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4. Title: Commercial Fishing Industry 

Vessel Safety Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0061. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Owners, agents, 

individuals-in-charge of commercial 

fishing vessels, and insurance 

underwriters. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is intended to improve safety on board 

vessels in the commercial fishing 

industry. The requirements apply to 

those vessels and to seamen on them. 

Forms: None. 

Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden has increased from 5,917 hours 

to 5,945 hours a year. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: April 7, 2011. 

D. M. Dermanelian, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant 

Commandant for Command, Control, 

Communications, Computers and 

Information Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5477–N–16] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Juanita Perry, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 7262, Washington, 

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; 

TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week. 

Dated: April 14, 2011. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Cape Wind Energy Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of the Availability (NOA) 

of an Environmental Assessment (EA); 

NOA of a Record of Decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulation 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at 40 

CFR 1506.6, BOEMRE announces the 

availability of an EA, a Finding of No 

New Significant Impact (FONNSI), and 

a ROD on whether to approve, approve 

with modifications, or disapprove a 

Construction and Operations Plan (COP) 

for the Cape Wind Energy Project 

located on the Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS) in Nantucket Sound, off the coast 

of Massachusetts. BOEMRE prepared 

the EA to determine whether there are 

any substantial changes in the proposed 

action or whether there is new 

information since the first ROD (2010 

ROD) approving the issuance of a lease 

to Cape Wind Associates (CWA) that 

would require preparation of a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS). This EA was also 

prepared to assist BOEMRE in deciding 

whether to approve, approve with 

modifications, or disapprove CWA’s 

COP for a commercial wind facility. On 

the basis of the analysis contained in the 

EA, BOEMRE has determined that a 

SEIS is not required and has prepared 

a FONNSI supporting that 

determination (See Section 2 of this 

notice). After careful consideration, 

BOEMRE has decided to issue this 

second ROD (2011 ROD) approving 

CWA’s COP with modifications (See 

Section 3 of this notice). 

Availability: The EA, FONNSI, and 

ROD are available at http:// 

www.boemre.gov/offshore/ 

RenewableEnergy/CapeWind.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEMRE Office of 

Offshore Alternative Energy Programs, 

381 Elden Street, MS 4090, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170–4817, (703) 787–1340 or 

michelle.morin@boemre.gov. 

Authority: The NOA of an EA, FONNSI, 

and ROD is published pursuant to 43 CFR 

46.305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

In November 2001, CWA applied for 

a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) under the Rivers 

and Harbors Act of 1899 to proceed with 

its proposal to construct an offshore 

wind power facility on the OCS in 

Nantucket Sound, on Horseshoe Shoal. 

In 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

(EPAct) was passed amending the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). 

The OCSLA amendments granted the 

Secretary of the Department of the 

Interior (DOI) the authority to issue 

leases, easements, or rights-of-way for 

renewable energy projects on the OCS. 

The Secretary delegated that authority 

to the Minerals Management Service 

(now BOEMRE). During the fall of 2005, 

BOEMRE reviewed the CWA proposal 

and determined that BOEMRE would 

proceed with the review by preparing a 

Cape Wind Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS). 

BOEMRE published the DEIS on 

January 18, 2008 (73 FR 3482), which 

was followed by publication of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

(74 FR 3635) on January 21, 2009. On 

May 4, 2010, BOEMRE published the 

NOA of the 2010 EA (75 FR 23798) and 

the NOA of the 2010 ROD, which 

authorized the issuance of a lease to 

CWA (75 FR 34152). On October 6, 

2010, BOEMRE and CWA signed a lease, 

effective on November 1, 2010, that 

granted CWA the exclusive right to 

submit, for BOEMRE’s approval, a COP 

detailing the construction, operation, 

and decommissioning of its proposed 

project. CWA submitted its COP to 

BOEMRE on October 29, 2010, and a 

revised version of the COP on February 

4, 2011. 

As detailed in the COP, the Proposed 

Action remains substantially the same 

as that described in the FEIS (FEIS, pp. 

2–1 to 2–32). The Proposed Action calls 

for 130, 3.6 +/¥MW wind turbine 

generators (WTG), each with a 

maximum blade height of 440 feet (ft), 

to be constructed in a grid pattern on 

the OCS in Nantucket Sound offshore 

Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and 

Nantucket Island, Massachusetts (the 

Islands). With a maximum electric 

output of 468 MW and an average 

anticipated output of approximately 182 

MW, the facility is projected to generate 

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up to three-quarters of Cape Cod and the 

Islands’ annual electricity demand. Each 

of the 130 WTGs will generate 

electricity independently. Solid 

dielectric submarine inner-array cables 

(33 kilovolt) from each WTG will 

interconnect within the array and 

terminate on an electrical service 

platform (ESP), which will serve as the 

common interconnection point for all of 

the WTGs. The proposed submarine 

transmission cable system (115 kilovolt) 

running from the ESP to the landfall 

location in Yarmouth would be 

approximately 12.5 miles (mi.) in length 

(7.6 mi. of which would fall within 

Massachusetts’ territory). 

2. Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No New Significant Impact 

BOEMRE prepared an EA in order to 

determine whether an SEIS is required 

and to assist BOEMRE in deciding 

whether to approve, approve with 

modifications, or disapprove CWA’s 

application to construct, operate, and 

decommission a commercial wind 

facility in Nantucket Sound off the coast 

of Massachusetts as described in the 

FEIS and its COP. In accordance with 

CEQ regulations, the EA examined 

whether there are any ‘‘substantial 

changes in the proposed action that are 

relevant to environmental concerns’’ or 

‘‘significant new circumstances or 

information relevant to environmental 

concerns and bearing on the proposed 

action’’ that either were not fully 

discussed in the FEIS or did not exist at 

the time the 2010 ROD was issued (40 

CFR 1502.9). 

BOEMRE sought public input during 

its review of the Cape Wind COP by 

posting the COP, as well the Notice of 

Preparation of an EA for the purpose 

stated above, on the BOEMRE Web site, 

which announced the start of the public 

comment period on February 22, 2011. 

Consulting parties and local 

governments were informed of the 

comment period via e-mail, which 

provided the BOEMRE Web site and 

address for comments. Approximately 

160 comments were received and are 

available at http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;rpp=10;po=0;D=BOEM2011-0007. Issues that BOEMRE 

considered include: Additional surveys 

and sampling; conflicts with aviation 

traffic and fishing use; emergency 

response; migratory birds; microclimate; 

oil within wind turbine generators; 

sloshing dampers; transition piece 

grout; permits issued by other Federal 

agencies; and consultations with other 

agencies. 

As a result of its review described in 

the EA, BOEMRE found no substantial 

changes in the proposed action or new 

information that would require it to 

supplement the analysis in the FEIS, 

and prepared a FONNSI. 

3. Record of Decision 

In preparing its decision on whether 

or not to approve the Cape Wind Energy 

Project COP, BOEMRE considered 

alternatives to the Proposed Action, the 

impacts as presented in the FEIS, and 

all comments received throughout the 

NEPA process. The FEIS assessed the 

physical, biological and socioeconomic 

impacts of the Proposed Action and 13 

alternatives, including a no-action 

alternative. Since publication of the 

FEIS in January 2009, BOEMRE 

prepared two EAs to evaluate whether 

substantial changes in the proposed 

action that are relevant to 

environmental concerns or significant 

new circumstances or information 

relevant to environmental concerns and 

bearing on the proposed action were 

either not fully discussed or did not 

exist at the time of the preparation of 

the FEIS such that BOEMRE would be 

required to supplement the FEIS. 

After careful consideration, BOEMRE, 

as documented in the 2011 ROD, has 

decided to approve CWA’s COP with 

modifications. The subjects of the 

additional terms and conditions 

included in the COP include: Scour and 

benthic monitoring; turbine 

foundations; compliance with other 

Federal laws; compliance with generally 

accepted industry standards; certified 

verification agent nomination; safety 

management system; contractor’s 

responsibilities; operations and 

maintenance plan; avoidance of cultural 

resources; supplementary surveys; and 

sloshing dampers. 

Dated: April 18, 2011. 

L. Renee Orr, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2011–N073;10120–1113– 

0000–C2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Draft Revised Recovery 

Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl— 

Appendix C 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability; 

reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On September 15, 2010, we, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

announced the availability of the Draft 

Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern 

Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) 

for public review and comment. We are 

reopening the comment period on an 

updated version of Appendix C of that 

document, which describes the 

development of a spotted owl habitat 

modeling tool. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by May 23, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability: 

Electronic copies of the draft revised 

recovery plan and the updated version 

of Appendix C are available online at: 

http://www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/Species/ 

Data/NorthernSpottedOwl/Recovery/. 

Printed loose-leaf copies of the updated 

version of Appendix C are available by 

request from Diana Acosta, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and 

Wildlife Office, 2600 SE 98th Avenue, 

Ste. 100, Portland, OR 97266 (phone: 

503–231–6179). Comment submission: 

Written comments regarding the 

updated version of Appendix C should 

be addressed to the above Portland 

address or sent by e-mail to: 

NSORPComments@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brendan White at the above address and 

phone number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 15, 2010, we published a 

Federal Register notice (75 FR 56131) 

announcing the availability of the Draft 

Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern 

Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) 

for public review and comment under 

the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). We originally opened this 

comment period for 60 days, from 

September 15, 2010, to November 15, 

2010. On November 12, 2010, we 

announced by way of press release an 

extension of the comment period until 

December 15, 2010, in response to 

several requests for additional time to 

review and comment on the Draft 

Revised Recovery Plan. On November 

30, 2010, we announced in the Federal 

Register the reopening of the public 

comment period until December 15, 

2010 (75 FR 74073). At that time we also 

announced the availability of a synopsis 

of the population response modeling 

results for public review and comment. 

This and other information regarding 

the modeling process was posted on our 

Web site. Of the approximately 11,700 

comments received, many requested the 

opportunity to review and comment on 

more detailed information on the habitat 

modeling process in Appendix C of the 

Draft Revised Recovery Plan. 

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