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comply with the Privacy Act of 1974 

(Pub. L. 93–579), Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), Federal 

Information Security Modernization Act 

of 2014 (Pub. L. 113–283), and the 

Federal Information Processing 

Standards 199, Standards for Security 

Categorization of Federal Information 

and Information Systems. Computer 

servers in which electronic records are 

stored are located in secured 

Department of the Interior facilities with 

physical, technical and administrative 

levels of security to prevent 

unauthorized access to the DOI network 

and information assets. Security 

controls include encryption, firewalls, 

audit logs, and network system security 

monitoring. 

Electronic data is protected through 

user identification, passwords, database 

permissions and software controls. 

Access to records in the system is 

limited to authorized personnel who 

have a need to access the records in the 

performance of their official duties, and 

each user’s access is restricted to only 

the functions and data necessary to 

perform that person’s job 

responsibilities. System administrators 

and authorized users are trained and 

required to follow established internal 

security protocols and must complete 

all security, privacy, and records 

management training and sign the DOI 

Rules of Behavior. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

The Department of the Interior has 

exempted portions of this system from 

the access procedures of the Privacy Act 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), (k)(1), 

(k)(2) and (k)(5). An individual 

requesting records on himself or herself 

should send a signed, written inquiry to 

the System Manager identified above. 

The request envelope and letter should 

both be clearly marked ‘‘PRIVACY ACT 

REQUEST FOR ACCESS.’’ A request for 

access must meet the requirements of 43 

CFR 2.238. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Department of the Interior has 

exempted portions of this system from 

the amendment procedures of the 

Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2), (k)(1), (k)(2) and (k)(5). An 

individual requesting correction or the 

removal of material from his or her 

records should send a signed, written 

request to the System Manager 

identified above. A request for 

corrections or removal must meet the 

requirements of 43 CFR 2.246. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

The Department of the Interior has 

exempted portions of this system from 

the notification procedures of the 

Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2), (k)(1), (k)(2) and (k)(5). An 

individual requesting notification of the 

existence of records on himself or 

herself should send a signed, written 

inquiry to the System Manager 

identified above. The request envelope 

and letter should both be clearly marked 

‘‘PRIVACY ACT INQUIRY.’’ A request 

for notification must meet the 

requirements of 43 CFR 2.235. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

This system contains classified and 

unclassified intelligence and law 

enforcement investigatory records 

related to insider threat and 

counterintelligence activities that are 

exempt from certain provisions of the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k). 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), (k)(1), 

(k)(2) and (k)(5), the Department of the 

Interior has exempted portions of this 

system from the Privacy Act subsections 

(c)(3), (c)(4), (d), (e)(1) through (e)(3), 

(e)(4)(G) through (e)(4)(I), (e)(5), (e)(8), 

(e)(12), (f), and (g). In accordance with 

5 U.S.C. 553(b), (c) and (e), the 

Department of the Interior has 

promulgated rules at 43 CFR part 2, 

subpart K, and is proposing to amend 

these rules in a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking published separately in the 

Federal Register. 

HISTORY: 

79 FR 52033 (September 2, 2014). 

Teri Barnett, 

Departmental Privacy Officer, Department of 

the Interior. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVS01000 L5105.0000.EA0000 

LVRCF0200740 241A 20X MO#4500154369] 

Notice of Temporary Closure of Public 

Lands for the 2021 Rise Lantern 

Festival in Clark County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Temporary closure on public 

lands in Nevada. 

SUMMARY: The Las Vegas Field Office 

announces the temporary closure of 

certain public lands under its 

administration in Clark County, Nevada. 

This temporary closure is being made in 

the interest of public safety in relation 

to the authorized 2021 Rise Lantern 

Festival. This closure controls access to 

multiple points of entry to the festival 

located on the Jean Dry Lake Bed in 

order to minimize the risk of vehicle 

collisions with festival participants and 

workers. The temporary closure also 

ensures adequate time to conduct cleanup of the festival location. 

DATES: The temporary closure will go 

into effect at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 

2021, and will remain in effect until 

11:59 p.m. on October 2, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The closure order and map 

of the closure area will be posted at the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las 

Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey 

Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130, 

and on the BLM website: www.blm.gov. 

These materials will also be posted at 

the access point of Jean Dry Lake Bed 

and the surrounding areas. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jenna Giddens, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner, 702–515–5156, jgiddens@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 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 Las 

Vegas Field Office announces the 

temporary closure of selected public 

lands under its administration. This 

action is being taken to help ensure 

public safety and prevent unnecessary 

environmental degradation during the 

official permitted running of the 2021 

Rise Lantern Festival. The public lands 

affected by this closure are described as 

follows: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 24 S., R. 60 E., 

secs. 20 and 21, those portions lying 

easterly and southerly of the easterly and 

southerly right-of-way boundary of State 

Route 604; sec. 22; secs. 27 and 28; secs. 

29 and 32, those portions lying easterly 

and southerly of the easterly and 

southerly right-of-way boundary of State 

Route 604; secs. 33 and 34. 

T. 25 S., R. 60 E., 

sec. 2, W1/2; secs. 3 thru 5; secs. 8 thru 10; 

sec. 11, W1/2; sec. 14, W1/2; secs. 15 

thru 17. 

The area described contains 

approximately 11,200 acres. 

Notices will be posted along roads 

leading into the public lands subject to 

the closure. The closure area includes 

the Jean Dry Lake Bed and is bordered 

by Hidden Valley to the east, Sheep 

Mountain to the southwest, and the 

right-of-way boundary of State Route 

604. Under the authority of Section 

303(a) of the Federal Lands Policy and 


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1 IM 2009–027, ‘‘The Feasibility Use of Truck 

Mounted Meters for Oil Measurement Onshore’’ 

(Nov. 26, 2008). 

2 43 CFR 3174.5, 3174.6. 

3 43 CFR 3174.7, 3174.8. 

4 43 CFR 3174.9, 3174.10. 

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

1733(a)), 43 CFR 8360.0–7 and 43 CFR 

8364.1, the BLM will enforce the 

following rules in the area described 

above: 

The entire area as listed in the legal 

description above is closed to all 

vehicles and personnel except law 

enforcement, emergency vehicles, event 

personnel, and ticketed festival 

participants. No vehicle stopping or 

parking in the closed area except for 

designated parking areas will be 

permitted. Festival participants are 

required to remain within designated 

spectator areas only. 

The following restrictions will be in 

effect for the duration of the closure. 

Unless otherwise authorized, the 

following activities within the closure 

area are prohibited: 

• Camping. 

• Possession and/or consuming any 

alcoholic beverage unless the person has 

reached the age of 21 years. 

• Discharging, or use of firearms or 

other weapons. 

• Possession and/or discharging of 

fireworks. 

• Allowing any pet or other animal in 

one’s care to be unrestrained at any 

time. Animals must be on a leash or 

other restraint no longer than 3 feet. 

• Operation of any vehicle including 

any off-highway vehicle and golf carts 

within the closure area, except along 

designated event routes to and from 

entrance/exit points and parking areas; 

or designated event vehicles and official 

vehicles. 

• Parking any vehicle in violation of 

posted restrictions, or in such a manner 

as to obstruct or impede normal or 

emergency traffic movement or the 

parking of other vehicles, create a safety 

hazard, or endanger any person, 

property, or feature. Vehicles so parked 

are subject to citation, removal, and 

impoundment at the owner’s expense. 

• Operating a vehicle through, 

around, or beyond a restrictive sign, 

recognizable barricade, fence, or traffic 

control barrier or device. 

Signs and maps directing the public 

to designated spectator areas will be 

provided by the event sponsor. 

Exceptions: Closure restrictions do 

not apply to BLM employees, 

contractors, or agents engaged in official 

duties, any Federal, State, or local 

officer, member of an organized rescue 

or firefighting force engaged in fire, 

emergency, or law enforcement 

activities, public utility employees 

engaged in emergency repairs, or 

vehicles owned by or contracted by the 

United States, the State of Nevada, or 

Clark County. The closure restrictions 

also do not apply to vehicles under 

permit for operation by event staff, 

contractors, and festival participants. 

Enforcement: Any person who 

violates this temporary closure may be 

tried before a United States Magistrate 

and fined in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 

3571, imprisoned no more than 12 

months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43 

CFR 8360.0–7, or both. In accordance 

with 43 CFR 8365.1–7, State or local 

officials may also impose penalties for 

violations of Nevada law. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 8360.0–7 and 8364.1) 

Shonna Dooman, 

Field Manager—Las Vegas Field Office. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLHQ310000.L13100000.PP0000.21X] 

Notice Regarding Use of TruckMounted Coriolis Meters 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of clarification. 

SUMMARY: This notice clarifies the 

Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 

position on the use of truck-mounted 

Coriolis (TMC) meters under the BLM’s 

oil measurement regulations published 

on November 17, 2016. 

DATES: This interpretation takes effect 

on August 31, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanda Eagle, Production Management 

Team Lead for Division of Fluid 

Minerals, Bureau of Land Management, 

Headquarters Office, 301 Dinosaur 

Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87508; phone 907– 

538–2300; email pmt@blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

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

to contact Ms. Eagle. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question. You will 

receive a reply during normal business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice clarifies the BLM’s position on 

the use of TMC meters under its oil 

measurement regulations found at 43 

CFR subpart 3174. Although the 

preamble to the final rule establishing 

the oil measurement regulations 

indicated that TMC meters were not 

authorized, such an interpretation is not 

necessarily consistent with the plain 

language of the regulations. 

Today, the BLM is resolving this 

inconsistency by adopting an 

interpretation of the oil measurement 

regulations that allows for the use of 

TMC meters if such use is conducted in 

accordance with the requirements for a 

Coriolis measurement system (CMS). 

This clarification of the BLM’s oil 

measurement regulations will maintain 

the efficacy of the regulations in 

ensuring measurement accuracy and a 

fair return to the American public. 

Background: Measurement of oil by 

TMC meters involves connecting a 

flexible hose from a truck to the sales 

valve on an oil storage tank. The seal on 

the sales valve is then broken, allowing 

oil to flow from the tank to the truck. 

As the oil enters the truck, it is 

measured by a Coriolis meter. When the 

oil transfer is complete, the sales valve 

at the tank is sealed and the hose is 

walked-back to the truck, which forces 

the last of the oil through the meter. 

Oil measurement from Federal and 

Indian mineral leases was governed by 

BLM’s Onshore Order No. 4 (54 FR 8086 

(Feb. 24, 1989)) from 1989 to January 

2017. TMC meters were not an 

authorized method of measurement 

under Onshore Order No. 4. However, at 

least one BLM Field Office (North 

Dakota) issued variances to allow for the 

use of TMC meters beginning in July 

2004. A November 2008 BLM 

Instruction Memorandum (IM) 

explained that, although ‘‘the use of 

truck mounted meters for measuring oil 

from tanks in lieu of tank gauging is a 

Best Management Practice (BMP) for oil 

measurement,’’ TMC meters ‘‘must be 

proven to be at least as accurate as the 

standards set in (Onshore Order 4)’’ 

before an exception from Onshore Order 

No. 4 can be issued.1

Prompted by external and internal 

oversight reviews finding many of the 

BLM’s production measurement and 

accountability policies to be outdated 

and inconsistently applied, the BLM 

promulgated new site security, oil 

measurement, and gas measurement 

regulations in November 2016. The new 

oil measurement regulations were 

codified as subpart 3174 of a new part 

3170 in Title 43 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (81 FR 81462 (Nov. 17, 

2016)). 

Under subpart 3174, three methods of 

oil measurement are authorized: 

Measurement by tank gauging,2

measurement by a lease automatic 

custody transfer (LACT) system,3 and 

measurement by a CMS.4 Section 3174.4 


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