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ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: Public Law 106–485 (Nov. 9, 

2000; 114 Stat. 2199) directs the 

Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

the Bureau of Land Management, to 

convey all right, title and interest 

(excluding mineral interest) in a parcel 

of public land in Big Horn County and 

Washakie County, Wyoming. The parcel 

of land to be conveyed comprises some 

portion or portions of approximately 

16,077.59 acres. Conveyance is to be 

made to the Westside Irrigation District, 

at appraised value. The sale will be 

processed according to regulations at 43 

CFR 2711.1–2. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this Notice to Field 

Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 

Worland Field Office, P.O. Box 119, 

Worland, WY 82401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Tkach, Interim Westside Project 

Manager, at the above address or 

telephone (307) 347–5100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following-described public land in 

Washakie and Big Horn Counties, 

Wyoming, are under consideration for 

conveyance by direct sale under Public 

Law 106–485 (Nov. 9, 2000; 114 Stat. 

2199): 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming 

T. 48 N., R. 92 W. 

Sec. 18, lots 2, 4; 

Sec. 19, lot 1 

T. 49 N., R. 92 W. 

Sec. 18, lots 6–9; 

Sec. 19, lots 5–13; 

Sec. 30, lots 5–18; 

Sec. 31, lots 5–15. 

T. 48 N., R. 921⁄2 W. 

Sec. 1, lots 1–6, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2 SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, lots 1–4, W1⁄2E1⁄2; 

Sec. 13, lots 1–4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4 NE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 24, lots 1–4, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 25, lots 1–4, W1⁄2 E1⁄2. 

T. 48 N., R. 93 W. 

Sec. 1, lots 5–16, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 2, lots 5–16, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 3, lots 5–16, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 10, Entire Section; 

Sec. 11, Entire Section: 

Sec. 12, Entire Section; 

Sec. 13, Entire Section; 

Sec. 14, Entire Section; 

Sec. 15, Entire Section; 

Sec. 22, N1⁄2, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 23, Entire Section; 

Sec. 24, Entire Section; 

Sec. 25, lots 1 and 2, N1⁄2 SW1⁄4, N1⁄2 SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, N1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 36, lots 1 and 2, N1⁄2NW1⁄4. 

T. 49 N., R. 93 W. 

Sec. 1, SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 2, lot 3, S1⁄2 NW1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 11, N1⁄2N1⁄2, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 13, Entire Section; 

Sec. 14, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 23, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 24, Entire Section; 

Sec. 25, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 26, NE1⁄4. 

The area described contains 16,077.59 

acres, more or less, in Washakie and Big 

Horn Counties, Wyoming. 

The law authorizing the transfer of the 

land specifies that acreage may be 

added to or subtracted from the land to 

be conveyed to satisfy any mitigation 

requirements resulting from the NEPA 

analysis. The law provides that 

proceeds from the sale are to be used 

‘‘for acquisition of land and interests in 

land in the Worland District of the 

Bureau of Land Management that will 

benefit public recreation, public access, 

fish and wildlife habitat, or cultural 

resources.’’

On publication in the Federal 

Register the above-described land will 

be segregated from appropriation under 

the public land laws, including the 

mining laws. Until completion of the 

sale, the BLM is no longer accepting 

land use applications affecting the 

identified public land, except 

applications for the amendment of 

previously-filed right-of-way 

applications or existing authorizations 

to increase the term of the grants in 

accordance with 43 CFR 2807.15. The 

segregative effect will terminate upon 

issuance of a patent or publication in 

the Federal Register of a termination of 

the segregation, or 2 years after the date 

of publication in the Federal Register 

unless extended by the BLM State 

Director in accordance with 43 CFR 

2711.1–2(d) prior to the termination 

date. 

Public Comments: Interested parties 

and the general public may submit in 

writing any comments concerning the 

land being conveyed by direct sale, 

including notification of any 

encumbrances or other claims relating 

to the identified land, to Field Manager, 

BLM Worland Field Office, at the above 

address. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail 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 public 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. 

(Authority: Public Law 106–485 (Nov. 9, 

2000; 114 Stat. 2199)) 

Dated: December 19, 2007. 

Bill Hill, 

Field Manger. 

[FR Doc. E7–25539 Filed 12–31–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service (MMS) 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Chukchi 

Sea Alaska, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

193 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final Notice of Sale (FNOS), 

OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193, 

Chukchi Sea. 

SUMMARY: The MMS will hold OCS Oil 

and Gas Lease Sale 193 on February 6, 

2008, in accordance with provisions of 

the OCS Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331–

1356, as amended), the implementing 

regulations (30 CFR 256), and the OCS 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2007–

2012. 

DATES: Lease Sale 193 is scheduled to be 

held on February 6, 2008, at the Wilda 

Marston Theatre, Z. J. Loussac Public 

Library, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage, 

Alaska. Public reading will begin at 9 

a.m. All times referenced in this 

document are local Anchorage, Alaska, 

times, unless otherwise specified. 

ADDRESSES: A package containing the 

FNOS and several supporting and 

essential documents referenced herein 

is available from: Alaska OCS Region, 

Minerals Management Service, 3801 

Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5823, 

Telephone: (907) 334–5200 or 1–800–

764–2627. 

These documents are also available on 

the MMS Alaska OCS Region’s Web 

page at http://www.mms.gov/alaska. 

Bid Submission Deadline: Bidders 

will be required to submit sealed bids to 

MMS at the Alaska OCS Region Office, 

3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503, by 10 a.m. on 

the day before the sale, Tuesday, 

February 5, 2008. If bids are mailed, the 

envelope containing all of the sealed 

bids must be marked as follows: 

Attention: Mr. Fred King, Contains 

Sealed Bids for Sale 193. 

If bids are received later than the time 

and date specified above, they will be 

returned unopened to the bidders. 

Bidders may not modify or withdraw 

their bids unless the Regional Director, 

Alaska OCS Region, receives a written 

modification or written withdrawal 

request prior to 10 a.m., Tuesday, 

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event such as an earthquake or travel 

restrictions be significantly disruptive to 

bid submission, the Alaska OCS Region 

may extend the Bid Submission 

Deadline. Bidders may call (907) 334–

5200 for information about the possible 

extension of the Bid Submission 

Deadline due to such an event. 

Area Offered for Lease: The MMS is 

offering for lease all whole and partial 

blocks listed in the document ‘‘Blocks 

Available for Leasing in OCS Oil and 

Gas Lease Sale 193’’ included in the 

FNOS 193 package. All of these blocks 

are shown on OCS Official Protraction 

Diagrams, and in some cases on 

Supplemental Official OCS Block 

Diagrams. The following OCS Official 

Protraction Diagrams pertain to the Sale 

193 area and are available at http:// 

www.mms.gov/ld/alaska.htm. 

• NS 02–08, Unnamed, revised 

December 31, 1994 

• NS 03–07, Unnamed, revised 

December 31, 1994 

• NS 03–08, Unnamed, revised 

December 31, 1994 

• NS 04–07, Unnamed, revised 

December 31, 1994 

• NS 04–08, Unnamed, revised 

December 31, 1994 

• NR 02–02, Tison, revised December 

31, 1994 

• NR 03–01, Karo, revised December 

31, 1994 

• NR 03–02, Posey, revised December 

31, 1994 

• NR 04–01, Hanna Shoal, revised 

September 30, 1997 

• NR 04–02, Barrow, revised 

September 30, 1997 

• NR 02–04, Studds, revised 

December 31, 1994 

• NR 03–03, Colbert, revised 

December 31, 1994 

• NR 03–04, Solivik Island, revised 

September 30, 1997 

• NR 04–03, Wainwright, revised 

September 30, 1997 

• NR 02–06, Chukchi Sea, revised 

December 31, 1994 

• NR 03–05, Point Lay West, revised 

September 30, 1997 

A listing of blocks included in the 

sale is available at the MMS office listed 

above. The locator map (available at 

http://www.mms.gov/alaska) may assist 

you in locating a particular block, but it 

should not be used for the official 

description of blocks available for lease. 

The OCS Official Protraction Diagrams 

constitute the official descriptions of the 

areas offered. 

Note that block numbers may repeat 

between OCS Official Protraction 

Diagrams (OPD’s). To uniquely describe 

a lease tract, you must reference both 

the OPD number and name and the 

block number. 

Statutes and Regulations: Each lease 

issued in the lease sale is subject to the 

OCS Lands Act of August 7, 1953, 67 

Stat. 462; 43 U.S.C. 1331, et seq., as 

amended (92 Stat. 629), hereinafter 

called ‘‘the Act’’; all regulations issued 

pursuant to the Act and in existence 

upon the effective date of the lease; all 

regulations issued pursuant to the 

statute in the future which provide for 

the prevention of waste and 

conservation of the natural resources of 

the OCS and the protection of 

correlative rights therein; and all other 

applicable statutes and regulations. 

Lease Terms and Conditions: The 

following lease terms and condition 

apply: 

Initial Period: 10 years. 

Minimum Bonus Bid Amounts: $25.00 

per hectare, or a fraction thereof, for all 

blocks. Refer to the Final Notice of Sale, 

Chukchi Sea Sale 193 map, and the 

Summary Table of Minimum Bids, 

Minimum Royalty Rates, and Rental 

Rates shown below. 

Rental Rates: The Lessee shall pay the 

Lessor, on or before the first day of each 

lease year which commences prior to a 

discovery in paying quantities of oil or 

gas on the leased area, a rental at the 

rate shown below in the Summary Table 

of Minimum Bids, Minimum Royalty 

Rates, and Rental Rates. During the time 

period in which a lease is classified as 

producible, i.e., following a discovery in 

paying quantities, but before royaltybearing production begins, a rental of 

$13 per hectare or fraction thereof, 

applies and is paid at the end of each 

lease year until the start of royaltybearing production. 

Minimum Royalty Rates: After the 

start of royalty-bearing production and 

notwithstanding any royalty suspension 

which may apply, the Lessee shall pay 

the Lessor a minimum royalty of $13 per 

hectare, or fraction thereof, to be paid at 

the expiration of each lease year with 

credit applied for actual royalty paid 

during the lease year. If actual royalty 

paid exceeds the minimum royalty 

requirement, then no minimum royalty 

payment is due. 

Royalty Rates: A 121⁄2 percent royalty 

rate will apply for all blocks. 

SUMMARY TABLE OF MINIMUM BIDS, 

MINIMUM ROYALTY RATES, AND

RENTAL RATES

Terms (values per hectare or fraction 

thereof) 

Royalty Rate ......................... 121⁄2% fixed 

Minimum Bonus Bid ............. $25.00 

Minimum Royalty Rate ......... 13.00 

Rental Rates: 

Year 1 ............................ 2.50 

SUMMARY TABLE OF MINIMUM BIDS, 

MINIMUM ROYALTY RATES, AND

RENTAL RATES—Continued 

Year 2 ............................ 3.75 

Year 3 ............................ 5.00 

Year 4 ............................ 6.25 

Year 5 ............................ 7.50 

Year 6 ............................ 10.00 

Year 7 ............................ 12.00 

Year 8 ............................ 15.00 

Year 9 ............................ 17.00 

Year 10 .......................... 20.00 

Royalty Suspension: Royalty 

suspension, prorated by lease acreage 

and subject to price thresholds, will 

apply to all blocks. In accordance with 

applicable regulations at 30 CFR 260, 

the following royalty suspension 

provisions will apply to leases issued as 

a result of Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale 193. In addition to these 

Royalty Suspension Provisions, please 

refer to 30 CFR 218.151 and applicable 

parts of 260.120–260.124 for regulations 

on royalty suspensions and rental 

obligations that will apply to your lease. 

1. A lease in the Chukchi Sea, 

depending on surface area, will receive 

a royalty suspension volume (RSV) as 

follows: 

Lease size 

(hectares) 

RSV 

(million barrels 

of oil equivalent) 

Less than 771 ....................... 10 

771 to less than 1,541 .......... 20 

1,541 or more ....................... 30 

2. Natural gas must be measured in 

accordance with 30 CFR 203.73. 

3. Each lessee must pay royalty on 

production that might otherwise receive 

royalty relief (in 30 CFR 260) for any 

calendar year during which the actual 

New York Mercantile Exchange 

(NYMEX) annual price for the light 

sweet crude oil or natural gas exceeds 

the threshold price ($39 per barrel of oil 

or $6.50 per million British thermal 

units (Btu) of gas, adjusted for inflation) 

in that year. Such production will be 

deducted from the remaining RSV. The 

actual NYMEX annual price for the 

commodity is defined as the arithmetic 

average of the daily closing prices for 

the ‘‘nearby delivery month’’ on the 

NYMEX in a calendar year. The actual 

NYMEX annual price for the commodity 

is calculated by averaging the 

commodity daily closing prices for each 

month in the year, and then averaging 

the 12 monthly averages. 

(a) The threshold price in any year, 

say year t, is determined by inflating the 

base year 2004 price of $39 per barrel 

of oil or $6.50 per million Btu of gas. 

This base year price is modified by the 


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percentage change in the implicit price 

deflator as reported by the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, for the interval 

between 2004 and year t, resulting in 

the adjusted threshold price for year t. 

For example, if the deflator indicates 

that inflation is 1.6 percent in 2005, 2.1 

percent in 2006, 2.5 percent in 2007, 

and 2.5 percent for 2008, then the 

threshold price in calendar year 2008 

would become $42.50 per barrel of oil 

and $7.08 per million Btu of gas. 

Therefore, royalty on oil production in 

calendar year 2008 would be due if the 

2008 actual NYMEX oil price, as 

calculated above, exceeds $42.50 per 

barrel. The royalty on gas production in 

calendar year 2008 would be due if the 

2008 actual NYMEX gas price, as 

calculated above, exceeds $7.08 per 

million Btu. 

(b) Royalties on production, when the 

actual NYMEX annual price of the 

commodity exceeds the threshold price 

in any calendar year, must be paid no 

later than 90 days after the end of that 

calendar year. (See 30 CFR 260.122(b)). 

Also, when the actual NYMEX annual 

price of the commodity exceeds the 

threshold price in any calendar year, 

royalties on production must be 

provisionally paid in the following 

calendar year. (See 30 CFR 260.122(c)). 

4. In the case of a Sale 193 lease that 

is part of an approved unit agreement, 

allocated production from the unit can 

only apply against the lease’s RSV if 

that lease is included in an approved 

participating area. The RSV will be 

applied to each lease consistent with the 

production allocation schedule 

approved by the MMS for the 

participating area. Participating area 

means all or parts of unit tracts 

described and designated as a 

Participating Area under the unit 

agreement for the purposes of allocating 

one or more unitized substances 

produced from a reservoir. 

5. A lessee must resume paying full 

royalties on the first day of the month 

following the month in which the RSV 

is exhausted. Lessees do not owe 

royalties for the remainder of the month 

in which the RSV is exhausted, unless 

the actual NYMEX annual price of the 

commodity exceeds the threshold price 

for that year. 

6. The MMS will provide notice when 

the actual NYMEX annual price of the 

commodity is above the threshold price. 

Information on actual and threshold 

prices can be found at the MMS Web 

site (www.mms.gov/econ). 

Stipulations and Information to 

Lessees: The documents entitled ‘‘Final 

Lease Stipulations’’ and ‘‘Final 

Information to Lessees’’ for Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale 193 contain the text of the 

Final Stipulations and the Information 

to Lessees clauses. These documents are 

included in the FNOS 193 package. 

As required by the MMS, each 

company that has been awarded a lease 

must execute all copies of the lease 

(Form MMS–2005 (March 1986) as 

amended), pay by electronic funds 

transfer (EFT) the balance of the bonus 

bid amount and the first year’s rental for 

each lease issued in accordance with the 

requirements of 30 CFR 218.155, and 

satisfy the bonding requirements of 30 

CFR 256, subpart I, as amended. 

Debarment and Suspension 

(Nonprocurement): In accordance with 

regulations pursuant to 2 CFR, part 180, 

and 2 CFR, part 1400, the lessee shall 

comply with the U.S. Department of the 

Interior’s nonprocurement debarment 

and suspension requirements and agree 

to communicate this requirement to 

comply with these regulations to 

persons with whom the lessee does 

business as it relates to this lease by 

including this term as a condition to 

enter into their contracts and other 

transactions. Execution of the lease, 

which includes an Addendum specific 

to debarment, by each lessee constitutes 

notification to the MMS that each lessee 

is not excluded, disqualified, or 

convicted of a crime as described in 2 

CFR 180.335, unless the lessee has 

provided a statement disclosing 

information as described in 2 CFR 

180.335, and the MMS receives an 

exception from the U.S. Department of 

the Interior as described in 2 CFR 

180.135 and 180.400. 

Method of Bidding: For each block bid 

upon, a bidder must submit a separate 

signed bid in a sealed envelope labeled 

‘‘Sealed Bid for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

193, not to be opened until 9 a.m., 

Wednesday, February 6, 2008.’’ The 

total amount of the bid must be in 

whole dollars; any cent amount above 

the whole dollar will be ignored by 

MMS. Details of the information 

required on the bid(s) and the bid 

envelope(s) are specified in the 

document ‘‘Bid Form and Envelope’’

contained in the FNOS 193 package. 

Restricted Joint Bidders: The MMS 

published a list of restricted joint 

bidders, which applies to this sale, in 

the Federal Register at 72 FR 64088 on 

November 14, 2007. Bidders submitting 

joint bids must state on the bid form the 

proportionate interest of each 

participating bidder, in percent to a 

maximum of five decimal places, i.e. 

33.33333 percent. The MMS may 

require bidders to submit additional 

documents in accordance with 30 CFR 

256.46. The MMS warns bidders against 

violation of 18 U.S.C. 1860 prohibiting 

unlawful combination or intimidation of 

bidders. Bidders must execute all 

documents in conformance with 

signatory authorizations on file in the 

Alaska OCS Region. Partnerships also 

must submit or have on file a list of 

signatories authorized to bind the 

partnership. Bidders are advised that 

MMS considers the signed bid to be a 

legally binding obligation on the part of 

the bidder(s) to comply with all 

applicable regulations, including paying 

the one-fifth bonus bid amount on all 

high bids. A statement to this effect 

must be included on each bid (see the 

document ‘‘Bid Form and Envelope’’

contained in the FNOS 193 package). 

Bonus Bid Deposit: Each bidder 

submitting an apparent high bid must 

submit a bonus bid deposit to the MMS 

equal to one-fifth of the bonus bid 

amount for each such bid. Under the 

authority granted by 30 CFR 256.46(b), 

MMS will require bidders to use EFT 

procedures for payment of the one-fifth 

bonus bid deposits for Sale 193. 

Payment of the deposit will be due by 

1:00 p.m. Eastern Time the day 

following bid reading. Detailed bid 

deposit procedures for Sale 193 will be 

found within the ‘‘Instructions for 

Making EFT Bonus Payments’’

document on the MMS Web site. 

Note: Certain bid submitters [i.e., those that 

are not currently an OCS mineral lease record 

title holder or designated operator or those 

that have ever defaulted on a one-fifth bonus 

payment (EFT or otherwise)] are required to 

guarantee (secure) their one-fifth bonus 

payment prior to the submission of bids. For 

those who must secure the EFT one-fifth 

bonus payment, one of the following options 

may be used: (1) Provide a third-party 

guarantee; (2) Amend bond coverage; (3) 

Provide a letter of credit; or (4) Provide a 

lump sum payment in advance via EFT. The 

EFT instructions specify the requirements for 

each option. 

Payment of the deposit does not 

constitute and shall not be construed as 

acceptance of any bid on behalf of the 

United States. If a lease is awarded, 

MMS requests that only one transaction 

be used for payment of the four-fifths 

bonus bid amount and the first year’s 

rental. 

Withdrawal of Blocks: The United 

States reserves the right to withdraw 

any block from this sale prior to 

issuance of a written acceptance of a bid 

for the block. 

Acceptance, Rejection, or Return of 

Bids: The United States reserves the 

right to reject any and all bids. In any 

case, no bid will be accepted, and no 

lease for any block will be awarded to 

any bidder, unless the bidder has 

complied with all requirements of this 

Notice, including the documents 


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contained in the associated FNOS 

package for Sale 193 and applicable 

regulations; the bid is the highest valid 

bid; and the amount of the bid has been 

determined to be adequate by the 

authorized officer. The Attorney General 

of the United States may also review the 

results of the lease sale prior to the 

acceptance of bids and issuance of 

leases. Any bid submitted that does not 

conform to the requirements of this 

Notice; the OCS Lands Act, as amended; 

or applicable regulations may be 

returned to the person submitting that 

bid by the Regional Director and not 

considered for acceptance. To ensure 

that the Government receives a fair 

return for the conveyance of lease rights 

for this sale, high bids will be evaluated 

in accordance with MMS bid adequacy 

procedures. 

Successful Bidders: As required by 

MMS, each company that has been 

awarded a lease must execute all 3 

copies of the lease (Form MMS–2005 

(March 1986) as amended), pay by EFT 

the balance of the bonus bid amount 

and the first year’s rental for each lease 

issued in accordance with the 

requirements of 30 CFR 218.155, and 

satisfy the bonding requirements of 30 

CFR 256, Subpart I. 

Affirmative Action: MMS requests 

that, prior to bidding, Equal 

Opportunity Affirmative Action 

Representation Form MMS 2032 (June 

1985) and Equal Opportunity 

Compliance Report Certification Form 

MMS 2033 (June 1985) be on file in the 

Alaska OCS Region. This certification is 

required by 41 CFR 60 and Executive 

Order No. 11246 of September 24, 1965, 

as amended by Executive Order Nos. 

11375 (October 13, 1967), 12086 

(October 5, 1978), and 13279 (December 

12, 2002). In any event, prior to the 

execution of any lease contract, both 

forms are required to be on file in the 

Alaska OCS Region. 

Notice of Bidding Systems: Section 

8(a)(8) (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(8)) of the OCS 

Lands Act requires that, at least 30 days 

before any lease sale, a Notice be 

submitted to Congress and published in 

the Federal Register. This Notice of 

Bidding Systems is for OCS Lease Sale 

193, Chukchi Sea, scheduled to be held 

on February 6, 2008. In Sale 193, all 

blocks are being offered under a bidding 

system that uses a cash bonus and a 

fixed royalty of 121⁄2 percent with a 

royalty suspension of up to 30 million 

barrels of oil equivalent per lease. The 

amount of royalty suspension available 

on each lease is dependent on the area 

of the lease and specified in the Sale 

Notice. This bidding system is 

authorized under 30 CFR 260.110(g), 

which allows use of a cash bonus bid 

with a royalty rate of not less than 12 

1⁄2 percent and with suspension of 

royalties for a period, volume, or value 

of production, and an annual rental. 

Analysis performed by MMS indicates 

that use of this system provides an 

incentive for development of this area 

while ensuring that a fair sharing of 

revenues will result if major discoveries 

are made and produced. 

Geophysical Data and Information 

Statement: Pursuant to 30 CFR 251.12, 

MMS has a right to access geophysical 

data and information, as well as 

reprocessed versions of the data, 

collected under a permit in the OCS. 

Every bidder submitting a bid on a block 

in Sale 193, or participating as a joint 

bidder in such a bid, must submit a 

Geophysical Data and Information 

Statement (GDIS) identifying any 

processed or reprocessed pre- and poststack geophysical data and information 

used as part of the decision to bid or 

participate in a bid on the block. The 

GDIS should clearly identify the survey 

type (2–D or 3–D), survey extent (i.e., 

number of line miles for 2D or number 

of blocks for 3D), and imaging type (prestack, post-stack and migration (time 

and/or depth) algorithm) of the data and 

information. The statement must also 

include the name and phone number of 

a contact person and an alternate, who 

are both knowledgeable about the data 

listed, the owner or controller of the 

reprocessed data or information, the 

survey from which the data were 

reprocessed and the owner/controller of 

the original data set, the date of 

reprocessing and whether the data were 

processed in-house or by a contractor. In 

the event such data and information 

include multiple data sets processed 

from the same survey using different 

velocity models or different processing 

parameters, you should identify only 

the highest quality data set used for bid 

preparation. The MMS reserves the right 

to query about alternate data sets and to 

quality check and compare the listed 

and alternative data sets to determine 

which data set most closely meets the 

needs of the fair-market-value 

determination process. 

The statement must also identify each 

block upon which a bidder participated 

in a bid but for which it does not 

possess or control such data and 

information. 

In the event your company supplies 

any type of data to the MMS, in order 

to get reimbursed, your company must 

be registered with the Central Contractor 

Registration (CCR) at http:// 

www.ccr.gov. This is a requirement that 

was implemented on October 1, 2003, 

and requires all entities doing business 

with the Government to complete a 

business profile in the CCR and update 

it annually. Payments are made 

electronically based on the information 

contained in the CCR. Therefore, if your 

company is not actively registered in the 

CCR, MMS will not be able to reimburse 

or pay your company for any data 

supplied. 

Protecting and disclosing data and 

information listed on the GDIS to the 

public is governed by 30 CFR 251.14. 

Except as specified in that section or in 

30 CFR 250 and 252, if the Regional 

Director determines any data or 

information are exempt from public 

disclosure under 30 CFR 251.14(a), 

MMS will not provide the data and 

information to any State or to the 

executive of any local government or to 

the public unless the bidder and all 

third parties agree to the disclosure. For 

this reason, the bidder is instructed to 

submit the GDIS in a separate, sealed 

envelope at the time of bid submission. 

An example of the GDIS and a sample 

of the Geophysical Information 

envelope are available at the MMS 

Alaska OCS Region’s Web page at 

http://www.mms.gov/alaska. 

Dated: December 20, 2007. 

Randall B. Luthi, 

Director, Minerals Management Service. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[USITC SE–07–030] 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: January 8, 2008 at 11 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agenda for future meetings: None. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Inv. Nos. 701–TA–413 and 731–

TA–913–916 and 918 (Review) 

(Stainless Steel Bar from France, 

Germany, Italy, Korea, and the United 

Kingdom)—briefing and vote. (The 

Commission is currently scheduled to 

transmit its determinations and 

Commissioners’ opinions to the 

Secretary of Commerce on or before 

January 23, 2008.) 

5. Outstanding action jackets: (1.) 

Document No. GC–07–225 

(Administrative matter). 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. 

Issued: December 27, 2007. 

By order of the Commission. 

William R. Bishop, 

Hearings and Meetings Coordinator. 

[FR Doc. E7–25461 Filed 12–31–07; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

submit an information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a 

submittal to OMB for review of 

continued approval of information 

collections under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: 10 CFR Part 73—‘‘Physical 

Protection of Plants and Materials.’’

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0002. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: On occasion. Revised Security 

Plans are submitted as required and 

reports are submitted and evaluated as 

events occur. 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

Nuclear power reactor licensees, 

licensed under 10 CFR Part 50 or 52. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

384. 

6. The number of annual responses: 

78,094. 

7. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 524,820 hours (50,212 reporting 

[0.64 hours per response] and 474,608 

recordkeeping [approximately 1,236 

hours per record keeper]). 

8. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10 

CFR part 73 prescribe requirements to 

establish and maintain a physical 

protection system and security 

organization. The objective is to ensure 

that activities involving special nuclear 

material are consistent with interests of 

common defense and security and that 

these activities do not constitute an 

unreasonable risk to public health and 

safety. The information in the reports 

and records submitted by licensees is 

used by the NRC staff to ensure that the 

health and safety of the public and the 

environment are protected. 

Submit, by March 3, 2008, comments 

that address the following questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/omb/index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. 

Comments and questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the NRC Clearance 

Officer, Margaret A. Janney (T–5 F52), 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by 

telephone at 301–415–7245, or by e-mail 

to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of December 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Gregory Trussell, 

Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of 

Information Services. 

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PEACE CORPS 

Notice To Add a New System of 

Records 

SUMMARY: As required under the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, the Peace Corps is giving 

notice of a new system of records titled 

Shriver E. 

DATES: This action will be effective 

without further notice on February 19, 

2008, unless comments are received by 

February 1, 2008, that would result in 

a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by e-mail to sglasow@peacecorps.gov. 

Include Privacy Act System of Records 

in the subject line of the message. You 

may also submit comments by mail to 

Suzanne Glasow, Office of the General 

Counsel, Peace Corps, Suite 8200, 1111 

20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20526. Contact Suzanne Glasow for 

copies of comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Glasow, Associate General 

Counsel, 202–692–2150, 

sglasow@peacecorps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, provides that 

the public will be given a 30-day period 

in which to comment on the new 

system. The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), which has oversight 

responsibility under the Act, requires a 

40-day period in which to review the 

proposed system. In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552a, Peace Corps has provided 

a report on this system to OMB and the 

Congress. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

PC–30, Shriver E. 


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