Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Notices 48751 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

B. Shumway, Assistant General 

Counsel, Administrative Law Division, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, at 451 7th Street SW, 

Room 9262; Washington, DC 20410– 

0500 or telephone number 202–402– 

5190 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339 (this is 

a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field 

Policy and Management for the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development is issuing this Order of 

Succession of officials authorized to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Office of Field Policy and Management 

when, by reason of absence, disability, 

or vacancy in office, the Assistant 

Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and 

Management is not available to exercise 

the powers or perform the duties of the 

office. This Order of Succession is 

subject to the provisions of the Federal 

Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 

3345–3349d). This publication 

supersedes all prior Orders of 

Succession for the Office of Field Policy 

and Management, including the Order 

of Succession published in the Federal 

Register on October 19, 2012 (77 FR 

64394). 

Accordingly, the Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for Field Policy and 

Management designates the following 

Order of Succession: 

Section A. Order of Succession 

Subject to the provisions of the 

Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 

during any period when, by reason of 

absence, disability, or vacancy in office, 

the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field 

Policy and Management for the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development is not available to exercise 

the powers or perform the duties of the 

Assistant Deputy Secretary, the 

following officials within the Office of 

Field Policy and Management are 

hereby designated to exercise the 

powers and perform the duties of the 

Office. No individual who is serving in 

an office listed below in an acting 

capacity may act as the Assistant 

Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and 

Management pursuant to this Order of 

Succession. 

(1) Director for Field Policy and 

Management; 

(2) Deputy Director for Field Policy 

and Management; 

(3) Director of Field Operations and 

Support; and 

(4) Regional Administrator, HUD 

Region V. 

These officials shall perform the 

functions and duties of the office in the 

order specified herein, and no official 

shall serve unless all the other officials, 

whose position titles precede his/hers in 

this order, are unable to act by reason 

of absence, disability, or vacancy in 

office. 

Section B. Authority Superseded 

This Order of Succession supersedes 

all prior Orders of Succession for the 

Office of Field Policy and Management, 

including the Order of Succession 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 19, 2012 (77 FR 64394). 

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act, 

42 U.S.C. 3535(d). 

Michele Perez, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field Policy 

and Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R7–ES–2021–0002; 

FF07CAMM00–FX–ES111607MRG01] 

Marine Mammals; Letters of 

Authorization To Take Pacific Walrus 

and Polar Bears in the Beaufort Sea, 

Alaska, in 2019 and 2020 and Northern 

Sea Otters in Cook Inlet, Alaska in 

2019 and 2020 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service has issued Letters of 

Authorization for the nonlethal take of 

polar bears and Pacific walruses 

incidental to oil and gas industry 

exploration, development, and 

production activities in the Beaufort Sea 

and the adjacent northern coast of 

Alaska as well as northern sea otters in 

Cook Inlet, Alaska, in 2019 and 2020. 

This notice announces a list of the 

Letters of Authorizations that were 

issued in calendar years 2019 and 2020. 

The Letters of Authorization stipulate 

conditions and methods that minimize 

impacts to polar bears, Pacific walruses, 

and northern sea otters from these 

activities. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability: You 

may view this notice as well as the 

Letters of Authorization at http://

www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 

FWS–R7–ES–2021–0002, or these 

documents may be requested as 

described under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Hamilton, Marine Mammal 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 341, 1011 East Tudor Road, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503, by email at 

R7mmmRegulatory@fws.gov or by 

telephone at 1–800–362–5148. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 

24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

5, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service published in the Federal 

Register a final rule (81 FR 52276) 

establishing regulations that allow us to 

authorize the nonlethal, incidental, 

unintentional take of small numbers of 

polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and 

Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus 

divergens) during year-round oil and gas 

industry exploration, development, and 

production activities in the Beaufort Sea 

and adjacent northern coast of Alaska. 

The rule established subpart J in part 18 

of title 50 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) and is effective 

through August 5, 2021. The rule 

prescribed a process under which we 

issue Letters of Authorization (LOA) to 

applicants conducting activities as 

described under the provisions of the 

regulations. 

Each LOA stipulates conditions or 

methods that are specific to the activity 

and location. Holders of the LOAs must 

use methods and conduct activities in a 

manner that minimizes to the greatest 

extent practicable adverse impacts on 

Pacific walruses and polar bears and 

their habitat, and on the availability of 

these marine mammals for subsistence 

purposes. Intentional take and lethal 

incidental take are prohibited under 

these regulations. 

In accordance with section 

101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 

et seq.) and our regulations at 50 CFR 

part 18, subpart J, in 2019 and 2020 we 

issued LOAs to each of the companies 

in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent 

northern coast of Alaska shown below 

in table 1. 


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TABLE 1—BEAUFORT SEA LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION

Year Company Activity Project LOA # 

2019 .... Caelus Natural Resources Alaska, LLC.Close-out and amendment.Transferring ownership of Oooguruk to Eni U.S. 

Operation Company, Inc., and Nuna to 

ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.

16–11 [amended]. 

2019 .... ConocoPhillips Alaska, 

Inc.

Acquisition ...................... ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., acquired Nuna from 

Caelus.

16–13 [amended]. 

2019 .... ConocoPhillips Alaska, 

Inc.

Exploration and development.Geotechnical surveys and installation at the proposed Willow airstrip; in support of development 

in the Bear Tooth Unit.

18–14 [amended]. 

2019 .... Oil Search Alaska .......... Exploration and support 

services.

Pikka field exploratory drilling, environmental surveys, and transportation activities.19–01 [amended]. 

2019 .... Peak Oilfield Service 

Company, LLC.

Support services ............ Transportation activities on the North Slope .......... 19–02. 

2019 .... SAExploration ................. Exploration ..................... Seismic activities in the Prudhoe Bay Unit ............. 19–03. 

2019 .... TGS–NOPEC Geophysical Company.Exploration ..................... 3D seismic activities in the Beaufort Sea; north of 

the Colville River Delta.

19–04. 

2019 .... BEM Systems, Incorporated.Remediation ................... Former United States Air Force Bullen Point Short 

Range Radar Station.

19–05. 

2019 .... BP Exploration (Alaska), 

Inc.

Demobilization ................ Liberty oil rig demobilization and removal .............. 19–06. 

2019 .... Chevron Environmental 

Management Company.

Support services ............ Debris removal at the former Kalubik Creek No. 1 

wellsite on the North Slope.

19–07. 

2019 .... Eni U.S. Operation Company, Inc.Exploration, development, and production.Nakaitchuq and Oooguruk oilfields ......................... 19–08. 

2019 .... Peak Oilfield Service 

Company, LLC.

Support services ............ Transportation activities on the North Slope .......... 19–09. 

2019 .... SAExploration ................. Support services ............ Summer cleanup and flyovers on the North Slope 19–10. 

2019 .... PRA Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska.Production and research Monitoring the Hydrate 01 well in Kuparuk ............ 19–11a. 

2019 .... Brooks Range Petroleum 

Corporation.

Development .................. Mustang on the North Slope of Alaska ................... 19–11b. 

2019 .... Hilcorp Alaska, LLC ....... Support services ............ Arctic cod monitoring associated with the Liberty 

Project.

19–12. 

2019 .... ConocoPhillips Alaska, 

Inc.

Development .................. Greater Mooses Tooth Two (MT7; GMT2) ............. 19–14. 

2019 .... SAExploration ................. Exploration and support 

services.

Seismic surveys and cleanup activities on the 

North Slope.

19–15. 

2019 .... ConocoPhillips Alaska, 

Inc.

Exploration ..................... Appraisal well drilling at Willow ............................... 19–16. 

2019 .... SAExploration ................. Exploration and support 

services.

Winter seismic and cleanup activities associated 

with Willow, Narwhal, and Kuukpik.

19–17. 

2019 .... ConocoPhillips Alaska, 

Inc.

Exploration, development, and support 

services.

Geotechnical surveys; installation of equipment 

and gravel/ice road development; sampling at 

Willow.

19–18. 

2019 .... ConocoPhillips Alaska, 

Inc.

Exploration and development.Fiord West Kuparuk Pilot Program ......................... 19–19. 

2020 .... Hilcorp Alaska, LLC ....... Acquisition ...................... Hilcorp Alaska, LLC, acquired all of BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.’s interests and assets.16–14 [amended]. 

2020 .... Olgoonik Construction 

Services.

Production ...................... Plug and abandonment, surface remediation with 

the Simpson Wells Remediation Project.

20–01. 

2020 .... Alyeska Pipeline Service 

Company.

Production ...................... Operation and maintenance of the Trans-Alaska 

Pipeline System.

20–02. 

2020 .... Oil Search Alaska .......... Exploration, development, support services.Geotechnical boring, surveys, cleanup, installation 

of facilities and pipelines, and gravel farming at 

the Pikka Development.

20–03 [corrected]. 

2020 .... ConocoPhillips Alaska, 

Inc.

Development .................. Greater Mooses Tooth Two (MT7; GMT2) ............. 20–04. 

2020 .... Peak Oilfield Service 

Company, LLC.

Support services ............ Transportation activities on the North Slope .......... 20–05 [corrected]. 

2020 .... Jade Energy, LLC .......... Development and support services.Maritime barging and tundra ice road construction 

in the Point Thomson Unit.

20–06 [corrected] 

2020 .... Olgoonik Construction 

Services.

Remediation ................... Permanent plugging, abandonment, and surface 

remediation for the Fish Creek and Inigok Legacy Wells Remediation Project.

20–07. 

2020 .... ConocoPhillips P&A Program.Development, support 

services.

Construction of an ice road, transportation, and 

cleanup activities in the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska.

20–09. 

2020 .... Emerald House, LLC ...... Support services ............ Transportation activities to the Peregrine Lease 

Block within the National Petroleum Reserve— 

Alaska.

20–10. 

2020 .... ConocoPhillips Willow .... Development .................. Construction for Willow ........................................... 20–11. 


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TABLE 1—BEAUFORT SEA LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION—Continued 

Year Company Activity Project LOA # 

2020 .... Northern Energy Services.Acquisition, close out, 

and support services.

Northern Energy Services acquired Peak Oilfield 

Service Company, LLC; transportation activities 

on the North Slope.

20–14. 

On August 1, 2019, the Service 

published in the Federal Register a final 

rule (84 FR 37716) establishing 

regulations that allow us to authorize 

the nonlethal, incidental, unintentional 

take of small numbers of northern sea 

otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) during 

year-round oil and gas industry 

exploration, development, production, 

and transportation activities in the Cook 

Inlet of Alaska. The rule established 

subpart K in part 18 of title 50 of the 

CFR and is effective through August 1, 

2024. The rule prescribed a process 

under which we issue LOAs to 

applicants conducting activities as 

described under the provisions of the 

regulations. 

Each LOA stipulates conditions or 

methods that are specific to the activity 

and location. Holders of the LOAs must 

use methods and conduct activities in a 

manner that minimizes to the greatest 

extent practicable adverse impacts on 

northern sea otters and their habitat, 

and on the availability of northern sea 

otters for subsistence purposes. 

Intentional take and lethal incidental 

take are prohibited under these 

regulations. 

In accordance with section 

101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 

et seq.) and our regulations at 50 CFR 

part 18, subpart K, in 2019 and 2020 we 

issued LOAs to each of the following 

companies in the Cook Inlet of Alaska 

shown below in table 2. 

TABLE 2—COOK INLET LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION

Year Company Activity Project LOA # 

2019 ............ Hilcorp Alaska, LLC .......... Exploration ........................ 3D seismic surveys in the Cook Inlet .......................... 19–CI–01 

2019 ............ Hilcorp Alaska, LLC .......... Production ........................ Routine maintenance activities on platforms and 

pipelines in the Cook Inlet.

19–CI–02 

2020 ............ Hilcorp Alaska, LLC .......... Exploration ........................ Geotechnical surveys in the Lower Cook Inlet ........... 20–CI–01 

Authority: We issue this notice under 

the authority of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 

1361 et seq.). 

Karen Cogswell, 

Acting Regional Director, Alaska Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[DOI–2019–0006; 201D0102DM, 

DS65100000, DLSN00000.000000, DX65103] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 

the Department of the Interior (DOI) 

proposes to modify the DOI–50, Insider 

Threat Program, system of records. The 

DOI Office of Law Enforcement and 

Security uses this system to identify 

potential threats to DOI resources and 

information assets and facilitate 

management of insider threat 

investigations, complaints, inquiries, 

and counterintelligence threat detection 

activities. DOI is publishing this revised 

system of records notice to reflect the 

updated system location and system 

manager address, authorities, expand 

the scope of categories of individuals 

and categories of records in the 

modified system, propose new and 

modified routine uses, and provide 

general and administrative updates to 

the remaining sections of the notice. 

Additionally, DOI is publishing a Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking elsewhere in 

the Federal Register to exempt this 

system of records from certain 

provisions of the Privacy Act. This 

modified system will be included in 

DOI’s inventory of record systems. 

DATES: This modified system will be 

effective upon publication. New or 

modified routine uses will be effective 

September 30, 2021. Submit comments 

on or before September 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number [DOI– 

2019–0006], by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for sending comments. 

• Email: DOI_Privacy@ios.doi.gov. 

Include docket number [DOI–2019– 

0006] in the subject line of the message. 

• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Teri 

Barnett, Departmental Privacy Officer, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street NW, Room 7112, Washington, DC 

20240. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number [DOI–2019–0006]. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri 

Barnett, Departmental Privacy Officer, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street NW, Room 7112, Washington, DC 

20240, DOI_Privacy@ios.doi.gov or (202) 

208–1605. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The DOI Office of Law and 

Enforcement and Security (OLES) 

maintains the Insider Threat Program 

system of records. This system of 

records helps the OLES manage insider 

threat matters and counterintelligence 

threat detection and prevention within 

the DOI. The Insider Threat Program 

was mandated by Presidential Executive 

Order 13587, issued October 7, 2011, 

which requires Federal agencies to 

establish an insider threat detection and 

prevention program to ensure the 

security of classified networks and the 

responsible sharing and safeguarding of 

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