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and the alternatives’ possible impacts 

on those activities. 

4. Other information relevant to 

impacts on the human environment 

from potential GOM oil and gas 

development alternatives, including any 

mitigating measures. 

To promote informed decisionmaking, comments should be as specific 

as possible and should provide as much 

detail as necessary to meaningfully and 

fully inform BOEM of the commenter’s 

position. Comments should explain why 

the issues raised are important for 

consideration of the Proposed Action, as 

well as economic, employment, and 

other impacts affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. and 

40 CFR 1503.1. 

James J. Kendall, 

Regional Director, New Orleans, Louisiana 

Office, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29360 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4350–98–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2024–0039] 

Notice of Availability of Determination 

of Competitive Interest in Wind Energy 

Area Options C and D in the Gulf of 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) announces the 

availability of its determination of 

competitive interest in the areas 

identified in the prior notice, ‘‘Potential 

Commercial Leasing for Wind Power 

Development on the Gulf of Mexico 

Outer Continental Shelf-Request for 

Competitive Interest,’’ which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 29, 2024. BOEM published the 

request for competitive interest (RFCI) 

after receiving an unsolicited request 

from Hecate Energy Gulf Wind LLC 

expressing interest in acquiring a 

commercial wind energy lease for wind 

energy area (WEA) options C and D in 

the Gulf of Mexico. In response to the 

RFCI, BOEM received one expression of 

interest from Invenergy GOM Offshore 

Wind LLC. Upon review of the 

proposals, BOEM has determined that 

competitive interest exists in the RFCI 

Areas and will move forward with the 

next competitive lease sale process in 

the Gulf of Mexico. 

ADDRESSES: The determination of 

competitive interest memorandum is 

available on BOEM’s website at https:// 

www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/gulf-mexico-activities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karoline DiPerna, BOEM Office of 

Leasing and Plans, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123, (504) 736–5722, or 

karoline.diperna@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose 

This public notice documents the 

review and analysis of materials 

submitted by Invenergy GOM Offshore 

Wind LLC (hereinafter, Invenergy) 

(Company #15177) expressing interest 

in acquiring a commercial wind energy 

lease in response to the RFCI published 

in the Federal Register on July 29, 2024 

at 89 FR 60913. BOEM published the 

RFCI in response to an unsolicited 

request from Hecate Energy Gulf Wind 

LLC (hereafter, Hecate Energy) 

(Company #15166) to acquire a 

commercial wind energy lease in Gulf of 

Mexico WEA options C and D. 

Background 

On February 16, 2024, BOEM received 

an unsolicited request from Hecate 

Energy expressing interest in acquiring 

a wind energy lease for WEA options C 

and D. After determining that Hecate 

Energy is qualified to hold a wind 

energy lease in these areas, BOEM 

published an RFCI pursuant to 

subsection 8(p)(3) of the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43 

U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)) and BOEM’s 

implementing regulations at 30 CFR 

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

Lands Act requires OCS renewable 

energy leases, easements, and rights-ofway to be issued ‘‘on a competitive basis 

unless the Secretary determines after 

public notice of a lease, easement, or 

right-of-way that there is no competitive 

interest.’’ The RFCI provided public 

notice of Hecate Energy’s unsolicited 

lease request and invited the submission 

of indications of competitive interest in 

commercial wind energy leases within 

the RFCI areas as well as stakeholder 

feedback. The RFCI provided that if 

BOEM received one or more indications 

of competitive interest from qualified 

entities that wish to develop a 

commercial wind energy project in the 

RFCI areas, BOEM may decide to move 

forward with a competitive lease 

issuance process following the 

procedures set forth in 30 CFR 585.210 

through 585.226. Based on those 

procedures, if BOEM receives no 

competing expressions of interest from 

qualified companies, BOEM can decide 

to move forward with the lease issuance 

process using the noncompetitive 

procedures contained in 30 CFR 

585.231. 

RFCI Response 

BOEM received 18 comments during 

the RFCI comment period, including 

one expression of interest from 

Invenergy. Invenergy is qualified 

legally, financially, and technically for 

this specific submission pursuant to 30 

CFR 585.107 and 585.108. Many of the 

comments addressed concerns about the 

suitability of the RFCI areas for leasing. 

To the extent they are relevant, BOEM 

will take all the comments it received 

during the RFCI comment period into 

consideration as it moves forward with 

the competitive leasing process. 

Findings 

BOEM has deemed both Hecate 

Energy and Invenergy to be legally, 

technically, and financially qualified to 

hold an OCS renewable energy lease in 

the Gulf of Mexico. Their submittals 

included all the required information 

outlined in the RFCI and 30 CFR 

585.231. 

Hecate Energy’s proposed project 

would consist of up to 133 fixed-bottom 

wind turbine generators (WTGs), each 

with a capacity of 15–23 megawatts 

(MW), with an overall maximum 

capacity of approximately 2,000 MW. 

Each turbine would be deployed on 

fixed monopile or jacket foundation 

types. Hecate Energy narrowed its 

selections to three points of 

interconnection within Texas and 

Louisiana and continues to examine 12 

potential landfall locations with paths 

to three designated substations. Export 

cables would run separately from each 

of the two lease areas, or the lease areas 

would be joined offshore with one 

substation and one central export cable. 

Hecate Energy’s full application can be 

found online at https://www.boem.gov/ 

renewable-energy/state-activities/gulfmexico-activities. 

Invenergy’s proposed project would 

consist of up to 140 competitively 

selected and commercially available 

turbines, with expected capacities of 

more than 15 MW, for a total project 

capacity of up to 2,500 MW. WTG units 

would be connected via inter-array 

cables to 1–4 offshore substations, 

which would connect to an offshore 

export cable that would carry the power 

to shore. Structures would be designed 

to international standards, such as those 

from the International Electrotechnical 

Commission, to ensure they can 

maintain structural reliability in high 

load cases. Invenergy’s full expression 

of interest can be found online at 

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1The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 

CFR 207.2(f)). 

2 89 FR 91684 and 89 FR 91680, November 20, 

2024. 

energy/state-activities/gulf-mexicoactivities. 

Based on the information provided to 

BOEM in the unsolicited lease 

application from Hecate Energy and the 

response to the RFCI from Invenergy, 

BOEM finds that both qualified entities 

have submitted all the information that 

is required by the Department 

regulations (30 CFR 585.231); therefore, 

BOEM finds there is competitive 

interest in WEA options C and D. As a 

result of this finding, BOEM will move 

forward with the competitive lease 

issuance process following the 

procedures set forth in 30 CFR 585.210 

through 585.226, including holding the 

next competitive lease sale in the Gulf 

of Mexico as soon as 2026. 

Elizabeth Klein, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29358 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4340–98–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–742–745 and 

731–TA–1720–1723 (Preliminary)] 

Hard Empty Capsules From Brazil, 

China, India, and Vietnam 

Determinations 

On the basis of the record 1 developed 

in the subject investigations, the United 

States International Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant 

to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’), 

that there is a reasonable indication that 

an industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of imports 

of hard empty capsules from China, 

India and Vietnam, and that there is a 

reasonable indication that an industry 

in the United States is threatened with 

material injury by reason of imports of 

hard empty capsules from Brazil 

provided for in subheadings 9602.00.10 

and 9602.00.50 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States, that are 

alleged to be sold in the United States 

at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) and 

imports of the subject merchandise from 

Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam that 

are alleged to be subsidized by the 

governments of Brazil, China, India, and 

Vietnam.2

Commencement of Final Phase 

Investigations 

Pursuant to section 207.18 of the 

Commission’s rules, the Commission 

also gives notice of the commencement 

of the final phase of its investigations. 

The Commission will issue a final phase 

notice of scheduling, which will be 

published in the Federal Register as 

provided in § 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules, upon notice from 

the U.S. Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) of affirmative 

preliminary determinations in the 

investigations under §§ 703(b) or 733(b) 

of the Act, or, if the preliminary 

determinations are negative, upon 

notice of affirmative final 

determinations in those investigations 

under §§ 705(a) or 735(a) of the Act. 

Parties that filed entries of appearance 

in the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not enter a separate 

appearance for the final phase of the 

investigations. Any other party may file 

an entry of appearance for the final 

phase of the investigations after 

publication of the final phase notice of 

scheduling. Industrial users, and, if the 

merchandise under investigation is sold 

at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations have the right 

to appear as parties in Commission 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

investigations. The Secretary will 

prepare a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. As provided in 

section 207.20 of the Commission’s 

rules, the Director of the Office of 

Investigations will circulate draft 

questionnaires for the final phase of the 

investigations to parties to the 

investigations, placing copies on the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov), for comment. 

Background 

On October 24, 2024, Lonza 

Greenwood LLC, Greenwood, South 

Carolina filed petitions with the 

Commission and Commerce, alleging 

that an industry in the United States is 

materially injured or threatened with 

material injury by reason of subsidized 

imports of hard empty capsules from 

Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam and 

LTFV imports of hard empty capsules 

from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam. 

Accordingly, effective October 24, 2024, 

the Commission instituted 

countervailing duty investigation Nos. 

701–TA–742–745 and antidumping 

duty investigation Nos. 731–TA–1720– 

1723 (Preliminary). 

Notice of the institution of the 

Commission’s investigations and of a 

public conference to be held in 

connection therewith was given by 

posting copies of the notice in the Office 

of the Secretary, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 

and by publishing the notice in the 

Federal Register of October 30, 2024 (89 

FR 86370). The Commission conducted 

its conference on November 14, 2024. 

All persons who requested the 

opportunity were permitted to 

participate. 

The Commission made these 

determinations pursuant to §§ 703(a) 

and 733(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

1671b(a) and 1673b(a)). It completed 

and filed its determinations in these 

investigations on December 9, 2024. The 

views of the Commission are contained 

in USITC Publication 5572 (December 

2024), entitled Hard Empty Capsules 

from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam: 

Investigation Nos. 701–TA–742–745 and 

731–TA–1720–1723 (Preliminary). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 9, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1377] 

Certain Products Containing 

Tirzepatide and Products Purporting 

To Contain Tirzepatide; Notice of 

Request for Submissions on the Public 

Interest 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on 

December 6, 2024, the presiding 

administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued 

an Initial Determination Granting-inPart Summary Determination on 

Violation of Section 337. The ALJ also 

issued a Preliminary Recommended 

Determination on Remedy and Bond 

should a violation be found in the 

above-captioned investigation. The 

Commission is soliciting submissions 

on public interest issues raised by the 

recommended relief should the 

Commission find a violation. This 

notice is soliciting comments from the 

public and interested government 

agencies only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald A. Traud, Esq., Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. International 


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