States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties, 3470-3471 [2016-01079]
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Authority: 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60.
McCracken County
California Apartments,2900 Clay,Paducah,
16000011
Dated: January 5, 2016.
J. Paul Loether,
Chief, National Register of Historic Places/
National Historic Landmarks Program.
Metcalfe County
Bell House, The,7310 Columbia
Rd.,Edmonton, 16000012
[FR Doc. 2016–01073 Filed 1–20–16; 8:45 am]
Rowan County
Morehead Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Freight Depot,130 E. 1st St.,Morehead,
16000013
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Spencer County
Stidger, Felix Grundy, House,102 Garrard
St.,Taylorsville, 16000014
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0002; DS63610000
DR2000000.CH7000 167D0102R2]
NEW YORK
Chemung County
North Main and West Water Commercial
Historic District,100–184 N. Main & 200–
233 W. Water Sts.,Elmira, 16000015
States’ Decisions on Participating in
Accounting and Auditing Relief for
Federal Oil and Gas Marginal
Properties
Kings County
Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck,109
Clara St.,Brooklyn, 16000016
Greenwood Baptist Church,461 6th
St.,Brooklyn, 16000017
Prospect Heights Historic District (Boundary
Increase),Portions of Bergen & Dean Sts.,
Flatbush, Underhill, Vanderbelt
&Washington Aves., Butler, Prospect &
Sterling Pls.,Brooklyn, 16000018
AGENCY:
Monroe County
Hulburt, Thomas L., House,106 Hulburt
Rd.,Fairport, 16000019
New York County
Hudson View Gardens,116 Pinehurst
Ave.,Manhattan, 16000020
Steuben County
Temple Beth-El,12 Church St.,Hornell,
16000021
WISCONSIN
Brown County
Green Bay YMCA,235 235 N. Jefferson
St.,Green Bay, 16000022
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue (ONRR), Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
Final regulations that 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 2016, we provide in
this notice the affected States’ decisions
to allow one or both types of relief.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maroya Faied, Economic and Market
Analysis office, at (303) 231–3744; or
email at maroya.faied@onrr.gov.
SUMMARY:
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 2016, properties must produce less
than 1,000 barrels-of-oil-equivalent
(BOE) per year for the base period (July
1, 2014, through June 30, 2015). Annual
reporting relief will begin January 1,
2016, with the annual report and
payment due February 28, 2017, or
March 31, 2017, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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State
Notification-based relief
(less than 1,000 BOE per year)
Alabama ................................................................................
Arkansas ...............................................................................
California ...............................................................................
Colorado ................................................................................
Kansas ..................................................................................
Louisiana ...............................................................................
Michigan ................................................................................
Mississippi .............................................................................
Montana ................................................................................
Nebraska ...............................................................................
Nevada ..................................................................................
New Mexico ..........................................................................
North Dakota .........................................................................
Oklahoma ..............................................................................
South Dakota ........................................................................
Utah .......................................................................................
Wyoming ...............................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
No .........................................................................................
Yes .......................................................................................
Yes .......................................................................................
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 https://
www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/
PDFDocs/55076.pdf.
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: January 6, 2016.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director, Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–934]
Certain Windshield Wiper Devices and
Components Thereof; Commission
Decision To Review In Part a Final
Initial Determination Finding a
Violation of Section 337; Request for
Written Submissions
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined to review
in part the presiding administrative law
judge’s (‘‘ALJ’’) final initial
determination (‘‘final ID’’) issued on
October 27, 2015 finding a violation of
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 (‘‘section
337’’) in the above-captioned
investigation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Megan M. Valentine, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
708–2301. Copies of non-confidential
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documents filed in connection with this
investigation are or will be available for
inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the
Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436,
telephone (202) 205–2000. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.
The public record for this investigation
may be viewed on the Commission’s
electronic docket (EDIS) at https://
edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired
persons are advised that information on
this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on (202) 205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission instituted this investigation
on October 27, 2014, based on a
Complaint filed by Nobel Biocare
Services AG of Switzerland and Nobel
Biocare USA, LLC of Yorba Linda,
California (collectively, ‘‘Nobel’’), as
supplemented. 79 FR 63940–41 (Oct. 27,
2014). The Complaint alleges violations
of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 (‘‘section
337’’), in the sale for importation,
importation, and sale within the United
States after importation of certain dental
implants by reason of infringement of
certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos.
8,714,977 (‘‘the ’977 patent’’) and
8,764,443 (‘‘the ’443 patent’’). The
Complaint further alleges the existence
of a domestic industry. The
Commission’s Notice of Investigation
named as respondents Neodent USA,
Inc., of Andover, Massachusetts and
´
´
JJGC Industria e Comercio de Materiais
´
Dentarios S/A of Curitiba, Brazil
(collectively, ‘‘Respondents’’). The
Commission previously terminated the
investigation in part as to certain claims
of the ’443 patent. Notice (Apr. 29,
2015); Order No. 22 (Apr. 8, 2015). The
Commission also amended the Notice of
Investigation to reflect the corporate
name change of Neodent USA, Inc. to
lnstradent USA, Inc. Notice (May 6,
2015); Order No. 24 (Apr. 9, 2015). The
use of the term ‘‘Respondents’’ herein
refers to the current named respondents.
On October 27, 2015, the ALJ issued
his final ID, finding a violation of
section 337 with respect to asserted
claims 15, 18, 19, 30, and 32 of the ’443
patent, and finding no violation with
respect to asserted claim 17 of the ’443
patent and all of the asserted claims of
the ’977 patent. In particular, the final
ID finds that the accused products
infringe claims 1–5 and 19 of the ’977
patent and claims 15, 18, 19, 30, and 32
of the ’443 patent, but do not infringe
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claim 17 of the ’443 patent. The final ID
also found that Respondents have
shown that the asserted claims of the
’977 patent are invalid for anticipation
under 35 U.S.C. 102, but have not
shown that the asserted claims of the
’443 are invalid. In addition, the final ID
found that Respondents failed to show
that the asserted claims of the ’977 and
’443 patents are unenforceable due to
inequitable conduct. The final ID further
found that Nobel has satisfied the
domestic industry requirement with
respect to both the ’977 and ’443
patents.
On November 10, 2015, the ALJ
issued his recommended determination
(‘‘RD’’) on remedy and bonding. The RD
recommended that the appropriate
remedy is a limited exclusion order
barring entry of Respondents’ infringing
dental implants. The RD did not
recommend issuance of a cease and
desist order against any respondent. The
RD recommended the imposition of a
bond of $120 per imported unit during
the period of Presidential review.
On November 9, 2015, Nobel filed a
petition for review of the final ID’s
finding of no violation with respect to
claims 1–5 of the ’977 patent. In
particular, Nobel requested review of
the final ID’s finding that the March
2003 Product Catalog of Alpha Bio Tec,
Ltd. (‘‘the 2003 Alpha Bio Tec Catalog’’)
constitutes prior art under 35 U.S.C.
102(b), arguing that the catalog was not
sufficiently publicly accessible prior to
the critical date. Nobel also requested, if
the Commission determines not to
review the ID’s prior art finding, that the
Commission review the final ID’s
construction of the limitation ‘‘the
coronal region having a frustoconical
shape’’ recited in claim 1 of the ’977
patent and, accordingly, review the final
ID’s finding that the accused products
do not infringe claims 1–5 of the ’977
patent under Nobel’s proposed
construction of that limitation. Nobel
further argued that, should the
Commission agree partially with Nobel
concerning the proper construction of
the limitation ‘‘the coronal region
having a frustoconical shape,’’ the 2003
Alpha-Bio Tec Catalog does not
anticipate the asserted claims of the ’977
patent.
No party petitioned for review of the
final ID’s finding that there is a violation
of section 337 with respect to the ’443
patent.
On November 17, 2015, Respondents
and the Commission investigative
attorney (‘‘IA’’) each filed responses
opposing Nobel’s petition for review.
On December 10, 2015, Respondents
submited a post-RD statement on the
public interest pursuant to Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3470-3471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01079]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0002; DS63610000 DR2000000.CH7000 167D0102R2]
States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing
Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties
AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Final regulations that 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
2016, we provide in this notice the affected States' decisions to allow
one or both types of relief.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maroya Faied, Economic and Market
Analysis office, at (303) 231-3744; or email at maroya.faied@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 2016, properties must produce less than 1,000
barrels-of-oil-equivalent (BOE) per year for the base period (July 1,
2014, through June 30, 2015). Annual reporting relief will begin
January 1, 2016, with the annual report and payment due February 28,
2017, or March 31, 2017, 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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Notification-based relief
State (less than 1,000 BOE per Request-based relief (less than 15 BOE
year) per well per day)
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Alabama.................................. No.......................... No.
Arkansas................................. No.......................... No.
California............................... No.......................... No.
Colorado................................. No.......................... No.
Kansas................................... No.......................... No.
Louisiana................................ No.......................... No.
Michigan................................. No.......................... No.
Mississippi.............................. No.......................... No.
Montana.................................. No.......................... No.
Nebraska................................. No.......................... No.
Nevada................................... No.......................... No.
New Mexico............................... No.......................... Yes.
North Dakota............................. Yes......................... Yes.
Oklahoma................................. Yes......................... Yes.
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 https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/PDFDocs/55076.pdf.
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: January 6, 2016.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2016-01079 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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