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grant the applicant additional time to 

complete the residential and 

commercial development. The 

amendment to renew does not include 

any changes in the covered area, 

activity, amount or type of take, or 

species to be covered by the permit. The 

applicant’s existing habitat conservation 

plan (HCP) provides measures to 

mitigate for the incidental take of the 

species. 

We request public comment on the 

renewal application, which includes the 

applicant’s HCP, and on the Service’s 

preliminary determination that this 

proposed ITP renewal qualifies as low 

effect, and qualifies for a categorical 

exclusion pursuant to the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

regulations (40 CFR 1501.4), the 

Department of the Interior’s (DOI) NEPA 

regulations (43 CFR 46), and the DOI’s 

Departmental Manual (516 DM 

8.5(C)(2)). To make this preliminary 

determination, we used our 

environmental action statement and 

low-effect screening form, both of which 

are also available for public review. 

Proposed Project Renewal 

The applicant requests to extend the 

ITP expiration date for 5 additional 

years and does not propose any other 

changes that alter the original review 

analyses by the Service. There is no 

request for additional take or increases 

in development levels; the proposed 

time extension maintains the existing 

levels of take, and would merely extend 

the covered activities out to June 14, 

2029, instead of June 14, 2024. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the applicant’s 

proposed permit renewal, extending the 

expiration date of the original ITP for 5 

additional years, would individually 

and cumulatively have a minor effect on 

the covered species and the human 

environment. Therefore, we have 

preliminarily determined that renewal 

of the ITP for this project would be a 

low-effect ITP that individually or 

cumulatively would have a minor effect 

on the species and qualifies for 

application of a categorical exclusion 

pursuant to the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s NEPA 

regulations, DOI’s NEPA regulations, 

and the DOI Departmental Manual. A 

low-effect ITP is one that would result 

in (1) minor or nonsignificant effects on 

species covered in the HCP; (2) 

nonsignificant effects on the human 

environment; and (3) impacts that, 

when added together with the impacts 

of other past, present, and reasonable 

foreseeable actions, would not result in 

significant cumulative effects to the 

human environment. 

Next Steps 

The Service will evaluate the 

application and any comments received 

to determine whether to renew the 

current permit. We will also conduct an 

intra-Service consultation pursuant to 

section 7 of the ESA to evaluate the 

effects of the proposed take. After 

considering the preceding and other 

matters, we will determine whether the 

permit issuance criteria of section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If 

met, the Service will issue a renewal of 

this ITP (TE13200D–0) under number 

PER11067884 to Sunterra Communities, 

LLC. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, may be made 

available to the public. If you submit a 

comment at https://

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment, including any personal 

identifying information, will be posted 

on the website. If you submit a 

hardcopy comment that includes 

personal identifying information, such 

as your address, phone number, or 

email address, you may request at the 

top of your document that we withhold 

this information from public review. 

However, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. Moreover, all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Authority 

The Service provides this notice 

under section 10(c) of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations (50 CFR 

17.32), and the National Environmental 

Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

its implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1500–1508 and 43 CFR 46). 

Robert L. Carey, 

Division Manager, Environmental Review, 

Florida Ecological Services Office. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Natural Resources Revenue 

[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0025; DS63644000 

DR2000000.CH7000 234D1113RT, OMB 

Control Number 1012–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Delegated and Cooperative 

Activities With States and Indian 

Tribes 

AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue (‘‘ONRR’’), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘PRA’’), ONRR is proposing to renew 

an information collection. ONRR uses 

the information collected in this 

Information Collection Request (‘‘ICR’’) 

to review and approve delegation 

proposals from States seeking to 

perform royalty management functions 

and prepare a cooperative agreement 

with a State or Indian tribe seeking to 

perform royalty audits. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: All comment submissions 

must (1) reference ‘‘OMB Control 

Number 1012–0003’’ in the subject line; 

(2) be sent to ONRR before the close of 

the comment period listed under DATES; 

and (3) be sent through the following 

method: 

Electronically via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Please visit https:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the Search Box, 

enter the Docket ID Number for this ICR 

renewal (‘‘ONRR–2011–0025’’) and click 

‘‘search’’ to view the publications 

associated with the docket folder. 

Locate the document with an open 

comment period and click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ button. Follow the 

prompts to submit your comment prior 

to the close of the comment period. 

Docket: To access the docket folder to 

view the ICR Federal Register 

publications, go to https://

www.regulations.gov and search 

‘‘ONRR–2011–0025’’ to view renewal 

notices recently published in the 

Federal Register, publications 

associated with prior renewals, and 

applicable public comments received 

for this ICR. ONRR will make the 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice available for public viewing at 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

OMB ICR Data: You may also view 

information collection review data for 

this ICR, including past OMB approvals, 

at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch. Under the ‘‘OMB Control 


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Number’’ heading enter ‘‘1012–0003’’ 

and click the ‘‘Search’’ button located at 

the bottom of the page. To view the ICR 

renewal or OMB approval status, click 

on the latest entry (based on the most 

recent date). On the ‘‘View ICR—OIRA 

Conclusion’’ page, check the box next to 

‘‘All’’ to display all available ICR 

information provided by OMB. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, please contact Mr. Peter 

Hanley, Outreach, Coordination and 

Verification, ONRR, by email to 

Peter.Hanley@onrr.gov or by telephone 

at (303) 231–3721. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq., and 

5 CFR 1320.5, all information 

collections, as defined in 5 CFR 1320.3, 

require approval by OMB. ONRR may 

not conduct or sponsor, and you are not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

As part of ONRR’s continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, ONRR is inviting the public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on new, proposed, revised, and 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1). This helps ONRR to assess 

the impact of its information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand ONRR’s information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

ONRR is especially interested in 

public comments addressing the 

following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of ONRR’s estimate 

of the burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

ONRR published a notice, with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comment of this collection of 

information, in the Federal Register on 

April 30, 2024 (89 FR 34266). ONRR 

received 1 comment from the Navajo 

Nation regarding the published 60-day 

Federal Register notice. The Navajo 

Nation encourages ONRR to apply 

President Biden’s December 6, 2023, 

Executive Order 14112 ‘‘Reforming 

Federal Funding and Support for Tribal 

Nations To Better Embrace Our Trust 

Responsibilities and Promote the Next 

Era of Tribal Self-Determination’’ 

[‘‘Executive Order’’]. The Nation 

encourages ONRR to apply this 

Executive Order when issuing any 

requests for information or comment to 

Tribes. The Navajo Nation also 

suggested ONRR to coordinate with its 

Federal partners to establish a Federal 

clearing house portal to which Tribes 

can submit all Federal reports or 

requests for information. 

ONRR’s response is that to the 

greatest extent possible ONRR works to 

minimize the amount of information 

and documentation that States and 

Tribes must submit to maintain a 

cooperative agreement. The documents 

that the Nation is required to submit to 

ONRR are included in the terms of the 

cooperative agreement. ONRR’s 

authority to enter and administer 

cooperative agreements with States and 

Tribes on behalf of the Secretary of the 

Interior arises under 30 U.S.C. 1732. 

ONRR strives to limit the documents 

and information it requires for 

cooperative agreements to only those 

that are necessary for it to carry out its 

responsibilities. For the clearing house 

portal, ONRR does not have the 

authority to establish a clearinghouse 

portal for all its Federal partners but is 

open to working with those partners to 

find ways to reduce burden. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. ONRR will include or 

summarize each comment in its request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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, ONRR 

cannot guarantee that it will be able to 

do so. 

Abstract: (a) General Information: The 

Secretary of the United States 

Department of the Interior (‘‘Secretary’’) 

is responsible for mineral resource 

development on Federal and Indian 

lands and the Outer Continental Shelf. 

Laws pertaining to Federal and Indian 

mineral leases are posted at https://

onrr.gov/references/statutes. Pursuant to 

the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

Management Act of 1982 (‘‘FOGRMA’’) 

and other laws, the Secretary’s 

responsibilities include maintaining a 

comprehensive inspection, collection, 

and fiscal and production accounting 

and auditing system that: (1) accurately 

determines mineral royalties, interest, 

and other payments owed, (2) collects 

and accounts for such amounts in a 

timely manner, and (3) disburses the 

funds collected. See 30 U.S.C. 1701 and 

1711. ONRR performs these royalty and 

revenue management responsibilities for 

the Secretary. See Secretarial Order No. 

3306. 

Congress enacted FOGRMA, in part, 

‘‘to effectively utilize the capabilities of 

the States and Indian Tribes in 

developing and maintaining an efficient 

and effective Federal royalty 

management system.’’ 30 U.S.C. 

1701(b)(5). Relevant to this ICR, 

FOGRMA provides the Secretary with 

authority to: (1) review and approve 

delegation proposals from States seeking 

to perform royalty management 

functions, and (2) prepare a cooperative 

agreement with a State or Indian tribe 

seeking to perform royalty audits. 30 

U.S.C. 1732 and 1735. Under 30 U.S.C. 

1735, the Secretary can delegate all or 

part of the authority and responsibility 

to: ‘‘(1) conduct inspections, audits, and 

investigations; (2) receive and process 

production and financial reports; (3) 

correct erroneous reporting data; (4) 

perform automated verification; and (5) 

issue demands, subpoenas, and orders 

to perform restructured accounting, for 

royalty management enforcement 

purposes . . . to any State with respect 

to all Federal land within the State.’’ 30 

U.S.C. 1735(a)(1)–(5). 

Through cooperative agreements, 

pursuant to 30 U.S.C. 1732, oil or gas 

royalty management information is 

shared, allowing a State or Indian tribe 

to carry out certain inspection, auditing, 

investigation, and limited enforcement 

activities in cooperation with the 

Secretary. Several States and Indian 

tribes are working partners with ONRR 

and are an integral part of the overall 

onshore and offshore compliance effort. 

Through the Appropriations Act of 1992 

(Pub. L. 102–154), codified at 30 U.S.C. 

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gas leases was extended to other energy 

and mineral leases, including coal, 

geothermal steam, and leases subject to 

43 U.S.C. 1337(g) of the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act (‘‘OCSLA’’) 

as discussed further below. 

(b) Information Collections: This ICR 

covers the paperwork requirements 

under 30 CFR parts 1227, 1228, and 

1229. This collection of information is 

necessary for States and Indian Tribes to 

conduct audits and related 

investigations of Federal and Indian oil, 

gas, coal, other solid minerals, and 

geothermal royalty revenues from 

Federal and Tribal leased lands. ONRR 

uses the information collected to: (1) 

review and approve delegation 

proposals from States seeking to 

perform royalty management functions, 

and (2) prepare a cooperative agreement 

with a State or Indian tribe seeking to 

perform royalty audits. The 

requirements of 30 CFR parts 1227, 

1228, and 1229 are: 

(1) 30 CFR part 1227—Delegation to 

States. Part 1227 governs the delegation 

of certain Federal royalty management 

functions to a State under 30 U.S.C. 

1735, for Federal oil and gas leases 

covering Federal lands within the State. 

This part also governs the delegation of 

audit and investigative functions to a 

State for Federal geothermal leases or 

solid mineral leases covering Federal 

lands within the State (30 U.S.C. 196), 

or leases covering lands offshore of the 

State subject to section 8(g) of the 

OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)). To be 

considered for such delegation, a State 

must submit a written proposal to 

ONRR, which ONRR must approve. 

Following the delegation process, 30 

CFR part 1227 outlines State 

responsibilities, compensation, 

performance reviews, and the process 

for terminating a delegation. 

(2) 30 CFR part 1228—Cooperative 

Activities with States and Indian Tribes. 

FOGRMA (30 U.S.C. 1732) authorizes 

the Secretary to enter into a cooperative 

agreement with a State or Indian tribe to 

share oil and gas royalty management 

information, and to carry out inspection, 

audit, investigation, and enforcement 

activities on Federal and Indian lands. 

The regulations at 30 CFR part 1228 

implement this provision and set forth 

the requirements and procedures for 

entering into a cooperative agreement, 

the terms of such agreements, and 

subsequent responsibilities that must be 

carried out under the cooperative 

agreement. Through the Secretary’s 

delegation of the authority contained in 

30 CFR 1228.5(a), a State or Indian tribe 

may enter into a cooperative agreement 

with ONRR’s Director to carry out audits 

and related investigations of their 

respective leased lands. To enter into a 

cooperative agreement, a State or Indian 

tribe must submit a written proposal to 

ONRR. The proposal must outline the 

activities that the State or Indian tribe 

will undertake and must present 

evidence that the State or Indian tribe 

can meet the standards of the Secretary 

to conduct these activities. The State or 

Indian tribe also must submit an annual 

work plan and budget, as well as 

quarterly reimbursement vouchers. 

(3) 30 CFR part 1229—Delegation to 

States. Part 1229 governs delegations to 

a State to conduct audits and related 

investigations for Federal lands within 

the State, and for Indian lands for which 

the State has received permission from 

the respective Indian tribes or allottees 

to carry out audit activities delegated to 

the State under 30 U.S.C. 1735. 30 CFR 

1229.4. Under 30 CFR part 1229 the 

State must receive the Secretary’s 

delegation of authority and submit 

annual audit work plans detailing its 

audits and related investigations, annual 

budgets, and quarterly reimbursement 

vouchers. The State also must maintain 

records. 

Title of Collection: 30 CFR parts 1227, 

1228, and 1229, Delegated and 

Cooperative Activities with States and 

Indian Tribes. 

OMB Control Number: 1012–0003. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: States 

and Indian tribes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 9 States and 6 Indian 

Tribal respondents. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 210. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 79.51 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 16,697 hours. 

The average completion time is 79.51 

hours per response. The average 

completion time is calculated by 

dividing the estimated annual burden 

hours (16,697) by the annual responses 

(210) to obtain the total annual burden 

hours (79.51). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annual. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour 

Burden Cost: ONRR identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burden associated with this 

collection of information. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). 

Howard M. Cantor, 

Director, Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

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BILLING CODE 4335–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: List of restricted joint bidders. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 and the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s 

(BOEM) regulatory restrictions on joint 

bidding, BOEM is publishing this list of 

restricted joint bidders. Each entity 

within one of the following groups is 

restricted from bidding with any entity 

in any of the other groups listed below 

at Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas 

lease sales held during the bidding 

period of November 1, 2024, through 

April 30, 2025. 

DATES: This list of restricted joint 

bidders covers the bidding period of 

November 1, 2024, through April 30, 

2025, and succeeds all prior published 

lists. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Group I 

BP America Production Company 

BP Exploration & Production Inc. 

Group II 

Chevron Corporation 

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 

Chevron Midcontinent, L.P. 

Unocal Corporation 

Union Oil Company of California 

Pure Partners, L.P. 

Group III 

Eni Petroleum Co. Inc. 

Eni Petroleum US LLC 

Eni Oil US LLC 

Eni Marketing Inc. 

Eni BB Petroleum Inc. 

Eni US Operating Co. Inc. 

Eni BB Pipeline LLC 

Group IV 

Equinor ASA 

Equinor Gulf of Mexico LLC 

Equinor USA E&P Inc. 

Group V 

Exxon Mobil Corporation 

ExxonMobil Exploration Company 


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