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reintroduced to Apalachicola National 

Forest to aid in recovery and provide 

information on the germination ecology 

and seedling establishment of Harper’s 

Fairy. 

Permit Application Number: TE 

816862–7 

Applicant: Joseph Settles, Young and 

Settles, Winchester, Kentucky 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (capture, identify, tag, and 

release) northern long-eared bats (Myotis 

septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared bats 

(Plecotus townsendii virginianus), 

Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats 

(Myotis grisescens), and 29 species of 

freshwater mussels, for the purpose of 

conducting presence/absence surveys 

studies to document habitat use 

throughout each species’ respective 

range in reference to bats, and in the 

State of Kentucky in reference to 

mussels. 

Permit Application Number: TE 

94704A–1 

Applicant: Dorothy Brown, Alpharetta, 

Georgia 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (acoustical monitoring, enter 

hibernacula or maternity roost caves, 

salvage dead bats, capture with mist 

nets or harp traps, handle, identify, 

collect hair samples, band, transmitter, 

light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana bats 

(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis 

grisescens), and northern long-eared 

bats (Myotis Septentrionalis) while 

conducting presence/absence surveys 

and studies to document habitat use in 

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 

Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, 

Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, West 

Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, 

Missouri, Illinois. The applicant also 

requests authorization to take (capture, 

handle, tag, and release) Carolina 

northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys 

sabrinus coloratus) and bog turtle 

(Clemmys muhlenbergii) for the same 

purposes and states listed above. 

Permit Application Number: TE 

070800–4 

Applicant: Ecological Services Inc., 

Roswell, Georgia 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (capture and release) 45 species 

of freshwater mussels, 11 species of 

snails, 20 species of freshwater fish, and 

22 species of plants for the purpose of 

conducting presence/absence surveys in 

Georgia. 

Permit Application Number: TE 

48579B–0 

Applicant: J. Erik Alford, Ecological 

Solutions, Roswell, Georgia 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (acoustical monitoring, enter 

hibernacula or maternity roost caves, 

salvage dead bats, capture with mist 

nets or harp traps, handle, identify, 

collect hair and tissue samples, swab for 

white nose syndrome, band, transmitter, 

light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana bats 

(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis 

grisescens), and northern long-eared 

bats (Myotis Septentrionalis) while 

conducting presence/absence surveys 

and studies to document habitat use in 

Georgia. 

Dated: October 9, 2014. 

Michael Oetker, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 4. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24702 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NERO–CACO–16911; PPNECACOS0, 

PPMPSD1Z.YM0000] 

Notice of Meeting for Cape Cod 

National Seashore Advisory 

Commission 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Meeting Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date 

of the 296th meeting of the Cape Cod 

National Seashore Advisory 

Commission. 

DATES: The public meeting of the Cape 

Cod National Seashore Advisory 

Commission will be held on Monday, 

November 17, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. 

(EASTERN). 

ADDRESSES: The Commission members 

will meet in the conference room at park 

headquarters, 99 Marconi Site Road, 

Wellfleet, Massachusetts 02667. 

The 296th meeting of the Cape Cod 

National Seashore Advisory 

Commission will take place on Monday, 

November 17, 2014, at 1:00 p.m., in the 

meeting room at Headquarters, 99 

Marconi Station Road, in Wellfleet, 

Massachusetts to discuss the following: 

1. Adoption of Agenda 

2. Approval of Minutes of Previous 

Meeting (September 29, 2014) 

3. Reports of Officers 

4. Reports of Subcommittees 

Update of Pilgrim Nuclear Plant 

Emergency Planning Subcommittee 

5. Superintendent’s Report 

Nauset Spit Update 

Kiteboarding Update 

Shorebird Management Planning 

National Park Service Centennial 

Healthy Parks, Healthy People 

Improved Properties/Town Bylaws 

Herring River Wetland Restoration 

Highlands Center Update 

Ocean Stewardship Topics— 

Shoreline Change 

Climate Friendly Parks 

6. Old Business 

Continue Discussion of NSTAR 

Spraying Plans, Clearing 

Alternatives and Utility Right-ofWays 

Live Lightly Campaign Progress 

Report 

7. New Business 

Presentation of Draft Section 208 

Water Quality Plan Update for Cape 

Cod and CCNS Comments (Possible 

Vote) 

Outer Cape Bike Trail Master Plan 

Update 

8. Date and Agenda for Next Meeting 

9. Public Comment 

10. Adjournment 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further information concerning the 

meeting may be obtained from George E. 

Price, Jr., Superintendent, Cape Cod 

National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site 

Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667, or via 

telephone at (508) 771–2144. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission was reestablished pursuant 

to Public Law 87–126, as amended by 

Public Law 105–280. The purpose of the 

Commission is to consult with the 

Secretary of the Interior, or her 

designee, with respect to matters 

relating to the development of Cape Cod 

National Seashore, and with respect to 

carrying out the provisions of sections 4 

and 5 of the Act establishing the 

Seashore. 

The meeting is open to the public. It 

is expected that 15 persons will be able 

to attend the meeting in addition to 

Commission members. Interested 

persons may make oral/written 

presentations to the Commission during 

the business meeting or file written 

statements. Such requests should be 

made to the park superintendent prior 

to the meeting. Before including your 

address, telephone number, email 

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 may 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. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 201 / Friday, October 17, 2014 / Notices 62461 

Dated: October 14, 2014. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24808 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–EE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0069; 

MMAA104000] 

Modifications to the Bid Adequacy 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notification of procedural 

change and clarification of definitions. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) is giving notice of 

its intent to change a criterion and to 

clarify selected definitions in its 

existing Bid Adequacy Procedures for 

ensuring receipt of Fair Market Value 

(FMV) on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

oil and gas leases. In particular, BOEM 

proposes to remove the ‘‘Number of 

Bids Rule’’ that is currently applicable 

in Phase 1 of the Bid Adequacy 

Procedures. A copy of current 

procedures, ‘‘Modifications to the Bid 

Adequacy Procedures,’’ published at 64 

FR 37560 on July 12, 1999, can be 

obtained from the BOEM Web site at 

http://www.boem.gov/Oil-and-GasEnergy-Program/Leasing/RegionalLeasing/Gulf-of-Mexico-Region/BidAdequacy-Procedures.aspx. BOEM 

invites comments during a 45-day 

comment period following publication 

of this notice. 

DATES: Comments can be submitted 

electronically through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov (Docket ID: 

BOEM–2014–0069) or postmarked no 

later than December 1, 2014. All 

comments received or postmarked 

during the comment period will be 

made publically available in the docket. 

BOEM will consider all comments and 

intends to publish the revised Bid 

Adequacy Procedures prior to or in 

conjunction with the Central Gulf of 

Mexico Planning Area Lease Sale 235 

Final Notice of Sale. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the docket number, by any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instruction for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Economics Division, Attention: 

Marshall Rose, 381 Elden Street, MS– 

3310, Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, email 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Marshall Rose, Chief, Economics 

Division, at (703) 787–1536. The revised 

Bid Adequacy Procedures are described 

below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the first 

phase of its tract evaluation procedures 

for OCS oil and gas lease sales, BOEM 

considers the number and 

characteristics of bids received on a 

tract to help determine whether the 

tract’s high bid can be accepted without 

further evaluation. BOEM is proposing 

to eliminate these factors of 

consideration from the initial part of the 

tract evaluation and bid acceptance 

process. 

What is the regulatory authority for 

BOEM’s procedures to accept or reject 

high bids on tracts? 

The FMV procedures used to 

determine the adequacy of the high bids 

received for OCS oil and gas leases 

clarify the steps involved in the 

authorized officer’s decisions on bid 

awards set forth in BOEM regulations at 

30 CFR 556.47. 

What definitions apply to these 

procedures? 

BOEM is proposing to revise several 

bid adequacy definitions in its Bid 

Adequacy Procedures guidelines for 

clarity. These changes do not alter the 

fundamental meaning or application of 

these terms to the Bid Adequacy 

Procedures. 

Bid Adequacy Procedures are the 

guidelines followed by BOEM in 

determining which high bids to accept 

and reject following receipt and opening 

of bids in an OCS oil and gas lease sale. 

Number of Bids Rule is one of the 

criteria employed in Phase 1 of the Bid 

Adequacy Procedures to determine 

whether to accept a tract’s high bid 

without a further BOEM evaluation in 

Phase 2. Under this rule, the high bid on 

Confirmed and Wildcat tracts receiving 

three-or-more Qualified Bids may be 

accepted as representative of FMV if: (1) 

The third highest Qualified Bid on a 

tract is within 50 percent of the tract’s 

highest Qualified Bid, and (2) the tract’s 

highest Qualified Bid per acre is within 

the top 75 percent of all high Qualified 

Bids per acre for all tracts receiving 

three-or-more Qualified Bids within the 

tract’s designated water depth category. 

(See ‘‘Modifications to the Bid 

Adequacy Procedures,’’ Federal 

Register, Volume 64, No. 132, July 12, 

1999, Pps. 37560–37562, at http://

www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-EnergyProgram/Leasing/Regional-Leasing/

Gulf-of-Mexico-Region/Bid-AdequacyProcedures.aspx.) 

Mean Range of Values (MROV) is 

BOEM’s estimate of the dollar measure 

of a tract’s expected net present value, 

assuming that tract is leased in the 

current sale. It reflects the maximum 

amount a bidder could afford to pay as 

a cash bonus for the tract while 

expecting to earn a specified after-tax 

rate of return. The calculation of the 

MROV considers exploration and 

economic risk, sales value, exploration, 

development and production costs, 

royalties, and corporate income taxes 

allowing for depreciation of certain 

capital investments and depletion of the 

cash bonus as estimated by the MROV. 

Delay-adjusted Mean Range of Values 

(DMROV) is BOEM’s estimate of the 

amount of a tract’s high bonus bid 

needed in the current sale which, when 

added to the present value of 

anticipated royalties from accepting the 

tract’s high bid and leasing the tract, 

equals the discounted sum of the tract’s 

expected high bonus bid and present 

value of anticipated royalties in the next 

sale if the high bid is rejected and the 

tract re-offered and sold in that next 

sale. The MROV estimated by BOEM for 

the tract in the next sale is used as the 

proxy for the next sale’s high bid on the 

tract, under projected economic, 

engineering and geologic conditions, 

including potential drainage. If the high 

bonus bid in the current sale exceeds 

the DMROV, then the present value of 

leasing receipts from selling the tract in 

the current sale are expected to be 

greater than those from rejecting the 

tract’s high bid in the current sale and 

selling the tract in the next sale. 

Revised Arithmetic Measure (RAM) is 

BOEM’s representation of the average 

‘‘bid’’ on certain tracts, and includes in 

its calculation all Qualified Bids on the 

tract that are equal to at least 25 percent 

of the tract’s high bid, as well as the 

MROV for the tract as estimated by 

BOEM. 

Unusual Bidding Patterns typically 

refers to a situation in which two or 

more companies bid on some tracts or 

subset of tracts far more often or less 

often than would normally be expected. 

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