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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–12128; 2200–3200– 

665] 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before January 12, 2013. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 

60, written comments are being 

accepted concerning the significance of 

the nominated properties under the 

National Register criteria for evaluation. 

Comments may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St. NW., MS 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service,1201 Eye 

St. NW., 8th floor, Washington, DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by February 25, 2013. 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: January 16, 2013. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

FLORIDA 

Pinellas County 

Rothman, Maurice and Thelma, House, 1018 

Park St., N., Saint Petersburg, 13000034 

IOWA 

Winneshiek County 

Fort Atkinson Historic District, (Ho-Chunk 

(Winnebago) Removal to the Neutral 

Ground MPS), 2nd St. & 8th Ave., Fort 

Atkinson, 13000036 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Barnstable County 

Bourne High School, 85 Cotuit Rd., Bourne, 

13000035 

Bournedale Village School, 29 Herring Pond 

Rd., Bourne, 13000037 

MISSOURI 

Jackson County 

Southwest Market Street Historic District, 

(Lee’s Summit, Missouri MPS), 314 

through 418 SW. Market St., Lee’s Summit, 

13000038 

NEW YORK 

New York County 

Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary 

Increase), (Murray Hill, New York County, 

New York MPS), E. 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 

38th & 39th Sts., Lexington, Madison & 

Park Aves., Manhattan, 13000039 

Women’s National Republican Club, 3 W. 

51st. St., Manhattan, 13000040 

Orleans County 

Bacon—Harding Farm, (Cobblestone 

Architecture of New York State MPS), 3077 

Oak Orchard Rd., Gaines, 13000041 

SOUTH DAKOTA 

Davison County 

Mitchell Historic Commercial District 

(Boundary Increase and Decrease), Roughly 

bounded by Lawler & Rowley Sts., Railroad 

& 6th Aves., Mitchell, 13000042 

TEXAS 

Galveston County 

Stringfellow Orchards, 7902 TX 6, Hitchcock, 

13000043 

VIRGINIA 

Alexandria Independent City 

Alexandria Union Station, 110 Callahan Dr., 

Alexandria (Independent City), 13000044 

Charlottesville Independent City 

Charlottesville Coca-Cola Bottling Works, 722 

Preston, Charlottesville (Independent City), 

13000045 

Prince Edward County 

First Baptist Church, 100 S. Main St., 

Farmville, 13000046 

WYOMING 

Platte County 

Grant, Duncan, Ranch Rural Historic 

Landscape, (Ranches, Farms, and 

Homesteads in Wyoming, 1860–1960 

MPS), 778 Sybille Creek Rd., Wheatland, 

13000047 

[FR Doc. 2013–02910 Filed 2–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–51–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area 

(CPA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 227 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Final Notice of Sale. 

SUMMARY: On Wednesday, March 20, 

2013, BOEM will open and publicly 

announce bids received for blocks 

offered in CPA Sale 227, in accordance 

with the provisions of the OCS Lands 

Act (OCSLA, 43 U.S.C. 1331–1356, as 

amended) and the regulations issued 

thereunder (30 CFR part 556). The CPA 

227 Final Notice of Sale (NOS) package 

(Final NOS Package) contains 

information essential to potential 

bidders, and bidders are charged with 

knowing the contents of the documents 

contained in that package. The Final 

NOS Package is available at the address 

and Web site below. 

DATES: Public bid reading for CPA Sale 

227 will begin at 9 a.m., Wednesday, 

March 20, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz 

Superdome, 1500 Sugarbowl Drive, New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70112. The lease sale 

will be held in the St. Charles Club 

Room on the second floor (Loge Level). 

Entry to the Superdome will be on the 

Poydras Street side of the building 

through Gate A on the Ground Level; 

parking will be available at Garage 6. All 

times referred to in this document are 

local New Orleans time, unless 

otherwise specified. 

Bid Submission Deadline: BOEM 

must receive all sealed bids between 8 

a.m. and 4 p.m. on normal working 

days, and from 8 a.m. to the Bid 

Submission Deadline of 10:00 a.m. on 

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, the day before 

the lease sale. For more information on 

bid submission, see Section VII 

‘‘Bidding Instructions’’ of this 

document. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties can obtain 

a Final NOS Package by contacting the 

Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region at: Gulf of 

Mexico Region Public Information 

Office, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394, (504) 736–2519 or (800) 

200–GULF. 

Or by visiting the BOEM Web site: 

http://www.boem.gov/About-BOEM/ 

BOEM-Regions/Gulf-of-Mexico-Region/ 

Index.aspx. 

Table of Contents 

This Final NOS includes the 

following sections: 

I. Lease Sale Area 

II. Statutes and Regulations 

III. Lease Terms and Economic Conditions 

IV. Lease Stipulations 

V. Information to Lessees 

VI. Maps 

VII. Bidding Instructions 

VIII. Bidding Rules and Restrictions 

IX. Forms 

X. The Lease Sale 

XI. Delay of Sale 


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I. Lease Sale Area 

Areas Offered for Leasing: In CPA 

Sale 227, BOEM is offering to lease all 

blocks and partial blocks listed in the 

document ‘‘List of Blocks Available for 

Leasing’’ included in the Final NOS 

Package. All of these blocks are shown 

on the following leasing maps and 

Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs): 

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Maps— 

Louisiana Map Numbers 1 through 12 

(These 30 maps sell for $2.00 each.) 

LA1 West Cameron Area (Revised July 

1, 2011) 

LA1A West Cameron Area, West 

Addition (Revised February 28, 2007) 

LA1B West Cameron Area, South 

Addition (Revised February 28, 2007) 

LA2 East Cameron Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA2A East Cameron Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3 Vermilion Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA3A South Marsh Island Area 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3B Vermilion Area, South Addition 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3C South Marsh Island Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3D South Marsh Island Area, North 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA4 Eugene Island Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA4A Eugene Island Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA5 Ship Shoal Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA5A Ship Shoal Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA6 South Timbalier Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA6A South Timbalier Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA6B South Pelto Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA6C Bay Marchand Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA7 Grand Isle Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA7A Grand Isle Area, South Addition 

(Revised February 17, 2004) 

LA8 West Delta Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA8A West Delta Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA9 South Pass Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA9A South Pass Area, South and East 

Additions (Revised November 1, 

2000) 

LA10 Main Pass Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA10A Main Pass Area, South and 

East Additions (Revised November 1, 

2000) 

LA10B Breton Sound Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA11 Chandeleur Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA11A Chandeleur Area, East 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA12 Sabine Pass Area (Revised July 

1, 2011) 

Outer Continental Shelf Official 

Protraction Diagrams 

(These 19 diagrams sell for $2.00 

each.) 

NG15–02 Garden Banks (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NG15–03 Green Canyon (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NG15–05 Keathley Canyon (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NG15–06 Walker Ridge (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NG15–08 Sigsbee Escarpment (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NG15–09 Amery Terrace (Revised 

October 25, 2000) 

NG16–01 Atwater Valley (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NG16–02 Lloyd Ridge (Revised August 

1, 2008) 

NG16–04 Lund (Revised November 1, 

2000) 

NG16–05 Henderson (Revised August 

1, 2008) 

NG16–07 Lund South (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NG16–08 Florida Plain (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NH15–12 Ewing Bank (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NH16–04 Mobile (Revised July 1, 

2011) 

NH16–05 Pensacola (Revised February 

28, 2007) 

NH16–07 Viosca Knoll (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NH16–08 Destin Dome (Revised 

February 28, 2007) 

NH16–10 Mississippi Canyon (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

NH16–11 De Soto Canyon (Revised 

August 1, 2008) 

Please Note: These GOM leasing maps and 

OPDs are available for free online in .pdf and 

.gra formats at http://www.boem.gov/Oil-andGas-Energy-Program/Mapping-and-Data/ 

Official-Protraction-Diagrams.aspx. 

For the current status of all CPA 

leasing maps and OPDs, please refer to 

66 FR 28002 (published May 21, 2001), 

69 FR 23211 (published April 28, 2004), 

72 FR 27590 (published May 16, 2007), 

72 FR 35720 (published June 29, 2007), 

73 FR 63505 (published October 24, 

2008), and 76 FR 54787 (published 

September 2, 2011). 

All blocks are shown on these leasing 

maps and OPDs. The available Federal 

acreage of all whole and partial blocks 

in this lease sale is shown in the 

document ‘‘List of Blocks Available for 

Leasing’’ included in the Final NOS 

Package. Some of these blocks may be 

partially leased or deferred, or 

transected by administrative lines such 

as the Federal/state jurisdictional line. 

A bid on a block must include all of the 

available Federal acreage of that block. 

Information on the unleased portions of 

such blocks is found in the document 

‘‘Central Planning Area, Lease Sale 227, 

March 20, 2013—Unleased Split Blocks 

and Available Unleased Acreage of 

Blocks with Aliquots and Irregular 

Portions Under Lease or Deferred’’ 

included in the Final NOS Package. For 

additional information, please call Mr. 

Lenny Coats, Chief of the Mapping and 

Automation Section, at (504) 736–1457. 

Areas Not Offered for Leasing: The 

following whole and partial blocks are 

not offered for lease in this sale: 

Whole and partial blocks deferred by 

the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

of 2006, Public Law 109–432: 

Pensacola (OPD NH 16–05) 

Whole Blocks: 751 through 754, 793 

through 798, 837 through 842, 881 

through 886, 925 through 930, and 

969 through 975 

Destin Dome (OPD NH 16–08) 

Whole Blocks: 1 through 7, 45 through 

51, 89 through 96, 133 through 140, 

177 through 184, 221 through 228, 

265 through 273, 309 through 317, 

353 through 361, 397 through 405, 

441 through 450, 485 through 494, 

529 through 538, 573 through 582, 

617 through 627, 661 through 671, 

705 through 715, 749 through 759, 

793 through 804, 837 through 848, 

881 through 892, 925 through 936, 

and 969 through 981 

DeSoto Canyon (OPD NH 16–11) 

Whole Blocks: 1 through 15, 45 through 

59, and 92 through 102 

Partial Blocks: 16, 60, 61, 89 through 91, 

103 through 105, and 135 through 147 

Henderson (OPD NG 16–05) 

Partial Blocks: 114, 158, 202, 246, 290, 

334, 335, 378, 379, 422, and 423 

Blocks that are adjacent to or beyond 

the United States Exclusive Economic 

Zone in the area known as the northern 

portion of the Eastern Gap: 

Lund South (OPD NG 16–07) 

Whole Blocks: 128, 129, 169 through 

173, 208 through 217, 248 through 

261, 293 through 305, and 349 

Henderson (OPD NG 16–05) 

Whole Blocks: 466, 508 through 510, 

551 through 554, 594 through 599, 

637 through 643, 679 through 687, 

722 through 731, 764 through 775, 


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807 through 819, 849 through 862, 

891 through 905, 933 through 949, 

and 975 through 992 

Partial Blocks: 467, 511, 555, 556, 600, 

644, 688, 732, 776, 777, 820, 821, 863, 

864, 906, 907, 950, 993, and 994 

Florida Plain (OPD NG 16–08) 

Whole Blocks: 5 through 24, 46 through 

67, 89 through 110, 133 through 154, 

177 through 197, 221 through 240, 

265 through 283, 309 through 327, 

and 363 through 370 

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: 

Amery Terrace (OPD NG 15–09) 

Whole Blocks: 280, 281, 318 through 

320, and 355 through 359 

Partial Blocks: 235 through 238, 273 

through 279, and 309 through 317 

Sigsbee Escarpment (OPD NG 15–08) 

Whole Blocks: 239, 284, and 331 

through 341 

Partial Blocks: 151, 195, 196, 240, 241, 

285 through 298, and 342 through 349 

Blocks that are deferred until 

measures to ensure the safety of planned 

decommissioning operations are 

completed: 

Green Canyon (OPD NG15–03) Block 20 

Please Note: Bids on Blocks near the U.S.- 

Mexico Maritime and Continental Shelf 

Boundary. 

The following definitions apply to 

this section: 

‘‘Agreement’’ refers to the agreement 

between the United Mexican States and 

the United States of America that 

addresses identification and unitization 

of transboundary hydrocarbon 

reservoirs, allocation of production, 

inspections, safety, and environmental 

protection. A copy of the Agreement can 

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

BOEM-Newsroom/Library/BoundariesMexico.aspx. 

‘‘Boundary Area’’ means an area 

comprised of any and all blocks in the 

CPA that are located or partially located 

within three statute miles of the 

maritime and continental shelf 

boundary with Mexico, as that maritime 

boundary is delimited in the November 

24, 1970 Treaty to Resolve Pending 

Boundary Differences and Maintain the 

Rio Grande and Colorado River as the 

International Boundary; the May 4, 1978 

Treaty on Maritime Boundaries between 

the United Mexican States and the 

United States of America; and the June 

9, 2000 Treaty on the Continental Shelf 

between the Government of the United 

Mexican States and the Government of 

the United States of America. 

The Agreement was signed on 

February 20, 2012, but has not yet 

entered into force. Bids submitted on 

any available block in the ‘‘Boundary 

Area’’ (as defined previously) may be 

segregated from bids submitted on 

blocks outside the Boundary Area. Bids 

submitted on available blocks outside 

the Boundary Area will be opened on 

the date scheduled for sale. Bids 

submitted on available blocks in the 

Boundary Area may not be opened on 

the date scheduled for the sale, but may 

be opened at a later date. Within 30 

days after the approval of the Agreement 

such that its terms to enter into force, or 

by September 30, 2013, whichever 

occurs first, the Secretary of the Interior 

will determine whether it is in the best 

interest of the United States either to 

open bids for available Boundary Area 

blocks or to return the bids unopened. 

In the event the Secretary decides to 

open bids on available blocks in the 

Boundary Area, BOEM will notify such 

bidders at least 30 days prior to opening 

such bids, and will describe the terms 

of the Agreement under which leases in 

the Boundary Area will be issued as 

applicable. Bidders on these blocks may 

withdraw their bids at any time after 

such notice up until 10 a.m. of the day 

before bid opening. If BOEM does not 

give notice within 30 days of approval 

of the Agreement as described above, or 

by September 30, 2013, whichever 

comes first, BOEM will return the bids 

unopened. This timing will allow 

potential bidders to make decisions 

regarding the next annual CPA lease 

sale (anticipated in 2014), which may 

also offer blocks in this area. BOEM 

currently anticipates that blocks in the 

Boundary Area that are not awarded as 

a result of CPA Sale 227 would be 

reoffered in the next CPA lease sale. 

BOEM reserves the right to return these 

bids at any time. BOEM will not 

disclose which blocks received bids or 

the names of bidders in this area unless 

and until the bids are opened. 

The following whole and partial 

blocks comprise the entire Boundary 

Area (not all of which are available 

under CPA Sale 227): 

Sigsbee Escarpment—151, 152, 195, 

196, 197, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 284, 

285, 286, 287, 288*, 289*, 290*, 291, 

292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 

300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 331, 332, 

333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 

341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 

349 

Amery Terrace—118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 

155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 

163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 

171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 193, 194, 195, 

196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 

204, 205, 206, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 

215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 232, 233, 234, 

235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 

243, 265, 266, 267, 271, 272, 273, 274, 

275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 309, 

310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 

318, 319, 320, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359 

Lund South—133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 

138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 177, 

178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 

186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 

194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 

202, 203, 204, 205, 232, 233, 234, 235, 

236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 

244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 

252, 293, 294, 295, 296 

* Leased. 

II. Statutes and Regulations 

Each lease is issued pursuant to 

OCSLA, regulations promulgated 

pursuant thereto, other applicable 

statutes and regulations in existence 

upon the effective date of the lease, and 

those applicable statutes enacted 

(including amendments to OCSLA or 

other statutes) and regulations 

promulgated thereafter, except to the 

extent they explicitly conflict with an 

express provision of the lease. 

Amendments to existing statutes and 

regulations, including but not limited to 

OCSLA, as well as the enactment of new 

statutes and promulgation of new 

regulations that do not explicitly 

conflict with an express provision of the 

lease, will apply to leases issued as a 

result of this sale. Moreover, the lessee 

expressly bears the risk that such new 

statutes and regulations (i.e., those that 

do not explicitly conflict with an 

express provision of the lease) may 

increase or decrease the lessee’s 

obligation under the lease. 

III. Lease Terms and Economic 

Conditions 

Lease Terms 

OCS Lease Form 

BOEM will use Form BOEM–2005 

(October 2011) to convey leases 

resulting from this sale. This lease form 

may be viewed on the BOEM Web site 

at http://www.boem.gov/About-BOEM/ 

Procurement-Business-Opportunities/ 

BOEM-OCS-Operation-Forms/BOEM2005.aspx. The lease form will be 

amended to conform with the specific 

terms, conditions, and stipulations 

applicable to the individual lease. 

Initial Periods 

Initial periods are summarized in the 

following table: 


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Water depth in meters Initial periods 

0 to < 400 ........................... Standard initial period is 5 years; the lessee may earn an additional 3 years (i.e., for an 8-year extended initial period), if a well is spudded targeting hydrocarbons below 25,000 feet True Vertical Depth Subsea (TVD SS) during the first 5 years of the lease. 

400 to < 800 ....................... Standard initial period is 5 years; the lessee will earn an additional 3 years (i.e., for an 8-year extended initial period), if a well is spudded during the first 5 years of the lease. 

800 to < 1,600 .................... Standard initial period is 7 years; the lessee will earn an additional 3 years (i.e., for a 10-year extended initial period), if a well is spudded during the first 7 years of the lease. 

1,600 + ............................... 10 years. 

(1) The standard initial period for a 

lease in water depths of less than 400 

meters issued from this sale is 5 years. 

If the lessee spuds a well targeting 

hydrocarbons below 25,000 feet TVD SS 

within the first 5 years of the lease, then 

the lessee may earn an additional 3 

years, for an 8-year extended initial 

period. The lessee will earn the 8-year 

extended initial period in cases where 

the well is drilled to a target below 

25,000 feet TVD SS, or the lessee may 

earn the 8-year extended initial period 

in cases where the well targets, but does 

not reach, a depth below 25,000 feet 

TVD SS due to mechanical or safety 

reasons, where sufficient evidence is 

provided. In order to earn the 8-year 

extended initial period, the lessee is 

required to submit a letter to the Bureau 

of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) GOM Regional 

Supervisor for Production and 

Development (RSPD) within 30 days 

after completion of the drilling 

operation. The letter must include: (1) 

The well number; (2) spud date; (3) 

information demonstrating a target 

below 25,000 feet TVD SS and whether 

that target was reached; and (4) if 

applicable, any safety, mechanical, or 

other problems encountered that 

prevented the well from reaching a 

depth below 25,000 feet TVD SS. The 

RSPD must concur in writing that the 

conditions have been met in order for 

the lessee to earn the 8-year extended 

initial period. The RSPD will provide a 

written response within 30 days of 

receipt of the lessee’s letter. 

A lessee who earns an 8-year 

extended initial period by spudding a 

well with a hydrocarbon target below 

25,000 feet TVD SS during the first 5 

years of the lease, confirmed by the 

RSPD, will not be eligible for a 

suspension for that same period under 

the regulations at 30 CFR 250.175 

because the lease is not at risk of 

expiring. 

(2) The standard initial period for a 

lease in water depths of 400 meters to 

less than 800 meters issued from this 

sale is 5 years. The lessee will earn an 

additional 3 years, for an 8-year 

extended initial period, if the lessee 

spuds a well within the first 5 years of 

the lease. 

In order to earn the 8-year extended 

initial period, the lessee is required to 

submit to the appropriate BSEE District 

Manager, within 30 days after spudding 

a well, a letter providing the well 

number and spud date, and requesting 

concurrence that the lessee has earned 

the 8-year extended initial period. The 

BSEE District Manager will review the 

request and make a written 

determination within 30 days of receipt 

of the request. The BSEE District 

Manager must concur in writing that the 

conditions have been met by the lessee 

to earn the 8-year extended initial 

period. 

(3) The standard initial period for a 

lease in water depths of 800 meters to 

less than 1,600 meters issued from this 

sale will be 7 years. The lessee will earn 

an additional 3 years, for a 10-year 

extended initial period, if the lessee 

spuds a well within the first 7 years of 

the lease. 

In order to earn the 10-year extended 

initial period, the lessee is required to 

submit to the appropriate BSEE District 

Manager, within 30 days after spudding 

a well, a letter providing the well 

number and spud date, and requesting 

concurrence that the lessee earned the 

10-year extended initial period. The 

BSEE District Manager will review the 

request and make a written 

determination within 30 days of receipt 

of the request. The BSEE District 

Manager must concur in writing that the 

conditions have been met by the lessee 

to earn the 10-year extended initial 

period. 

(4) The standard initial period for a 

lease in water depths of 1,600 meters or 

greater issued from this sale will be 10 

years. 

Economic Conditions 

Minimum Bonus Bid Amounts 

• $25.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

for blocks in water depths of less than 

400 meters. 

• $100.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

for blocks in water depths of 400 meters 

or deeper. 

BOEM will not accept a bonus bid 

unless it provides for a cash bonus in 

the amount equal to, or exceeding, the 

specified minimum bid of $25.00 per 

acre or fraction thereof for blocks in 

water depths of less than 400 meters, 

and $100.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

for blocks in water depths of 400 meters 

or deeper. 

Rental Rates 

Annual rental rates are summarized in 

the following table: 

RENTAL RATES PER ACRE OR FRACTION THEREOF

Water depth in meters Years 

1–5 Years 6, 7 & 8+ 

0 to < 200 .............................................................................................................................................. $7.00 $14.00, $21.00 & $28.00 

200 to < 400 .......................................................................................................................................... 11.00 $22.00, $33.00 & $44.00 

400 + ...................................................................................................................................................... 11.00 $16.00 


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Escalating Rental Rates for Leases With 

an 8-Year Extended Initial Period in 

Water Depths of Less Than 400 Meters 

Any lease in water depths less than 

400 meters that earns an 8-year 

extended initial period will pay an 

escalating rental rate as shown above. 

The rental rates after the fifth year for 

blocks in less than 400 meters will 

become fixed and no longer escalate if 

another well is spudded targeting 

hydrocarbons below 25,000 feet TVD SS 

after the fifth year of the lease, and 

BSEE concurs that such a well has been 

spudded. In this case, the rental rate 

will become fixed at the rental rate in 

effect during the lease year in which the 

additional well was spudded. 

Royalty Rate 

• 18.75 percent. 

Minimum Royalty Rate 

• $7.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

per year for blocks in water depths of 

less than 200 meters. 

• $11.00 per acre or fraction thereof 

per year for blocks in water depths of 

200 meters or deeper. 

Royalty Suspension Provisions 

Leases with royalty suspension 

volumes (RSVs) are authorized under 

existing BSEE regulations at 30 CFR part 

203 and BOEM regulations at 30 CFR 

part 560. 

Deep and Ultra-Deep Gas Royalty 

Suspensions 

A lease issued as a result of this sale 

may be eligible for RSV incentives for 

deep and ultra-deep wells pursuant to 

30 CFR part 203, implementing 

requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005. These RSV incentives are 

conditioned upon applicable price 

thresholds. 

• Certain wells on leases in 0 to less 

than 400 meters of water depth 

completed to a drilling depth of 20,000 

feet TVD SS or deeper may receive an 

RSV of 35 billion cubic feet of natural 

gas. 

• Certain wells on leases in 200 to 

less than 400 meters of water depth 

completed to a drilling depth from 

15,000 to 20,000 feet TVD SS that begin 

production before May 3, 2013, may 

receive smaller RSV incentives. 

IV. Lease Stipulations 

One or more of the following 

stipulations will be applied to leases 

resulting from this sale as applicable. 

The detailed text of these stipulations is 

contained in the Lease Stipulations 

section of the Final NOS Package. 

(1) Topographic Features 

(2) Live Bottoms 

(3) Military Areas 

(4) Evacuation 

(5) Coordination 

(6) Blocks South of Baldwin County, 

Alabama 

(7) Law of the Sea Convention Royalty 

Payment 

(8) Protected Species 

(9) Below Seabed Operations 

(10) Agreement between the United 

States of America and the United 

Mexican States Concerning 

Transboundary Hydrocarbon 

Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico 

V. Information to Lessees 

The ‘‘Information to Lessees’’ (ITL) 

clauses provide detailed information on 

certain issues pertaining to this oil and 

gas lease sale. The detailed text of these 

ITL clauses is contained in the 

‘‘Information to Lessees’’ section of the 

Final NOS Package: 

(1) Navigation Safety 

(2) Ordnance Disposal Areas 

(3) Communications Towers 

(4) Existing and Proposed Artificial 

Reefs/Rigs to Reefs 

(5) Lightering Zones 

(6) Indicated Hydrocarbons List 

(7) Military Areas 

(8) Safety Zones for Certain Production 

Facilities 

(9) Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) Inspection and 

Enforcement of Certain Coast Guard 

Regulations 

(10) Ocean Dredged Material Disposal 

Sites 

(11) Potential Sand Dredging Activities 

(12) Below Seabed Operations 

(13) Commercial Waste Disposal Areas 

(14) Air Quality Permits 

(15) Notice of Arrival on the Outer 

Continental Shelf 

(16) Bids on Blocks near U.S.-Mexico 

Maritime and Continental Shelf 

Boundary 

VI. Maps 

The following maps are included in 

the Final NOS Package; they also may 

be found on the BOEM Web site at 

http://www.boem.gov/sale-227/. 

Lease Terms and Economic Conditions 

Map 

The lease terms and economic 

conditions and the blocks to which 

these terms and conditions apply are 

shown on the map ‘‘Final, Central 

Planning Area, Lease Sale 227, March 

20, 2013, Lease Terms and Economic 

Conditions’’ included in the Final NOS 

Package. 

Stipulations and Deferred Blocks Map 

The blocks on which one or more 

lease stipulations apply are shown on 

the map, ‘‘Final, Central Planning Area, 

Lease Sale 227, March 20, 2013, 

Stipulations and Deferred Blocks Map,’’ 

included in the Final NOS Package. 

VII. Bidding Instructions 

Instructions on how to submit a bid, 

secure payment of the advance bonus 

bid deposit (if applicable), and what 

information must be included with the 

bid are as follows: 

Bid Form 

For each block bid upon, a separate 

sealed bid shall be submitted in a sealed 

envelope (as described below) and must 

include the following: 

• Total amount of the bid in whole 

dollars only; 

• Sale number; 

• Sale date; 

• Each bidder’s exact name; 

• Each bidder’s proportionate 

interest, stated as a percentage, using a 

maximum of five decimal places (e.g., 

33.33333%); 

• Typed name and title, and signature 

of each bidder’s authorized officer; 

• Each bidder’s GOM company 

number; 

• Map name and number or OPD 

name and number; 

• Block number; and 

• Statement acknowledging that the 

bidder(s) understand that this bid 

legally binds the bidder(s) to comply 

with all applicable regulations 

including payment of one-fifth of the 

bonus bid amount on all apparent high 

bids. 

The information required on the 

bid(s) is specified in the document ‘‘Bid 

Form’’ contained in the Final NOS 

Package. A blank bid form has been 

provided therein for convenience and 

may be copied and completed with the 

necessary information described above. 

Bid Envelope 

Each bid must be submitted in a 

separate sealed envelope labeled as 

follows: 

• ‘‘Sealed Bid for Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 227, not to be opened until 9 a.m. 

Wednesday, March 20, 2013’’ or if the 

bid is on a block in the U.S.-Mexico 

Maritime Boundary Area, ‘‘Sealed Bid 

for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 227 U.S.- 

Mexico Maritime Boundary Bid, not to 

be opened until Transboundary 

Agreement is approved by Congress or 

September 30, 2013;’’ 

• Map name and number or OPD 

name and number; 

• Block number for block bid upon; 

and 

• The exact name and GOM company 

number of the submitting bidder only. 

The Final NOS Package includes a 

sample bid envelope for reference. 


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Mailed Bids 

If bids are mailed, please address the 

envelope containing the sealed bid 

envelope(s) as follows: 

Attention: Leasing and Financial 

Responsibility Section, BOEM Gulf of 

Mexico Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394. Contains Sealed Bids for 

CPA Oil and Gas Lease Sale 227. Please 

Deliver to Ms. Cindy Thibodeaux or Ms. 

Kasey Couture, 2nd Floor, Immediately. 

Please Note: Bidders mailing bid(s) are 

advised to call Ms. Cindy Thibodeaux at 

(504) 736–2809, or Ms. Kasey Couture at 

(504) 736–2909, immediately after putting 

their bid(s) in the mail. If BOEM receives 

bids later than the Bid Submission Deadline, 

the BOEM Regional Director (BOEM RD) will 

return those bids unopened to bidders. 

Should an unexpected event, such as 

flooding or travel restrictions be significantly 

disruptive to bid submission, BOEM may 

extend the Bid Submission Deadline. Bidders 

may call (504) 736–0557 or access the BOEM 

Gulf of Mexico Regional Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/About-BOEM/BOEM-Regions/ 

Gulf-of-Mexico-Region/Index.aspx for 

information about the possible extension of 

the Bid Submission Deadline due to such an 

event. 

Advance Bonus Bid Deposit Guarantee 

Bidders that are not currently an OCS 

oil and gas lease record title holder or 

designated operator or those that ever 

have defaulted on a one-fifth bonus bid 

deposit, by Electronic Funds Transfer 

(EFT) or otherwise, must guarantee 

(secure) the payment of the one-fifth 

bonus bid deposit prior to bid 

submission using one of the following 

four methods: 

• Provide a third-party guarantee; 

• Amend areawide development 

bond via bond rider; 

• Provide a letter of credit; or 

• Provide a lump sum payment in 

advance via EFT. 

For more information on EFT 

procedures, see ‘‘The Lease Sale’’ 

Section X of this document. 

Affirmative Action 

BOEM requires that, prior to bidding, 

the bidder file Equal Opportunity 

Affirmative Action Representation Form 

BOEM–2032 (October 2011) and Equal 

Opportunity Compliance Report 

Certification Form BOEM–2033 

(October 2011) in the BOEM Gulf of 

Mexico Region Adjudication Section. 

This certification is required by 41 CFR 

part 60 and Executive Order No. 11246, 

issued September 24, 1965, as amended 

by Executive Order No. 11375, issued 

October 13, 1967. Please note that both 

forms are required to be on file for the 

bidder(s) in the GOM Region 

Adjudication Section prior to the 

execution of any lease contract. 

Geophysical Data and Information 

Statement (GDIS) 

Pursuant to 30 CFR 551.12, BOEM has 

a right to access geophysical data and 

information collected under a permit in 

the OCS. Every bidder submitting a bid 

on a block in CPA Sale 227, or 

participating as a joint bidder in such a 

bid, must submit at the time of bid 

submission a GDIS in a separate and 

sealed envelope, identifying all 

proprietary data; reprocessed 

speculative data and/or any Controlled 

Source Electromagnetic surveys, 

Amplitude Versus Offset, Gravity or 

Magnetic data; or other information 

used as part of the decision to bid or 

participate in a bid on the block. 

Please Note: A bidder must submit the 

GDIS even if its joint bidder or bidders on a 

specific block also have submitted a GDIS. 

Any speculative data that has been 

reprocessed externally or ‘‘in-house’’ is 

considered proprietary due to the proprietary 

processing and is no longer considered to be 

speculative. The GDIS should clearly state 

who did the reprocessing (e.g., external 

company name or ‘‘in-house’’). In addition, 

the GDIS should clearly identify the data 

type (e.g., 2–D, 3–D, or 4–D, pre-stack or 

post-stack, and time or depth); areal extent 

(i.e., number of line miles for 2–D or number 

of blocks for 3–D) and migration algorithm 

(e.g., Kirchhoff Migration, Wave Equation 

Migration, Reverse Migration, Reverse Time 

Migration) of the data; velocity models used; 

and other requested metadata. The statement 

also must include the name; phone number, 

and full address of a contact person and an 

alternate who are both knowledgeable about 

the information and data listed and available 

for 30 days post-sale; the processing 

company; date processing was completed; 

owner of the original data set (who initially 

acquired the data); and original data survey 

name and permit number. Seismic survey 

information also should include the 

computer storage size, to the nearest 

megabyte, of each seismic data set and 

velocity volume used to evaluate the lease 

block in question. This will be used in 

estimating the reproduction costs for each 

data set during the requisition process prior 

to requesting data. BOEM reserves the right 

to query alternate data sets, to quality check, 

and to compare the listed and alternative 

data sets to determine which data set most 

closely meets the needs of the fair market 

value determination process. 

The GDIS must also include entries 

for all blocks bid upon that did not use 

proprietary or reprocessed pre- or poststack geophysical data and information 

as part of the decision to bid or to 

participate as a joint bidder in the bid. 

The GDIS must be submitted even if no 

proprietary geophysical data and 

information were used in bid 

preparation for the block. In the event 

a person (as defined at 30 CFR 556.43) 

supplies any type of data to BOEM, that 

person must meet the following 

requirements to qualify for 

reimbursement: 

(1) Persons must be registered with 

the System for Award Management 

(SAM), formerly known as the Central 

Contractor Registration (CCR). Your CCR 

username will not work in SAM. A new 

SAM User Account is needed to register 

or update your entity’s records. The 

Web site for registering is https:// 

www.sam.gov. 

(2) Persons must be enrolled in the 

Department of Treasury’s Internet 

Payment Platform (IPP) for electronic 

invoicing. The person must enroll at the 

IPP (https://www.ipp.gov/) if it has not 

already done so. Access then will be 

granted to use IPP for submitting 

requests for payment. When a request 

for payment is submitted, it must 

include the assigned Purchase Order 

Number on the request. 

(3) Persons must have a current Online Representations and Certifications 

Application at https://www.sam.gov. 

Please Note: The GDIS Information Table 

can be submitted digitally as an Excel 

spreadsheet on a CD or DVD. If you have any 

questions, please contact Ms. Dee Smith at 

(504) 736–2706, or Mr. John Johnson at (504) 

736–2455. 

Telephone Numbers/Addresses of 

Bidders 

BOEM requests that bidders provide 

this information in the suggested format 

prior to or at the time of bid submission. 

This form shall not be enclosed inside 

the sealed bid envelope. 

Additional Documentation 

BOEM may require bidders to submit 

other documents in accordance with 30 

CFR 556.46. 

VIII. Bidding Rules and Restrictions 

Restricted Joint Bidders 

BOEM published in the Federal 

Register a List of Restricted Joint 

Bidders, which applies to this lease sale, 

at 77 FR 64826 on October 23, 2012. 

Please refer to joint bidding provisions 

at 30 CFR 556.41 for additional 

restrictions. 

Authorized Signatures 

All bidders must execute all 

documents in conformance with 

signatory authorizations on file in the 

BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region 

Adjudication Office. Designated 

signatories must be authorized to bind 

their respective legal business entity 

(e.g., a corporation, partnership, or LLC) 

and must have an incumbency 


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certificate setting forth the authorized 

signatories on file with the BOEM Gulf 

of Mexico Region Adjudication Office. 

Bidders submitting joint bids must 

include on the bid form the 

proportionate interest of each 

participating bidder, stated as a 

percentage, using a maximum of five 

decimal places (e.g., 33.33333 percent) 

with total interest equaling 100 percent. 

Bidders are advised that BOEM 

considers the signed bid to be a legally 

binding obligation on the part of the 

bidder(s) to comply with all applicable 

regulations, including payment of onefifth of the bonus bid on all high bids. 

A statement to this effect must be 

included on each bid form (see the 

document ‘‘Bid Form’’ contained in the 

Final NOS Package). 

Unlawful Combination or Intimidation 

BOEM warns bidders against violation 

of 18 U.S.C. 1860, prohibiting unlawful 

combination or intimidation of bidders. 

Bid Withdrawal 

Bids may be withdrawn only by 

written request delivered to BOEM prior 

to the Bid Submission Deadline. The 

withdrawal request must be on 

company letterhead and must contain 

the bidder’s name, its company number, 

the map name/number, and the block 

number(s) of the bid(s) to be withdrawn. 

The request must be in conformance 

with signatory authorizations on file in 

the BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region 

Adjudication Office. Signatories must be 

authorized to bind their respective legal 

business entities (e.g., a corporation, 

partnership, or LLC) and must have: (1) 

An incumbency certificate and/or (2) 

specific power of attorney setting forth 

express authority to act on the business 

entity’s behalf for purposes of bidding 

and lease execution under OCSLA. The 

name and title of the signatory must be 

typed under the signature block on the 

withdrawal letter. Upon the BOEM 

Regional Director’s (RD), or his 

designee’s, approval of such requests, he 

or she will indicate their approval by 

signing and dating the withdrawal 

request. 

Bid Rounding 

The bonus bid amount must be stated 

in whole dollars. If the acreage of a 

block contains a decimal figure, then 

prior to calculating the minimum bonus 

bid, bidders must round up to the next 

whole acre. The appropriate minimum 

rate per acre is then applied to the 

whole (rounded up) acreage. If this 

calculation results in a fractional dollar 

amount, bidders must round up to the 

next whole dollar amount. The bonus 

bid amount must be greater than or 

equal to the minimum bonus bid. 

Minimum bonus bid calculations, 

including all rounding, for all blocks are 

shown in the document ‘‘List of Blocks 

Available for Leasing’’ included in the 

Final NOS Package. 

IX. Forms 

The Final NOS Package includes 

forms, samples, and the preferred format 

for the following items. Bidders are 

strongly encouraged to use these 

formats; should bidders use another 

format, they are responsible for 

including all the information specified 

for each item in this Final NOS Package. 

(1) Bid Form 

(2) Sample Completed Bid 

(3) Sample Bid Envelope 

(4) Sample Bid Mailing Envelope 

(5) Telephone Numbers/Addresses of 

Bidders Form 

(6) GDIS Form 

(7) GDIS Envelope Form 

X. The Lease Sale 

Bid Opening and Reading 

Sealed bids received in response to 

the Final NOS will be opened at the 

place, date and hour specified in this 

Final NOS. The opening of the bids is 

for the sole purpose of publicly 

announcing and recording the bids 

received; no bids will be accepted or 

rejected at that time. 

Bonus Bid Deposit for Apparent High 

Bids 

Each bidder submitting an apparent 

high bid must submit a bonus bid 

deposit to the U.S. Department of the 

Interior’s Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue (ONRR) equal to one-fifth of 

the bonus bid amount for each such bid. 

A copy of the notification of the high 

bidder’s one-fifth bonus liability may be 

obtained at the EFT Area outside the 

Bid Reading Room on the day of the bid 

opening, or it may be obtained on the 

BOEM Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/Sale-227/ under the 

heading ‘‘Notification of EFT 1⁄5 Bonus 

Liability.’’ All payments must be 

deposited electronically into an interestbearing account in the U.S. Treasury by 

11 a.m. Eastern Time the day following 

bid reading (no exceptions). Account 

information is provided in the 

‘‘Instructions for Making Electronic 

Funds Transfer Bonus Payments’’ found 

on the BOEM Web site identified above. 

BOEM requires bidders to use EFT 

procedures for payment of one-fifth 

bonus bid deposits for CPA Sale 227, 

following the detailed instructions 

contained on the Payment Information 

Web page that may be found on the 

ONRR Web site at http://www.onrr.gov/ 

FM/PayInfo.htm. Acceptance of a 

deposit does not constitute and shall not 

be construed as acceptance of any bid 

on behalf of the United States. 

Withdrawal of Blocks 

The United States reserves the right to 

withdraw any block from this lease sale 

prior to issuance of a written acceptance 

of a bid for the block. 

Acceptance, Rejection, or Return of Bids 

The United States reserves the right to 

reject any and all bids. No bid will be 

accepted, and no lease for any block 

will be awarded to any bidder, unless 

the bidder has complied with all 

requirements of this Final NOS, 

including those set forth in the 

documents contained in the Final NOS 

Package and applicable regulations; the 

bid is the highest valid bid; and the 

amount of the bid has been determined 

to be adequate by the authorized officer. 

Any bid submitted that does not 

conform to the requirements of this 

Final NOS and Final NOS Package, 

OCSLA, or other applicable statute or 

regulation may be rejected and returned 

to the bidder. The U.S. Department of 

Justice and Federal Trade Commission 

will review the results of the lease sale 

prior to the acceptance of bids and 

issuance of leases for anti-trust issues. 

To ensure that the Government receives 

a fair return for the conveyance of leases 

from this sale, high bids will be 

evaluated in accordance with BOEM’s 

bid adequacy procedures. A copy of 

current procedures, ‘‘Modifications to 

the Bid Adequacy Procedures’’ at 64 FR 

37560 on July 12, 1999, can be obtained 

from the BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region 

Public Information Office, or via the 

BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region Web site 

at http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/ 

lsesale/bidadeq.html. 

Lease Award 

BOEM requires each bidder awarded 

a lease to: (1) Execute all copies of the 

lease (Form BOEM–2005 (October 

2011), as amended), (2) pay by EFT the 

balance of the bonus bid amount and 

the first year’s rental for each lease 

issued in accordance with the 

requirements of 30 CFR 218.155 and 

556.47(f); and (3) satisfy the bonding 

requirements of 30 CFR part 556, 

subpart I, as amended. ONRR requests 

that only one transaction be used for 

payment of the four-fifths bonus bid 

amount and the first year’s rental. 

XI. Delay of Sale 

The BOEM RD in the Gulf of Mexico 

Region has the discretion to change any 

date, time, and/or location specified in 

the Final NOS Package in case of a force 


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majeure event that the BOEM RD deems 

may interfere with the carrying out of a 

fair and proper lease sale process. Such 

events may include, but are not limited 

to, natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, 

hurricanes, and floods), wars, riots, acts 

of terrorism, fire, strikes, civil disorder, 

or other events of a similar nature. In 

case of such events, bidders should call 

(504) 736–0557, or access the BOEM 

Web site at http://www.boem.gov for 

information about any changes. 

Dated: January 28, 2013. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02701 Filed 2–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–857] 

Certain Reduced Folate Nutraceutical 

Products and L-Methylfolate Raw 

Ingredients Used Therein; Commission 

Determination Not To Review an Initial 

Determination Granting Complainants’ 

Unopposed Motion To Correct the Title 

of Complainants’ Unopposed Motion 

To Amend the Complaint and Notice of 

Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’) 

(Order No. 5) of the administrative law 

judge (‘‘ALJ’’) granting complainants’ 

unopposed motion to correct the title of 

complainants’ unopposed motion to 

amend the complaint and notice of 

investigation in the above-captioned 

investigation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James A. Worth, Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–3065. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation are or will be available for 

inspection during official business 

hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, 

telephone (202) 205–2000. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 

The public record for this investigation 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (EDIS) at http:// 

edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons are advised that information on 

this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted this investigation 

on October 16, 2012, based on a 

complaint filed on September 10, 2012, 

on behalf of South Alabama Medical 

Science Foundation of Mobile, 

Alabama; Merck & Cie of Altdorf, 

Switzerland; and Pamlab LLC of 

Covington, Louisiana (collectively, ‘‘the 

complainants’’). 77 FR 63336 (October 

16, 2012). The complaint alleged 

violations of Section 337 of the Tariff 

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

1337, by reason of infringement of one 

or more of claims 37, 39, 40, 47, 66, 67, 

73, 76,78–81, 83, 84, 86–89, 91, 92, 94– 

97, 99, 100, 110, 111, 113, 117, and 121 

of U.S. Patent No. 5,997,915; claims 22, 

26, and 32–38 of U.S. Patent No. 

6,673,381; claims l, 4–6, and 15 of U.S. 

Patent No. 7,172,778; and claims 1–3, 5, 

6, 8, 9, 11–15, and 19–22 of U.S. Patent 

No. 6,011,040. The Commission’s notice 

of investigation named as respondents 

Gnosis SpA of Desio, Italy; Gnosis 

Bioresearch SA of Sant’Antonino, 

Switzerland; Gnosis USA Inc. of 

Doylestown, Pennsylvania; and 

Macoven Pharmaceuticals LLC of 

Magnolia, Texas. 

On November 14, 2012, the 

complainants filed an unopposed 

motion for leave to amend the 

complaint and notice of investigation, 

inter alia, to add a new respondent. The 

title of the motion identified the new 

respondent as Viva Pharmaceuticals 

LLC, while the body of the motion 

identified the new respondent as Viva 

Pharmaceuticals Inc. On November 15, 

2012, the ALJ issued an ID, granting the 

motion to amend the complaint and 

notice of investigation, inter alia, to add 

Viva Pharmaceuticals LLC as a new 

respondent. On December 13, 2012, the 

Commission issued notice of its 

determination not to review the ID. 

On January 8, 2013, the complainants 

filed an unopposed motion to correct 

the title of its motion to amend the 

complaint and notice of investigation 

such that the respondent is identified as 

Viva Pharmaceuticals Inc. rather than 

Viva Pharmaceuticals LLC. On January 

14, 2013 ALJ issued the subject ID 

(Order No. 5), granting the motion for 

good cause shown. No petitions for 

review were filed. 

Having considered the ID and the 

relevant portions of the record, the 

Commission has determined not to 

review the subject ID. The complaint 

and notice of investigation are therefore 

corrected to identify the new 

respondent as Viva Pharmaceuticals Inc. 

This action is taken under the 

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), 

and of section 210.42(h) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 210.42(h)). 

Issued: February 4, 2013. 

By order of the Commission. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Acting Secretary to the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[USITC SE–13–007] 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission 

TIME AND DATE: February 15, 2013 at 

11:00 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

Matters To Be Considered 

1. Agendas for future meetings: none. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Vote in Inv. Nos. 701–TA–350 and 

731–TA–616 and 618 (Third Review) 

(Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 

Products from Germany and Korea). The 

Commission is currently scheduled to 

transmit its determinations and 

Commissioners’ opinions to the 

Secretary of Commerce on or before 

March 5, 2013. 

5. Outstanding action jackets: none. 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. 

Issued: February 6, 2013. 

By order of the Commission. 

William R. Bishop, 

Supervisory Hearings and Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02965 Filed 2–6–13; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 


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