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of Arizona; White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 21, 2013. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23800 Filed 9–27–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–13725; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC, and Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, have 

determined that the cultural item listed 

in this notice meets the definition of a 

sacred object. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs. If no additional 

claimants come forward, transfer of 

control of the cultural items to the lineal 

descendants, Indian tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim this cultural item should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the claim to the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs at the address in this 

notice by October 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum 

Program Manager/NAGPRA 

Coordinator, U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise 

Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 

20191, telephone (703) 390–6343, email 

Anna.Pardo@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate a 

cultural item under the control of the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

in the physical custody of the Arizona 

State Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ, that meets the definition of 

sacred object under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Item 

At an unknown date in 1972 or 1973, 

one cultural item was removed from a 

site near Cave Spring, northwest of 

Shungopavi Village on Second Mesa, 

AZ. A frequent visitor to the Hopi 

Reservation removed this item and gave 

it away as a wedding present. The 

recipient of this item donated it to the 

Arizona State Museum in February 

2008. The one sacred object is a bowl, 

identified by staff at the Arizona State 

Museum as Tusayan White Ware, and 

probably Flagstaff Black-on-white, a 

prehistoric pottery type, which dates to 

approximately A.D. 1200. 

This item appears to be Hopi by virtue 

of the circumstances of its acquisition, 

and through identification by Hopi 

cultural specialists. This object is 

regarded as a sacred object and used by 

the Hopi as a cleansing medicine bowl 

for the practice of the Hopi ceremonies, 

including the Katsina home dances. The 

Hopi Cultural Preservation Office of the 

Hopi Tribe hereby asserts cultural 

affiliation to the sacred object. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Washington, DC, and the Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the one cultural item described above is 

a specific ceremonial object needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred object and the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Anna Pardo, Museum Program 

Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Indian 

Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, 

telephone (703) 390–6343, email 

Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by October 30, 

2013. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred object to the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona may proceed. 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 6, 2013. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23819 Filed 9–27–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2013–0050; 

MMAA104000] 

Potential Commercial Leasing for Wind 

Power on the Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS) Offshore Oregon, Request for 

Interest 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Public Notice of an Unsolicited 

Request for a Commercial OCS Wind 

Lease, Request for Interest (RFI), and 

Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this public 

notice is to: (1) Describe the proposal 

submitted to BOEM by Principle Power, 

Inc. (Principle Power) to acquire an OCS 

commercial wind lease; (2) solicit 

submissions of indications of interest in 

obtaining a commercial lease for wind 

energy development on the OCS 

offshore Oregon in the area described in 

this notice; and (3) solicit initial public 

input regarding the area described in 

this notice, the potential environmental 

consequences of wind energy 

development in the area, and the 

multiple uses of the area. 

On May 15, 2013, BOEM received an 

unsolicited request from Principle 

Power for a commercial wind lease on 

the OCS offshore Oregon. Principle 


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Power’s proposed project, the 

‘‘WindFloat Pacific Project,’’ would 

consist of a floating wind energy 

demonstration facility offshore Coos 

Bay, Oregon. The project is designed to 

generate 30 megawatts (MW) of 

electricity from five floating 

‘‘WindFloat’’ units, each equipped with 

a 6–MW offshore wind turbine, 

connected by inter-unit electrical 

cabling, with a single transmission cable 

exporting electricity to the mainland 

that would extend across both Federal 

and state lands. The project would be 

located approximately 16 nautical miles 

(nmi) west of Coos Bay, Oregon in water 

depths of approximately 1,400 feet. 

Additional information on Principle 

Power’s unsolicited lease request can be 

viewed at http://www.boem.gov/StateActivities-Oregon/. 

This RFI is published pursuant to 

subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act, 

as amended by section 388 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) (43 U.S.C. 

1337(p)(3)), and the implementing 

regulations at 30 CFR 585.231(b). 

Subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act 

requires that OCS renewable energy 

leases, easements, and rights-of-way be 

issued ‘‘on a competitive basis unless 

the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) 

determines after public notice of a 

proposed lease, easement, or right-ofway that there is no competitive 

interest.’’ This RFI provides such public 

notice for the proposed lease area 

requested by Principle Power and 

invites the submission of indications of 

interest. BOEM is soliciting submissions 

of interest in commercial wind energy 

development with this notice. BOEM 

will consider the responses to this 

public notice to determine whether 

competitive interest exists for the area 

requested by Principle Power, as 

required by 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties 

wishing to obtain a commercial lease for 

wind energy development for the area 

described below under ‘‘Description of 

the Proposed Lease Area’’ should 

submit detailed and specific 

information as described in the section 

entitled, ‘‘Required Indication of 

Interest Information.’’ 

This announcement also requests that 

interested and affected parties comment 

and provide information about site 

conditions and multiple uses within the 

area identified in this notice that would 

be relevant to the proposed project or its 

impacts. This is the first step in the OCS 

renewable energy leasing process. There 

will be additional opportunities to 

provide comment pursuant to 30 CFR 

part 585 and applicable laws, such as 

the opportunity to comment on the 

environmental analysis that BOEM will 

prepare under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

before any lease is issued. A detailed 

description of the proposed lease area 

can be found in the section of this 

notice entitled, ‘‘Description of the 

Area.’’ 

DATES: If you are submitting an 

indication of interest in acquiring a 

lease for the proposed lease area, your 

submission must be sent by mail, 

postmarked no later than October 30, 

2013 for your submission to be 

considered. If you are providing 

comments or other submissions of 

information, you may send them by 

mail, postmarked by this same date, or 

you may submit them through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, also by this same 

date. 

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES: If you are 

submitting an indication of interest in a 

lease, please submit it by mail to the 

following address: Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Pacific Region 

Office of Strategic Resources, 770 Paseo 

Camarillo, Second Floor, Camarillo, 

California 93010. Submissions must be 

postmarked by October 30, 2013 to be 

considered by BOEM for the purposes of 

determining competitive interest. In 

addition to a paper copy of your 

submission, include an electronic copy; 

BOEM considers an Adobe PDF file 

stored on a compact disk (CD) to be an 

acceptable format for submitting an 

electronic copy. BOEM will list the 

parties that submit indications of 

interest on the BOEM Web site after the 

30-day comment period has closed. 

If you are submitting comments or 

other information concerning the 

proposed lease area, you may use either 

of the following two methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. In the entry 

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

BOEM–2013–0050 and then click 

‘‘search.’’ Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view 

supporting and related materials 

available for this notice. 

2. Alternatively, comments may be 

submitted by mail to the following 

address: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Pacific Region Office of 

Strategic Resources, 770 Paseo 

Camarillo, Second Floor, Camarillo, 

California 93010. 

If you wish to protect the 

confidentiality of your submissions or 

comments, clearly mark the relevant 

sections and request that BOEM treat 

them as confidential. Please label 

privileged or confidential information 

‘‘Contains Confidential Information’’ 

and consider submitting such 

information as a separate attachment. 

Treatment of confidential information is 

addressed in the section of this notice 

entitled, ‘‘Privileged or Confidential 

Information.’’ BOEM will post all 

comments on www.regulations.gov, 

unless labeled as confidential. 

Information that is not labeled as 

privileged or confidential will be 

regarded by BOEM as suitable for public 

release. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jean Thurston, Renewable Energy 

Program Specialist, BOEM, Pacific 

Region Office of Strategic Resources, 

770 Paseo Camarillo, Second Floor, 

Camarillo, California 93010, Phone: 

(805) 384–4704. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of this RFI 

Responses to this public notice will 

allow BOEM to determine, pursuant to 

30 CFR 585.231, whether or not there is 

competitive interest in acquiring an 

OCS commercial wind lease in the 

proposed lease area. In addition, this 

notice provides an opportunity for 

interested stakeholders to comment on 

the proposed lease area, the proposed 

project, and any potential impacts wind 

energy development may have in the 

area. BOEM may use comments received 

to further identify and refine the area 

requested and inform future 

environmental analyses related to the 

project. This is the first opportunity for 

public input; additional opportunities 

will be provided pursuant to 30 CFR 

part 585 and applicable laws and BOEM 

practices. 

If, in response to this notice, BOEM 

receives one or more indications of 

interest in offshore wind energy 

development from qualified entities that 

wish to compete for the proposed lease 

area, BOEM may decide to move 

forward with the lease issuance process 

using competitive procedures pursuant 

to 30 CFR Part 585. If BOEM receives no 

competing indications of interest from 

qualified companies, BOEM may decide 

to move forward with the lease issuance 

process using the non-competitive 

procedures contained in 30 CFR part 

585. 

Background 

National Offshore Wind Strategy 

In 2011, the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) and Department of the 

Interior Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy released the National 

Offshore Wind Strategy, which 

identified challenges facing 

development of offshore wind energy 

and outlined actions to support the 

goals of developing an offshore wind 

industry in the United States. DOE’s 


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Wind and Water Power Program 

released a formal Offshore Wind 

Innovation and Demonstration 

Initiative, consistent with the National 

Offshore Wind Strategy goals, to 

promote and accelerate responsible 

commercial offshore wind development 

in the United States. To address the 

objectives of the Strategy, funding was 

planned for Advanced Technology 

Demonstration Projects that verify 

innovative designs and technology 

developments and validate full 

performance and cost under real 

operating and market conditions. On 

December 12, 2012, the DOE announced 

award funding for seven proposed 

offshore wind demonstration projects 

under the ‘‘Financial Assistance 

Funding Opportunity Announcement 

(DOE–FOA–0000410) U.S. Offshore 

Wind: Advanced Technology 

Demonstration Projects.’’ The awards 

went to projects that demonstrated the 

ability to progress toward achieving the 

national goals of the National Offshore 

Wind Strategy. Principle Power 

submitted an application in response to 

the DOE–FOA–0000410 and was 

selected as one of the seven award 

recipients. From the seven original 

projects selected for an award, DOE will 

choose three projects for continued 

funding in the spring of 2014. Principle 

Power has submitted a lease request to 

BOEM in an effort to move forward in 

the DOE funding process. 

Determination of Competitive Interest 

and Leasing Process 

After the publication of this 

announcement, BOEM will evaluate 

indications of interest in acquiring a 

commercial lease in the proposed lease 

area. At the conclusion of the comment 

period for this public notice, BOEM will 

review the submissions received and 

undertake a completeness review for 

each of those submissions and a 

qualifications review for each of the 

nominating entities. BOEM will then 

make a determination as to whether 

competitive interest exists. 

If BOEM determines that there is no 

competitive interest in the proposed 

lease area, it will publish a notice 

stating that there is no competitive 

interest in the Federal Register. At that 

point, BOEM may decide to proceed 

with the noncompetitive lease issuance 

process pursuant to 30 CFR 585.231, 

and Principle Power would need to 

submit any required plan(s). If BOEM 

determines that there is competitive 

interest, it may move forward with the 

leasing process outlined in 30 CFR 

585.211. 

Whether following competitive or 

non-competitive procedures, BOEM 

would consult with the BOEM Oregon 

Intergovernmental Renewable Energy 

Task Force and comply with all 

applicable requirements before making a 

decision on whether or not to issue a 

lease and approve, disapprove, or 

approve with modifications any 

associated plan(s). BOEM would 

coordinate and consult, as appropriate, 

with relevant Federal agencies, affected 

tribes, affected state agencies and 

affected local governments during the 

lease development and issuance 

process. 

Description of the Proposed Lease Area 

The proposed lease area is located off 

the coast of Oregon, approximately 16 

nmi west of, Coos Bay, Oregon. From its 

most northeastern point the area 

extends approximately 5.18 nmi south 

and 2.59 nmi west. The project area 

consists of four partial OCS blocks. The 

entire area is approximately 15.01159 

square miles (9,607.419 acres or 3,888 

hectares). 

TABLE 1—LIST OF OCS BLOCKS INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST FOR INTEREST

Protraction name Protraction 

number 

Block 

number Sub block 

Coos Bay ....................................................................... NK 10–01 ........................................................ 6573 L,P 

Coos Bay ....................................................................... NK 10–01 ........................................................ 6574 A,B,C,E,F,G,I,J,K,M,N,O 

Coos Bay ....................................................................... NK 10–01 ........................................................ 6623 D,H,L,P 

Coos Bay ....................................................................... NK 10–01 ........................................................ 6624 A,B,C,E,F,I,J,M,N 

The boundary of the proposed lease 

area follows the points listed in Table 2 

in clockwise order. Point numbers 1 and 

25 are the same. Coordinates are 

provided in X, Y (eastings, northings) 

UTM Zone 18N, NAD 83 and geographic 

(latitude, longitude) NAD83. 

TABLE 2—LIST OF BOUNDARY POINTS INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST FOR INTEREST

Point 

number 

X 

(Easting) 

Y 

(Northing) Latitude Longitude 

1 ............................................................................................... 360800 4804800 43.383163617505 ¥124.71850250843 

2 ............................................................................................... 359600 4804800 43.3829400824461 ¥124.733310553746 

3 ............................................................................................... 359600 4806000 43.3937405007104 ¥124.733618431238 

4 ............................................................................................... 359600 4807200 43.4045408967447 ¥124.733926479511 

5 ............................................................................................... 359600 4808400 43.4153412705474 ¥124.734234698679 

6 ............................................................................................... 359600 4809600 43.4261416221169 ¥124.734543088854 

7 ............................................................................................... 359600 4810800 43.4369419514513 ¥124.73485165015 

8 ............................................................................................... 359600 4812000 43.4477422585492 ¥124.735160382679 

9 ............................................................................................... 360800 4812000 43.4479662972019 ¥124.720336552948 

10 ............................................................................................. 360800 4813200 43.4587666660974 ¥124.720642820982 

11 ............................................................................................. 360800 4814400 43.4695670127825 ¥124.720949259014 

12 ............................................................................................. 362000 4814400 43.4697892973427 ¥124.706119986029 

13 ............................................................................................. 363200 4814400 43.4700096596489 ¥124.691290544395 

14 ............................................................................................. 364400 4814400 43.4702280996417 ¥124.676460935576 

15 ............................................................................................. 364400 4813200 43.4594275050812 ¥124.676162410122 

16 ............................................................................................. 364400 4813200 43.4486268883978 ¥124.675864050282 

17 ............................................................................................. 364400 4810800 43.437826249593 ¥124.675565855946 

18 ............................................................................................. 364400 4809600 43.4270255886685 ¥124.675267827005 

19 ............................................................................................. 364400 4808400 43.4162249056256 ¥124.67496996335 


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TABLE 2—LIST OF BOUNDARY POINTS INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST FOR INTEREST—Continued 

Point 

number 

X 

(Easting) 

Y 

(Northing) Latitude Longitude 

20 ............................................................................................. 363200 4808400 43.4160068748692 ¥124.689786398592 

21 ............................................................................................. 363200 4807200 43.4052062514705 ¥124.689486069775 

22 ............................................................................................. 363200 4806000 43.394405605928 ¥124.689185907484 

23 ............................................................................................. 363200 4804800 43.3836049382433 ¥124.688885911607 

24 ............................................................................................. 362000 4804800 43.3833852361241 ¥124.703694293898 

25 ............................................................................................. 360800 4804800 43.383163617505 ¥124.71850250843 

Map of the Area 

A map of the area proposed by 

Principle Power and included in this 

RFI can be found at the following URL: 

http://www.boem.gov/State-ActivitiesOregon/. A large scale map of the 

proposed lease area showing boundaries 

of the area with the numbered blocks is 

available from BOEM at the following 

address: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Pacific Region Office of 

Strategic Resources, 770 Paseo 

Camarillo, Second Floor, Camarillo, 

California 93010. 

Department of Defense Activities and 

Stipulations 

The Department of Defense (DOD) 

conducts offshore testing, training, and 

operations on the OCS and may request 

that BOEM condition any activities that 

might take place in the proposed lease 

area. BOEM will consult with DOD 

regarding potential issues concerning 

offshore testing, training, and 

operational activities, and will develop 

appropriate stipulations to mitigate the 

effects of renewable energy activities on 

any DOD activities in the proposed lease 

area. 

Required Indication of Interest 

Information 

If you intend to submit an indication 

of interest in a lease for the area 

identified in this notice, you must 

provide the following: 

(1) A statement that you wish to 

acquire a commercial wind lease within 

the proposed lease area. For BOEM to 

consider your indication of interest, it 

must include a proposal for a wind 

power project within the proposed lease 

area. Any request for a commercial wind 

lease located outside of the proposed 

lease area should be submitted 

separately pursuant to 30 CFR 585.230; 

(2) A general description of your 

objectives and the facilities that you 

would use to achieve those objectives; 

(3) A general schedule of proposed 

activities, including those leading to 

commercial operations; 

(4) Available and pertinent data and 

information concerning renewable 

energy resources and environmental 

conditions in the area that you wish to 

lease, including energy and resource 

data and information used to evaluate 

the area of interest. Where applicable, 

spatial information should be submitted 

in a format compatible with ArcGIS 9.3 

in a geographic coordinate system (NAD 

83); 

(5) Documentation demonstrating that 

you are legally qualified to hold a lease 

as set forth in 30 CFR 585.106 and part 

107. Examples of the documentation 

appropriate for demonstrating your legal 

qualifications and related guidance can 

be found in Chapter 2 and Appendix B 

of the Guidelines for the Renewable 

Energy Framework Guide Book available 

at: http://www.boem.gov/RenewableEnergy-Program/RegulatoryInformation/Index.aspx. Legal 

qualification documents will be placed 

in an official file that may be made 

available for public review. If you wish 

that any part of your legal qualification 

documentation be kept confidential, 

clearly identify what should be kept 

confidential, and submit it under 

separate cover (see ‘‘Protection of 

Privileged or Confidential Information 

Section,’’ below); and 

(6) Documentation demonstrating that 

you are technically and financially 

capable of constructing, operating, 

maintaining and decommissioning the 

facilities described in (2) above. 

Guidance regarding the documentation 

that could be used to demonstrate your 

technical and financial qualifications 

can be found at: http://www.boem.gov/ 

Renewable-Energy-Program/RegulatoryInformation/Index.aspx. If you wish 

that any part of your technical and 

financial qualification documentation 

be kept confidential, clearly identify 

what should be kept confidential, and 

submit it under separate cover (see 

‘‘Protection of Privileged or Confidential 

Information Section,’’ below). 

Your complete submission, including 

the items identified in (1) through (6) 

above, must be provided to BOEM in 

both paper and electronic formats. 

BOEM considers an Adobe PDF file 

stored on a CD to be an acceptable 

format for submitting an electronic 

copy. 

It is critical that you provide a 

complete submission of interest so that 

BOEM may consider your submission in 

a timely manner. If BOEM reviews your 

submission and determines that it is 

incomplete, BOEM will inform you of 

this determination in writing and 

describe the information that BOEM 

needs from you in order for BOEM to 

deem your submission complete. You 

will be given 15 business days from the 

date of the letter to provide the 

information that BOEM found to be 

missing from your original submission. 

If you do not meet this deadline, or if 

BOEM determines your second 

submission is also insufficient, BOEM 

may deem your submission invalid. In 

such a case, BOEM would not consider 

your submission. 

Requested Information From Interested 

or Affected Parties 

BOEM is also requesting from the 

public and other interested or affected 

parties specific and detailed comments 

regarding the following: 

(1) Geological and geophysical 

conditions (including seabed conditions 

and shallow hazards) in the area 

described in this notice; 

(2) Historic properties and 

archaeological resources potentially 

affected by the construction and 

installation of meteorological buoys or 

commercial wind development in the 

area identified in this notice; 

(3) Other uses of the area described in 

this notice, including but not limited to 

navigation (commercial and recreational 

vessel usage), commercial and 

recreational fishing, recreational 

activities (e.g., wildlife viewing, and 

scenic areas), aviation, other energy 

related development activities, scientific 

research, and utilities and 

communications infrastructure (e.g., 

undersea cables); 

(4) Other relevant environmental 

information, including but not limited 

to: protected species and habitats, 

marine mammals, sea turtles, birds, fish, 

and cultural resources; 

(5) Socioeconomic information, such 

as demographics and employment, or 


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information relevant to environmental 

justice considerations. 

Protection of Privileged or Confidential 

Information 

Freedom of Information Act 

BOEM will protect privileged or 

confidential information that you 

submit as required by the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). Exemption 4 of 

FOIA applies to trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

that you submit that is privileged or 

confidential. If you wish to protect the 

confidentiality of such information, 

clearly mark it and request that BOEM 

treat it as confidential. BOEM will not 

disclose such information, subject to the 

requirements of FOIA. Please label 

privileged or confidential information, 

‘‘Contains Confidential Information,’’ 

and consider submitting such 

information as a separate attachment. 

However, BOEM will not treat as 

confidential any aggregate summaries of 

such information or comments not 

containing such information. 

Additionally, BOEM will not treat as 

confidential: (1) The legal title of the 

nominating entity (for example, the 

name of your company) or (2) the 

geographic location of nominated 

facilities. Information that is not labeled 

as privileged or confidential will be 

regarded by BOEM as suitable for public 

release. 

Section 304 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470w–3(a)) 

BOEM is required, after consultation 

with the Secretary of the Interior, 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 

interested parties should designate such 

information that they wish to be held as 

confidential. 

Dated: September 19, 2013. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23699 Filed 9–27–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–474 & 731–TA– 

1176 (Final) (Remand)] 

Drill Pipe and Drill Collars from China 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of remand proceedings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. International Trade 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) hereby 

gives notice of the court-ordered remand 

of its affirmative threat determination in 

the final phase investigation of the 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

orders on drill pipe and drill collars 

from China. For further information 

concerning the conduct of this 

proceeding and rules of general 

application, consult the Commission’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 

201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 

201), and part 207, subpart A (19 CFR 

part 207). 

DATES: Effective Date: September 24, 

2013 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nate 

Comly, Office of Investigations, 

telephone 202–205–3147, or David 

Goldfine, Office of General Counsel, 

telephone 202–205–3174, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. 

Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov). The public record of 

investigation Nos. 731–TA–340 E & H 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (‘‘EDIS’’) at http://

edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. On August 19, 2013, the 

U.S. Court of International Trade (per 

Judge Stanceu) issued an opinion 

remanding certain aspects of the 

Commission’s affirmative threat 

determination in Drill Pipe and Drill 

Collars from China, 701–TA–474 & 731– 

TA–1176 (Final), USITC Pub. 4213 (Feb. 

2011). In the Commission’s final 

determination, three Commissioners 

reached an affirmative threat 

determination (Commissioners 

Williamson, Pinkert, and Lane) while 

three Commissioners reached a negative 

determination (Chairman Okun, and 

Commissioners Pearson and Aranoff). 

In its opinion, the Court concluded 

that the Commission made two 

erroneous findings. Id. at 11–19. In the 

Court’s view, ‘‘. . . the impermissible 

findings were that only smaller 

domestic purchasers, as opposed to 

purchasers the ITC considered ‘large,’ 

were buying subject merchandise at the 

start of the POI and that, during the POI, 

the participation of Chinese suppliers in 

the U.S. market broke through a prior 

limitation to smaller customers.’’ Id. at 

16. 

The Court concluded that ‘‘ ‘from 

these erroneous findings, the ITC 

reached the unsupported conclusion 

that ‘the participation of suppliers of 

Chinese product in the U.S. market has 

evolved and grown over the period in 

ways that indicate further expansion is 

imminent,’ and the related conclusion 

that ‘the fact that suppliers of Chinese 

product have broken through a major 

prior limitation on their reach in the 

U.S. market is an indication that their 

U.S. market share is poised to 

increase.’ ’’ Id. at 16 (internal citations 

omitted). On remand, the Court 

instructed the Commission to reconsider 

its affirmative threat determination ‘‘on 

the whole, in the absence of these 

findings and conclusions.’’ Id. at 17. 

The Court also remanded two issues 

to the Commission for further 

explanation. First, the Court directed 

the Commission ‘‘to explain why, and to 

what extent, it based its overall 

determination related to likely future 

import volume on its stated findings 

that the U.S. market share of subject 

merchandise was ‘substantial’ 

throughout the POI and ‘grew’ in firsthalf 2010.’’ Id. at 20. Second, the Court 

instructed the Commission to provide 

further explanation in support of its 

finding that ‘‘U.S. importers have 

increased their quantities of inventories 

of Chinese product to levels are 

particularly significant in the context of 

current market conditions.’’ Id. at 21. 

Under the remand schedule ordered 

by the Court, the Commission must file 

its remand determination by November 

18, 2013. 

Participation in the proceeding. Only 

those persons who were interested 

parties to the reviews (i.e., persons 

listed on the Commission Secretary’s 

service list) and parties to the appeal 

may participate in the remand 

proceeding. Such persons need not 

make any additional filings with the 

Commission to participate in the 

remand proceeding. Business 

proprietary information (‘‘BPI’’) referred 

to during the remand proceeding will be 

governed, as appropriate, by the 

administrative protective order issued 

in the reviews. 


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