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and local governments and the general 

public have the opportunity to help 

BOEM determine significant resources 

and issues, impacting factors, 

reasonable alternatives, and potential 

mitigating measures to be analyzed in 

the WPA 248 Supplemental EIS and to 

provide additional information. BOEM 

will also use the NEPA commenting 

process to initiate the Section 106 

consultation process 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 248 

Supplemental EIS. The purpose of these 

meetings is to solicit comments on the 

scope of the WPA 248 Supplemental 

EIS. BOEM’s scoping meetings will be 

held at the following places and times: 

• Houston, Texas: Tuesday, April 14, 

2015, Houston Airport Marriott at 

George Bush Intercontinental, 18700 

John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, 

Texas 77032, one meeting beginning at 

1:00 p.m. CDT; and 

• New Orleans, Louisiana: Thursday, 

April 16, 2015, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123, one 

meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT. 

Cooperating Agency: BOEM invites 

other Federal, State, Tribal, and local 

governments to consider becoming 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the WPA 248 Supplemental EIS. We 

invite qualified government entities to 

inquire about cooperating agency status 

for the WPA 248 Supplemental EIS. 

Following the guidelines from the 

Council on 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 

decisionmaking authority of any other 

agency involved in the NEPA process. 

Upon request, BOEM will provide 

potential cooperating agencies with a 

written summary of ground rules 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 of 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/.html; 

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

cooperating/.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 other interested 

parties, may submit written comments 

on the scope of the WPA 248 

Supplemental EIS, significant issues 

that should be addressed, alternatives 

that should be considered, potential 

mitigating measures, and the types of oil 

and gas activities of interest in the 

proposed WPA 248 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 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 Sale 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. Through BOEM’s email address: wpa248@

boem.gov. 

Petitions, although accepted, do not 

generally provide useful information to 

assist in the 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. 

Authority: This NOI is published pursuant 

to the regulations (40 CFR 1501. 7) 

implementing the provisions of NEPA. 

Dated: March 25, 2015. 

Abigail Ross Hopper, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07325 Filed 3–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–IA–2015–N061; 

FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Marine 

Mammals; Receipt of Applications for 

Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species, marine mammals, 

or both. With some exceptions, the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) and 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) prohibit activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

April 29, 2015. We must receive 

requests for marine mammal permit 

public hearings, in writing, at the 

address shown in the ADDRESSES section 

by April 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, Branch of 

Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

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Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– 

2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104 

(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); 

DMAFR@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I request copies of 

applications or comment on submitted 

applications? 

Send your request for copies of 

applications or comments and materials 

concerning any of the applications to 

the contact listed under ADDRESSES. 

Please include the Federal Register 

notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant 

in your request or submission. We will 

not consider requests or comments sent 

to an email or address not listed under 

ADDRESSES. If you provide an email 

address in your request for copies of 

applications, we will attempt to respond 

to your request electronically. 

Please make your requests or 

comments as specific as possible. Please 

confine your comments to issues for 

which we seek comments in this notice, 

and explain the basis for your 

comments. Include sufficient 

information with your comments to 

allow us to authenticate any scientific or 

commercial data you include. 

The comments and recommendations 

that will be most useful and likely to 

influence agency decisions are: (1) 

Those supported by quantitative 

information or studies; and (2) Those 

that include citations to, and analyses 

of, the applicable laws and regulations. 

We will not consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

B. May I review comments submitted by 

others? 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the street 

address listed under ADDRESSES. The 

public may review documents and other 

information applicants have sent in 

support of the application unless our 

allowing viewing would violate the 

Privacy Act or Freedom of Information 

Act. 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 comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

II. Background 

To help us carry out our conservation 

responsibilities for affected species, and 

in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.), along with Executive Order 13576, 

‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and 

Accountable Government,’’ and the 

President’s Memorandum for the Heads 

of Executive Departments and Agencies 

of January 21, 2009—Transparency and 

Open Government (74 FR 4685; January 

26, 2009), which call on all Federal 

agencies to promote openness and 

transparency in Government by 

disclosing information to the public, we 

invite public comment on these permit 

applications before final action is taken. 

Under the MMPA, you may request a 

hearing on any MMPA application 

received. If you request a hearing, give 

specific reasons why a hearing would be 

appropriate. The holding of such a 

hearing is at the discretion of the 

Service Director. 

III. Permit Applications 

A. Endangered Species 

Applicant: Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, 

TX; PRT–45248B 

The applicant requests a permit to 

export one female curassow (Crax 

alberti) from Houston Zoo, Houston, 

Texas to Nago Zoological and Botanical 

Gardens, Okinawa, Japan, for the 

purpose of scientific research. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: Disney’s Animal Kingdom, 

Bay Lake, FL; PRT–53174B 

The applicant requests a permit to 

export feathers from captive-bred pink 

pigeons (Nesoenas mayeri) for the 

purpose of scientific research. 

Applicant: The Wild Animal Park, 

Chittenango, NY; PRT–56456B 

The applicant requests a captive-bred 

wildlife registration under 50 CFR 

17.21(g) for giant tortoises (Chelonoidis 

nigra), radiated tortoises (Astrochelys 

radiata), ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur 

catta), snow leopards (Uncia uncia), and 

leopards (Panthera pardus) to enhance 

the species’ propagation or survival. 

This notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: USFWS/Ecological Services 

Field Office, Cheyenne, WY; PRT– 

219999 

The applicant requests renewal of 

their permit to export to and import 

from Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, 

Canada, captive hatched Wyoming toads 

(Bufo hemiophrys baxteri) for the 

purposes of enhancement of the survival 

of the species. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

Applicant: Edgar Hinkle, Lexington, NC; 

PRT–59964B 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import a sport-hunted trophy of one 

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus 

pygargus) culled from a captive herd 

maintained under the management 

program of the Republic of South Africa, 

for the purpose of enhancement of the 

survival of the species. 

B. Endangered Marine Mammals and 

Marine Mammals 

Applicant: Tom Smith, Brigham Young 

University, Provo, UT; PRT–225854 

The applicant requests a renewal of 

the permit to authorize harassment of 

polar bears (Ursus maritimus) by 

adjusting the video camera equipment, 

conducting aerial surveys, and 

conducting ground-truth surveys with 

snowmobiles near dens for the purpose 

of scientific research. This notification 

covers activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over the remainder of the 5- 

year period of the permit. 

Concurrent with publishing this 

notice in the Federal Register, we are 

forwarding copies of the above 

applications to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and the Committee of 

Scientific Advisors for their review. 

Brenda Tapia, 

Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch 

of Permits, Division of Management 

Authority. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–951] 

Certain Lithium Metal Oxide Cathode 

Materials, Lithium-Ion Batteries for 

Power Tool Products Containing the 

Same, and Power Tools Products With 

Lithium-Ion Batteries Containing 

Same; Institution of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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