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BURDEN TABLE—Continued 

Citation 30 CFR 582 Reporting or recordkeeping requirement Hour burden 

Average number of annual 

responses 

Annual burden 

hours 

29(h) ................................................ Maintain hard mineral records and make available 

upon request.

1 1 1 

Subtotal .................................... ...................................................................................... ........................ 9 Responses 17 

Subpart D—Payments 

40 ..................................................... Submit surety, personal bond, or approved alternative.2 1 Response 2 

Subpart E—Appeals 

50; 15 ............................................... File an appeal .............................................................. Burden exempt under 5 CFR 

1320.4(a)(2), (c). 

0 

TOTAL BURDEN ...................... ...................................................................................... ........................ 20 Responses 212 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: There are no non-hour cost 

burdens associated with this collection. 

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: Before submitting an ICR 

to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

requires each agency ‘‘. . . to provide 

notice . . . and otherwise consult with 

members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information . . .’’. Agencies 

must specifically solicit comments on: 

(a) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the burden estimates; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden on 

respondents. 

Agencies must also estimate the nonhour cost burdens to respondents or 

recordkeepers resulting from the 

collection of information. Therefore, if 

you have costs to generate, maintain, 

and disclose this information, you 

should comment and provide your total 

capital and startup costs or annual 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of service costs. You should describe the 

methods you use to estimate major cost 

factors, including system and 

technology acquisition, expected useful 

life of capital equipment, discount 

rate(s), and the period over which you 

incur costs. Capital and startup costs 

include, among other items, computers 

and software you purchase to prepare 

for collecting information, monitoring, 

and record storage facilities. You should 

not include estimates for equipment or 

services purchased: (a) Before October 1, 

1995; (b) to comply with requirements 

not associated with the information 

collection; (c) for reasons other than to 

provide information or keep records for 

the Government; or (d) as part of 

customary and usual business or private 

practices. 

We will summarize written responses 

to this notice and address them in our 

submission for OMB approval. As a 

result of your comments, we will make 

any necessary adjustments to the burden 

in our submission to OMB. 

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: February 19, 2014. 

Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, 

Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and 

Analysis. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA104000] 

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS), Eastern Planning Area (EPA) Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales 225 and 226 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

a Record of Decision (ROD) for EPA 

Lease Sale 225 in the Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2014– 

2016; Eastern Planning Area Lease Sales 

225 and 226; Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EPA 225/226 EIS). 

SUMMARY: BOEM has prepared a ROD 

for oil and gas EPA Lease Sale 225 

scheduled for March 19, 2014. The 

proposed lease sale is in the Gulf of 

Mexico’s EPA off the States of 

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and 

Florida. EPA Lease Sale 225 is the first 

EPA lease sale scheduled in the OCS Oil 

& Gas Leasing Program for 2012–2017 

(Five Year Program). In making its 

decision, BOEM considered an 

alternative to the proposed action, the 

potential impacts as presented in the 

EPA 225/226 EIS, and all comments 

received throughout the NEPA process. 

The EPA 225/226 EIS evaluated the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts for EPA Lease Sale 225. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the EPA 

225/226 EIS, BOEM evaluated two 

alternatives that are summarized below: 

Alternative A—The Proposed Action: 

This is BOEM’s preferred alternative. 

This alternative would offer for lease all 

unleased blocks within the proposed 

EPA lease sale area for oil and gas 

operations. 


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The EPA proposed lease sale area 

covers approximately 657,905 acres 

(approximately 175 whole and partial 

blocks) and includes those blocks 

previously included in the EPA Lease 

Sale 224 Area and a triangular-shaped 

area south of the EPA Lease Sale 224 

area. The EPA proposed lease sale area 

is currently bordered to the north by the 

southern boundary of the Sale 181 area, 

to the west and south by the CPA 

boundary, and to east by the Military 

Mission Line (86ß41′ W. longitude). The 

nearest point of land is about 125 mi 

(201 km) northwest in Louisiana. As of 

November 2013, approximately 465,200 

acres of the proposed EPA lease sale 

area are currently unleased. The 

estimated amount of natural resources 

projected to be developed as a result of 

a proposed EPA lease sale is 0–0.071 

billion barrels of oil and 0–0.162 trillion 

cubic feet of gas. 

Alternative B—No Action: This 

alternative is the cancellation of 

proposed EPA Lease Sale 225 and is 

identified as the environmentally 

preferred alternative. 

After careful consideration, BOEM 

has selected the proposed action, 

identified as BOEM’s preferred 

alternative (Alternative A) in the EPA 

225/226 EIS. BOEM’s selection of the 

preferred alternative meets the purpose 

and need for the action, as identified in 

the EPA 225/226 EIS, and reflects an 

orderly resource development with 

protection of the human, marine, and 

coastal environments, while also 

ensuring that the public receives an 

equitable return for these resources and 

that free-market competition is 

maintained. 

Record of Decision Availability: To 

obtain a single printed or CD–ROM copy 

of the ROD for proposed EPA Lease Sale 

225, you may contact BOEM, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, Public Information 

Office (GM 335A), 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394 (1–800–200–GULF). An 

electronic copy of the ROD is available 

on BOEM’s Internet Web site at http:// 

boem.gov/Environmental-Stewardship/

Environmental-Assessment/NEPA/

nepaprocess.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the ROD, you may 

contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard (GM 623E), New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. You 

may also contact Mr. Goeke by 

telephone at (504) 736–3233. 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR part 

1503) implementing the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

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

Dated: February 11, 2014. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA104000] 

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS), Central Planning Area (CPA) Oil 

and Gas Lease Sale 231 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

a Record of Decision (ROD) for CPA 

Lease Sale 231 in the Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2013– 

2014; Western Planning Area Lease Sale 

233, and Central Planning Area Lease 

Sale 231; Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (WPA 

233/CPA 231 Supplemental EIS). 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the 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.). 

SUMMARY: BOEM has prepared a ROD 

for oil and gas CPA Lease Sale 231 

scheduled for March 19, 2014. CPA 

Lease Sale 231 is the second CPA lease 

sale scheduled in the Outer Continental 

Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program for 

2012–2017 (Five-Year Program). The 

proposed lease sale is in the Gulf of 

Mexico’s CPA off the States of 

Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. In 

making its decision, BOEM considered 

alternatives to the proposed action and 

the potential impacts as presented in the 

WPA 233/CPA 231 Supplemental EIS 

and all comments received throughout 

the NEPA process. The WPA 233/CPA 

231 Supplemental EIS updated the 

baseline conditions and potential 

environmental effects of oil and natural 

gas leasing, exploration, development, 

and production in the WPA and CPA 

since publication of the Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2012– 

2017; Western Planning Area Lease 

Sales 229, 233, 238, 246, and 248; 

Central Planning Area Lease Sales 227, 

231, 235, 241, and 247, Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (2012– 

2017 WPA/CPA Multisale EIS) (USDOI, 

BOEM, 2012b). The WPA 233/CPA 231 

Supplemental EIS analyzed the 

potential impacts of the proposed action 

in the CPA and was completed in April 

2013. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

WPA 233/CPA 231 Supplemental EIS, 

BOEM evaluated three alternatives for 

CPA Lease Sale 231, which are 

summarized below: 

Alternative A—The Proposed Action: 

This is BOEM’s preferred alternative. 

This alternative would offer for lease all 

unleased blocks within the CPA for oil 

and gas operations, except whole and 

partial blocks deferred by the Gulf of 

Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. 

The proposed CPA lease sale area 

encompasses about 63 million acres of 

the total CPA area of 66.45 million 

acres. As of December 2013, 

approximately 40 million acres of the 

proposed CPA lease sale area are 

currently unleased. The estimated 

amount of resources projected to be 

developed as a result of proposed CPA 

Lease Sale 231 is 0.460–0.894 billion 

barrels of oil (BBO) and 1.939–3.903 

trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas. 

Alternative B—The Proposed Action 

Excluding the Unleased Blocks Near 

Biologically Sensitive Topographic 

Features: This alternative would offer 

for lease all unleased blocks within the 

proposed CPA lease sale area, as 

described for the proposed action 

(Alternative A), with the exception of 

any unleased blocks subject to the 

Topographic Features Stipulation. 

Alternative C—No Action: This 

alternative is the cancellation of 

proposed CPA Lease Sale 231 and is 

identified as the environmentally 

preferred alternative. 

After careful consideration, BOEM 

has selected a subset of the proposed 

action, (a portion of the lease sale area 

analyzed in Alternative A) in the WPA 

233/CPA 231 Supplemental EIS. As 

noted in its Record of Decision, BOEM 

has decided to hold CPA Lease Sale 231 

and offer for lease all unleased blocks in 

the CPA, except: (1) whole and partial 

of blocks deferred by the Gulf of Mexico 

Energy Security Act of 2006; (2) blocks 

that are adjacent or beyond the United 

States Exclusive Economic Zone in the 

area known as the northern portion of 

the Eastern Gap; and (3) whole and 

partial blocks that lie within the 1.4 

nautical mile buffer zone north of the 

Continental Shelf Boundary between the 

United States and Mexico. BOEM’s 

selection of a subset of the preferred 

alternative reflects an orderly resource 

development with protection of the 

human, marine, and coastal 

environments, while also ensuring that 

the public receives an equitable return 

for these resources and that free-market 

competition is maintained. 


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