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and urban areas, and lands designated 

for industrial uses. Covered Activity 

impacts to existing land cover types 

were used as a surrogate to identify 

maximum potential impacts to species 

and the potential take of each Covered 

Species. The proposed HCP 

conservation strategy prescribes 

conditions for implementing each 

Covered Activity that avoid or minimize 

potential take of the Covered Species, 

and identifies mitigation for species 

impacts that cannot be avoided. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Compliance 

Our proposed permit issuance 

decision triggers compliance with 

NEPA, which requires that 

environmental information be available 

to public officials and citizens before 

Federal decisions are made and before 

Federal actions are taken. We formally 

initiated an environmental review of the 

draft EIS through publication of a notice 

of intent (NOI) to prepare a draft EIS in 

the Federal Register on Friday, 

December 23, 2011 (76 FR 80385). That 

notice also announced a public scoping 

period, during which we invited 

interested parties to provide written 

comments expressing their issues or 

concerns related to the proposal. A 

public scoping meeting was held in 

Bakersfield, California, on January 23, 

2012. We prepared a draft EIS and 

published a notice of availability (NOA) 

in the Federal Register on Wednesday, 

May 28, 2014 (79 FR 30638). We 

received one comment letter on the draft 

EIS. A response to the comment 

received has been included in the final 

EIS and revisions to the final EIS. The 

analysis provided in the final EIS is 

intended to accomplish the following: 

Inform the public of the Service’s 

proposed permit action and alternatives 

and the environmental impacts of the 

alternatives, and address public 

comments received on the draft EIS. 

Public Comments 

The Service invites the public to 

review the permit application, final EIS, 

and final HCP during the public 

comment period (see DATES). You may 

submit any comments and materials by 

one of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—might 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. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the application, 

associated documents, and comments 

submitted to determine whether the 

application meets the requirements of 

section 10(a) of the Act. The Service 

will then prepare a Record of Decision. 

A permit decision will be made no 

sooner than 30 days after the 

publication of the final EIS notice in the 

Federal Register and completion of the 

Record of Decision. 

Dated: December 2, 2014. 

Paul B. McKim 

Deputy Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Pacific Southwest Region, 

Sacramento, California. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNML00000 L71220000.FR0000 

LVTFG13G4430; NMNM 124261] 

Notice of Realty Action: Proposed 

Non-Competitive Lease of Public Land 

in Sierra County, NM 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Las Cruces District 

Office, proposes to lease two parcels of 

public land totaling 4.12 acres in Sierra 

County, New Mexico, for agricultural 

purposes (pecan orchard). The subject 

parcels were inadvertently developed by 

the adjacent landowner into a pecan 

orchard without authorization. The area 

has a long history of agricultural use 

and the proposed lease would provide 

the BLM with a reasonable option to 

resolve the continued unauthorized use 

of the affected public lands. The BLM 

proposes to lease the lands for not less 

than the fair market value to Winder 

Farm. The BLM White Sands Resource 

Management Plan, dated October 1986, 

does not exclude the subject parcel from 

the authorized officer’s discretion to 

consider lease proposals in the subject 

area. 

DATES: Written comments may be 

submitted to the address below. The 

BLM must receive your comments on or 

before January 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments 

concerning the proposed lease to the 

District Manager, BLM, Las Cruces 

District Office, 1800 Marquess Street, 

Las Cruces, NM 88005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Hom, Realty Specialist, at the 

address above, or by telephone at 575– 

525–4331, or by email at ahom@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

to contact the above individual during 

business hours. The FIRS 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 BLM 

has determined that the two parcels of 

land described below are suitable for 

consideration as an agricultural lease 

under Section 302 of the Federal Land 

Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 

U.S.C. 1732), (FLPMA) and the 

implementing regulations at 43 CFR 

2920. 

Parcel A: New Mexico Principal 

Meridian, Sierra County, New Mexico 

A portion of land situated in the 

southeast quarter (SE1/4) of the 

northwest quarter (NW1/4) of section 

10, township 18 south, range 7 west, 

New Mexico Principal Meridian, Sierra 

County, New Mexico. Depicted in the 

Survey of Farmed Lands by Underwood 

Engineering Inc., signed September 16, 

2013, and shown as Parcel A and is 

described as follow: 

BEGINNING at the northeast corner of 

PARCEL A. Said point of beginning 

hereinafter referred as ‘‘Corner No. 1 of 

Parcel A’’ for this description. From said 

point of beginning of Parcel A, the 

center north one-sixteenth (1/16) section 

corner bears S. 89°15′41′′ E., a distance 

of 309.39 feet. 

THENCE, S. 16°01′00′′ W., a distance 

of 325.87 feet to corner No. 2 of Parcel 

A; 

THENCE, N. 81°28′42′′ W., a distance 

of 414.02 feet to corner No. 3 of Parcel 

A; 

THENCE, N. 31°47′03′′ W., a distance 

of 290.69 feet to corner No. 4 of Parcel 

A; 

THENCE, N. 13°52′20′′ W., a distance 

of 13.63 feet to corner No. 5 of Parcel 

A; 

THENCE, S. 89°15′41′′ E., a distance 

of 655.80 feet to the POINT OF 

BEGINNING OF PARCEL A containing 

3.50 acres of land. 

Parcel B: New Mexico Principal 

Meridian, Sierra County, New Mexico 

A portion of land situated in the 

northeast quarter (NE1⁄4) of the 

southwest quarter (SW1⁄4) of section 10, 

township 18 south, range 7 west, New 

Mexico Principal Meridian, Sierra 

County, New Mexico. Depicted in the 

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Survey of Farmed Lands by Underwood 

Engineering Inc., signed September 16, 

2013, and shown as Parcel B and is 

described as follow: 

BEGINNING at the northerly corner of 

PARCEL B. Said point of beginning 

hereinafter referred as ‘‘Corner No. 1 of 

Parcel B’’ for this description. From said 

point of beginning of Parcel B the center 

one quarter (1⁄4) section corner bears N. 

2°21′17′′ E., a distance of 364.11 feet. 

THENCE, S. 2°21′17′′ W., a distance of 

449.78 feet to corner No. 2 of Parcel B; 

THENCE, S. 81°51′43′′ W., a distance 

of 122.42 feet to corner No. 3 of Parcel 

B; 

THENCE, N. 16°39′35′′ E., a distance 

of 487.18 feet to the POINT OF 

BEGINNING OF PARCEL B containing 

0.62 acres of land. 

The area described (Parcels A and B) 

in aggregate is 4.12 acres. 

The applicable regulation at 43 CFR 

2920.5–4(b) provides that, ‘‘land use 

authorizations may be offered on a 

negotiated, non-competitive basis, 

when, in the judgment of the authorized 

officer equities, such as prior use of the 

lands, exist, no competitive interest 

exists or where competitive bidding 

would represent unfair competitive and 

economic disadvantage to the originator 

of the unique land use concept.’’ Based 

on past use of the subject parcels for the 

establishment of pecan trees owned by 

Winder Farm, it is the authorized 

officer’s decision to offer the proposed 

agricultural lease to Winder Farm on a 

non-competitive basis because 

competitive bidding would represent an 

unfair competitive and economic 

disadvantage to Winder Farm. As noted 

above, Winder Farms’ use of the parcels 

constituted an inadvertent trespass that 

they discovered and subsequently 

reported to the BLM. Winder Farms has 

since worked with the BLM to resolve 

the trespass. Subsequent to the BLM’s 

receipt of an application for leasing by 

Winder Farm that complies with all 

applicable requirements set forth at 43 

CFR 2920.5, processing of the proposed 

lease will take place in accordance with 

43 CFR 2920.6, and other applicable 

regulations. Information and 

documentation regarding processing of 

the lease application is available as 

described in ADDRESSES, above, and 

reference should be made to National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

analysis, to be conducted under DOI– 

BLM–NM–L000–2014–0168–EA. No 

final decision on the lease will be made 

until all required analyses are 

completed. If authorized, the lease 

would be subject to provisions of 

FLPMA and all applicable regulations of 

the Secretary of the Interior, including, 

but not limited to, 43 CFR part 2920, 

and to valid existing rights. 

Public comments regarding the 

proposed lease may be submitted in 

writing—see ADDRESSES above—on or 

before January 22, 2015. Comments 

received in electronic form, such as 

email or fax, will not be considered. 

Any adverse comments regarding the 

proposed lease will be reviewed by the 

BLM State Director or another 

authorized official of the Department of 

the Interior, who may sustain, vacate, or 

modify this realty action in whole or in 

part. In the absence of timely filed 

objections, this realty action will 

become the final determination of the 

Department of the Interior. 

Before including your 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. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2920.4) 

Michael H. Tupper, 

Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–482–484 and 

731–TA–1191–1194 (Final) (Remand)] 

Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 

Pipe From India, Oman, the United 

Arab Emirates, and Vietnam 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of remand proceedings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. International Trade 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) hereby 

gives notice of the court-ordered remand 

of its final determinations in the 

countervailing duty investigations of 

circular welded carbon-quality steel 

pipe (‘‘CWP’’) from India, Oman, and 

the United Arab Emirates (‘‘UAE’’) and 

the antidumping duty investigations of 

CWP from India, Oman, the UAE, and 

Vietnam. For further information 

concerning the conduct of these remand 

proceedings and rules of general 

application, consult the Commission’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 

201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 

201), and part 207, subpart A (19 CFR 

part 207). 

DATES: Effective Dates: December 8, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doug Corkran (202–205–3057), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov). The public record of 

Investigation Nos. 701–TA–482–484 and 

731–TA–1191–1194 (Final) may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: In November 2012, the 

Commission determined by a vote of 

four to two that an industry in the 

United States was not materially injured 

or threatened with material injury by 

reason of imports of CWP from India, 

Oman, the UAE, and Vietnam that were 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value and that were subsidized by the 

Governments of India, Oman, and the 

UAE. Petitioners and domestic 

producers contested the Commission’s 

determinations before the U.S. Court of 

International Trade (‘‘CIT’’). The CIT 

remanded certain issues to the 

Commission and affirmed all other 

aspects of the Commission’s 

determinations. JMC Steel Group v. 

United States, Slip. Op. 14–120 (Ct. Int’l 

Trade Oct. 15, 2014). 

Participation in the proceeding: Only 

those persons who were interested 

parties that participated in the 

investigations (i.e., persons listed on the 

Commission Secretary’s service list) and 

also parties to the appeal may 

participate in the remand proceedings. 

Such persons need not make any 

additional filings with the Commission 

to participate in the remand 

proceedings, unless they are adding new 

individuals to the list of persons 

entitled to receive business proprietary 

information (‘‘BPI’’) under 

administrative protective order. BPI 

referred to during the remand 

proceedings will be governed, as 

appropriate, by the administrative 

protective order issued in the 

investigations. The Secretary will 

maintain a service list containing the 

names and addresses of all persons or 

their representatives who are parties to 

the remand proceedings, and the 

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