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1BOEM acknowledges that the generally and 

scientifically accepted spelling for this compound 

is sulfur. Throughout this notice, BOEM uses the 

spelling consistent with its current regulations. 

comment submissions. The BLM and 

FWS considered all comments received 

during the extended comment period in 

the preparation of the Final 

Supplemental EIS. 

Substantive public comments and 

ongoing agency coordination led to 

several changes from the Draft 

Supplemental EIS. Additional data 

became available after publication of the 

Draft Supplemental EIS that is 

incorporated into the analysis in the 

Final Supplemental EIS, including 

vegetation Assessment, Inventory, and 

Monitoring data for the three ROW 

alternatives in the NCA, corrected 

boundaries for two Land and Water 

Conservation Fund-acquired parcels, 

updated traffic modeling results for each 

ROW alternative, and the identification 

of additional environmental justice 

concerns, primarily for the ROW 

alternatives that would reconfigure 

existing roadways. The BLM and FWS 

responded to substantive comments and 

made appropriate revisions in the Final 

Supplemental EIS or explained why a 

comment did not warrant a change, as 

documented in Appendix F of the Final 

Supplemental EIS. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The BLM and FWS are co-lead 

agencies. Cooperating agencies are the 

State of Utah Public Lands Policy 

Coordinating Office, State of Utah 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

State of Utah Trust Lands 

Administration, Washington City, Dixie 

Metropolitan Planning Organization, 

City of St. George, City of Ivins, Santa 

Clara City, City of Hurricane, the Paiute 

Indian Tribe of Utah, and the Shivwits 

Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah. 

Additional Information 

The BLM is using the NEPA process 

to comply with section 106 of the NHPA 

(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 

CFR 800.2(d)(3), including the public 

involvement requirements of section 

106. Information about historic and 

cultural resources within the area 

potentially affected by the proposed 

project has been included in the Final 

Supplemental EIS. The BLM, in 

consultation with the Utah State 

Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and 

consulting parties, initially began 

developing a Memorandum of 

Agreement to resolve adverse effects to 

historic properties. Based on ongoing 

consultation with the SHPO, the BLM 

determined that a Programmatic 

Agreement—rather than a Memorandum 

of Agreement—is more appropriate to 

document its compliance with section 

106 because of the uncertainties 

associated with non-Federal lands 

within Zone 6, which may lose their 

enhanced protections and become 

subject to future development and other 

activities that could result in subsequent 

adverse effects to historic properties. 

The BLM will develop, sign, and 

implement a programmatic agreement in 

accordance with 36 CFR 800.14(b) to 

serve as the binding commitment to 

resolve adverse effects to historic 

properties on Federal lands. The 

programmatic agreement will lay out the 

framework that the BLM, UDOT, Tribes, 

and other signatories to the agreement 

will use to fund, develop, and 

implement a Historic Properties 

Treatment Plan for historic properties 

that may be adversely affected by 

project-related actions. 

The BLM and FWS will continue to 

consult with Tribal Nations on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM Manual Section 1780, and other 

Departmental policies. Tribal concerns, 

including impacts on Indian trust assets 

and potential impacts to cultural 

resources, will be given due 

consideration. 

Matthew A. Preston, 

Acting State Director. 

Anna Munoz, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25903 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[OMB Control Number 1010–0072; Docket 

ID: BOEM–2024–0007] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Commercial Prospecting, 

Noncommercial Exploration, and 

Scientific Research for Minerals Other 

Than Oil, Gas, and Sulfur on the Outer 

Continental Shelf 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) proposes this information 

collection request (ICR) to renew Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number 1010–0072 with 

revisions. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

the OMB desk officer no later than 

December 9, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your written 

comments on this ICR to the OMB’s 

desk officer for the Department of the 

Interior at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. From the www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain landing page, find 

this information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments by parcel delivery 

service or U.S. mail to the BOEM 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, 45600 

Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 

20166; or by email to anna.atkinson@

boem.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1010–0072 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Atkinson by email at 

anna.atkinson@boem.gov, or by 

telephone at 703–787–1025. 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 of 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: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, BOEM provides 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps BOEM assess 

the impact of its information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand BOEM’s information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

Title of Collection: Commercial 

Prospecting, Noncommercial 

Exploration, and Scientific Research for 

Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and 

Sulfur on the Outer Continental Shelf 

(Applicable, in part, to 30 CFR part 

580). 

Abstract: This ICR covers the 

information collection requirements in 

30 CFR part 580, ‘‘Prospecting for 

Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, and 

Sulphur 1 on the Outer Continental 

Shelf [OCS],’’ which involves 

commercial prospecting and scientific 

research. This request also includes 

information collection requirements 

related to authorizations of 

noncommercial geological and 


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geophysical (G&G) exploration issued 

pursuant to section 11 of the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). 

43 U.S.C. 1340. 

Section 11(a)(1) of the OCSLA states 

that ‘‘any person authorized by the 

Secretary [of the Interior] may conduct 

geological and geophysical explorations 

in the Outer Continental Shelf, which 

do not interfere with or endanger actual 

operations under any lease maintained 

or granted pursuant to this subchapter, 

and which are not unduly harmful to 

aquatic life in such area.’’ See 43 U.S.C. 

1340(a)(1). The OCSLA defines the term 

‘‘exploration’’ to mean the process of 

searching for minerals by, among other 

things, ‘‘geophysical surveys where 

magnetic, gravity, seismic, or other 

systems are used to detect or imply the 

presence of such minerals.’’ See 43 

U.S.C. 1331(k). Section 11(g) authorizes 

permits or authorizations for geological 

exploration only if the Secretary 

determines that the applicant is 

qualified and the exploration will not 

interfere with operations on an existing 

lease, unduly harm aquatic life in the 

area, result in pollution, create 

hazardous or unsafe conditions, 

unreasonably interfere with other uses 

of the area, nor disturb any site, 

structure, or object of historical or 

archaeological significance. See 43 

U.S.C. 1340(g). 

BOEM considers applications for 

commercial prospecting and 

noncommercial exploration for marine 

minerals, as well as scientific research 

related to marine minerals. Under 30 

CFR part 580, G&G prospecting by any 

person on unleased lands or on lands 

leased to a third party requires a BOEM 

permit. A permit also is required to 

conduct scientific research activities 

that involve the use of solid or liquid 

explosives, the drilling of a deep 

stratigraphic test, or the development of 

data and information for proprietary use 

or sale. See 30 CFR 580.11(a). 

Otherwise, G&G activities conducted for 

scientific or academic purposes require 

only the submission of a scientific 

research notice. See 30 CFR 580.11(b). 

G&G activities are also conducted for 

noncommercial exploration purposes 

and may include, for example, searching 

for sand, gravel, and other sources of 

sediment for potential use in qualifying 

beach nourishment and coastal 

restoration projects. See 43 U.S.C. 

1337(k). Because 30 CFR part 580 does 

not apply to noncommercial 

exploration, such G&G activities would 

be authorized directly pursuant to 

section 11 of the OCSLA. 

As a Federal agency, BOEM must 

comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), Endangered Species Act 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and National 

Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 

300101 et seq.), among other laws. 

Compliance with the Endangered 

Species Act requires BOEM to carry out 

any agency action in a manner that is 

not likely to jeopardize protected 

species or adversely modify designated 

critical habitat and to consult with the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 

National Marine Fisheries Service, as 

applicable, before engaging in a 

discretionary action that may affect a 

protected species. 

Applicants must submit Form BOEM– 

0134, ‘‘Requirements for Geological and 

Geophysical Prospecting, Exploration, 

or Scientific Research on the Outer 

Continental Shelf Related to Minerals 

Other than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur,’’ to 

provide the information necessary to 

evaluate their requests to conduct G&G 

activities for commercial prospecting, 

noncommercial exploration, and certain 

scientific research activities that do not 

involve explosives, deep stratigraphic 

drilling, or proprietary interests in the 

collected data. BOEM uses the 

submitted information for several 

purposes: (1) to ensure there will be no 

undue adverse effects to the marine, 

coastal, or human environment, 

personal harm, unsafe operations and 

conditions, nor unreasonable 

interferences with other uses; (2) to 

enhance personal and operational 

safety; (3) to analyze and evaluate 

preliminary or planned mining 

activities; (4) to monitor progress and 

activities on the OCS; (5) to acquire G&G 

data and information collected under a 

Federal permit or authorization; and (6) 

to determine eligibility for 

reimbursement from the Government for 

certain costs. 

Upon approval, BOEM issues 

applicants a permit or an authorization 

(as currently titled Form BOEM–0135, 

‘‘Permit for Geophysical Prospecting, 

Authorization for Noncommercial 

Geophysical Exploration, or Permit for 

Scientific Research for Minerals Other 

than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur on the Outer 

Continental Shelf,’’ or Form BOEM– 

0136, ‘‘Permit for Geological 

Prospecting, Authorization for 

Noncommercial Geological Exploration, 

or Permit for Scientific Research for 

Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, and 

Sulphur on the Outer Continental 

Shelf’’). 

BOEM may use the data and 

information collected during G&G 

activities to understand the 

characteristics of marine mineralbearing physiographic regions of the 

OCS. The data and information aids 

BOEM in analyzing and weighing the 

potential for environmental damage, the 

discovery of marine minerals, and any 

associated impacts on adjacent coastal 

States. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0072. 

Form Number: BOEM–0134, 

‘‘Requirements for Geological and 

Geophysical Prospecting, Exploration, 

or Scientific Research on the OCS 

Related to Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, 

and Sulphur.’’ 

The following forms are the permit 

forms issued by BOEM based on 

information provided in BOEM–0134: 

BOEM–0135, ‘‘Permit for Geophysical 

Prospecting, Authorization for 

Noncommercial Geophysical 

Exploration, or Permit for Scientific 

Research for Minerals Other than Oil, 

Gas, and Sulphur on the Outer 

Continental Shelf.’’ 

BOEM–0136, ‘‘Permit for Geological 

Prospecting, Authorization for 

Noncommercial Geological Exploration, 

or Permit for Scientific Research for 

Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, and 

Sulphur on the Outer Continental 

Shelf.’’ 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Permittees, applicants, and other 

respondents, including those required to 

only file notices (scientific research). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 45 responses. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 826 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory 

or required to retain or obtain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion, 

annual, or as specified in permits. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour 

Cost Burden: $4,024 non-hour cost 

burden. 

The current approved annual burden 

hours are equal to 730 hours. This ICR 

increases annual burdens by 96 hours to 

a total of 826 hours, based on BOEM’s 

recent collection of data and 

information. The changes in annual 

burden hours include the following: 

• For subpart B, BOEM is increasing 

the annual burden hours from 24 to 72 

hours, due to an increase in the 

estimated time needed to file a notice to 

conduct scientific research activities 

related to hard minerals (+48 hours). 

• For subpart D, BOEM is increasing 

annual burden hours from 40 to 96 

hours, due to an increase in the 

estimated time per response (from 8 to 

16 hours per response) and an increase 

in the number of submissions for 

notification and submission of G&G data 

and information from 5 submissions to 

6 (+56 hours). 

• For subpart D, BOEM is also 

decreasing annual burden hours from 8 


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to 4 hours, due to a reduction in the 

number of submissions of G&G data and 

information related to a contractor’s 

commitment not to sell, trade, license, 

or disclose data from 2 submissions to 

1 (¥4 hours). 

• BOEM is also decreasing annual 

burden hours from 6 to 2 hours, due to 

a decrease in the number of respondents 

required by the issued permits to retain 

G&G data and information from 6 

respondents to 2 (¥4 hours). 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period on the 

proposed ICR was published on June 24, 

2024 (89 FR 52501). BOEM received two 

comments. One commenter opposes the 

disturbance to the ocean floor, and the 

other does not support the granting of 

permits due to environmental impacts. 

These comments do not change the 

purpose of or need for the ICR, nor does 

it affect the cost or hour burden. 

BOEM is again soliciting comments 

on the proposed ICR. BOEM is 

especially interested in public 

comments addressing the following 

issues: 

(1) Is the collection necessary to the 

proper functions of BOEM? 

(2) What can BOEM do to ensure that 

this information is processed and used 

in a timely manner? 

(3) Is the burden estimate accurate? 

(4) How might BOEM enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

(5) How might BOEM minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including minimizing the 

burden through the use of information 

technology? 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record and will be available for 

public review on www.reginfo.gov. 

BOEM will include or summarize each 

comment in its ICR to OMB for approval 

of this information collection. You 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information 

included in your comment—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

Even if BOEM withholds your 

personally identifiable information in 

the context of this ICR, your comment 

is subject to the Freedom of Information 

Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552). Your 

information will only be withheld if a 

determination is made that one of the 

FOIA exemptions to disclosure applies. 

Such a determination will be made in 

accordance with the Department of the 

Interior’s (DOI) FOIA implementing 

regulations (43 CFR part 2) and 

applicable law. 

For BOEM to consider withholding 

from disclosure your personally 

identifiable information, you must 

identify, in a cover letter, any 

information contained in the submittal 

of your comments that, if released, 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of your personal privacy. You 

must also briefly describe any possible 

harmful consequences of the disclosure 

of information, such as embarrassment, 

injury, or other harm. BOEM will make 

available for public inspection, in their 

entirety, all comments submitted by 

organizations and businesses, or by 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives of organizations or 

businesses. 

BOEM protects proprietary 

information in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552), DOI’s implementing regulations 

(43 CFR part 2), and 30 CFR part 581.7, 

promulgated pursuant to the OCSLA) 

(43 U.S.C. 1352(c)). 

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 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Karen Thundiyil, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26064 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4340–98–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1414] 

Certain Semiconductor Devices and 

Products Containing the Same; Notice 

of a Commission Determination Not To 

Review an Initial Determination 

Granting an 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 (‘‘Commission’’) has 

determined not to review an initial 

determination (‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 7) of 

the presiding administrative law judge 

(‘‘ALJ’’), granting an unopposed motion 

to amend the complaint and notice of 

investigation to correct the corporate 

title of Respondent Innoscience 

(Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. to 

Innoscience (Suzhou) Technology 

Holding Co., Ltd. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joelle Justus, Esq., Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–2593. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

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

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

internet server at https://www.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 August 30, 2024, based on a 

complaint filed by Infineon 

Technologies Americas Corp. and 

Infineon Technologies Austria AG 

(collectively, ‘‘Complainants’’). 89 FR 

70667–68 (Aug. 30, 2024). The 

complaint, as supplemented, alleges 

violations of section 337 of the Tariff 

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

1337, in the importation into the United 

States, the sale for importation, or the 

sale within the United States after 

importation of certain semiconductor 

devices and products containing the 

same by reason of infringement of 

claims 1–4, 6, 9, and 17 of U.S. Patent 

No. 9,899,481; claims 1, 2, 8–10, and 

13–15 of U.S. Patent No. 8,686,562; 

claims 1–4, 8, and 9 of U.S. Patent No. 

9,070,755; and claims 1, 2, and 10 of 

U.S. Patent No. 8,264,003. Id. at 70667. 

The complaint further alleges that a 

domestic industry exists. Id. The 

Commission’s notice of investigation 

named as respondents Innoscience 

(Suzhou) Technology Company, Ltd., of 

Lili Town, China; Innoscience (Suzhou) 

Semiconductor Co., Ltd., of Lili Town, 

China; Innoscience (Zhuhai) 

Technology Company, Ltd., of 

Guangdong, China; and Innoscience 

America, Inc., of Santa Clara, California. 

Id. The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations is not participating in the 

investigation. Id. 

On October 1, 2024, Complainants 

filed an unopposed motion to amend 

the complaint and notice of 

investigation to correct the corporate 

title of Respondent Innoscience 

(Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. to 

Innoscience (Suzhou) Technology 

Holding Co., Ltd. No response to the 

motion was filed. 


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