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prior U.S. officials mismanaged the
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• Established a trust land
consolidation fund for the voluntary
buy-back and consolidation of
fractionated land interests.
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• A willing seller program to enable
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interested owners; and
• The availability of cooperative
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involvement in the consolidation
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Dated: January 27, 2012.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) will use Form
0008 to issue commercial renewable
energy leases on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS). In the preamble to the
April 29, 2009, Final Rule, ‘‘Renewable
Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing
Facilities on the Outer Continental
Shelf,’’ BOEM stated that ‘‘we intend to
develop a model lease form through a
public process that will invite all
interested and affected parties for their
input.’’ (74 FR 19638, April 29, 2009).
The BOEM developed a draft of the
form included in this Notice, and
published it in the Federal Register (76
FR 55090, September 6, 2011) with a 30day comment period (Draft Form).
BOEM has reviewed all the comments
received and revised the Draft Form
where appropriate. For further
information, including summaries of
comments and BOEM’s response to
those comments, visit BOEM’s Web site,
at https://www.boem.gov/RenewableEnergy-Program/RegulatoryInformation/Index.aspx.
SUMMARY:
The lease form will be effective
and available for use on February 21,
2012.
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[BOEM–2012–0006]
Commercial Lease of Submerged
Lands for Renewable Energy
Development on the Outer Continental
Shelf
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maureen A. Bornholdt, Program
Manager, Office of Renewable Energy
Programs, at (703) 787–1300 for lease
questions.
Dated: January 23, 2012.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2011–0093]
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power
Development on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Offshore Virginia—Call for
Information and Nominations
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Call for Information and
Nominations.
AGENCY:
BOEM invites submissions of
nominations from parties interested in
obtaining one or more commercial
leases that would allow a lessee to
propose the construction of a wind
energy project(s) on the OCS offshore
Virginia. Although the publication of
this notice is not itself a leasing
announcement, the area described
herein may be subject to future leasing.
BOEM will use the response to this Call
for Information and Nominations (Call)
to gauge specific interest in the
acquisition of commercial wind lease(s)
in some or all of the area and to
determine whether competitive interest
exists in any particular area, as required
by 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties wishing
to submit a nomination in response to
this Call should submit detailed and
specific information as described in the
section entitled, ‘‘Required Nomination
Information.’’
BOEM also requests comments from
interested and affected parties regarding
site conditions, resources, and multiple
uses of the identified area that would be
relevant to BOEM’s review of the
nominations submitted and any
subsequent decision concerning
whether to offer all or part of the area
for commercial wind leasing.
Information that BOEM is requesting is
described in the section entitled,
‘‘Requested Information from Interested
or Affected Parties.’’
This notice is published pursuant to
subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)), which was added
by section 388 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (EPAct), as well as the
implementing regulations at 30 CFR part
585.
The Call Area described in this notice
is located on the OCS offshore Virginia.
The western edge of the Call Area is
approximately 23.5 nautical miles (nmi)
from the Virginia Beach coastline, and
extends to an eastern edge that is
approximately 36.5 nmi from the same
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location. The longest north/south
portion is approximately 10.5 nmi in
length and the longest portion of the
east/west portion is approximately 13
nmi in length. The area is made up of
19 whole OCS blocks and 13 sub-blocks.
The entire area is approximately
112,799 acres, or 45,648 hectares. This
area was delineated in consultation with
the BOEM Virginia Renewable Energy
Task Force. A detailed description of
the area is presented later in this notice.
DATES: BOEM must receive your
nomination describing your interest in
this potential leasing area postmarked
by March 19, 2012. BOEM will consider
only those nominations received or
postmarked by then. Submissions of
comments or other submissions of
information are also requested by this
date.
Submission Procedures: If you are
submitting a nomination for a
commercial lease in response to this
Call, please submit your nomination by
mail to the following address: Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden
Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia
20170–4817. In addition to a paper copy
of the nomination, include an electronic
copy of the nomination on a compact
disc (CD). Nominations must be
postmarked by March 19, 2012. BOEM
will list the parties that submitted
nominations and the location of the
proposed lease areas (OCS blocks they
nominated) on the BOEM Web site after
the 45-day comment period closes.
Comments and other submissions of
information may be submitted by either
of the following two methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. In the entry
titled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter
BOEM–2011–0093, then click ‘‘search.’’
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments and view supporting and
related materials available for this
notice.
2. By U.S. Postal Service or other
delivery service, sending your comments
and information to the following
address: Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Office of Renewable
Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM
1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817.
All responses will be reported on
https://www.regulations.gov.
If you wish to protect the
confidentiality of your nominations or
comments, clearly mark the relevant
sections and request that BOEM treat
them as confidential. Please label
privileged or confidential information
‘‘Contains Confidential Information’’
and consider submitting such
information as a separate attachment.
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Treatment of confidential information is
addressed in the section of this Call
entitled, ‘‘Protection of Privileged or
Confidential Information.’’ Information
that is not labeled as privileged or
confidential will be regarded by BOEM
as suitable for public release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Erin C. Trager, Project Coordinator,
BOEM, Office of Renewable Energy
Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 1328,
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817, (703)
787–1320, or Erin.Trager@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Call for Information and
Nominations
The OCS Lands Act requires BOEM to
award leases competitively, unless
BOEM makes a determination that there
is no competitive interest (43 U.S.C.
1337(p)(3)). The issuance of this Call is
not intended to indicate that BOEM has
determined that competitive interest
exists in the area identified. Rather, this
notice is the first step in the renewable
energy leasing process offshore Virginia
and the responses to it will assist BOEM
in determining whether competitive
interest exists in the area. This notice
also requests information from
interested and affected parties on issues
relevant to BOEM’s review of
nominations for potential leasing in the
area.
BOEM is issuing a Call instead of a
Request for Interest (RFI) to facilitate
and expedite the leasing process
consistent with the goals and objectives
of the Secretary of the Interior’s ‘‘Smart
from the Start’’ initiative. If an RFI were
issued and the responses to it indicated
competitive interest, the applicable
regulations would require BOEM to
issue a Call, which BOEM believes
would be duplicative of the RFI process.
Issuance of this Call, without an RFI, is
designed to enable BOEM to obtain and
analyze the information needed to
support consideration of appropriate
commercial leasing, while ensuring
ample opportunity for input from
interested and affected parties.
The responses to this Call could lead
to the initiation of a competitive leasing
process in some areas of the Call Area
(i.e., where competition exists for
certain tracts), and a noncompetitive
process in others (i.e., where no
competitive interest exists for certain
tracts). The leasing process is described
more completely under ‘‘Competitive
Leasing Process’’ and ‘‘Noncompetitive
Leasing Process’’ below. If BOEM
determines that there is no competitive
interest in some or all of this area
offshore Virginia, BOEM may proceed
with the noncompetitive lease process
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[FR Doc No: 2012-2496]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[BOEM-2012-0006]
Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy
Development on the Outer Continental Shelf
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will use Form
0008 to issue commercial renewable energy leases on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS). In the preamble to the April 29, 2009, Final
Rule, ``Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on
the Outer Continental Shelf,'' BOEM stated that ``we intend to develop
a model lease form through a public process that will invite all
interested and affected parties for their input.'' (74 FR 19638, April
29, 2009).
The BOEM developed a draft of the form included in this Notice, and
published it in the Federal Register (76 FR 55090, September 6, 2011)
with a 30-day comment period (Draft Form). BOEM has reviewed all the
comments received and revised the Draft Form where appropriate. For
further information, including summaries of comments and BOEM's
response to those comments, visit BOEM's Web site, at https://www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy-Program/Regulatory-Information/Index.aspx.
DATES: The lease form will be effective and available for use on
February 21, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen A. Bornholdt, Program Manager,
Office of Renewable Energy Programs, at (703) 787-1300 for lease
questions.
Dated: January 23, 2012.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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