA E&P Inc., 

Statoil Gulf Properties Inc. 

Group IX. 

Total E&P, Inc. 

Dated: April 27, 2011. 

Michael R. Bromwich, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12023 Filed 5–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Announcement of National Geospatial 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 


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