Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2010 / Notices 81637 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Mortgagors, appraisers, inspectors, 

builders, mortgagee staff appraisers, 

mortgagee staff underwriters, and HUD 

employees. 

EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE

ACT: 

None. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32688 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Commercial Lease for the Cape Wind 

Energy Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (‘‘NOA’’) 

of a Commercial Lease of Submerged 

Lands for Renewable Energy 

Development on the Outer Continental 

Shelf (‘‘OCS’’) for the Cape Wind Energy 

Project. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to its authority 

under the Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands Act (‘‘OCSLA’’), 43 U.S.C. 1331 et 

seq., as amended; and the Renewable 

Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing 

Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf 

Rules, 30 CFR part 285 (‘‘Rule’’), 

BOEMRE has issued a Commercial 

Lease (‘‘Lease’’) for an area of 

approximately 46 square miles on the 

OCS in Nantucket Sound off the coast 

of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This NOA 

is being published to announce the 

availability of the Lease in accordance 

with the requirements of 30 CFR 

285.231. The Lease is for the Cape Wind 

Energy Project (‘‘Project’’) which grants 

Cape Wind Associates, LLC, (‘‘CWA’’) 

the exclusive right to conduct certain 

activities within the leased area, subject 

to the terms and conditions of the Lease, 

and applicable laws and regulations. 

The Lease requires CWA to pay $88,278 

in annual rent prior to production, and 

a two to seven percent operating fee rate 

following the start of production during 

the 33-year lease (a 5-year site 

assessment term and a 28-year 

commercial operations term). The rent 

and operating fee are based on the 

requirements set forth in 30 CFR part 

285, subpart E. The Project plan calls for 

130 wind turbines capable of generating 

a maximum electric output of 468 

megawatts with an anticipated average 

output of 183 megawatts. Construction 

and operation of the Project cannot 

begin until BOEMRE reviews and 

approves plans submitted by CWA that 

detail construction and operation of the 

Project in accordance with the Rule. 

Authority: The NOA of the Lease issuance 

is published pursuant to 30 CFR 285.231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Cape Wind Energy Project Description 

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 

(‘‘EPAct’’) and amendments to the 

OCSLA gave the Secretary of the 

Department of the Interior the authority 

to issue leases, easements, and rights-ofway for renewable energy activities on 

the OCS. The Secretary delegated this 

authority to BOEMRE, formerly the 

Minerals Management Service. 

Following passage of EPAct in 2005, 

CWA submitted an application for 

Project to BOEMRE. In 2009, BOEMRE 

finalized the Rule that governed the 

issuance of leases, easements, and 

rights-of-way and the regulation of 

offshore renewable energy activities. 

The Project plan calls for 130 3.6 

megawatt wind turbine generators, each 

with a maximum blade height of 440 

feet, to be arranged in a grid pattern on 

the OCS in Nantucket Sound. The 

transmission cables for the Project, if 

approved, would pass through 

Massachusetts’ submerged lands. With a 

maximum electric output of 468 

megawatts and an average anticipated 

output of 183 megawatts, the Project is 

expected to generate electricity 

equivalent to three-quarters of the Cape 

and nearby islands’ electricity needs. 

Each of the 130 wind turbine generators 

would generate electricity 

independently. Solid dielectric 

submarine inner-array cables from each 

wind turbine generator would 

interconnect within the array and 

terminate on an electrical service 

platform (‘‘ESP’’), which would serve as 

the common interconnection point for 

all of the wind turbines. The Project 

plan calls for a submarine transmission 

cable system approximately 12.5 miles 

in length from the ESP to a landfall 

location in Yarmouth, Massachusetts 

(7.6 miles of which would fall within 

the state of Massachusetts’ jurisdiction). 

Availability of the Lease: 

To obtain a single printed copy of the 

Lease, you may contact BOEMRE, Office 

of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs 

(Mail Stop 4090), 381 Elden Street, 

Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. An 

electronic copy of the Lease is available 

at BOEMRE’s Web site at: http:// 

www.boemre.gov/offshore/ 

RenewableEnergy/CapeWind.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement, Ms. 

Maureen A. Bornholdt, Program 

Manager, Office of Offshore Alternative 

Energy Programs, MS 4090, 381 Elden 

Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817, 

(703) 787–1300. 

Dated: December 20, 2010. 

L. Renee Orr, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32672 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2010–N247; 40120–1113– 

0000–C2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Notice of Availability of the 

St. Andrew Beach Mouse Recovery 

Plan 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce the availability of the 

recovery plan for the St. Andrew beach 

mouse (Peromyscus polionotus 

peninsularis). The recovery plan 

includes specific recovery objectives 

and criteria to be met in order to 

reclassify this species to threatened 

status and delist it under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

St. Andrew beach mouse recovery plan 

by contacting the Panama City Field 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

1601 Balboa Avenue, Panama City, FL 

32405 (telephone (850) 769–0552) or by 

visiting our Web site at http:// 

endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ 

index.html#plans or http://fws.gov/ 

panamacity/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

Frater at the above address (telephone 

850/769–0552, ext. 248; TTY users may 

contact Mr. Frater through the Federal 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The St. Andrew beach mouse was 

listed as endangered on December 18, 

1998 (63 FR 70053). The endangered St. 

Andrew beach mouse is now found in 

two populations: East Crooked Island, 

Bay County, Florida, and St. Joseph 

Peninsula, Gulf County, Florida. 

The St. Andrew beach mouse inhabits 

the frontal dunes (which are composed 

of the primary and secondary dunes) 

and adjacent inland scrub dunes within 

the coastal ecosystem. Beach mice 


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