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Dated: April 18, 2012. 

Douglas Neighbor, 

Superintendent, Big Thicket National 

Preserve, National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10137 Filed 4–25–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Final General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the South Unit of Badlands National 

Park, South Dakota 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the 

National Park Service (NPS) announces 

the availability of the Final General 

Management Plan and Environmental 

Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the 

South Unit of Badlands National Park, 

South Dakota. 

DATES: The Final GMP/EIS will remain 

available for public review for 30 days 

following the publishing of the Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register by 

the Environmental Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the GMP/EIS are 

available by request by writing to 

Badlands National Park, P.O. Box 6, 

Interior, South Dakota 57750, by 

telephoning 605–433–5361, or by 

emailing 

BADL_Superintendent@nps.gov. 

The document is available to be 

picked up in person at Badlands 

National Park, 25216 Ben Reifel Road, 

Interior, South Dakota. The document 

can be found on the internet on the NPS 

Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment Web site at: http:// 

www.parkplanning.nps.gov/badl. It can 

also be accessed through the Park’s 

home page at http://www.nps.gov/badl. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS 

prepared a draft GMP/EIS for the South 

Unit of Badlands National Park 

combining the plan and an 

environmental analysis. The GMP 

provides a framework for making 

decisions about and managing the South 

Unit’s resources and visitor use for the 

next 15–20 years. 

The draft was made available for 

public review for 75 days ending 

November 1, 2010. During the review 

period, the NPS distributed over 900 

copies of the draft. The GMP team held 

three public open house-style meetings 

on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, plus 

one each in Wall and Rapid City, South 

Dakota, and Washington, DC, during the 

comment period. The draft was also 

made available at the Park offices, on 

the Internet, and at area libraries. 

Over 65 people attended the meetings, 

where individual comments were 

recorded. Additional comments were 

received through letters, comment 

forms, and electronic messages. A total 

of 361 comments were received from all 

sources in response to the Draft GMP. 

Comments from individuals, groups, 

and public agencies on the alternatives, 

the preferred alternative, and the 

environmentally preferred alternative 

were considered. 

No substantive changes were made to 

the preferred alternative as a result of 

public comments received on the Draft 

GMP/EIS. The preferred alternative will 

provide for the preservation of natural 

resources, while offering opportunities 

for visitor enjoyment of natural, 

cultural, and recreational resources in a 

scenic outdoor setting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact the Superintendent, Badlands 

National Park, Interior, South Dakota 

57750, telephone 605–4335361. 

Dated: September 13, 2011. 

Michael T. Reynolds, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

April 23, 2012. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–AD–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 (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: List of restricted joint bidders. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority 

vested in the Director of the Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management by the joint 

bidding provisions of 30 CFR 556.41, 

each entity within one of the following 

groups shall be restricted from bidding 

with any entity in any other of the 

following groups at Outer Continental 

Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held 

during the bidding period May 1, 2012, 

through October 31, 2012. The List of 

Restricted Joint Bidders published in 

the Federal Register on November 2, 

2011, covered the period November 1, 

2011, through April 30, 2012. 

Group I. 

Exxon Mobil Corporation 

ExxonMobil Exploration Company 

Group II. 

Shell Oil Company 

Shell Offshore Inc. 

SWEPI LP 

Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc. 

SOI Finance Inc. 

Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. 

Group III. 

BP America Production Company 

BP Exploration & Production Inc. 

BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 

Group IV. 

Chevron Corporation 

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 

Chevron Midcontinent, L.P. 

Unocal Corporation 

Union Oil Company of California 

Pure Partners, L.P. 

Group V. 

ConocoPhillips Company 

ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. 

Phillips Pt. Arguello Production 

Company 

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas 

Company LP 

Burlington Resources Offshore Inc. 

The Louisiana Land and Exploration 

Company 

Inexeco Oil Company 

Group VI. 

Statoil ASA 

Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC 

Statoil USA E&P Inc. 

Statoil Gulf Properties Inc. 

Group VII. 

Petrobras America Inc. 

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. 

Group VIII. Total E&P USA, Inc. 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10100 Filed 4–25–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Record of Decision for Authorizing the 

Use of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Sand Resources in the Martin County, 

Florida Hurricane Storm Damage 

Reduction Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a 

Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: BOEM has issued a Record of 

Decision (ROD) to authorize the use of 

OCS sand resources by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Martin 

County Board of Commissioners in the 

Martin County, Florida Hurricane Storm 

Damage Reduction (HSDR) Project. The 

ROD documents the BOEM’s decision in 


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selecting the Preferred Alternative 

described in the USACE’s Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) for the Martin County 

HSDR Project (August 2011). BOEM will 

enter into a negotiated agreement for the 

purpose of making sand available from 

a shoal on the OCS for placement on the 

beach in support of the beach 

nourishment, following the mandated 

30-day wait period from the date of the 

issuance of the ROD. BOEM is 

announcing the availability of this ROD 

in accordance with the regulations 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

Deputy Director for the BOEM signed 

the ROD on March 28, 2012. 

Authority: This NOA of the ROD is 

published pursuant to the regulations (40 

CFR 1506.6) implementing the provisions of 

the NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of the Martin County HSDR 

Project and BOEM’s Connected Action 

The USACE and Martin County Board 

of Commissioners have proposed to 

reduce the potential for damage to, or 

loss of, coastal properties and habitat 

along Hutchinson Island, Florida from 

storm-induced wave impacts and 

coastal erosion. In the Congressionallyauthorized Martin County HSDR 

Project, the USACE will nourish 4 miles 

of beach using a sea-turtle friendly 

design template. The purpose of 

BOEM’s connected action is to respond 

to the request for use of OCS sand in the 

beach nourishment, under the authority 

granted to the Department of the Interior 

by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

Act (OCSLA) (43 U.S.C. 1337(k)(2)). 

Under OCSLA, BOEM can convey, on a 

noncompetitive basis, the rights to use 

OCS sand, gravel, or shell resources for 

use in a program for shore protection, 

beach restoration or coastal wetland 

restoration undertaken by a Federal, 

state, or local government agency (43 

U.S.C. 1337(k)(2)). The BOEM is 

undertaking this action to respond to 

the USACE’s and Martin County Board 

of Commissioners’ request to use OCS 

sand resources. The Secretary of the 

Interior delegated the authority granted 

in the OCSLA to BOEM. 

Record of Decision 

The BOEM’s decision is supported by 

the comprehensive analysis presented 

in the USACE’s Final SEIS. The SEIS 

assessed the physical, biological, and 

social/human impacts of the proposed 

project and considered a range of nonstructural alternatives, including a noaction alternative, as well as impacts 

from proposed mitigation. The SEIS was 

developed cooperatively to fulfill all 

Federal agencies’ obligations under 

NEPA and the environmental impacts of 

their connected actions were 

encompassed in the analysis. As the 

USACE is the lead agency and BOEM is 

a cooperating agency for the proposed 

action, BOEM independently reviewed 

and adopted the SEIS prepared by the 

USACE (43 CFR 46.120). The USACE 

published its ROD in February 2012. 

The BOEM ROD summarizes the 

alternatives considered by BOEM, the 

decision BOEM made, the basis for the 

decision, the environmentally preferable 

alternative, required mitigation 

measures, and the process the USACE 

and BOEM, as a cooperating agency, 

undertook to involve the public and 

other Federal and state agencies. The 

decision identifies and adopts 

mitigation measures and monitoring 

requirements enforceable by BOEM and 

deemed practicable to avoid or 

minimize the environmental harm that 

could result from the project. In the 

USACE’s ROD, the USACE committed 

to implementing the mitigation 

measures and monitoring requirements 

identified in BOEM’s ROD. This action 

is taken with the understanding that any 

proposed use of OCS sand in future 

beach re-nourishment activities by the 

USACE will require a new negotiated 

agreement and an updated 

environmental analysis. 

Availability of ROD 

To obtain a printed copy of the ROD, 

you may contact BOEM, Office of 

Environmental Programs (HM 3107), 

381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 

20170. An electronic copy of the ROD 

is available at BOEM’s web site at: 

[http://www.boem.gov/Non-EnergyMinerals/Marine-MineralsProgram.aspx]. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James F. Bennett, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Division of 

Environmental Assessment, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 3107, Herndon, Virginia 

20170, (703) 787–1660, 

jfbennett@boem.gov. 

Dated: April 18, 2012. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10109 Filed 4–25–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1105–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested: Leased/Charter 

Flight Personnel Expedited Clearance 

Request 

Correction 

In notice document 2012–8934, 

appearing on page 22346 in the issue of 

April 13, 2012, make the following 

correction: 

1. On page 22346, in the second 

column, in the first full paragraph, in 

the twelfth through fifteenth lines ‘‘[The 

Federal Register will insert the date 60 

days from the date this notice is 

published in the Federal Register].’’ 

should read ‘‘June 12, 2012.’’ 

[FR Doc. C1–2012–8934 Filed 4–25–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on April 

16, 2012, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. James Y. Saporito, Civil 

Action No. 07–cv–03169, was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern 

Division. 

In this action, the United States 

sought on behalf of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

recovery of response costs incurred in 

conducting removal activities resulting 

from the actual or threatened releases of 

hazardous substances at the Crescent 

Plating Works Superfund Site in 

Chicago, Illinois, pursuant to Section 

107 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9607. The 

Consent Decree resolves the claims 

between the United States and James Y. 

Saporito (‘‘Settling Defendant’’) for the 

amount of $40,000, based upon the 

Settling Defendant’s ability to pay. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to this Consent 

Decree for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either emailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 


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