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ADDRESSES).
Background
Under a Safe Harbor Agreement,
participating landowners voluntarily
undertake management activities on
their property to enhance, restore, or
maintain habitat benefiting species
listed under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). Safe Harbor Agreements and the
subsequent enhancement of survival
permits, issued pursuant to Section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act, encourage private
and other non-Federal property owners
to implement conservation efforts for
listed species by assuring property
owners that they will not be subjected
to increased property use restrictions as
a result of their efforts to attract listed
species to their property, to increase the
numbers or distribution of listed species
already on their property. Application
requirements and issuance criteria for
enhancement of survival permits
through Safe Harbor Agreements are
found in 50 CFR 17.22(c) and 17.32(c).
These permits allow any necessary
future incidental take of covered species
above the mutually agreed upon
baseline conditions for those species in
accordance with the terms and
conditions of the permits and
accompanying agreements.
The Agreement is expected to
promote the recovery of the beetle
within the Abbott Lake Unit of the
Feather River Wildlife Area, Sutter
County, which is owned and managed
by the Department. The proposed
duration of the Agreement is 20 years.
The enhancement of survival permit
would authorize the incidental taking of
the beetle associated with: the
restoration, enhancement, and
maintenance of suitable habitat for the
beetle; routine activities associated with
routine and ongoing lands management
within the Abbott Lake Unit; and the
potential future return of the property to
baseline conditions. The Department
would receive assurances under our ‘‘no
surprises’’ regulations (50 CFR
17.22(c)(5) and 17.32(c)(5)) for the
beetle. In addition to meeting other
criteria, actions to be performed under
the enhancement of survival permit
must not jeopardize the existence of
federally listed fish, wildlife, or plants.
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Public Review and Comments
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the proposed
Agreement and permit application are
eligible for categorical exclusion under
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA). We explain the basis
for this determination in an
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Environmental Action Statement that is
also available for public review.
Individuals wishing copies of the
Environmental Action Statement, and/
or copies of the full text of the
Agreement should contact the office and
personnel listed in the ADDRESSES
section above.
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.
The Service will evaluate this permit
application, associated documents, and
comments submitted to determine
whether the permit application meets
the requirements of section 10(a) of the
Act and NEPA regulations. If the Service
determines that the requirements are
met, we will sign the proposed
Agreement and issue an enhancement of
survival permit under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act to the Department
for take of the beetle incidental to
otherwise lawful activities in
accordance with the terms of the
Agreement. The Service will not make
our final decision until after the end of
the 30-day comment period and will
fully consider all comments received
during the comment period.
The Service provides this notice
pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act and
pursuant to implementing regulations
for NEPA (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: January 7, 2014.
Jennifer M. Norris,
Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office, Sacramento, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0002; DS63610300
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States’ Decisions on Participating in
Accounting and Auditing Relief for
Federal Oil and Gas Marginal
Properties
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Final regulations that the
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
(ONRR) published September 13, 2004
SUMMARY:
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(69 FR 55076), provide two types of
accounting and auditing relief for
Federal onshore or Outer Continental
Shelf lease production from marginal
properties. As the regulations require,
ONRR provided a list of qualifying
marginal Federal oil and gas properties
to States that received a portion of
Federal royalties. Each State then
decided whether to participate in one or
both relief options. For calendar year
2013, we provide in this notice the
affected States’ decisions to allow one or
both types of relief.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Adamski, Program Manager,
Asset Valuation, at (303) 231–3410; or
(303) 231–3744 via fax; or via email to
richard.adamski@onrr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations, codified at 30 CFR part
1204, subpart C, implement certain
provisions of section 7 of the Federal
Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and
Fairness Act of 1996 (RSFA) (30 U.S.C.
1726), which allows States to relieve the
lessees of marginal properties from
certain reporting, accounting, and
auditing requirements. States make an
annual determination of whether or not
to allow relief. Two options for relief are
provided: (1) Notification-based relief
for annual reporting and (2) other
requested relief, as industry proposed
and ONRR and the affected State
approved. The regulations require
ONRR to publish by December 1 of each
year a list of the States and their
decisions regarding marginal property
relief.
To qualify for the first relief option
(notification-based relief) for calendar
year 2013, properties must have
produced less than 1,000 barrels-of-oilequivalent (BOE) per year for the base
period (July 1, 2011, through June 30,
2012). Annual reporting relief will begin
January 1, 2013, with the annual report
and payment due February 28, 2014, or
March 31, 2014, if you have an
estimated payment on file. To qualify
for the second relief option (other
requested relief), the combined
equivalent production of the marginal
properties during the base period must
equal an average daily well production
of less than 15 BOE per well, per day
calculated under 30 CFR 1204.4(c).
The following table shows the States
that have qualifying marginal properties
and the States’ decisions to allow one or
both forms of relief.
State
1,000 BOE
Alabama ................
California ...............
Colorado ...............
No ............
No ............
No ............
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State
1,000 BOE
Kansas ..................
Louisiana ..............
Michigan ...............
Mississippi ............
Montana ................
Nebraska ..............
Nevada .................
New Mexico ..........
North Dakota ........
Oklahoma .............
South Dakota ........
Utah ......................
Wyoming ...............
No ............
Yes ..........
Yes ..........
No ............
No ............
No ............
No ............
No ............
Yes ..........
No ............
No ............
No ............
No ............
15 BOE
No.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Federal oil and gas properties located
in all other States where ONRR does not
share a portion of Federal royalties with
the State are eligible for relief if they
qualify as marginal under the
regulations (See section 117(c) of RSFA
(30 U.S.C. 1726(c))). For information on
how to obtain relief, please refer to 30
CFR 1204.205 or to the published rule,
which you may view at www.onrr.gov/
Laws_R_D/FRNotices/AC30.htm.
Unless the information that ONRR
received is proprietary data, all
correspondence, records, or information
that we receive in response to this
notice may be subject to disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.). If
applicable, please highlight the
proprietary portions, including any
supporting documentation, or mark the
page(s) that contain proprietary data.
We protect the proprietary information
under the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C.
1905); FOIA, Exemption 4 (5 U.S.C.
552(b)(4)); and Department regulations
(43 CFR part 2).
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director, Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1123–0010]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested Request for
Registration Under the Gambling
Devices Act of 1962
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ACTION:
60-Day notice.
The Department of Justice (DOJ),
Criminal Division, will be submitting
the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed
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information collection is published to
obtain comments from the public and
affected agencies. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for
‘‘sixty days’’ until March 14, 2014. This
process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.10. March 14, 2014.
If you have comments especially on
the estimated public burden or
associated response time, suggestions,
or need a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information,
please contact Sandra A. Holland, U.S.
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Criminal Division, Office
of Enforcement Operations, Gambling
Device Registration Program, JCK
Building, Washington, DC 20530–0001.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address one or more
of the following four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of this information
collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Request for Registration Under the
Gambling Devices Act of 1962.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Form Number:
DOJ\CRM\OEO\GDR–1. Sponsoring
component: Criminal Division,
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. Other: Not-for-profit institutions,
individuals or households, and State,
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Local or Tribal Government. The form
can be used by any entity required to
register under the Gambling Devices Act
of 1962 (15 U.S.C. 1171–1178).
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: It is estimated that 7,400
respondents will complete each form
within approximately 5 minutes.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 617
total annual burden hours associated
with this collection.
If additional information is required
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 3W–
1407B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: January 7, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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[OMB Number 1122–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: New Collection; Comments
Requested Survey of Transitional
Housing Assistance for Victims of
Domestic Violence, Dating Violence,
Stalking, or Sexual Assault Program
Grantees
ACTION:
30-Day notice.
The Department of Justice, Office on
Violence Against Women (OVW) will b
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. This
proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register, 78 FR 64245, on October 28,
2013, allowing for a 60 day comment
period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow
for an additional 30 days for public
comment until February 12, 2014. This
process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.10.
Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice, especially the estimated public
burden and associated response time,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0002; DS63610300 DR2PS0000.CH7000 134D0102R2]
States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing
Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties
AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Final regulations that the Office of Natural Resources Revenue
(ONRR) published September 13, 2004 (69 FR 55076), provide two types of
accounting and auditing relief for Federal onshore or Outer Continental
Shelf lease production from marginal properties. As the regulations
require, ONRR provided a list of qualifying marginal Federal oil and
gas properties to States that received a portion of Federal royalties.
Each State then decided whether to participate in one or both relief
options. For calendar year 2013, we provide in this notice the affected
States' decisions to allow one or both types of relief.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Adamski, Program Manager,
Asset Valuation, at (303) 231-3410; or (303) 231-3744 via fax; or via
email to richard.adamski@onrr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations, codified at 30 CFR part
1204, subpart C, implement certain provisions of section 7 of the
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996
(RSFA) (30 U.S.C. 1726), which allows States to relieve the lessees of
marginal properties from certain reporting, accounting, and auditing
requirements. States make an annual determination of whether or not to
allow relief. Two options for relief are provided: (1) Notification-
based relief for annual reporting and (2) other requested relief, as
industry proposed and ONRR and the affected State approved. The
regulations require ONRR to publish by December 1 of each year a list
of the States and their decisions regarding marginal property relief.
To qualify for the first relief option (notification-based relief)
for calendar year 2013, properties must have produced less than 1,000
barrels-of-oil-equivalent (BOE) per year for the base period (July 1,
2011, through June 30, 2012). Annual reporting relief will begin
January 1, 2013, with the annual report and payment due February 28,
2014, or March 31, 2014, if you have an estimated payment on file. To
qualify for the second relief option (other requested relief), the
combined equivalent production of the marginal properties during the
base period must equal an average daily well production of less than 15
BOE per well, per day calculated under 30 CFR 1204.4(c).
The following table shows the States that have qualifying marginal
properties and the States' decisions to allow one or both forms of
relief.
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State 1,000 BOE 15 BOE
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Alabama.......................... No................ No.
California....................... No................ No.
Colorado......................... No................ No.
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Kansas........................... No................ No.
Louisiana........................ Yes............... Yes.
Michigan......................... Yes............... Yes.
Mississippi...................... No................ No.
Montana.......................... No................ No.
Nebraska......................... No................ No.
Nevada........................... No................ No.
New Mexico....................... No................ Yes.
North Dakota..................... Yes............... Yes.
Oklahoma......................... No................ No.
South Dakota..................... No................ No.
Utah............................. No................ No.
Wyoming.......................... No................ No.
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Federal oil and gas properties located in all other States where
ONRR does not share a portion of Federal royalties with the State are
eligible for relief if they qualify as marginal under the regulations
(See section 117(c) of RSFA (30 U.S.C. 1726(c))). For information on
how to obtain relief, please refer to 30 CFR 1204.205 or to the
published rule, which you may view at www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/AC30.htm.
Unless the information that ONRR received is proprietary data, all
correspondence, records, or information that we receive in response to
this notice may be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.). If applicable, please
highlight the proprietary portions, including any supporting
documentation, or mark the page(s) that contain proprietary data. We
protect the proprietary information under the Trade Secrets Act (18
U.S.C. 1905); FOIA, Exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)); and Department
regulations (43 CFR part 2).
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
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