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Management, Arizona State Office, One 

North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004–4427, 602– 

417–9504. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with public land 

management in Arizona. Planned 

agenda items include: A welcome and 

introduction of Council members; BLM 

State Director’s Update on BLM 

Programs and Issues; Rapid Ecoregional 

Assessments Overview; Sonoran 

Landscape Pilot Update; Law 

Enforcement Partnerships and 

Monument Resources in Southern 

Arizona; Reports by the RAC Working 

Groups; RAC Questions on BLM District 

Manager Reports; Recognition 

Ceremony for Glendon Collins (former 

Arizona RAC Member) and other items 

of interest to the RAC. Members of the 

public are welcome to attend the RAC 

Business meeting. A public comment 

period is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 

12:00 p.m. for any interested members 

of the public who wish to address the 

Council on BLM programs and business. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to speak and time available, the 

time for individual comments may be 

limited. Written comments may also be 

submitted during the meeting for the 

RAC’s consideration. The final meeting 

agenda will be available two weeks 

prior to the meeting and posted on the 

BLM Web site at: http://www.blm.gov/

az/st/en/res/rac.html. Additionally, 

directions to the meeting site and 

parking information may be found on 

the BLM Web site at: http://

www.blm.gov/az/st/en/res/pub_room/

location.html. Individuals who need 

special assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact the 

RAC Coordinator listed above no later 

than two weeks before the start of the 

meeting. 

Under the Federal Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act, the RAC has been 

designated as the Recreation RAC 

(RRAC) and has the authority to review 

all BLM and Forest Service recreation 

fee proposals in Arizona. The RRAC 

will not review recreation fee program 

proposals at this meeting. 

Raymond Suazo, 

Arizona State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOS06000 L12200000.DU0000] 

Notice of Final Supplementary Rules 

for Travel Management on Public 

Lands in Gunnison, Montrose, 

Hinsdale, and Saguache Counties, 

Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Supplementary 

Rules. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) in Colorado is 

finalizing supplementary rules for 

public lands addressed in the Gunnison 

Basin Federal Lands Travel 

Management Plan (TMP), approved on 

June 28, 2010. These final 

supplementary rules apply to public 

lands administered by the BLM 

Gunnison Field Office in Gunnison, 

Montrose, Hinsdale, and Saguache 

counties, Colorado. The final rules 

implement decisions found in the TMP 

relating to the use of motorized and 

non-motorized vehicles. 

DATES: These supplementary rules are 

effective February 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may send inquiries by 

the following methods: Mail or hand 

deliver to Kristi Murphy, Outdoor 

Recreation Planner, BLM Gunnison 

Field Office, 210 West Spencer Street, 

Suite A, Gunnison, CO 81230. You may 

also send inquiries via email to 

kmurphy@blm.gov (include ‘‘Final 

Supplementary Rules’’ in the subject 

line). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristi Murphy, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner, at the above address, by phone 

at 970–642–4955, or by email at 

kmurphy@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to leave a message or question 

with the above individual. You will 

receive a reply during normal business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Prior to 2010, the BLM Gunnison 

Field Office used the BLM’s 1980 

Transportation Plan and the 2001 

Gunnison Interim Travel Plan to manage 

travel on BLM-managed lands. As 

required in the 2001 Travel Plan, the 

BLM and the U.S. Forest Service 

embarked on a planning process to 

develop a more definitive and 

comprehensive system of routes across 

Federal lands in the Gunnison Basin. 

The two agencies jointly published a 

Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

in the Federal Register at 72 FR 24267 

(May 2, 2007). They subsequently 

published the Gunnison Basin Federal 

Lands Travel Management Plan EIS 

(CO–160–2008–025–EIS). Following 

analysis of the public comments, the 

BLM issued a decision record on June 

28, 2010. The 2010 TMP replaces the 

1980 Transportation Plan and the 2001 

Interim Travel Plan. These final 

supplementary rules enable the BLM to 

implement several key decisions 

contained in the 2010 TMP to protect 

natural resources and provide for public 

health and safety. No other existing 

rules are affected by these final 

supplementary rules. The proposed 

supplementary rules were published in 

the Federal Register at 78 FR 26804 on 

May 8, 2013, and the public comment 

period ended July 8, 2013. The final 

supplementary rules are consistent with 

the Decision Record for the TMP, which 

was approved on June 28, 2010. 

These final supplementary rules 

apply to public lands administered by 

the BLM Gunnison Field Office. The 

2010 TMP area consists of 

approximately 585,012 acres of public 

lands within Gunnison, Montrose, 

Hinsdale, and Saguache counties, 

Colorado, in the following described 

townships: 

Sixth Principal Meridian 

Tps. 11 S., Rs. 83 and 84 W., unsurveyed. 

Tps. 11 S., Rs. 86 and 87 W., partly 

unsurveyed. 

Tps. 12 S., Rs. 82 to 87 W., partly 

unsurveyed. 

Tps. 13 S., Rs. 80 to 87 W., partly 

unsurveyed. 

Tps. 14 S., Rs. 80 to 88 W., partly 

unsurveyed. 

Tps. 15 S., Rs. 81 to 88 W., partly 

unsurveyed. 

New Mexico Principal Meridian 

Tps. 43 N., Rs. 1 and 2 E., partly unsurveyed. 

Tps. 44 N., Rs. 1, 2, and 3 E., partly 

unsurveyed. 

Tps. 45 N., Rs. 1, 2, and 3 E., partly 

unsurveyed. 

Tps. 46 N., Rs. 1 to 4 E., partly unsurveyed. 

Tps. 47 N., Rs. 1 to 7 E., partly unsurveyed. 

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Tps. 49 N., Rs. 1 to 6 E. 

Tps. 50 N., Rs. 1 to 6 E. 

Tps. 51 N., Rs. 1 to 5 E. 

Tps. 41 N., Rs. 5 and 6 W., unsurveyed. 

Tps. 42 N., Rs. 3 to 6 W., partly unsurveyed. 

Tps. 43 N., Rs. 1 to 7 W., partly unsurveyed. 

Tps. 44 N., Rs. 1 to 6 W., partly unsurveyed. 

Tps. 45 N., Rs. 1 to 6 W., partly unsurveyed. 

Tps. 46 N., Rs. 1 to 6 W., partly unsurveyed. 

Tps. 47 N., Rs. 1 to 6 W. 

Tps. 48 N., Rs. 1 to 6 W. 

Tps. 49 N., Rs. 1 to 6 W. 

Tps. 50 N., Rs. 1 to 4 W. 

Tps. 51 N., Rs. 1 to 4 W. 

II. Discussion of Public Comments and 

Final Supplementary Rules 

The BLM received comments from 

five parties. Upon review of the 

comments, the BLM made one minor 

change to the definition of the term 

‘‘existing travel routes,’’ discussed 

below. 

Two parties disagreed with the 2010 

TMP decision and asked to keep more 

routes open to motorized and 

mechanized uses. Changing the 2010 

TMP decision would be a separate 

action that would require additional 

site-specific environmental analysis and 

is outside the scope of these final 

supplemental rules. 

Two parties expressed concern over 

possibly losing right-of-way (ROW) 

access across BLM-administered lands. 

The Decision Record for the 2010 TMP 

addressed ROW access. Supplementary 

rules do not affect access routes to 

maintain transmission lines or access 

private property because those roads 

and routes are (or will be as the ROWs 

are amended and/or renewed), covered 

under the appropriate BLM ROWs. 

Another party suggested that the 

terms of the supplementary rules be 

consistent with TMP language. The 

party expressed concern that terms such 

as ‘‘designated travel routes’’ and 

‘‘existing travel routes’’ could cause 

confusion, were too vague, or might lead 

to resource degradation when 

interpreting the exceptions allowed for 

travel off of designated roads. The 

proposed supplementary rule defined 

designated travel routes as roads and 

trails open to specified modes of travel 

and identified on a map of designated 

roads and trails that is maintained and 

available for public inspection at the 

BLM Gunnison Field Office. The 

commenter also asked the BLM to 

clarify that the 30-foot exception only 

applies when there is no existing route 

available. The commenter further 

suggested that additional restrictions 

regarding parallel travel routes and 

resource damage be added to the 30-foot 

exception. As the rule states, the 

exception for motorized travel off of 

designated roads is clearly for the 

purpose of parking or camping. In 

addition, the BLM has an existing rule 

(43 CFR 8341.1(f)(4)) that prohibits 

resource damage that would apply if 

parking is causing resource damage or if 

off-road travel is creating a parallel 

travel route. Such a restatement of the 

existing rules is not necessary and 

would be contrary to the BLM policy 

regarding the purpose of supplementary 

rules (WO IM–2013–161). 

The same commenter was also 

concerned that people may travel 

further than 300 feet from a designated 

road on an existing route to camp or 

park. This commenter encouraged the 

BLM to sign, mark, and monitor existing 

dispersed campsites and to close routes 

that are more than 300 feet long or 

creating resource damage. It is the 

responsibility of public land users to 

know and follow the rules. As discussed 

in the 2010 TMP Decision Notice, the 

BLM will continue to conduct such 

monitoring and implementation as 

available funding, staff, materials, 

equipment, and volunteer resources 

allow. It would be impractical, as well 

as visually intrusive, for the BLM to 

mark this distance on each possible 

route off of designated roads. 

The commenter was also concerned 

that the definition of ‘‘existing travel 

route’’ is too vague and could allow 

motorized use on the track left by front 

tires (followed by the rear tires) on game 

trails, cow paths, footpaths, single-track 

trails, and All-Terrain Vehicle trails. 

The commenter also suggested that the 

definition include a reference to a point 

in time, e.g., when the decision was 

made. The BLM established and defined 

designated route travel in 2001 through 

the Gunnison Interim Travel 

Restrictions Decision (Decision Notice, 

April 2001), which restricted motorized 

and mechanized use (wheeled vehicles 

used for human transport) to established 

routes. Established routes are roads and 

trails recognized by the agencies as 

existing on the ground as of January 12, 

2001, and receiving enough use to 

remain recognizable as a route. That 

restriction remains in place and is part 

of the existing condition. The definition 

of ‘‘existing travel routes’’ has been 

clarified in the final supplementary rule 

as requested. 

Another commenter suggested 

changing the definition of camping to 

make a distinction between ‘‘camping 

from a vehicle’’ and ‘‘camping from a 

pack.’’ The definition of camping as 

used in the supplementary rules is for 

the purpose of describing an exception 

for motorized travel off of designated 

roads. For purposes of the 

supplementary rules, there is no need to 

differentiate backcountry camping from 

vehicle camping. The commenter was 

also concerned about subsequent onthe-ground actions the BLM may take to 

implement route closures that may 

prevent pedestrian use of closed routes. 

This is not within the scope of these 

supplementary rules as the rules only 

address motorized and mechanized 

travel. 

III. Procedural Matters 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

These final supplementary rules are 

not a significant regulatory action and 

are not subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866. These final 

supplementary rules would not have an 

effect of $100 million or more on the 

economy. These final supplementary 

rules would not adversely affect in a 

material way the economy; productivity; 

competition; jobs; the environment; 

public health or safety; or State, local or 

tribal governments or communities. 

These final supplementary rules would 

not create a serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency. These 

final supplementary rules do not 

materially alter the budgetary effects of 

entitlements, grants, user fees or loan 

programs, or the rights or obligations of 

their recipients; nor do they raise novel 

legal or policy issues. These final 

supplementary rules would not affect 

legal commercial activity, but merely 

impose limitations on certain 

recreational activities on certain public 

lands to protect natural resources and 

human health and safety. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

These final supplementary rules 

implement key decisions in the 2010 

TMP. During the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review for the 2010 TMP, the BLM fully 

analyzed the substance of these final 

supplementary rules in an EIS (CO– 

160–2008–025–EIS). The BLM signed 

the Decision Record for the EIS on June 

28, 2010. The 2010 TMP EIS and 

Decision Record and a subsequent 

Determination of NEPA Adequacy are 

on file in the BLM Gunnison Field 

Office at the address specified in the 

ADDRESSES section. The BLM finds that 

the EIS associated with the 2010 TMP 

is adequate for these supplementary 

rules. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Congress enacted the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, to ensure 

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unnecessarily or disproportionately 

burden small entities. The RFA requires 

a regulatory flexibility analysis if a rule 

would have a significant economic 

impact, either detrimental or beneficial, 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. These final supplementary 

rules would have no effect on business 

entities of any size. These final 

supplementary rules would merely 

impose reasonable restrictions on 

certain recreational activities on certain 

public lands to protect natural resources 

and the environment and human health 

and safety. Therefore, the BLM has 

determined under the RFA that these 

final supplementary rules would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act 

These final supplementary rules are 

not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined at 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). These final supplementary rules 

would merely impose reasonable 

restrictions on certain recreational 

activities on certain public lands to 

protect natural resources and the 

environment and human health and 

safety. These final supplementary rules 

would not: 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more; 

(2) Cause a major increase in costs or 

prices for consumers, individual 

industries, Federal, State, or local 

agencies, or geographic regions; or 

(3) Have significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of United States-based 

enterprises to compete with foreignbased enterprises in domestic and 

export markets. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

These final supplementary rules 

would not impose an unfunded 

mandate on State, local, or tribal 

governments or the private sector of 

more than $100 million per year; nor 

would these final supplementary rules 

have a significant or unique effect on 

State, local, or tribal governments or the 

private sector. The final supplementary 

rules would merely impose reasonable 

restrictions on certain recreational 

activities on certain public lands to 

protect natural resources and the 

environment and human health and 

safety. Therefore, the BLM is not 

required to prepare a statement 

containing the information required by 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 

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

Executive Order 12630, Governmental 

Actions and Interference With 

Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights (Takings) 

These final supplementary rules do 

not constitute a government action 

capable of interfering with 

constitutionally-protected property 

rights. The final supplementary rules 

would not address property rights in 

any form and would not cause the 

impairment of constitutionallyprotected property rights. Therefore, the 

BLM has determined that these final 

supplementary rules would not cause a 

‘‘taking’’ of private property or require 

further discussion of takings 

implications under this Executive 

Order. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

The final supplementary rules would 

not have a substantial direct effect on 

the States, on the relationship between 

the national government and the States, 

or on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Therefore, in 

accordance with Executive Order 13132, 

the BLM has determined that these final 

supplementary rules do not have 

sufficient Federalism implications to 

warrant preparation of a Federalism 

Assessment. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform 

Under Executive Order 12988, the 

BLM Colorado State Director has 

determined that these final 

supplementary rules would not unduly 

burden the judicial system and that they 

meet the requirements of Sections 3(a) 

and 3(b)(2) of the Order. 

Executive Order 13175, Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13175, the BLM has found that these 

final rules do not include policies that 

have tribal implications and would have 

no bearing on trust lands or on lands for 

which title is held in fee status by 

Indian tribes or U.S. Government-owned 

lands managed by the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs. 

Information Quality Act 

In developing these final 

supplementary rules, the BLM did not 

conduct or use a study, experiment or 

survey requiring peer review under the 

Information Quality Act (Section 515 of 

Pub. L. 106–554). 

Executive Order 13211, Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

These final supplementary rules do 

not comprise a significant energy action. 

These final supplementary rules would 

not have an adverse effect on energy 

supply, production, or consumption and 

have no connection with energy policy. 

Executive Order 13352, Facilitation of 

Cooperative Conservation 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13352, the BLM has determined that the 

final supplementary rules would not 

impede facilitating cooperative 

conservation; would take appropriate 

account of and consider the interests of 

persons with ownership or other legally 

recognized interests in land or other 

natural resources; would properly 

accommodate local participation in the 

Federal decision-making process; and 

would provide that the programs, 

projects and activities are consistent 

with protecting public health and safety. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

These final supplementary rules do 

not contain information collection 

requirements that the Office of 

Management and Budget must approve 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521. 

Author 

The principal author of these final 

supplementary rules is Kristi Murphy, 

Outdoor Recreation Planner, BLM, 

Gunnison Field Office. 

IV. Final Supplementary Rules 

For the reasons stated in the 

Preamble, and under the authority of 43 

U.S.C. 315a, 1733(a), and 1740, and 43 

CFR 8365.1–6, the State Director 

establishes supplementary rules for 

public lands within the Gunnison Field 

Office, Colorado, to read as follows: 

Supplementary Rules for the Gunnison 

Basin Travel Management Plan 

Definitions 

Camping means erecting a tent or a 

shelter of natural or synthetic materials; 

preparing a sleeping bag or other 

bedding material for use; or parking a 

motor vehicle, motor home, or trailer for 

the purpose or apparent purpose of 

overnight occupancy. 

Designated travel routes means roads 

and trails open to specified modes of 

travel and identified on a map of 

designated roads and trails that is 

maintained and available for public 

inspection at the BLM Gunnison Field 

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trails are open to public use in 

accordance with such limits and 

restrictions as are, or may be, specified 

in the resource management plan (RMP) 

or TMP, or in future decisions 

implementing the RMP. This definition 

excludes any road or trail with BLMauthorized restrictions that prevent use 

of the road or trail. Restrictions may 

include signs or physical barriers such 

as gates, fences, posts, branches, or 

rocks. 

Existing travel routes means 

immediately-recognizable motor vehicle 

travel routes or two-track trails that are 

not identified as closed to motorized 

vehicle use by a BLM sign or map and 

are recognized by the BLM as existing 

on the ground as of January 12, 2001. 

Public land means any land or 

interest in land owned by the United 

States and administered by the 

Secretary of the Interior through the 

BLM without regard to how the United 

States acquired ownership. 

Mechanized vehicle means a humanpowered mechanical device, such as a 

bicycle, not powered by a motor. 

Motorized vehicle means a vehicle 

that is propelled by a motor or engine, 

such as a car, truck, off-highway 

vehicle, motorcycle, or snowmobile. 

Prohibited Acts 

1. Except as provided by Rule 2 

below, you must not operate or possess 

a motorized or mechanized vehicle in 

an area designated as closed to such use 

by a BLM sign or map. 

2. You must not operate or possess a 

mechanized or motorized vehicle except 

in areas designated or routes identified 

for such use by a BLM sign or map, 

unless: 

• You are using a mechanized game 

cart for the purpose of retrieving a large 

game animal with a valid carcass tag 

outside of Congressionally-designated 

wilderness areas or wilderness study 

areas; or 

• You are using a motorized vehicle 

for the purpose of parking or camping 

within 30 feet of the edge of a 

designated travel route or on existing 

travel routes within 300 feet of a 

designated travel route. 

3. You must not operate or possess a 

motorized vehicle from March 15 to 

May 15 in specific areas of identified 

priority sage-grouse habitat as 

designated by a BLM sign or map. 

Exceptions 

These supplementary rules do not 

apply to emergency, law enforcement, 

and Federal or other government 

vehicles while being used for official or 

other emergency purposes, or to any 

other vehicle use that is expressly 

authorized or otherwise officially 

approved by the BLM. 

Penalties 

Under Section 303(a) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)) and 43 CFR 

8360.0–7, any person who violates any 

of these supplementary rules may be 

tried before a United States Magistrate 

and fined no more than $1,000 or 

imprisoned for no more than 12 months, 

or both. Such violations may also be 

subject to the enhanced fines provided 

for by 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

Ruth Welch, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2015–0001] 

Notice of Availability Environmental 

Assessment for Commercial Wind 

Lease Issuance and Site Assessment 

Activities on the Atlantic Outer 

Continental Shelf Offshore North 

Carolina; MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment. 

SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the 

availability of an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for commercial wind 

lease issuance, site characterization 

activities (geological, geotechnical/

archeological and biological surveys) 

and site assessment activities (including 

the installation and operation of a 

meteorological tower and/or buoys) on 

the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf 

offshore North Carolina. The EA 

considers the potential impacts of the 

proposed action and analyzes 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. This Notice of Availability 

(NOA) also serves to announce the 

beginning of the public comment period 

on the EA. The EA and associated 

information are available on BOEM’s 

Web site at http://www.boem.gov/StateActivities-North-Carolina/. 

Authority: This NOA for an EA is in 

compliance with the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is published 

pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

no later than February 23, 2015. BOEM 

will conduct public information 

meetings to explain the proposed 

activities analyzed in the EA and 

provide additional opportunity for 

public comment on the EA. The 

meetings will be held on the following 

dates: 

• Monday, February 9, 2015, in the 

Northern Outer Banks, NC 

• Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in 

Wilmington, NC 

• Thursday, February 12, 2015, in 

Carolina Shores or Sunset Beach, NC 

Additional information on specific 

times and venues will be posted online 

at: http://www.boem.gov/StateActivities-North-Carolina/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817, (703) 787–1340 or 

michelle.morin@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal, 

state, tribal, and local governments and/ 

or agencies and the public may submit 

written comments on this EA through 

the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the field 

entitled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2015–0001, and then click 

‘‘search.’’ Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view 

supporting and related materials 

available for this notice; 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Commercial Wind Lease 

Issuance and Site Assessment Activities 

on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf 

Offshore North Carolina Environmental 

Assessment’’ and addressed to Program 

Manager, Office of Renewable Energy, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

381 Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170– 4817. 

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 comments 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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