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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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Group VI 

Shell Oil Company 

Shell Offshore Inc. 

SWEPI LP 

Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc. 

SOI Finance Inc. 

Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. 

Group VII 

Total E&P USA, Inc. 

Even if an entity does not appear on 

the above list, BOEM may disqualify 

and reject certain joint or single bids 

submitted by an entity if that entity is 

chargeable for the prior production 

period with an average daily production 

in excess of 1.6 million barrels of crude 

oil, its equivalent in natural gas, and 

natural gas liquids. See 30 CFR 556.512. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6213; and 30 CFR 

556.511–556.515. 

Elizabeth Klein, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25447 Filed 10–31–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4340–98–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1435, 1436, and 

1438–1440 (Review)] 

Acetone From Belgium, Singapore, 

South Africa, South Korea, and Spain; 

Institution of Five-Year Reviews 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice that it has instituted reviews 

pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the 

Act’’), as amended, to determine 

whether revocation of the antidumping 

duty orders on acetone from Belgium, 

Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, 

and Spain would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested 

parties are requested to respond to this 

notice by submitting the information 

specified below to the Commission. 

DATES: Instituted November 1, 2024. To 

be assured of consideration, the 

deadline for responses is December 2, 

2024. Comments on the adequacy of 

responses may be filed with the 

Commission by January 2, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Stebbins (202–205–2039), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

this proceeding may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—On December 20, 2019, 

the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) issued antidumping duty 

orders on imports of acetone from 

Singapore and Spain (84 FR 70146). On 

March 31, 2020, Commerce issued 

antidumping duty orders on imports of 

acetone from Belgium, South Africa, 

and South Korea (85 FR 17866). The 

Commission is conducting reviews 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), to 

determine whether revocation of the 

orders would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury to the domestic industry within 

a reasonably foreseeable time. 

Provisions concerning the conduct of 

this proceeding may be found in the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure at 19 CFR part 201, subparts 

A and B, and 19 CFR part 207, subparts 

A and F. The Commission will assess 

the adequacy of interested party 

responses to this notice of institution to 

determine whether to conduct full or 

expedited reviews. The Commission’s 

determinations in any expedited 

reviews will be based on the facts 

available, which may include 

information provided in response to this 

notice. 

Definitions.—The following 

definitions apply to these reviews: 

(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or 

kind of merchandise that is within the 

scope of the five-year reviews, as 

defined by Commerce. 

(2) The Subject Countries in these 

reviews are Belgium, Singapore, South 

Africa, South Korea, and Spain. 

(3) The Domestic Like Product is the 

domestically produced product or 

products which are like, or in the 

absence of like, most similar in 

characteristics and uses with, the 

Subject Merchandise. In its original 

determinations, the Commission 

defined a single Domestic Like Product 

including all acetone within 

Commerce’s scope. 

(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S. 

producers as a whole of the Domestic 

Like Product, or those producers whose 

collective output of the Domestic Like 

Product constitutes a major proportion 

of the total domestic production of the 

product. In its original determinations, 

the Commission defined the Domestic 

Industry to include all domestic 

producers of the Domestic Like Product. 

(5) The Order Dates are the dates that 

the antidumping duty orders under 

review became effective. In these 

reviews, the Order Date concerning 

Singapore and Spain is December 20, 

2019 and the Order Date concerning 

Belgium, South Africa, and South Korea 

is March 31, 2020. 

(6) An Importer is any person or firm 

engaged, either directly or through a 

parent company or subsidiary, in 

importing the Subject Merchandise into 

the United States from a foreign 

manufacturer or through its selling 

agent. 

Participation in the proceeding and 

public service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the Subject 

Merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in the proceeding as parties 

must file an entry of appearance with 

the Secretary to the Commission, as 

provided in § 201.11(b)(4) of the 

Commission’s rules, no later than 21 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. The Secretary will 

maintain a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the proceeding. 

Former Commission employees who 

are seeking to appear in Commission 

five-year reviews are advised that they 

may appear in a review even if they 

participated personally and 

substantially in the corresponding 

underlying original investigation or an 

earlier review of the same underlying 

investigation. The Commission’s 

designated agency ethics official has 

advised that a five-year review is not the 

same particular matter as the underlying 

original investigation, and a five-year 

review is not the same particular matter 

as an earlier review of the same 

underlying investigation for purposes of 

18 U.S.C. 207, the post-employment 

statute for Federal employees, and 

Commission rule 201.15(b) (19 CFR 

201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014), 

73 FR 24609 (May 5, 2008). 

Consequently, former employees are not 

required to seek Commission approval 

to appear in a review under Commission 

rule 19 CFR 201.15, even if the 

corresponding underlying original 

investigation or an earlier review of the 

same underlying investigation was 

pending when they were Commission 

employees. For further ethics advice on 


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