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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) was directed by the Rio 

Grande Natural Area Act of 2006 to 

establish the Rio Grande Natural Area 

Commission (Commission). The ninemember Commission was formed in 

February 2011 to advise the Secretary 

with respect to the Rio Grande Natural 

Area (Natural Area) and to prepare a 

management plan relating to nonFederal land in the Natural Area. Since 

this Commission was formed, one of its 

members representing the general 

public resigned due to time conflicts. As 

a result, the Secretary is soliciting 

applications to replace the current 

occupant of that seat. 

DATES: Submit nomination packages on 

or before August 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send completed Council 

nominations to Tom Heinlein, District 

Manager, BLM Front Range District 

Office, 3028 East Main St., Can ̃ on City, 

CO 81212. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Heinlein, District Manager, 3028 East 

Main St., Can ̃ on City, CO 81212. Phone: 

719–269–8554. Email: theinlei@blm.gov. 

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, 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: The 

Commission is a statutory advisory 

committee established under Section 4 

of the Rio Grande Natural Area Act of 

2006 (16 U.S.C. 460rrr–2). The 

Commission shall be composed of nine 

members appointed by the Secretary, of 

whom: 

1. One member shall represent the 

Colorado State Director of the BLM; 

2. One member shall be the manager 

of the Alamosa National Wildlife 

Refuge, ex officio; 

3. Three members shall be appointed 

based on the recommendation of the 

Governor of Colorado, among whom: 

a. One member shall represent the 

Colorado Parks and Wildlife division; 

b. One member shall represent the 

Colorado Division of Water Resources; 

and 

c. One member shall represent the Rio 

Grande Water Conservation District. 

4. Four members shall: 

a. Represent the general public; 

b. Be citizens of the local region in 

which the Natural Area is established; 

and 

c. Have knowledge and experience in 

fields of interest relating to the 

preservation, restoration and use of the 

Natural Area. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

or others. The BLM will evaluate 

nominees based on their education, 

training, experience and knowledge of 

the geographical area the Commission 

serves. Nominees should demonstrate a 

commitment to collaborative resource 

decision-making. The following must 

accompany all nominations: 

1. At least one letter of reference from 

represented interests or organizations; 

2. A completed background 

information nomination form; and 

3. Any other information that 

addresses the nominee’s qualifications. 

The Obama Administration prohibits 

individuals who are currently federallyregistered lobbyists to serve on all 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) and non-FACA boards, 

committees or councils. Nomination 

forms may be downloaded from the Rio 

Grande Natural Area Commission Web 

site: http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/ 

slvfo/rio_grande_natural.html. 

The Bureau of Land Management’s 

(BLM) San Luis Valley Field Office will 

review the nomination packages in 

coordination with the Governor of 

Colorado before forwarding 

recommendations to the Secretary, who 

will make the appointments. 

The Commission shall be subject to 

the FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. 2; and the 

Federal Land Management Policy Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1. 

Helen M. Hankins, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of 

Mexico (GOM), Oil and Gas Lease Sale, 

Western Planning Area (WPA) Lease 

Sales 238, 246, and 248 MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare 

a Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (NEPA), BOEM 

is announcing its intent to prepare a 

Supplemental EIS for proposed WPA 

lease sales beginning with Lease Sale 

238 (WPA Lease Sales 238, 246, and 248 

Supplemental EIS). Lease Sale 238 is the 

next proposed lease sale in the Gulf of 

Mexico’s WPA off the States of Texas 

and Louisiana. The WPA Lease Sales 

238, 246, and 248 Supplemental EIS 

will update the environmental and 

socioeconomic analyses in the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2012–2017; Western Planning Area 

Lease Sales 229, 233, 238, 246, and 248; 

Central Planning Area (CPA) Lease 

Sales 227, 231, 235, 241, and 247, Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (OCS 

EIS/EA BOEM 2012–019) (WPA/CPA 

Multisale EIS) and the Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2013– 

2014; Western Planning Area Lease Sale 

233; Central Planning Area Lease Sale 

231-Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 

2013–0118) (WPA 233/CPA 231 

Supplemental EIS). The WPA/CPA 

Multisale EIS was completed in July 

2012. The WPA 233/CPA 231 

Supplemental EIS was completed in 

April 2013. 

A Supplemental EIS is deemed 

appropriate to supplement the NEPA 

documents cited above for these lease 

sales in order to consider possible new 

circumstances and information arising 

from, among other things, the 

Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil spill, 

and response. The WPA Lease Sales 

238, 246, and 248 Supplemental EIS 

analysis will focus on updating the 

baseline conditions and potential 

environmental effects of oil and natural 

gas leasing, exploration, development, 

and production in the WPA. 

The WPA Lease Sales 238, 246, and 

248 Supplemental EIS analysis will 

focus on the potential environmental 

effects of oil and natural gas leasing, 

exploration, development, and 

production in the WPA identified 

through the Area Identification 

procedure as the proposed lease sale 

area. In addition to the no action 

alternative (i.e., canceling the proposed 

sale), other alternatives may be 

considered for the proposed lease sales, 

including WPA Lease Sale 238, such as 

deferring certain areas from the 

proposed lease sales. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

28, 2012, the Department of the Interior 

released the Proposed Final OCS Oil & 

Gas Leasing Program: 2012–2017 (FiveYear Program), which included five 

proposed WPA Lease Sales. WPA Lease 

Sales 238, 246, and 248 are proposed for 

2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively. The 

general area proposed for these WPA 

lease sales, including Lease Sale 238, 

encompasses virtually all unleased 

blocks in approximately 28.58 million 

acres in the western portion of the GOM 

(excluding whole and partial blocks 


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within the boundary of the Flower 

Garden Banks National Marine 

Sanctuary). 

This Federal Register notice is not an 

announcement to hold a proposed lease 

sale, but it is a continuation of 

information gathering and is published 

early in the environmental review 

process, in furtherance of the goals of 

NEPA. The comments received during 

the scoping comment period will help 

inform the content of the WPA Lease 

Sales 238, 246, and 248 Supplemental 

EIS and will be summarized in presale 

documentation prepared prior to 

holding proposed WPA Lease Sale 238. 

If, after completion of the WPA Lease 

Sales 238, 246, and 248 Supplemental 

EIS, the Secretary of the Interior’s 

decision is to hold a lease sale, then the 

lease sale areas identified in the 

Notice(s) of Sale may exclude or defer 

certain lease blocks from the areas 

offered. However, for purposes of the 

WPA Lease Sales 238, 246, and 248 

Supplemental EIS and to adequately 

assess the potential impacts of an 

areawide lease sale, BOEM is assuming 

that all unleased blocks may be offered 

in proposed WPA Lease Sale 238 and 

the remaining WPA lease sales. 

In order to ensure a greater level of 

clarity during the Outer Continental 

Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) stages and 

tiered NEPA processes of the Five-Year 

Program, BOEM established an 

alternative and mitigation tracking table, 

which is designed to track the receipt 

and treatment of alternative and 

mitigation suggestions. Section 4.3.2 of 

the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program: 2012–2017; Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (the Five-Year Program EIS) 

(http://www.boem.gov/5-year/2012-

2017/PEIS.aspx) contains a list of 

deferral and alternative requests that 

were received during the development 

of the Five-Year Program EIS, but that 

were determined to be more 

appropriately considered at subsequent 

OCSLA and NEPA stages. The WPA/ 

CPA Multisale EIS addressed these 

deferral and alternative requests, but 

they were ultimately deemed 

inappropriate for further analysis as a 

separate alternative or deferral from 

those already included and considered 

in the WPA/CPA Multisale EIS. In this 

and future NEPA analyses, BOEM will 

continue to evaluate whether these or 

other deferral or alternative requests 

warrant additional consideration as 

appropriate. (Please refer to Chapters 

2.2.1.1 and 2.2.1.2 of the WPA/CPA 

Multisale EIS for a complete discussion; 

http://www.boem.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/EnvironmentalAssessment/NEPA/nepaprocess.aspx). 

A key principle at each stage in the 

NEPA process is to identify how the 

recommendations for deferral and 

mitigation requests are being addressed 

and whether new information or 

circumstances favor new or different 

analytical approaches in response to 

these requests. 

Additionally, BOEM has created a 

tailored map of the potentially affected 

area through the Multipurpose Marine 

Cadastre (MMC) Web site ( http:// 

boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-Energy-Program/ 

Leasing/Five-Year-Program/Lease-SaleSchedule/Interactive-Maps.aspx). This 

map is an integrated marine information 

system that provides a more 

comprehensive look at geospatial data 

and ongoing activities and studies 

occurring in the area being considered. 

This Web site provides the ability to 

view multiple data layers of existing 

geospatial data. Commenters can suggest 

data layers for consideration by 

following the commenting instructions 

below. 

Scoping Process: This NOI also serves 

to announce the scoping process for 

identifying issues for the WPA Lease 

Sales 238, 246, and 248 Supplemental 

EIS. Throughout the scoping process, 

Federal, State, Tribal, and local 

government agencies, and the general 

public have the opportunity to help 

BOEM determine significant resources 

and issues, impacting factors, 

reasonable alternatives, and potential 

mitigation measures to be analyzed in 

the WPA Lease Sales 238, 246, and 248 

Supplemental EIS, and to provide 

additional information. BOEM will also 

use the NEPA commenting process to 

satisfy the public involvement process 

for Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), as 

provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), BOEM 

will hold public scoping meetings in 

Texas and Louisiana on the WPA Lease 

Sales 238, 246, and 248 Supplemental 

EIS. The purpose of these meetings will 

be to solicit comments on the scope of 

the WPA 238 Supplemental EIS. 

BOEM’s scoping meetings will be held 

at the following places and times: 

• Galveston, Texas: Tuesday, August 

6, 2013, Courtyard Galveston Island 

Gulf Front Marriott, 9550 Seawall 

Boulevard, Galveston Texas 77554, one 

meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. CDT; 

and 

• New Orleans, Louisiana: Thursday, 

August 8, 2013, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00 

p.m. CDT. 

Cooperating Agency: BOEM invites 

other Federal agencies and State, Tribal, 

and local governments to consider 

becoming cooperating agencies in the 

preparation of the WPA Lease Sales 238, 

246, and 248 Supplemental EIS. We 

invite qualified government entities to 

inquire about cooperating agency status 

for the WPA Lease Sales 238, 246, and 

248 Supplemental EIS. Following the 

guidelines from the Council of 

Environmental Quality (CEQ), qualified 

agencies and governments are those 

with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise.’’ Potential cooperating 

agencies should consider their authority 

and capacity to assume the 

responsibilities of a cooperating agency 

and remember that an agency’s role in 

the environmental analysis neither 

enlarges nor diminishes the final 

decision-making authority of any other 

agency involved in the NEPA process. 

Upon request, BOEM will provide 

potential cooperating agencies with a 

written summary of expectations for 

cooperating agencies, including time 

schedules and critical action dates, 

milestones, responsibilities, scope and 

detail of cooperating agencies’ 

contributions, and availability of 

predecisional information. BOEM 

anticipates this summary will form the 

basis for a Memorandum of Agreement 

between BOEM and any cooperating 

agency. Agencies should also consider 

the ‘‘Factors for Determining 

Cooperating Agency Status’’ in 

Attachment 1 to CEQ’s January 30, 2002, 

Memorandum for the Heads of Federal 

Agencies: Cooperating Agencies in 

Implementing the Procedural 

Requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act. These 

documents are available at the following 

locations on the Internet: http:// 

ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/cooperating/ 

cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html; 

and http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ 

cooperating/cooperatingagency

memofactors.html. 

BOEM, as the lead agency, will not 

provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Even if an 

organization is not a cooperating 

agency, opportunities will exist to 

provide information and comments to 

BOEM during the normal public input 

stages of the NEPA/EIS process. For 

further information about cooperating 

agencies, please contact Mr. Gary D. 

Goeke at (504) 736–3233. 

Comments: All interested parties, 

including Federal, State, Tribal, and 

local governments, and others, may 

submit written comments on the scope 

of the WPA Lease Sales 238, 246, and 

248 Supplemental EIS, significant issues 

that should be addressed, alternatives 


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that should be considered, potential 

mitigation measures, and the types of oil 

and gas activities of interest in the 

proposed WPA lease sale area. 

Written scoping comments may be 

submitted in one of the following ways: 

1. In an envelope labeled ‘‘Scoping 

Comments for the WPA Lease Sales 238, 

246, and 248 Supplemental EIS’’ and 

mailed (or hand delivered) to Mr. Gary 

D. Goeke, Chief, Environmental 

Assessment Section, Office of 

Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394; 

2. Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and search for ‘‘Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, 

Outer Continental Shelf; Western 

Planning Area Lease Sales 238, 246, and 

248.’’ (Note: It is important to include 

the quotation marks in your search 

terms.) Click on the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

button to the right of the document link. 

Enter your information and comment, 

then click ‘‘Submit’’; or 

3. BOEM’s email address: 

wpa238@boem.gov. 

Petitions, although accepted, do not 

generally provide useful information to 

assist in development of alternatives, 

resources and issues to be analyzed, or 

impacting factors. BOEM does not 

consider anonymous comments; please 

include your name and address as part 

of your submittal. BOEM makes all 

comments, including the names and 

addresses of respondents, available for 

public review during regular business 

hours. Individual respondents may 

request that BOEM withhold their 

names and/or addresses from the public 

record; however, BOEM cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

If you wish your name and/or address 

to be withheld, you must state your 

preference prominently at the beginning 

of your comment. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

DATES: Comments should be 

submitted by August 15, 2013 to the 

address specified above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the WPA Lease Sales 

238, 246, and 248 Supplemental EIS, the 

submission of comments, or BOEM’s 

policies associated with this notice, 

please contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, 

Environmental Assessment Section, 

Office of Environment (GM 623E), 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, 

LA 70123–2394, telephone (504) 736– 

3233. 

Authority: This Notice of Intent to Prepare 

a Supplemental EIS (NOI) is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1501.7) 

implementing the provisions of the NEPA. 

Dated: July 11, 2013. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17048 Filed 7–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–449 and 731– 

TA–1118–1121 (Review)] 

Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and 

Tube From China, Korea, Mexico, and 

Turkey: Notice of Commission 

Determinations to Conduct Full FiveYear Reviews 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice that it will proceed with full 

reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1675(c)(5)) to determine whether 

revocation of the countervailing duty 

order on light-walled rectangular pipe 

and tube from China and the 

antidumping duty orders on lightwalled rectangular pipe and tube from 

China, Korea, Mexico, and Turkey 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of material injury within 

a reasonably foreseeable time. A 

schedule for the reviews will be 

established and announced at a later 

date. For further information concerning 

the conduct of these reviews and rules 

of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through 

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 

207). 

DATES: Effective July 5, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward Petronzio (202–205–3176), 

Office of Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. 

Hearing-impaired 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 (http:// 

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these reviews may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 

2013, the Commission determined that 

it should proceed to full reviews in the 

subject five-year reviews pursuant to 

section 751(c)(5) of the Act. The 

Commission found that the domestic 

interested party group responses to its 

notice of institution (78 FR 19526, April 

1, 2013) were adequate and that the 

respondent interested party group 

response with respect to Mexico was 

adequate, and decided to conduct a full 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on light-walled rectangular pipe and 

tube from Mexico. Although the 

Commission received a response to its 

notice of institution from the 

Government of Turkey, the Commission 

found that the respondent interested 

party group responses with respect to 

China, Korea, and Turkey were 

inadequate. However, the Commission 

determined to conduct full reviews 

concerning the orders on light-walled 

rectangular pipe and tube from China, 

Korea, and Turkey to promote 

administrative efficiency in light of its 

decision to conduct a full review with 

respect to Mexico. A record of the 

Commissioners’ votes, the 

Commission’s statement on adequacy, 

and any individual Commissioner’s 

statements will be available from the 

Office of the Secretary and at the 

Commission’s Web site. 

Authority: These reviews are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.62 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: July 10, 2013. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Acting Secretary to the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act 

On July 10, 2013 the Department of 

Justice filed a Complaint and 


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