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Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Gregory J. Gould, 

Director for Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18927 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4335–30–C 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Natural Resources Revenue 

[Docket No. ONRR–2018–0002; DS63644000 

DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2] 

RIN 1010–AC09 

Market Centers for Use in Applying 

Royalty Valuation Regulations for 

Federal Oil 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed 

modifications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Natural 

Resources Revenue (ONRR) is inviting 

comments on proposed modifications to 

the list of existing market centers that 

royalty payors use to value oil produced 

from Federal leases. This proposed 

modification is applicable to those 

valuing Federal oil production using 

NYMEX prices or ANS spot prices. 

DATES: You must submit your written 

comments on or before October 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this notice to ONRR by using one of 

the following three methods. Please 

reference ‘‘ONRR–2018–0002’’ in your 

comments. 

• Electronically go to http://

www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled 

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

2018–0002,’’ then click ‘‘Search.’’ 

Follow the instructions to submit public 

comments. ONRR will post all 

comments. 

• Mail comments to Mr. Armand 

Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, 

P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver, 

Colorado 80225–0165. 

• Hand-carry or mail comments using 

an overnight courier service to ONRR. 

Our courier address is Building 85, 

Entrance N–1, Denver Federal Center, 

West 6th Avenue and Kipling Street, 

Denver, Colorado 80225. Visitor parking 

is available in the north parking lot near 

Entrance N–1, which is the only 


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entrance on the north side of Building 

85. To request service, please use the 

courtesy phone and call Janet Giron at 

(303) 231–3088. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on technical issues, contact 

Mr. Robert Sudar, Market and Spatial 

Analytics, CEVA, ONRR, telephone 

(303) 231–3511 or email to 

Robert.Sudar@onrr.gov. For other 

questions, contact Mr. Armand Southall, 

telephone (303) 231–3221, or email to 

Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONRR 

publishes a list of market centers for use 

in Federal oil valuation calculations 

under 30 CFR 1206.112. This regulation 

applies to payors who are applying 

adjustments and transportation 

allowances when Federal oil production 

is valued using NYMEX prices or ANS 

spot prices. Under § 1206.113, ONRR 

will monitor market activity and, if 

necessary, add to or modify the list of 

market centers. ONRR last published the 

list of market centers in the Federal 

Register on June 20, 2000 (65 FR 38299). 

Under § 1206.113, ONRR will consider 

the following factors and conditions in 

specifying market centers: 

1. Points where ONRR-approved 

publications publish prices useful for 

index purposes; 

2. Markets served; 

3. Input from Industry and others 

knowledgeable in crude oil marketing 

and transportation; 

4. Simplification; and 

5. Other relevant matters. 

ONRR is seeking comments on its 

proposal to modify the list of market 

centers and the oil types at each 

location as listed below: 

Market center location Oil types 

Proposed New Market Centers 

Nederland, Texas ........... Southern Green Canyon. 

Clovelly, Louisiana ......... Thunder Horse. 

Houston, Texas .............. Light Sweet. 

Clearbrook, Minnesota ... Bakken Blend. 

Guernsey, Wyoming ....... Bakken Blend. 

Guernsey, Wyoming ....... Wyoming Sweet. 

Existing Market Centers to be removed 

San Francisco, California Alaska North Slope. 

Saint James, Louisiana .. Eugene Island. 

Existing Market Centers to remain unchanged 

Cushing, Oklahoma ........ West Texas Intermediate. 

Midland, Texas ............... West Texas Intermediate. 

Midland, Texas ............... West Texas Sour. 

Saint James, Louisiana .. Light Louisiana Sweet. 

Saint James, Louisiana .. Bonito Sour. 

Empire, Louisiana ........... Heavy Louisiana Sweet. 

Clovelly, Louisiana ......... MARS Blend. 

Houma, Louisiana .......... Poseidon. 

Multiple locations, U.S. 

West Coast.

Alaska North Slope. 

For supplementary information on 

these proposed market center locations, 

please visit https://www.onrr.gov/ 

Valuation/pdfdocs/Crude-Oil-MarketCenters-Map.pdf. 

Before making this proposal final, 

ONRR seeks comments. We are 

especially interested in comments from 

Industry and others knowledgeable in 

crude oil marketing and transportation 

that addresses the following issues: (1) 

Whether ONRR should reconsider the 

proposed new market centers based on 

the five factors specified in § 1206.113; 

(2) whether ONRR should reconsider 

removing the market centers proposed 

for removal based on the five factors 

specified in § 1206.113; (3) whether 

ONRR should reconsider modifying or 

removing the market centers proposed 

to remain unchanged based on the five 

factors specified in § 1206.113; and (4) 

whether ONRR should consider adding 

any other market centers based on the 

five factors specified in § 1206.113. 

ONRR will post all comments, 

including names and addresses of 

respondents at http://

www.regulations.gov. We will include 

or summarize each comment when 

finalizing any modifications to the 

market centers list. 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. 

Authorities: 30 CFR 1206.113. 

Gregory J. Gould, 

Director for Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19011 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4335–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2015–0068] 

Environmental Impact Statement on 

the Liberty Development and 

Production Plan in the Beaufort Sea 

Planning Area 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) is announcing the 

availability of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Liberty 

Development and Production Plan 

(DPP) in the Beaufort Sea Planning 

Area. The FEIS analyzes the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action described in the Liberty DPP and 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

FEIS and associated information is 

available on BOEM’s website at: https:// 

www.boem.gov/liberty. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauren Boldrick, Project Manager, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint 

Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 

99503, 907–334–5200. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed action would recover and 

process oil from the Liberty oil field and 

transport sales-quality oil to market. To 

accomplish this, Hilcorp Alaska LLC 

would construct the Liberty Drilling and 

Production Island (LDPI) to recover 

reserves from three Federal leases 

(OCS–Y–1585, OCS–Y–1650, and OCS– 

Y–1886) in Foggy Island Bay of the 

Beaufort Sea. The ocean bottom 

footprint of the proposed LDPI is 

approximately 24 acres. Hilcorp would 

construct a new pipeline linking the 

LDPI to the Badami Sales Oil Pipeline 

(Badami pipeline). They would bury the 

subsea portion (approximately 5.6 

miles) of the pipeline along a route 

running south from the LPDI to the 

Alaska coastline west of the 

Kadleroshilik River. The pipeline would 

transition to above-ground for 

approximately 1.5 miles and tie into the 

existing Badami pipeline. Hilcorp 

would produce and process oil from the 

LDPI, transport it through the Badami 

pipeline to the existing common carrier 

pipeline system, and from there on to 

the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. 

The full text of the mitigation 

measures which will be included in the 

project approval are available in the 

Liberty DPP FEIS. The FEIS and 

associated information is available on 

BOEM’s website at: https://

www.boem.gov/liberty. 

Authority: This Notice of Availability 

is published pursuant to regulations (40 

CFR part 1506) implementing the 

provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.). 


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