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• A variety of wildlife, including 

birds, and marine mammals. 

• Lost human use opportunities 

associated with various natural 

resources in the Gulf region, including 

fishing, swimming, beach-going, and 

viewing of birds and wildlife. 

• Waters of the Gulf of Mexico and 

adjoining coastal waters of the State. 

• Various other biota, including 

benthic communities and fish. 

• Water column habitat. 

Accordingly, the Trustees have 

determined they have jurisdiction to 

pursue restoration under OPA. 

Determination To Conduct Restoration 

Planning 

1. The Trustees have made the 

following findings pursuant to 15 CFR 

990.42. Observations and data collected 

pursuant to 15 CFR 990.43 demonstrate 

that injuries to natural resources and the 

services they provide have resulted from 

the Texas City Y incident; however, the 

nature and extent of such injuries has 

not been fully determined at this time. 

The Trustees have identified numerous 

categories of impacted and potentially 

impacted resources, including marine 

mammals and birds, as well as their 

habitats. Potentially or actually 

impacted habitats include but are not 

limited to wetlands, marshes, sand 

beaches, bottom sediments and the 

water. Impacts to these resources have 

or are anticipated to affect human use of 

these affected resources or habitats. The 

Trustees have been conducting, and 

continue to conduct, activities to 

evaluate injuries and potential injuries 

within these categories. More 

information on these resource 

categories, including assessment work 

plans developed jointly by the Trustees 

and the RP, if any, and information 

gathered during the Preassessment 

Phase, will be available in the 

Administrative Record (AR), as 

discussed below. The full nature and 

extent of injuries will be determined 

during the injury assessment conducted 

as part of the Restoration Planning 

Phase. 

2. Response actions employed for this 

spill included containment, skimming 

of oil and other removal operations. 

These response actions have not 

addressed and are not expected to 

address all injuries resulting from the 

discharges of oil. Although response 

actions were initiated soon after the 

spill, they were unable to prevent 

injuries to many natural resources. In 

addition, some of these response actions 

have caused or are likely to cause 

injuries to natural resources and the 

services they provide, including the 

impairment of sensitive marshes, 

beaches, and other habitats and impacts 

to human uses of the resources. While 

injured natural resources may 

eventually recover naturally to the 

condition they would have been in had 

the discharges not occurred, interim 

losses did occur and will persist until 

baseline conditions are achieved. In 

addition, there have been losses of and 

diminution of human uses of the 

resources resulting from the impacts to 

the natural resources and from the 

response actions themselves. 

3. Feasible restoration actions exist to 

address the natural resource injuries 

and losses, including lost human uses, 

resulting from the discharges of oil. 

Assessment procedures are available to 

scale the appropriate amount of 

restoration required to offset these 

ecological and human use service 

losses. During the restoration planning 

phase, the Trustees will evaluate 

potential projects, determine the scale of 

restoration actions needed to make the 

environment and the public whole, and 

release a draft Restoration Plan for 

public review and comment. 

Based upon these determinations, the 

Trustees intend to proceed with 

restoration planning for the Texas City 

Y Incident. 

Administrative Record 

The Department of the Interior, acting 

on behalf of the Trustees, has opened an 

Administrative Record (AR) in 

compliance with 15 CFR 990.45 and 

applicable state authorities. The AR is 

publicly accessible and includes 

documents considered by the Trustees 

during the NRDA and restoration 

planning performed in connection with 

the Incident. The AR will be augmented 

with additional information over the 

course of the NRDA process. The 

administrative record is available 

through the following location in 

electronic format: http://

www.cerc.usgs.gov/orda_docs/

DamageCase.aspx?DamageCaseId=388. 

Opportunity To Comment 

In accordance with 15 CFR 990.14(d) 

and state authorities, the Trustees will 

provide opportunities for public 

involvement in the restoration planning 

for the Incident. The opportunities for 

public involvement will be addressed in 

future notices and announcements. 

Author 

The primary author of this notice is 

Chip Wood. 

Authority 

The authority of this action is the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et 

seq.) and the implementing Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment found at 

15 CFR part 990. 

Joy E. Nicholopoulos, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00231 Filed 1–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY922000–L13200000–EL0000, 

WYW183863] 

Notice of Invitation To Participate; Coal 

Exploration License; Application 

WYW183863, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Mineral 

Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by the 

Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act 

of 1976, and to Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) regulations, all 

interested parties are hereby invited to 

participate with Black Butte Coal 

Company on a pro rata cost-sharing 

basis, in a program for the exploration 

of coal deposits owned by the United 

States of America in Sweetwater 

County, Wyoming. 

DATES: This notice of invitation was 

published in the Rock Springs RocketMiner once each week for 2 consecutive 

weeks beginning the week of November 

10, 2014. Any party electing to 

participate in this exploration program 

must send written notice to both the 

BLM and Black Butte Coal Company, as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section 

below, no later than February 11, 2015. 

Such written notice must refer to serial 

number WYW183863. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration 

plan submitted by Black Butte Coal 

Company (serialized under number 

WYW183863) are available for review 

during normal business hours in the 

following offices: BLM, Wyoming State 

Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009; and, BLM, 

Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway 

191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 

82901. Any party electing to participate 

in this exploration shall send written 

notice to the following addresses: Black 

Butte Coal Company, c/o Ambre Energy 

North America, Inc., Attn: Jeremey 

Kerly, 170 South Main St., Ste. 700, Salt 

Lake City, UT 84101 and the BLM 

Wyoming State Office, Branch of Solid 

Minerals, Attn: Jackie Madson, P.O. Box 

1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jackie Madson, Land Law Examiner, at 


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307–775–6258. 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 

normal 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: Black 

Butte Coal Company has applied to the 

BLM for a coal exploration license on 

public lands in the Salt Wells area near 

the existing Black Butte Coal Mine 

located near Point of Rocks, Wyoming. 

The purpose of the exploration program 

is to obtain geologic knowledge of the 

coal underlying the exploration area for 

the purpose of assessing the coal 

resources there. The BLM regulations at 

43 CFR 3410 require the publication of 

an invitation to participate in the coal 

exploration in the Federal Register. The 

Federal coal resources included in the 

exploration license application are 

located in the following described lands 

in Wyoming: 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming 

T. 15 N., R. 102 W., 

Sec. 4. 

T. 16 N., R. 101 W., 

Sec. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 18, 20, and 30. 

T. 16 N., R. 102 W., 

Sec. 2, 10, 12, 14, 22, 24, 26, and 28; 

Sec. 34, NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, 

and S1/2. 

T. 17 N., R. 100 W., 

Sec. 4, 8, 18, and 30. 

T. 17 N., R. 101 W., 

Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S1/2NE1/4, SE1/

4NW1/4, and S1/2; 

Sec. 8; 

Sec. 10, E1/2 and S1/2SW1/4; 

Sec. 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 

and 34. 

T. 17 N., R. 102 W., 

Sec. 24 and 26. 

The areas described aggregate 23,232.28 

acres. 

The proposed exploration program is 

fully described and will be conducted 

pursuant to an exploration plan to be 

approved by the BLM. The plan may be 

modified to accommodate the legitimate 

exploration needs of persons seeking to 

participate. 

Authority: 43 CFR 3410.2–1(c)(1) 

Mary Jo Rugwell, 

Associate State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00238 Filed 1–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY922000–L13200000–EL0000, 

WYW183864] 

Notice of Invitation To Participate; Coal 

Exploration License Application 

WYW183864, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Mineral 

Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by the 

Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act 

of 1976, and to Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) regulations, all 

interested parties are hereby invited to 

participate with Black Butte Coal 

Company on a pro rata cost-sharing 

basis, in a program for the exploration 

of coal deposits owned by the United 

States of America in Sweetwater 

County, Wyoming. 

DATES: This notice of invitation was 

published in the Rock Springs RocketMiner once each week for 2 consecutive 

weeks beginning the week of November 

10, 2014. Any party electing to 

participate in this exploration program 

must send written notice to both the 

BLM and Black Butte Coal Company, as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section 

below, no later than February 11, 2015. 

Such written notice must refer to serial 

number WYW183864. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration 

plan submitted by Black Butte Coal 

Company (serialized under number 

WYW183864) are available for review 

during normal business hours in the 

following offices: BLM, Wyoming State 

Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009; and, BLM, 

Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway 

191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 

82901. Any party electing to participate 

in this exploration program shall send 

written notice to the following 

addresses: Black Butte Coal Company, 

c/o Ambre Energy North America, Inc., 

Attn: Jeremey Kerly, 170 South Main 

St., Ste. 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 

and the BLM Wyoming State Office, 

Branch of Solid Minerals, Attn: Jackie 

Madson, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 

82003. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jackie Madson, Land Law Examiner, at 

307–775–6258. 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 

normal 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: Black 

Butte Coal Company has applied to the 

BLM for a coal exploration license on 

public lands near the Black Butte Coal 

Mine located near Point of Rocks, 

Wyoming. The purpose of the 

exploration program is to obtain 

geologic knowledge of the coal 

underlying the exploration area for the 

purpose of assessing the coal resources 

there. The BLM regulations at 43 CFR 

3410 require the publication of an 

invitation to participate in the coal 

exploration in the Federal Register. The 

Federal coal resources included in the 

exploration license application are 

located in the following described lands 

in Sweetwater County, Wyoming: 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming 

T. 18 N., R. 100 W., 

Sec. 14, 26, and 34. 

T. 18 N., R. 101 W., 

Sec. 4. 

T. 19 N., R. 100 W., 

Sec. 6, 12, 18, and 20; 

Sec. 24, NE1/4, E1/2NE1/4NW1/4, SE1/

4NW1/4, S1/2SW1/4NW1/4, and S1/2; 

Sec. 26. 

T. 19 N., R. 101 W., 

Secs. 2, 12, 14, 22, 24, 26, 28, and 34. 

The areas described aggregate 11,468.77 

acres. 

The proposed exploration program is 

fully described and will be conducted 

pursuant to an exploration plan to be 

approved by the BLM. The plan may be 

modified to accommodate the legitimate 

exploration needs of persons seeking to 

participate. 

Authority: 43 CFR 3410.2–1(c)(1). 

Mary Jo Rugwell, 

Associate State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00239 Filed 1–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[15X L1109AF LLUTY01000 

L12200000.MA0000 24–1A] 

Notice of Motorized Vehicle Temporary 

Restrictions for Specified Routes on 

Public Land During the Annual Moab 

Jeep Safari, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice restricts 

motorized use on 10 popular vehicle 

routes located on public land used by 


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