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8. Any contractor or subcontractor to 

HUD that otherwise had access to 

information concerning the Mortgage 

Loans on behalf of HUD or provided 

services to any person or entity which, 

within the two-year period prior to 

December 1, 2011, had access to 

information with respect to the 

Mortgage Loans on behalf of HUD; 

9. Any employee, officer, director or 

any other person that provides or will 

provide services to the potential bidder 

with respect to such Mortgage Loans 

during any warranty period established 

for the Loan Sale, that (x) serviced any 

of the Mortgage Loans or performed 

other services for or on behalf of HUD 

or (y) within the two-year period prior 

to December 1, 2011, provided services 

to any person or entity which serviced, 

performed services or otherwise had 

access to information with respect to the 

Mortgage Loans for or on behalf of HUD; 

10. Any mortgagor or operator that 

failed to submit to HUD on or before 

November 30, 2011, audited financial 

statements for fiscal years 2007 through 

2010 (for such time as the project has 

been in operation or the prospective 

bidder served as operator, if less than 

three (3) years) for a project securing a 

Mortgage Loan; 

11. Any individual or entity and any 

Related Party (as such term is defined in 

the Qualification Statement) of such 

individual or entity that is a mortgagor 

in any of HUD’s multifamily and/or 

healthcare housing programs and that is 

in default under such mortgage loan or 

is in violation of any regulatory or 

business agreements with HUD, unless 

such default or violation is cured on or 

before November 30, 2011; 

Prospective bidders should carefully 

review the Qualification Statement to 

determine whether they are eligible to 

submit bids on the Mortgage Loans in 

MHLS 2012–1. 

Freedom of Information Act Requests 

HUD reserves the right, in its sole and 

absolute discretion, to disclose 

information regarding MHLS 2012–1, 

including, but not limited to, the 

identity of any successful bidder and its 

bid price or bid percentage for any pool 

of loans or individual loan, upon the 

closing of the sale of all the Mortgage 

Loans. Even if HUD elects not to 

publicly disclose any information 

relating to MHLS 2012–1, HUD will 

have the right to disclose any 

information that HUD is obligated to 

disclose pursuant to the Freedom of 

Information Act and all regulations 

promulgated thereunder. 

Scope of Notice 

This notice applies to MHLS 2012–1 

and does not establish HUD’s policy for 

the sale of other mortgage loans. 

Dated: November 14, 2011. 

Carol J. Galante, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing— 

Federal Housing Commissioner. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Eastern 

Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease 

Sales for Years 2012–2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Call for Information and 

Nominations/Notice of Intent (Call/NOI) 

to Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: This Call for Information and 

Nominations (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘Call’’) is the initial step in a multi-sale 

process covering all lease sales in the 

Eastern Planning Area (EPA) in the Gulf 

of Mexico (GOM) to be included in the 

OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 

2012–2017. Two EPA lease sales are 

specifically covered by this Call. 

Simultaneously with this Call, BOEM is 

preparing a multi-sale EIS covering the 

same sales in the EPA. Comments 

received in response to the NOI will 

assist BOEM in developing the scope of 

the EIS. 

DATES: Information and Nominations 

submitted in response to the Call must 

be received no later than December 19, 

2011. Comments on the NOI must be 

received no later than January 3, 2012 

at the addresses specified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the Call, please contact 

Mr. Carrol Williams, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard (MS 5422), New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394, telephone (504) 

736–2803. For information on the NOI, 

you may contact Mr. Gary Goeke, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard (MS 5412), 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, 

telephone (504) 736–3233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 8, 2011, the Department of 

the Interior released a Proposed OCS Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program for 2012–2017. 

The OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program 

2012–2017 Draft PEIS, prepared by 

BOEM to support the Proposed Program, 

is available for comment through 

January 9, 2012. This multi-sale Call 

covers only the lease sales in the EPA 

that are proposed for inclusion in the 

OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 

2012–2017. 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 224 was held on March 19, 2008. 

The EIS which will be prepared 

subsequent to this Call/NOI will analyze 

a larger area in the EPA than was 

addressed in the Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 224, Final 

Supplemental EIS (OCS EIS/EA 

BOEMRE 2007–060); this EIS will 

address the lease Sale 224 area plus the 

109,977-acre triangular area located 

immediately south of the Lease Sale 224 

area. 

Call for Information and Nominations 

1. Authority 

This Call is published pursuant to the 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

(OCSLA) as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 

seq.), and the implementing regulations 

(30 CFR part 556). 

2. Purpose of Call 

The purpose of the Call is to gather 

information for the following tentatively 

scheduled OCS lease sales: 

OCS planning 

area sale 

Tentative 

lease sale 

year 

EPA Sale 225 ........................... 2014 

EPA Sale 226 ........................... 2016 

BOEM seeks information and 

nominations on oil and gas leasing, 

exploration, development, and 

production within this portion of the 

EPA from all interested parties. This 

early planning and consultation step 

ensures that all interests and concerns 

are communicated to the Department of 

the Interior for its future decisions in 

the leasing process pursuant to section 

18 of OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1344) and 

implementing regulations (30 CFR part 

556). 

Pursuant to section 18 of OCSLA (43 

U.S.C. 1344), the Secretary of the 

Interior is separately developing the 

5-year Program for 2012–2017; this Call 

should not be construed as a 

prejudgment by the Secretary 

concerning any area to be made 

available for leasing under the 2012– 

2017 5-year Program. 

This Call does not indicate a 

preliminary decision to lease in the area 

described below. Leasing within this 

area will be in compliance with 

applicable laws including all 

requirements of the National 

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Environmental Policy Act, Coastal Zone 

Management Act and OCSLA and 

established departmental procedures. 

3. Description of Area 

The general area of this Call covers 

approximately 657,905 acres in the EPA 

in the GOM, which includes the Sale 

224 Area and a triangular area south of 

the Sale 224 area. The entire Sale 225 

area is bordered on the north by a 200- 

mile buffer drawn south of the Florida 

coastline, on the west by the Central 

Planning Area boundary, and on the 

east by the Military Mission Line 

(86° 41′ W). The area is south of eastern 

Alabama and western Florida; the 

nearest point of land is 125 miles 

northwest in Louisiana. A standard Call 

for Information Map depicting this 

portion of the EPA is available without 

charge from the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Public Information Office 

(MS 5034), 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394, or by telephone at 1–(800)– 

200–GULF. The map is also available 

via the BOEM Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov. 

4. Instructions on the Call 

Indications of interest and comments 

must be received no later than 30 days 

following publication of this document 

in the Federal Register in envelopes 

labeled ‘‘Comments on the Call for 

Information for EPA Lease Sales for the 

years 2012–2017 in the GOM,’’ 

submitted to the Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region’s Leasing and Financial 

Responsibility Section (Attention: Mr. 

Carrol Williams) at the previously noted 

address. 

The standard Call for Information 

Map delineates the Call area, all of 

which has been identified by BOEM as 

having potential for the discovery of 

accumulations of oil and gas. 

Comments are sought from all 

interested parties about particular 

geological, environmental (including 

natural disasters), biological, 

archaeological, and socioeconomic 

conditions or conflicts, or other 

information that might bear upon the 

potential leasing and development of 

this area. Comments are also sought on 

potential conflicts between future OCS 

oil and gas activities that may result 

from the proposed lease sale and State 

Coastal Management Programs (CMPs). 

If possible, these comments should 

identify specific CMP policies of 

concern, the nature of the conflict 

foreseen, and steps that BOEM could 

take to avoid or mitigate the potential 

conflict. Comments may be in terms of 

broad areas or restricted to particular 

blocks of concern. Those submitting 

comments are requested to list block 

numbers or outline the subject area on 

the standard Call for Information Map. 

5. Use of Information From Call 

Information submitted in response to 

this Call will be used for several 

purposes. First, comments on possible 

environmental effects and potential use 

conflicts will be used in the analysis of 

environmental conditions in and near 

the Call area. Comments on 

environmental and other use conflicts 

will be used to make a preliminary 

determination of the potential 

advantages and disadvantages of oil and 

gas exploration and development to the 

region and the Nation. A second 

purpose for this Call is to use the 

comments collected in the scoping 

process to develop proposed actions and 

alternatives. Third, comments may be 

used in developing lease terms and 

conditions to ensure environmentally 

safe offshore operations. Finally, 

comments may be used to assess 

potential conflicts between offshore gas 

and oil activities and State CMPs. 

Individual indications of interest in 

areas for mineral leasing are considered 

to be privileged and proprietary 

information. The names of persons or 

entities submitting comments or 

indicating interest will be treated by 

BOEM as information that may be 

released to the public. Comments will 

likewise be released, except that actual 

individual indications of interest in 

areas for mineral leasing, trade secrets, 

commercial or financial information 

will be treated as confidential and 

proprietary information that is 

privileged and will not be released to 

the public. 

6. Existing Information 

BOEM routinely assesses the status of 

information acquisition efforts and the 

quality of the information base for 

potential decisions on tentatively 

scheduled lease sales. An extensive 

environmental studies program has been 

underway in the GOM since 1973. The 

emphasis, including continuing studies, 

has been on ‘‘environmental analysis’’ 

of biologically sensitive habitats, 

physical oceanography, oceancirculation modeling, ecological and 

socio-economic effects of oil and gas 

activities, and the effects of hurricanes 

on coastal communities and 

environments. 

You may obtain a complete listing of 

available study reports and information 

for ordering copies from the Public 

Information Office referenced above. 

You may also order the reports for a fee 

by contacting the U.S. Department of 

Commerce at: U.S. Department of 

Commerce, National Technical 

Information Service, 5301 Shawnee 

Road, Springfield, Virginia 22312, or by 

telephone: (703) 605–6000 or (800) 553– 

6847. In addition, you may obtain a 

program status report for continuing 

studies in this area by contacting BOEM 

at: Chief, Environmental Sciences 

Section (MS 5430), Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394, by telephone: (504) 736– 

2752, or via the BOEM Web site at 

http://www.boem.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/Environmental-Studies/ 

Gulf-of-Mexico-Region/GOMRStudies.aspx. 

7. Tentative Schedule for the First EPA 

Sale 

NOI to Prepare an EIS ................................................................................................................................................... November 2011. 

Call for Information and Nominations ............................................................................................................................. November 2011. 

Comments Received on Call .......................................................................................................................................... December 2011. 

Comments Received on NOI .......................................................................................................................................... January 2012. 

Scoping Meetings ........................................................................................................................................................... January 2012. 

Area Identification Decision ............................................................................................................................................ February 2012. 

Draft EIS Published ........................................................................................................................................................ July–August 2012. 

Public Hearings on Draft EIS ......................................................................................................................................... September 2012. 

Final EIS Published ........................................................................................................................................................ April 2013. 

Proposed Notice of Sale and Coastal Zone Management Consistency Determination ................................................ September–October 2014. 

Final Notice of Sale ........................................................................................................................................................ February 2014. 

Tentative Lease Sale Date ............................................................................................................................................. March 2014. 

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Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement 

1. Authority 

The NOI is published pursuant to the 

regulations (40 CFR 1501.7) 

implementing the provisions of the 

NEPA of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq. (1988)). 

2. Purpose of the Notice of Intent 

Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA, BOEM is announcing its intent 

to prepare an EIS on oil and gas lease 

sales tentatively scheduled in 2012– 

2017 in the EPA offshore the States of 

Alabama and Florida. The NOI serves to 

announce the scoping process for this 

EIS. Throughout the scoping process, 

Federal, state, and local government 

agencies and other interested parties 

have the opportunity to aid BOEM in 

determining the significant issues and 

alternatives for analysis in the EIS. 

BOEM will use and coordinate the 

NEPA commenting process to satisfy the 

public involvement process for Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), as 

provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

The EIS analysis will focus on the 

potential environmental and 

socioeconomic effects of oil and natural 

gas leasing, exploration, development, 

and production in the area identified 

through the Area Identification process 

as the proposed lease sale areas. In 

addition to the no action alternative 

(i.e., hold no sale), other alternatives 

may be considered for each sale such as 

deferring certain areas from the 

proposed lease sales. 

3. Supplemental Information 

On July 18, 2008, the President 

announced the lifting of the Presidential 

Withdrawal for all areas of the OCS 

except for marine sanctuaries. The 

lifting of this withdrawal made available 

some acreage in the Gulf of Mexico that 

is not under the Gulf of Mexico Energy 

Security Act moratoria. One of these 

areas in the EPA is a triangle 

approximately 39 miles long and 

approximately 8 miles wide at its widest 

point with blocks and portions of blocks 

in the Lloyd Ridge and Henderson areas; 

it is immediately south of the Sale 224 

Area. 

For more information on the EIS, you 

may contact Mr. Gary Goeke at the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard (MS 5412), 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. 

4. Cooperating Agency 

BOEM invites other Federal agencies 

and state, Tribal, and local governments 

to consider becoming cooperating 

agencies in the preparation of the EIS. 

We invite qualified government entities 

to inquire about cooperating agency 

status for the EIS. Following the 

guidelines from the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ), qualified 

agencies and governments are those 

with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise.’’ Potential cooperating 

agencies should consider their authority 

and capacity to assume the 

responsibilities of a cooperating agency 

and note that an agency’s role in the 

environmental analysis neither enlarges 

nor diminishes the final decisionmaking 

authority of any other agency involved 

in the NEPA process. Upon request, 

BOEM will provide potential 

cooperating agencies with a written 

summary of ground rules for 

cooperating agencies, including time 

schedules and critical action dates, 

milestones, responsibilities, scope and 

detail of cooperating agencies’ 

contributions, and the availability of 

pre-decisional information. BOEM 

anticipates this summary will form the 

basis for a Memorandum of 

Understanding between BOEM and each 

cooperating agency. Agencies should 

also consider the ‘‘Factors for 

Determining Cooperating Agency 

Status’’ in Attachment 1 to CEQ’s 

January 30, 2002, Memorandum for the 

Heads of Federal Agencies: Cooperating 

Agencies in Implementing the 

Procedural Requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act. A 

copy of this document is available at 

http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ 

cooperating/ 

cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html 

and http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ 

cooperating/ 

cooperatingagencymemofactors.html. 

BOEM, as the lead agency, will not 

provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Yet, even if an 

organization is not a cooperating 

agency, opportunities exist to provide 

information and comments to BOEM 

during the normal public input phases 

of the NEPA/EIS process. If further 

information about cooperating agencies 

is needed, please contact Mr. Gary 

Goeke at (504) 736–3233. 

5. Comments 

Federal, state, and local government 

agencies and other interested parties are 

requested to send their written 

comments on the scope of the EIS, 

significant issues that should be 

addressed, alternatives that should be 

considered, and scenario development 

in either of the following ways: 

a. In written form enclosed in an 

envelope labeled ‘‘Comments on the 

EIS’’ and mailed (or hand carried) to the 

Regional Supervisor, Environment (MS 

5400), Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. 

b. Electronically to the BOEM email 

address: Gary.Goeke@boem.gov. 

Comments should be submitted no 

later than 45 days from the publication 

of this NOI. 

Notice of Public Scoping Meetings on 

the Environmental Impact Statement 

Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), BOEM 

will hold public scoping meetings in 

Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida on the 

EIS for the tentatively scheduled 2012– 

2017 oil and gas leasing proposal in the 

EPA. The purpose of these meetings will 

be to solicit comments on the scope of 

the EIS. The public scoping meetings 

will be scheduled at a later date and a 

FR notice will be published announcing 

the date, time and location of the 

meetings. 

For further information about the 

scoping meetings, contact Mr. Gary 

Goeke at the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard 

(MS 5412), New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394, or by telephone (504) 736– 

3233. 

Dated: November 7, 2011. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–R–2010–N248; 1265–0000–10137– 

S3] 

Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge, 

Honolulu County, HI; Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of the final comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and a finding of 

no significant impact (FONSI) for the 

CCP for Pearl Harbor National Wildlife 

Refuge (Refuge). The CCP describes how 

we will manage the Refuge for the next 

15 years. 

DATES: The FONSI was signed on 

September 30, 2010. The CCP and 

FONSI are available now. 

Implementation of the CCP can begin 

immediately. 

ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain 

copies of the Final CCP and FONSI/EA 

by any of the following methods. You 

may request a hard copy or CD–ROM. 

Agency Web site: Download a copy of 

the document(s) at http://www.fws.gov/ 

pacific/planning/main/docs/HI-PI/ 

docsjcpearl.htm. 

Email: Laura_Beauregard@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Pearl Harbor final CCP’’ in the 

subject. 

Mail: O‘ahu National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, 66–590 Kamehameha 

Highway, Room 2C, Hale‘iwa, HI 96712. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Ellis, Project Leader, (808) 637– 

6330. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we finalize the CCP 

process for the Refuge. We started this 

process through a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 72826; December 1, 

2008). We released the Draft CCP/EA to 

the public, announcing and requesting 

comments in a notice of availability in 

the Federal Register (75 FR 56130; 

September 15, 2010). 

Pearl Harbor Refuge is located on the 

southern coast of the island of O‘ahu 

and is comprised of three units, the 

Honouliuli Unit, Waiawa Unit, and 

Kalaeloa Unit. The Honouliuli and 

Waiawa units are wetland units located 

on the shores of Pearl Harbor. The 37- 

acre Honouliuli Unit and 25-acre 

Waiawa Unit were established in 1972 

to protect and enhance habitat for 

endangered Hawaiian waterbirds. 

Habitats found on these units include 

open water, freshwater marsh, mudflat, 

grassland, and shrubland. The units 

provide important breeding, feeding, 

and resting areas for endangered 

waterbirds, a variety of migratory 

waterfowl, shorebirds, and other 

wetland birds. Neither unit is open to 

the general public; however, a grade 

school wetland education program is 

administered under a special use permit 

at the Honouliuli Unit. 


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