1076 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2010 / Notices 

WEST VIRGINIA 

Logan County 

Blair Mountain Battlefield, Address 

Restricted, Logan vicinity, 08000496, 

REMOVED/DETERMINED ELIGIBLE, 

12/30/09 

WISCONSIN 

Jefferson County 

North Washington Street Historic District, N. 

Church St. generally bounded by 

O’Connell and N. Green St., N. Washington 

St. bounded by O’Connell and Elm Sts., 

Watertown, 09000850, LISTED, 10/23/09 

WISCONSIN 

Milwaukee County 

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant, 201 E. 

Pittsburgh Ave., Milwaukee, 09000851, 

LISTED, 10/21/09 

[FR Doc. 2010–49 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalties 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice summarizing review of 

the maximum daily civil penalty 

assessment. 

SUMMARY: The Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands Act requires the MMS to review 

the maximum daily civil penalty 

assessment for violations of regulations 

governing oil and gas operations in the 

Outer Continental Shelf at least once 

every 3 years. This review ensures that 

the maximum penalty assessment 

reflects any increases in the Consumer 

Price Index as prepared by the Bureau 

of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of 

Labor. After conducting the required 

review in August 2009, the MMS 

determined that no adjustment is 

necessary at this time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanne McCammon, Safety and 

Enforcement Branch at (703) 787–1292 

or e-mail at 

Joanne.McCammon@mms.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goal 

of the MMS Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS) Civil Penalty Program is to ensure 

safe and clean operations on the OCS. 

By assessing and collecting civil 

penalties, the program is designed to 

encourage compliance with OCS 

statutes and regulations. Not all 

regulatory violations warrant a review to 

initiate civil penalty proceedings; 

however, violations that cause injury, 

death, or environmental damage, or 

pose a threat to human life or the 

environment, will trigger such review. 

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 

90) (Pub. L. 101–380) expanded and 

strengthened MMS’s authority to 

impose penalties for violating 

regulations promulgated under the OCS 

Lands Act. Section 8201 of OPA 90, 

which amended section 24(b) of the 

OCS Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1350(b), 

directs the Secretary of the Interior to 

adjust the maximum civil penalty 

amount at least once every 3 years to 

reflect any increases in the Consumer 

Price Index (CPI). The purpose of this 

adjustment is to ensure that punitive 

assessments keep up with inflation. If 

an adjustment is necessary, MMS 

informs the public through publication 

in the Federal Register of the new 

maximum amount. The MMS uses 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) guidelines for determining how 

penalty amounts should be rounded. 

The MMS published regulations 

adjusting the civil penalty assessment to 

$25,000 per violation per day on August 

8, 1997 (62 FR 42667); to $30,000 on 

October 29, 2003 (68 FR 61622); and to 

$35,000 on February 28, 2007 (72 FR 

8897). In August 2009, MMS performed 

computations to determine if it should 

increase the current maximum civil 

penalty amount of $35,000 per violation 

per day. After running the 

computations, the MMS determined that 

the CPI did not increase enough to 

warrant raising the maximum civil 

penalty amount at this time. The MMS 

will monitor the CPI, and when the 

computations justify raising the 

maximum civil penalty amount, the 

MMS will publish a Notice in the 

Federal Register to notify the public of 

the increase. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1350. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

Chris Oynes, 

Associate Director for Offshore Energy and 

Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–119 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY–920000–L143000000–ET0000; WYW 

109115] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal 

Extension and Opportunity for Public 

Meeting; WY 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary of the 

Interior—Land and Minerals 

Management proposes to extend the 

duration of Public Land Order (PLO) 

No. 6797 for an additional 20-year term. 

PLO No. 6797 withdrew 9,609.74 acres 

of public mineral estate from location or 

entry under the United States mining 

laws (30 U.S.C. Ch.2), to protect the 

Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep 

Winter Range in Fremont County. This 

notice also gives an opportunity to 

comment on the proposed action and to 

request a public meeting. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting must be received by 

April 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to the BLM 

Wyoming State Director, P.O. Box 1828, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003–1828. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janelle Wrigley, BLM Wyoming State 

Office, 307–775–6257, or at the above 

address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

withdrawal created by PLO No. 6797 (55 

FR 37878 (1990)) will expire September 

13, 2010, unless extended. PLO No. 

6797 is incorporated herein by 

reference. The BLM has filed a petition/ 

application to extend PLO No. 6797 for 

an additional 20-year term. The 

withdrawal was made to protect the 

bighorn sheep winter range and capital 

investments on the land described in 

the PLO at 55 FR 37878 (1990). The area 

aggregates 9,609.74 acres in Fremont 

County, Wyoming. 

The purpose of the proposed 

extension is to continue the withdrawal 

created by PLO No. 6797 for an 

additional 20-year term to protect the 

Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep 

Winter Range and capital investments in 

the area. 

The use of a right-of-way, interagency, 

or cooperative agreement would not 

adequately constrain nondiscretionary 

uses which could result in the 

permanent loss of significant values and 

irreplaceable resources of the range. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

since the lands described herein contain 

the area that has historically been used 

as bighorn sheep winter range, due to its 

physical characteristics, and because of 

the local weather conditions. 

No water rights would be needed to 

fulfill the purpose of the requested 

withdrawal extension. 

Records relating to the application 

may be examined by contacting Janelle 

Wrigley at the above address or by 

phone at 307–775–6257 or by contacting 

the BLM Field Manager, Lander Field 

Office, 1335 Main Street, Lander, 

Wyoming 82520 or by phone at 307– 

332–8400. 


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