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Advisory Committees covered by this 

request for nominations are identified 

below. The BLM will accept public 

nominations for 30 days after the 

publication of this notice. 

DATES: All nominations must be 

received no later than July 21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for the address of 

respective BLM Offices accepting 

nominations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauren Luckey, U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

WO–610, Public Affairs Division, 20 M 

Street SE., #6281, Washington, DC 

20003, 202–912–7422. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the 

Interior to involve the public in 

planning and issues related to 

management of lands administered by 

the BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA (43 

U.S.C. 1739) directs the Secretary to 

establish 10- to 15-member citizenbased advisory councils that are 

consistent with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). As required by 

FACA, Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) membership must be balanced 

and representative of the various 

interests concerned with the 

management of the public lands. The 

rules governing RACs are found at 43 

CFR subpart 1784 and include the 

following three membership categories: 

Category One—Holders of Federal 

grazing permits and representatives of 

organizations associated with energy 

and mineral development, timber 

industry, transportation or rights-ofway, developed outdoor recreation, offhighway vehicle use, and commercial 

recreation; 

Category Two—Representatives of 

nationally or regionally recognized 

environmental organizations, 

archaeological and historic 

organizations, dispersed recreation 

activities, and wild horse and burro 

organizations; and 

Category Three—Representatives of 

State, county, or local elected office, 

employees of a State agency responsible 

for management of natural resources, 

representatives of Indian tribes within 

or adjacent to the area for which the 

council is organized, representatives of 

academia who are employed in natural 

sciences, and the public-at-large. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

or others. Nominees must be residents 

of the state in which the RAC has 

jurisdiction. The BLM will evaluate 

nominees based on their education, 

training, experience, and knowledge of 

the geographical area of the RAC. 

Nominees should demonstrate a 

commitment to collaborative resource 

decision-making. The Obama 

Administration prohibits individuals 

who are currently federally registered 

lobbyists from being appointed or reappointed to FACA and non-FACA 

boards, committees, or councils. 

This request for public nominations 

also applies to the Steens Mountain 

Advisory Council (SMAC) in Oregon 

established pursuant to Section 131 of 

the Steens Mountain Cooperative 

Management and Protection Act of 

2000. The SMAC advises the Secretary 

of the Interior in managing the Steens 

Mountain Cooperative Management and 

Protection Area. 

The following must accompany all 

nominations for the RACs and SMAC: 

—Letters of reference from represented 

interests or organizations; 

—A completed Resource Advisory 

Council application; and 

—Any other information that addresses 

the nominee’s qualifications. 

Simultaneous with this notice, BLM 

state offices will issue press releases 

providing additional information for 

submitting nominations, with specifics 

about the number and categories of 

member positions available for each 

RAC in the state and the Steens 

Mountain Advisory Council in Oregon. 

If you have already submitted your RAC 

nomination materials for 2014 you will 

not need to resubmit. Nominations for 

the following RACs should be sent to 

the appropriate BLM offices as noted 

below: 

Montana and Dakotas 

Central Montana RAC 

Jonathan Moor, Lewistown Field 

Office, BLM, 920 Northeast Main Street, 

Lewistown, Montana 59457, (406) 538– 

1943. 

Western Montana RAC 

David Abrams, Butte Field Office, 

BLM, 106 North Parkmont, Butte, 

Montana 59701, (406) 533–7617. 

Oregon/Washington 

Eastern Washington RAC; Southeast 

Oregon RAC; Steens Mountain Advisory 

Council, Stephen Baker, Oregon State 

Office, BLM, 1220 SW. 3rd Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon 97204, (503) 808– 

6306. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1. 

Dated: June 12, 2014. 

Steve Ellis, 

Deputy Director, Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0042] 

Notice of Determination of No 

Competitive Interest for the Pacific 

Marine Energy Center South Energy 

Test Site Project Offshore Newport, 

Oregon MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides BOEM’s 

determination that there is no 

competitive interest in the area 

requested by the Northwest National 

Marine Renewable Energy Center at 

Oregon State University (NNMREC– 

OSU) to acquire an Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) marine hydrokinetic (MHK) 

research lease as described in the 

Potential Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) 

Research Lease on the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore 

Oregon, Request for Competitive Interest 

(RFCI) that BOEM published on March 

24, 2014 (79 FR 16050). The RFCI 

described NNMREC–OSU’s request to 

obtain a lease for renewable energy 

research activities approximately five 

nautical miles offshore Newport, Oregon 

and provided an opportunity for the 

public to submit comments about the 

proposal. 

DATES: Effective June 20, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jean Thurston, Renewable Energy 

Specialist, BOEM, Pacific OCS Region, 

Office of Strategic Resources, 770 Paseo 

Camarillo, Second Floor, Camarillo, 

California 93010, Phone: (805) 389– 

7585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority 

This Determination of No Competitive 

Interest (DNCI) is published pursuant to 

subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act 

(43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)), and the 

implementing regulations at 30 CFR Part 

585. Subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS 

Lands Act requires that OCS renewable 

energy leases, easements, or rights-ofway (ROW) be issued ‘‘on a competitive 

basis unless the Secretary [of the 

Interior] determines after public notice 

of a proposed lease, easement, or ROW 

that there is no competitive interest.’’ 

The Secretary delegated the authority to 

make such determinations to BOEM. 

Determination and Next Steps 

This DNCI provides notice to the 

public that BOEM has determined there 

is no competitive interest in the 

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proposed lease area, as no indications of 

competitive interest were submitted in 

response to the RFCI. 

In the RFCI, BOEM also solicited 

public input from interested 

stakeholders regarding the proposed 

lease area, the potential environmental 

consequences of MHK energy 

development in the area, and multiple 

uses of the area. In response to the RFCI, 

BOEM received public comment 

submissions from six entities. BOEM 

will use the comments to inform 

subsequent decisions. After publication 

of this DNCI, BOEM may proceed with 

the noncompetitive leasing process for a 

research lease pursuant to 30 CFR 

585.238. 

Map of the Area 

A map of the area proposed for a 

research lease can be found at the 

following Web site: http://

www.boem.gov/State-Activities-Oregon. 

Dated: May 30, 2014. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14002 Filed 6–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA104000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for Outer Continental Shelf, 

Alaska OCS Region, Chukchi Sea 

Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

193 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare 

a Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: BOEM is giving notice of its 

intent to prepare a Supplemental EIS for 

OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 in the 

Chukchi Sea Planning Area, Alaska. 

This Supplemental EIS will provide 

new analysis in response to a remand by 

the United States Court of Appeals for 

the Ninth Circuit. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: The NOI is published pursuant 

to the regulations (40 CFR 1508.22) 

implementing the procedural provisions of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq.) 

Purpose of Notice of Intent: BOEM is 

announcing its intent to prepare a 

Supplemental EIS for Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea Planning 

Area, Alaska. The Supplemental EIS 

will supplement the analysis from the 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 Final EIS 

(OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007–0026) and the 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 Final 

Supplemental EIS (OCS EIS/EA 

BOEMRE 2011–041) by providing an 

updated oil and gas exploration, 

development and production scenario 

and associated environmental effects 

analysis. The Final EIS for Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale 193 evaluated the potential 

effects of four alternatives that included 

a proposed action, a no action 

alternative, and two other alternatives 

with sale area configurations that would 

defer areas from leasing along the coast 

adjacent to the proposed sale area. The 

Final Supplemental EIS evaluated the 

potential effects of exploration seismic 

surveying and drilling; oil development, 

production, and transportation; and 

accidental crude oil spills. The Final 

Supplemental EIS also evaluated 

potential effects of a natural gas 

development and production scenario, 

as well as a hypothetical Very Large Oil 

Spill event. The proposed action and 

alternatives from the Final EIS and Final 

Supplemental EIS will be carried 

forward in this supplemental EIS. The 

Assistant Secretary will issue a new 

Record of Decision after evaluating this 

supplemental EIS and public comments. 

Implementation of the Secretary’s 

selection among the alternatives will 

require the Secretary to either reaffirm, 

modify, or vacate the leases previously 

sold. 

Scoping: In accordance with 40 CFR 

1502.9(c)(4), there will be no scoping 

conducted for this Supplemental EIS. 

The scope of the Final EIS for Sale 193 

and the remand by the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

establish the scope for this 

Supplemental EIS. The Draft 

Supplemental EIS will be announced for 

public review and comment: (1) In the 

Federal Register by BOEM and the 

Environmental Protection Agency; (2) 

on the BOEM Alaska OCS Region 

homepage; and (3) in the local media. 

Public hearings will be held following 

release of the Draft Supplemental EIS. 

Dates and locations will be determined 

and published at a later date. 

Cooperating Agencies: The 

Department of the Interior’s policy is to 

invite other Federal agencies, and state, 

tribal, and local governments to become 

cooperating agencies during the 

preparation of an EIS. Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations state that 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. 

Cooperating agency status neither 

enlarges nor diminishes the final 

decision making authority of an agency 

involved in the NEPA process. BOEM 

invites qualified government entities to 

inquire about cooperating agency status 

for this Supplemental EIS. Upon 

request, BOEM will provide qualified 

cooperating agencies with a written 

summary of ground rules for 

cooperating agencies, including time 

schedules and critical action dates, 

milestones, responsibilities, and scope 

and detail of cooperating agencies’ 

contributions. Potential cooperating 

agencies should also consider the CEQ’s 

‘‘Factors for Determining Cooperating 

Agency Status.’’ This document is 

available on the CEQ Web site at: http:// 

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

cooperatingagencymemofactors.html. 

Even if your organization is not a 

cooperating agency, you will have an 

opportunity to provide information and 

comments to BOEM during the 

comment phase of the Supplemental EIS 

process. Additional information may be 

found at the following Web site: http:// 

www.boem.gov/Alaska-Region. 

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frances Mann, Chief, Environmental 

Analysis Section II, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Alaska OCS 

Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 

500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5820, 

telephone (907) 334–5277. 

Dated: June 9, 2014. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA 104000] 

Central Planning Area Lease Sales 241 

and 247, and Eastern Planning Area 

Lease Sale 226 

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 Central 

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