Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Massachusetts-Request for Interest; Reopening of the Comment Period, 14681-14682 [2011-6167]
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accordance with 8 CFR
214.2(h)(6)(v)(F)(1).
III. Proposed Prevailing Wage Rates
The table below provides the current
and proposed prevailing wage rates for
construction occupations on Guam, as
provided by the GDOL to USCIS on
January 10, 2010.5 The currently
approved construction wage rates,
which were based on 2007/2008 BLS
data, will remain in effect until any new
prevailing wage rates are approved by
USCIS. USCIS intends to publish the
prevailing wage rates it approves in the
same Federal Register notice that
announces the approved system for
determining prevailing wages, working
conditions, and availability of U.S.
resident workers.
TABLE—PREVAILING WAGE RATES FOR CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS ON GUAM
Current
approved
hourly wage
rate
Occupation
Bricklayer .................................................................................................................................................................
Camp Cook ..............................................................................................................................................................
Carpenter .................................................................................................................................................................
Cement Mason ........................................................................................................................................................
Construction Equipment Mechanic ..........................................................................................................................
Electrician ................................................................................................................................................................
Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic ...............................................................................................
Operating Engineer ..................................................................................................................................................
Painter ......................................................................................................................................................................
Pipe Fitter ................................................................................................................................................................
Plasterer ...................................................................................................................................................................
Plumber ....................................................................................................................................................................
Reinforcing Metal Worker ........................................................................................................................................
Sheet Metal Worker .................................................................................................................................................
Structural Steel Worker ...........................................................................................................................................
Surveyor Helper .......................................................................................................................................................
Welder ......................................................................................................................................................................
IV. Comments
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
USCIS welcomes comments from the
public regarding:
• The current system for determining
prevailing wage rates for construction
occupations on Guam and the proposed
prevailing wage rates that were
calculated by the current system; and
• Whether this system adequately
reflects a balance of the interests of all
affected members of the regulated
public.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement
Alejandro N. Mayorkas,
Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
[FR Doc. 2011–6208 Filed 3–16–11; 8:45 am]
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[Docket No. BOEM–2010–0063]
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power
on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Offshore Massachusetts—Request for
Interest; Reopening of the Comment
Period
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Request for Interest (RFI) in
Commercial Wind Energy Leasing
Offshore Massachusetts and Invitation
for Comments from Interested and
Affected Parties; Reopening of the
Comment Period
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE) is reopening
the comment period on the RFI in
Commercial Wind Energy Leasing
Offshore Massachusetts and Invitation
for Comments from Interested and
Affected Parties.
DATES: BOEMRE must receive your
submission indicating your interest in
this potential commercial leasing area
no later than April 18, 2011 for your
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SUMMARY:
5 The BLS has recently released new wage rate
data, available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/
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$14.12
12.83
13.75
12.97
15.15
16.35
17.62
14.72
14.94
15.24
11.61
15.24
12.88
16.14
11.35
15.20
16.19
submission to be considered. BOEMRE
requests comments or other submissions
of information by this same date. We
will consider only the indications of
interest we receive by that time.
Submission Procedures: You may
submit your indications of interest,
comments, and information by one of
two methods:
1. Electronically: https://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter BOEM–
2010–0063, then click ‘‘Search’’. Follow
the instructions to submit public
comments and view supporting and
related materials available for this
request for information.
2. By mail, sending your indications
of interest, comments, and information
to the following address: Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
and Enforcement, Office of Offshore
Alternative Energy Programs, 381 Elden
Street, Mail Stop 4090, Herndon,
Virginia 20170.
BOEMRE will post all comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Bradley, Renewable Energy
Program Specialist, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, Regulation and
Enforcement, Office of Offshore
Alternative Energy Programs, 381 Elden
Street, Mail Stop 4090, Herndon,
Virginia 20170, (703) 787–1300.
blswage.htm, for the half year period beginning July
2010.
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$14.02
11.85
13.56
12.87
14.14
15.45
15.73
13.77
14.60
16.80
10.98
14.96
12.56
15.17
13.22
15.98
16.09
Proposed
hourly wage
rate
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: On December 29, 2010,
BOEMRE published in the Federal
Register the RFI in Commercial Wind
Energy Leasing Offshore Massachusetts
inviting submissions describing
commercial leasing interest and
providing comments and information
pertaining to the RFI area (75 FR 82055).
The RFI, requested submissions by
February 28, 2011.
Because of requests received from the
public and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, we are hereby reopening
the comment period until April 18,
2011. As stated in the RFI published
December 29, 2010, BOEMRE will use
the responses to this RFI to gauge
specific interest in commercial
development of OCS wind resources in
the area described, as required by 43
U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties wishing to
obtain a commercial lease for a wind
energy project should submit detailed
and specific information as described in
the section entitled, ‘‘Required
Indication of Interest Information.’’ Also,
with this announcement, BOEMRE
invites all interested and affected parties
to comment and provide information—
including information about multiple
uses of the area, environmental issues
and data—that will be useful in the
consideration of the RFI area for
commercial wind energy leasing. Please
refer to the RFI, published in the
Federal Register on December 29, 2010,
(75 FR 82055) for further information.
Comments already submitted on the RFI
need not be resubmitted.
Dated: March 8, 2011.
Michael R. Bromwich,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2011–6167 Filed 3–16–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2011–N049;
40120–1112–0000–F5]
Receipt of Applications for
Endangered Species Permits
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
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species unless a Federal permit is issued
that allows such activities. The ESA
requires that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive written data or
comments on the applications at the
address given below, by April 18, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information submitted with the
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to
the following office within 30 days of
the date of publication of this notice:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
GA 30345 (Attn: Cameron Shaw, Permit
Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cameron Shaw, telephone 904/731–
3191; facsimile 904/731–3045.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to
conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
our regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This
notice is provided under section 10(c) of
the Act. If you wish to comment, you
may submit comments by any one of the
following methods. You may mail
comments to the Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES section) or via electronic
mail (e-mail) to: permitsR4ES@fws.gov.
Please include your name and return
address in your e-mail message. If you
do not receive a confirmation from the
Fish and Wildlife Service that we have
received your e-mail message, contact
us directly at the telephone number
listed above (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally,
you may hand deliver comments to the
Fish and Wildlife Service office listed
above (see ADDRESSES section).
Before including your address,
telephone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information
in your comments, 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
comments to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Applicant: U.S. Forest Service,
Montgomery, Alabama, TE–132772. The
applicant requests renewal of
authorization for taking the following
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species during scientific studies and
land management activities on National
Forest lands in Alabama:
Cahaba shiner Notropis cahabae
Cumberlandian Combshell Epioblasma
brevidens
Upland Combshell Epioblasma
metastriata
Southern acornshell Epioblasma
othcaloogensis
Coosa moccasinshell Medionidus
parvulus
Southern clubshell Pleurobema decisum
Dark pigtoe Pleurobema furvum
Southern pigtoe Pleurobema geogianum
Ovate clubshell Pleurobema perovatum
Triangular kidneyshell Ptychobranchus
greenii
Flat pebblesnail Lepyrium showalteri
Lacy elimia Elimia crenatella
Cylindrical lioplax Lioplax
cyclostomaformis
Tulotoma Tulotoma magnifica
Applicant: Stephen Samoray,
Nashville, Tennessee, TE 25612A.
Applicant requests authorization for
non-lethal take of Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorihinus
townsendii virginianus) and Ozark bigeared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
ingens) for the purpose of conducting
presence/absence surveys and collecting
scientific data on roost sites.
Applicant: Troy Best, Auburn
University, Alabama, TE–77175.
Applicant requests authorization to take
(capture and release) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis) and gray bats (Myotis
grisescens) for the purpose of
conducting scientific and genetic
research, population monitoring, and
ecological studies. This work will be
conducted throughout Alabama.
Applicant: U.S. Forest Service,
Russellville, Arkansas, TE–65972. The
applicant requests renewal of
authorization for take of the following
species during scientific studies and
land management activities on National
Forest lands of the Ozark-St. Francis
National Forest:
Gray bat Myotis grisescens
Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
Ozark big-eared bat Corynorhinus
townsendii ingens
Least tern Sterna antillarum
Fat pocketbook Potamilus carpax
Pink mucket Lampsilis abrupt
Palid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus
Cave crayfish Cambarus aculabrum
Cave crayfish Cambarus zophonastes
American burying beetle Nicrophorus
americanus
Missouri bladderpod Lesquerella
filiformis
Applicant: Joseph Alderman, Semora,
North Carolina, TE–28597A.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
[Docket No. BOEM-2010-0063]
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Offshore Massachusetts--Request for Interest; Reopening of the
Comment Period
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
(BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Request for Interest (RFI) in Commercial Wind Energy Leasing
Offshore Massachusetts and Invitation for Comments from Interested and
Affected Parties; Reopening of the Comment Period
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE) is reopening the comment period on the RFI in
Commercial Wind Energy Leasing Offshore Massachusetts and Invitation
for Comments from Interested and Affected Parties.
DATES: BOEMRE must receive your submission indicating your interest in
this potential commercial leasing area no later than April 18, 2011 for
your submission to be considered. BOEMRE requests comments or other
submissions of information by this same date. We will consider only the
indications of interest we receive by that time.
Submission Procedures: You may submit your indications of interest,
comments, and information by one of two methods:
1. Electronically: https://www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BOEM-2010-0063, then click ``Search''.
Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view supporting
and related materials available for this request for information.
2. By mail, sending your indications of interest, comments, and
information to the following address: Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Office of Offshore Alternative
Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4090, Herndon, Virginia
20170.
BOEMRE will post all comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Bradley, Renewable Energy
Program Specialist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and
Enforcement, Office of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs, 381 Elden
Street, Mail Stop 4090, Herndon, Virginia 20170, (703) 787-1300.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: On December 29, 2010, BOEMRE
published in the Federal Register the RFI in Commercial Wind Energy
Leasing Offshore Massachusetts inviting submissions describing
commercial leasing interest and providing comments and information
pertaining to the RFI area (75 FR 82055). The RFI, requested
submissions by February 28, 2011.
Because of requests received from the public and the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, we are hereby reopening the comment period until
April 18, 2011. As stated in the RFI published December 29, 2010,
BOEMRE will use the responses to this RFI to gauge specific interest in
commercial development of OCS wind resources in the area described, as
required by 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties wishing to obtain a
commercial lease for a wind energy project should submit detailed and
specific information as described in the section entitled, ``Required
Indication of Interest Information.'' Also, with this announcement,
BOEMRE invites all interested and affected parties to comment and
provide information--including information about multiple uses of the
area, environmental issues and data--that will be useful in the
consideration of the RFI area for commercial wind energy leasing.
Please refer to the RFI, published in the Federal Register on December
29, 2010, (75 FR 82055) for further information. Comments already
submitted on the RFI need not be resubmitted.
Dated: March 8, 2011.
Michael R. Bromwich,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and
Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2011-6167 Filed 3-16-11; 8:45 am]
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