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Pursuant to Section 7 of the Wild 

Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, 

members of the Board cannot be 

employed by the State or Federal 

Government. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1) 

Sharif D. Branham, 

Assistant Director, Resources and Planning. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02979 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2023–0065] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for 

Commercial Wind Leasing and Site 

Assessment Activities on the U.S. 

Outer Continental Shelf Offshore 

Oregon 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) intends to prepare 

an environmental assessment (EA) to 

consider the potential environmental 

impacts associated with possible wind 

energy-related leasing, site assessment, 

and site characterization activities on 

the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

offshore Oregon. BOEM seeks public 

input regarding important 

environmental issues and the 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

that should be considered in the EA. 

BOEM will assess the environmental 

impacts of any proposed wind energy 

projects after a lease is issued and before 

deciding whether or not to approve any 

lessee’s construction and operations 

plan. 

DATES: BOEM must receive your 

comments no later than 11:59 p.m. 

eastern time on March 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to https://

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. BOEM–2023–0065 to submit 

public comments and view supporting 

and related materials available for this 

notice. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ button 

below the document link. Enter your 

information and comment, then click 

‘‘Submit Comment’’; or 

• By U.S. Postal Service or other 

delivery service: Send your comments 

and information to: ‘‘OREGON 

Environmental Assessment’’ addressed 

to Chief, Environmental Assessment 

Section, Office of Environment, Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management, 760 

Paseo Camarillo, Suite 102, Camarillo, 

California 93010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Gilbane, BOEM Pacific Region Office of 

Environment, 760 Paseo Camarillo, 

Suite 102, Camarillo, California 93010, 

(805) 384–6387 or lisa.gilbane@

boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: On August 15, 2023, 

BOEM announced two draft wind 

energy areas (WEAs) on the U.S. OCS 

offshore Oregon for public review and 

comment. BOEM has now finalized the 

WEAs. The final WEAs offshore Oregon 

cover approximately 195,000 acres, an 

11 percent reduction from the draft 

WEAs. Before finalizing the WEAs, 

BOEM considered feedback from Tribes, 

government partners, ocean users, and 

stakeholders, and potential conflicts 

with commercial and recreational 

fishing, seafloor habitat, marine 

mammals, sea turtles, and the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s (NOAA) scientific 

survey locations. 

Proposed Action and Scope of 

Analysis: The EA’s proposed action is 

issuing wind energy leases in the WEAs 

offshore Oregon. The EA will consider 

project easements and grants for subsea 

cable corridors associated with leasing. 

The EA also will consider the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

site characterization surveys (biological, 

archeological, geological, and 

geophysical surveys and core samples) 

and site assessment activities (e.g., 

installation of meteorological buoys) 

that are expected to take place following 

leasing. The EA’s proposed action does 

not include the installation of 

meteorological towers because buoys 

have become the preferred 

meteorological and oceanographic data 

collection platforms for developers. In 

addition to the no-action alternative, 

other alternatives may be considered, 

such as exclusion of certain areas. 

BOEM is preparing an EA for this 

proposed action to assist its planning 

and decision-making (40 CFR 1501.3). 

This notice starts the scoping process 

for the EA and solicits information 

regarding additional important 

environmental issues and alternatives 

that should be considered (43 CFR 

46.305). Additionally, BOEM will use 

the scoping process to identify and 

eliminate from detailed analysis issues 

that are not significant or that have been 

analyzed by prior environmental 

reviews (40 CFR 1501.9(f)(1)). 

BOEM will use responses to this 

notice and the EA public input process 

to satisfy the public involvement 

requirements of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3)). Specific to NHPA, BOEM 

seeks information from the public on 

the identification and assessment of 

potential impacts to cultural resources 

and historic properties that might be 

impacted by possible wind energyrelated leasing, site characterization, 

and site assessment activities in the 

WEAs. 

The EA analyses will also support 

compliance with other environmental 

statutes (e.g., Coastal Zone Management 

Act, Endangered Species Act, 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, and 

Marine Mammal Protection Act). 

Wind energy leases do not authorize 

any activities on the OCS. Instead, 

leases grant lessees the exclusive right 

to submit plans for BOEM approval. 

Prior to deciding whether to approve 

any construction and operation plan for 

commercial wind energy facilities, 

BOEM will prepare a plan-specific 

environmental analysis and will comply 

with all consultation requirements. 

Therefore, this EA will not consider the 

construction and operation of any 

commercial wind energy facilities in the 

WEAs. 

Cooperating Agencies: BOEM invites 

Tribal governments and Federal, State, 

and local government agencies to 

consider becoming cooperating agencies 

in the preparation of this EA. Council 

on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

define cooperating agencies as those 

with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise with respect to any 

environmental impact involved in a 

proposal (or a reasonable alternative)’’ 

(40 CFR 1508.1(e)). Potential 

cooperating agencies should consider 

their authority and capacity to assume 

the responsibilities of a cooperating 

agency. A cooperating agency’s role in 

the environmental analysis neither 

enlarges nor diminishes the final 

decision-making authority of any other 

agency involved in the NEPA process. 

Upon request, BOEM will provide 

potential cooperating Tribal 

governments and agencies with a draft 

memorandum of agreement that 

includes a schedule with critical action 

dates and milestones, mutual 

responsibilities, designated points of 

contact, and expectations for handling 

pre-decisional information. Agencies 

should also consider the ‘‘Factors for 

Determining Whether to Invite, Decline 

or End Cooperating Agency Status’’ in 


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CEQ’s memo ‘‘Cooperating Agencies in 

Implementing the Procedural 

Requirements of [NEPA]’’ dated January 

30, 2002. 

BOEM, as the lead agency, will not 

provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Even if an 

organization is not a cooperating 

agency, opportunities will exist to 

provide information and comments to 

BOEM during the normal public input 

phases of the NEPA process. 

Comments: Federal agencies; Tribal, 

State, and local governments; and other 

interested parties are requested to 

comment on the important issues to be 

considered in the EA. For information 

on how to submit comments and the 

submission deadline, see the DATES and 

ADDRESSES sections above. 

Privileged and Confidential 

Information: BOEM will protect 

privileged and confidential information 

in your comment under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). Exemption 4 of 

FOIA applies to trade secrets and 

commercial and financial information 

that is privileged or confidential. If you 

wish to protect the confidentiality of 

such information, clearly label it and 

request that BOEM treat it as 

confidential. BOEM will not disclose 

such information if BOEM determines 

under 30 CFR 585.114(b) that the 

information qualifies for a FOIA 

exemption. Please label privileged or 

confidential information ‘‘Contains 

Confidential Information’’ and consider 

submitting such information as a 

separate attachment. 

BOEM will not treat as confidential 

any aggregate summaries of such 

information or comments not containing 

such privileged or confidential 

information. Information that is not 

labeled as privileged or confidential 

may be regarded by BOEM as suitable 

for public release. 

Personally Identifiable Information 

(PII): BOEM encourages you to not 

submit anonymous comments. Please 

include your name with your comment. 

You should be aware that your entire 

comment, including your name and any 

other PII included in your comment, 

may be made publicly available. All 

submissions from identified 

individuals, businesses, and 

organizations will be available for 

public viewing on regulations.gov. 

Except for clearly identified privileged 

and confidential information, BOEM 

will make available for public 

inspection all comments, in their 

entirety, submitted by organizations and 

businesses, or by individuals identifying 

themselves as representatives of 

organizations or businesses. 

For BOEM to consider withholding 

your PII from disclosure, you must 

identify any information contained in 

your comments that, if released, would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of your personal privacy. You 

must also briefly describe any possible 

harmful consequences of the disclosure 

of information, such as embarrassment, 

injury, or other harm. Even if BOEM 

withholds your information in the 

context of this notice, your submission 

is subject to FOIA, and if your 

submission is requested under FOIA, 

your information will only be withheld 

if a determination is made that one of 

FOIA’s exemptions to disclosure 

applies. Such a determination will be 

made in accordance with the 

Department’s FOIA regulations and 

applicable law. 

Section 304 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 307103(a)): 

After consultation with the Secretary of 

the Interior, BOEM is required 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 

parties providing information on 

historic resources should designate 

information that they wish to be held as 

confidential and provide the reasons 

why BOEM should do so. 

Authority: National Environmental 

Policy Act, 43 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 43 

CFR 46.305. 

Douglas P. Boren, 

Pacific Regional Director, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02985 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4340–98–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1390] 

Certain Capacitive Discharge Ignition 

Systems, Components Thereof, and 

Products Containing the Same; 

Institution of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

January 10, 2024, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on 

behalf of Altronic, LLC of Girard, Ohio. 

A supplement was filed on January 30, 

2024. The complaint alleges violations 

of section 337 based upon the 

importation into the United States, the 

sale for importation, and the sale within 

the United States after importation of 

certain capacitive discharge ignition 

systems, components thereof, and 

products containing the same by reason 

of the infringement of certain claims of 

U.S. Patent No. 7,401,603 (‘‘the ’603 

patent’’). The complaint further alleges 

that an industry in the United States 

exists as required by the applicable 

Federal Statute. The complainant 

requests that the Commission institute 

an investigation and, after the 

investigation, issue a limited exclusion 

order and cease and desist orders. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help 

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. Hearing impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained 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 at 

https://www.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Hiner, The Office of the 

Secretary, Dockets Services Division, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

telephone (202) 205–1802. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: The authority for 

institution of this investigation is 

contained in section 337 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 

1337, and in section 210.10 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2023). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

February 8, 2024, Ordered that— 

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, an investigation be instituted 

to determine whether there is a 

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

or the sale within the United States after 

importation of certain products 

identified in paragraph (2) by reason of 

infringement of one or more of claims 1, 

6, 8–13, 15, and 16 of the ’603 patent, 

and whether an industry in the United 


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