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reinstatement of the lease and $163 cost 

for publishing this Notice. 

The lessee met the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(d) 

and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We are proposing 

to reinstate the lease, effective the date 

of termination, subject to— 

• The original terms and conditions 

of the lease; 

• The increased rental of $10 per 

acre; 

• The increased royalty of 162⁄3

percent; and 

• The $163 cost of publishing this 

Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri 

Bakken, Chief, Fluids Adjudication 

Section, Bureau of Land Management 

Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate 

Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669, 

406–896–5091. 

Teri Bakken, 

Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service (MMS) 

[Docket ID MMS–2010–OMM–0002] 

Notice of Availability of the Revised 

Minerals Management Service 

Documentation of Section 106 Finding 

of Adverse Effect (Revised Finding) for 

the Proposed Cape Wind Energy 

Project Located on the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) in Nantucket 

Sound, and the Opportunity for Public 

Comment 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The MMS has prepared a 

revised version of its Section 106 

Finding of Adverse Effect document 

related to the proposed Cape Wind 

Energy Project pursuant to 

implementing regulations for Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (36 CFR Part 800). The 

original Finding of Adverse Effect for 

this project was dated January 29, 2009. 

The Finding of Adverse Effect is being 

revised in response to new information 

that five additional properties within 

the Area of Adverse Effect for the 

project have now been found to be 

eligible for inclusion in the National 

Register of Historic Places. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

Revised Finding document closes 

February 12, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Poojan Tripathi, Minerals Management 

Service, Cape Wind Project Manager, at 

(703) 787–1738. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Cape Wind Energy Project Description 

In November 2001, Cape Wind 

Associates, LLC applied for a permit 

from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE) under the Rivers and Harbors 

Act of 1899 to construct an offshore 

wind power facility on Horseshoe Shoal 

in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. 

Following the adoption of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) and its 

associated amendments to the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 

the Department of the Interior was given 

statutory authority to issue leases, 

easements, or rights-of-way for 

renewable energy projects on the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS). Accordingly, 

Cape Wind Associates, LLC, submitted 

an application to MMS in 2005 to 

construct, operate, and eventually 

decommission an offshore wind power 

facility on Horseshoe Shoal in 

Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. The 

project calls for 130, 3.6± megawatt 

(MW) wind turbine generators, each 

with a maximum blade height of 440 

feet, to be arranged in a grid pattern in 

25 square miles of Nantucket Sound, 

offshore of Cape Cod, Martha’s 

Vineyard, and Nantucket Island. With a 

maximum electric output of 468 

megawatts and an average anticipated 

output of 182 megawatts, the facility is 

projected to generate up to three 

quarters of the Cape and Islands’ 

electricity needs. Each of the 130 wind 

turbine generators would generate 

electricity independently. Solid 

dielectric submarine inner-array cables 

(33 kilovolt) from each wind turbine 

generator would interconnect within the 

array and terminate on an electrical 

service platform, which would serve as 

the common interconnection point for 

all of the wind turbines. The proposed 

submarine transmission cable system 

(115 kilovolt) from the electric service 

platform to the landfall location in 

Yarmouth is approximately 12.5 miles 

in length (7.6 miles of which falls 

within Massachusetts’ territorial 

waters). 

Nantucket Sound is a roughly 

triangular body of water generally 

bound by Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, 

and Nantucket Island. Open bodies of 

water include Vineyard Sound to the 

West and the Atlantic Ocean to the East 

and the South. Nantucket Sound 

encompasses between 500–600 square 

miles of ocean, most of which lies in 

Federal waters. The Cape Wind Energy 

Project would be located completely on 

the OCS in Federal waters, aside from 

transmission cables running through 

Massachusetts territorial waters ashore. 

For reference, the northernmost turbines 

would be approximately 5.2 miles (8.4 

km) from Point Gammon on the 

mainland; the southernmost turbines 

would be approximately 11 miles (17.7 

km) from Nantucket Island (Great 

Point), and the westernmost turbines 

would be approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 

km) from the island of Martha’s 

Vineyard (Cape Poge). 

ADDRESSES: The Revised Finding 

document can be accessed online at: 

http://www.mms.gov/offshore/ 

RenewableEnergy/CapeWind.htm. 

Comments on the Revised Finding 

should be mailed or hand carried to the 

Minerals Management Service, 

Attention: James F. Bennett, 381 Elden 

Street, Mail Stop 4042, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170–4817. Envelopes or 

packages should be marked ‘‘Cape Wind 

Energy Project Revised Findings 

Document.’’ The MMS will also accept 

comments submitted electronically 

through the web page at Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled 

‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter docket ID 

MMS–2010–OMM–0002, then click 

search. Under the tab ‘‘View By Docket 

Folder’’ you can submit public 

comments for this Notice. The MMS 

will post all comments. 

Public Comment Procedures: 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 publicly available 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. 

The MMS is making the Revised 

Finding available for public review and 

comment. The written comments on the 

Revised Finding will be reviewed and 

considered as part of the ongoing NHPA 

Section 106 consultation process, and in 

particular, MMS’ effort to resolve these 

adverse effects pursuant to 36 CFR 

subpart 800.6. The comment period for 

the Revised Finding document closes 

February 12, 2010. 

January 19, 2010. 

Chris C. Oynes, 

Associate Director for Offshore Energy and 

Minerals Management. 

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