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Lease Award
BOEM requires each bidder awarded
a lease to:
(1) Execute all copies of the lease
(Form BOEM–2005 (February 2017), as
amended);
(2) Pay by EFT the balance of the
bonus bid amount and the first year’s
rental for each lease issued in
accordance with the requirements of 30
CFR 218.155 and 556.520(a); and
(3) Satisfy the bonding requirements
of 30 CFR part 556, subpart I, as
amended. ONRR requests that only one
transaction be used for payment of the
balance of the bonus bid amount and
the first year’s rental.
XI. Delay of Sale
The BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD has the
discretion to change any date, time,
and/or location specified in the Final
NOS package in the case of an event that
the BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD deems
may interfere with the carrying out of a
fair and orderly lease sale process. Such
events could include, but are not
limited to, natural disasters (e.g.,
earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods),
wars, riots, acts of terrorism, fires,
strikes, civil disorder, or other events of
a similar nature. In case of such events,
bidders should call (504) 736–0557, or
access the BOEM Web site at https://
www.boem.gov, for information
regarding any changes.
Dated: July 11, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2017–0012;
MMAA104000]
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS), Oil and Gas Lease Sale 249
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a
Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) is announcing the
availability of a Record of Decision for
proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM)
regionwide oil and gas Lease Sale 249.
This Record of Decision identifies
BOEM’s selected alternative for
proposed Lease Sale 249, which is
analyzed in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil
and Gas Lease Sales: 2017–2022; Gulf of
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Mexico Lease Sales 249, 250, 251, 252,
253, 254, 256, 257, 259, and 261; Final
Multisale Environmental Impact
Statement (2017–2022 GOM Multisale
EIS).
ADDRESSES: The Record of Decision and
associated information are available on
BOEM’s Web site at https://
www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
more information on the Record of
Decision, you may contact Mr. Greg
Kozlowski, Deputy Regional Supervisor,
Office of Environment, by telephone at
504–736–2512 or by email at
greg.kozlowski@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
GOM Multisale EIS, BOEM evaluated
five alternatives that are summarized
below in regards to proposed Lease Sale
249:
Alternative A—Regionwide OCS Lease
Sale: This is BOEM’s preferred
alternative. This alternative would
allow for a proposed GOM regionwide
lease sale encompassing all three
planning areas: The Western Planning
Area (WPA); the Central Planning Area
(CPA); and the Eastern Planning Area
(EPA). Under this alternative, BOEM
would offer for lease all available
unleased blocks within the proposed
regionwide lease sale area for oil and
gas operations with the following
exceptions: Whole and portions of
blocks deferred by the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006; blocks that
are adjacent to or beyond the United
States’ Exclusive Economic Zone in the
area known as the northern portion of
the Eastern Gap; and whole and partial
blocks within the current boundary of
the Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary. The unavailable
blocks are listed in Section I of the Final
Notice of Sale for Lease Sale 249. The
proposed regionwide lease sale area
encompasses about 91.93 million acres
(ac). As of June 2017, approximately
75.7 million ac of the proposed
regionwide lease sale area are currently
available for lease. The estimated
amounts of resources projected to be
leased, discovered, developed, and
produced as a result of the proposed
regionwide lease sale are 0.211–1.118
billion barrels of oil (BBO) and 0.547–
4.424 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas.
Alternative B—Regionwide OCS Lease
Sale Excluding Available Unleased
Blocks in the WPA Portion of the
Proposed Lease Sale Area: This
alternative would offer for lease all
available unleased blocks within the
CPA and EPA portions of the proposed
lease sale area for oil and gas operations,
with the following exceptions: Whole
and portions of blocks deferred by the
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Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of
2006; and blocks that are adjacent to or
beyond the United States’ Exclusive
Economic Zone in the area known as the
northern portion of the Eastern Gap. The
proposed CPA/EPA lease sale area
encompasses about 63.35 million ac. As
of June 2017, approximately 49.8
million ac of the proposed CPA/EPA
lease sale area are currently available for
lease. The estimated amounts of
resources projected to be leased,
discovered, developed, and produced as
a result of the proposed lease sale under
Alternative B are 0.185–0.970 BBO and
0.44–3.672 Tcf of gas.
Alternative C—Regionwide OCS Lease
Sale Excluding Available Unleased
Blocks in the CPA and EPA Portions of
the Proposed Lease Sale Area: This
alternative would offer for lease all
available unleased blocks within the
WPA portion of the proposed lease sale
area for oil and gas operations, with the
following exception: whole and partial
blocks within the current boundary of
the Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary. The proposed WPA
lease sale area encompasses about 28.58
million acres (ac). As of June 2017,
approximately 25.9 million ac of the
proposed WPA lease sale area are
currently available for lease. The
estimated amounts of resources
projected to be leased, discovered,
developed, and produced as a result of
the proposed lease sale under
Alternative C are 0.026–0.148 BBO and
0.106–0.752 Tcf of gas.
Alternative D—Alternative A, B, or C,
with the Option to Exclude Available
Unleased Blocks Subject to the
Topographic Features, Live Bottom
(Pinnacle Trend), and/or Blocks South
of Baldwin County, Alabama,
Stipulations: This alternative could be
combined with any of the Action
alternatives above (i.e., Alternatives A,
B, or C) and would allow the flexibility
to offer leases under any alternative
with additional exclusions. Under
Alternative D, the decisionmaker could
exclude from leasing any available
unleased blocks subject to any one and/
or a combination of the following
stipulations: Topographic Features
Stipulation; Live Bottom (Pinnacle
Trend) Stipulation; and Blocks South of
Baldwin County, Alabama, Stipulation
(not applicable to Alternative C). This
alternative considered blocks subject to
these stipulations because these areas
have been emphasized in scoping, can
be geographically defined, and adequate
information exists regarding their
ecological importance and sensitivity to
OCS oil- and gas-related activities.
A total of 207 blocks within the CPA
and 160 blocks in the WPA are affected
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by the Topographic Features
Stipulation. There are currently no
identified topographic features
protected under this stipulation in the
EPA. The Live Bottom Stipulation
covers the pinnacle trend area of the
CPA, affecting a total of 74 blocks.
Under Alternative D, the number of
blocks that would become unavailable
for lease represents only a small
percentage of the total number of blocks
to be offered under Alternative A, B, or
C (<4%, even if blocks subject to all
three stipulations were excluded).
Therefore, Alternative D could reduce
offshore infrastructure and activities,
but Alternative D may (and BOEM
believes it is more reasonable to expect)
only shift the location of offshore
infrastructure and activities farther from
these sensitive zones and not lead to a
reduction in overall offshore
infrastructure and activities.
Alternative E—No Action: This
alternative is not holding the proposed
regionwide Lease Sale 249 and is
identified as the environmentally
preferred alternative.
Lease Stipulations—The GOM
Multisale EIS describes all lease
stipulations, which are included in the
Final Notice of Sale Package. In the
Record of Decision for the Five Year
Program, the Secretary required the
protection of Biologically Sensitive
Underwater Features in all Gulf oil and
gas lease sales as programmatic
mitigation; therefore, the application of
the Topographic Features Stipulation
and Live Bottom (Pinnacle Trend)
Stipulation are being adopted and
applied for applicable designated lease
blocks in Lease Sale 249.
The additional eight lease stipulations
for proposed regionwide Lease Sale 249
are the Military Areas Stipulation; the
Evacuation Stipulation; the
Coordination Stipulation; the Blocks
South of Baldwin County, Alabama,
Stipulation; the Protected Species
Stipulation; the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea
Royalty Payment Stipulation; the Below
Seabed Operations Stipulation; and the
Stipulation on the Agreement between
the United States of America and the
United Mexican States Concerning
Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
in the Gulf of Mexico. These 10
stipulations will be added as lease terms
where applicable and will be
enforceable as part of the lease.
Appendix B of the GOM Multisale EIS
provides a list and description of
standard postlease conditions of
approval that may be required by BOEM
or the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement as a result
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of plan and permit review processes for
the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
After careful consideration, BOEM
has selected the preferred alternative
(Alternative A) in the 2017–2022 GOM
Multisale EIS for proposed Lease Sale
249. BOEM’s selection of the preferred
alternative meets the purpose and need
for the proposed action, as identified in
the GOM Multisale EIS, and reflects an
orderly resource development with
protection of the human, marine, and
coastal environments while also
ensuring that the public receives an
equitable return for these resources and
that free-market competition is
maintained.
Authority: This notice of availability of a
Record of Decision is published pursuant to
the regulations (40 CFR part 1505)
implementing the provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Dated: July 11, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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Certain Semiconductor Devices,
Semiconductor Device Packages, and
Products Containing Same; Notice of
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Interest
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the presiding administrative law judge
(‘‘ALJ’’) has issued a recommended
determination on remedy and bonding
in the above-captioned investigation.
The Commission is soliciting
submissions from the public on any
public interest issues raised by the
recommended relief. The ALJ
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HTC America Inc. of Bellevue,
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NETGEAR, Inc. of San Jose, California;
Technicolor S.A. of Issy-LesMoulineaux, France, as well as
Technicolor USA, Inc. and Technicolor
Connected Home USA LLC, both of
Indianapolis, Indiana (collectively,
‘‘Technicolor’’). The ALJ also
recommended that cease and desist
orders be directed to these respondents.
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and the public record, can be accessed
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2017-0012; MMAA104000]
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Oil and Gas Lease
Sale 249
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is announcing the
availability of a Record of Decision for proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM)
regionwide oil and gas Lease Sale 249. This Record of Decision
identifies BOEM's selected alternative for proposed Lease Sale 249,
which is analyzed in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales:
2017-2022; Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254,
256, 257, 259, and 261; Final Multisale Environmental Impact Statement
(2017-2022 GOM Multisale EIS).
ADDRESSES: The Record of Decision and associated information are
available on BOEM's Web site at https://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on the Record of
Decision, you may contact Mr. Greg Kozlowski, Deputy Regional
Supervisor, Office of Environment, by telephone at 504-736-2512 or by
email at greg.kozlowski@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the GOM Multisale EIS, BOEM evaluated
five alternatives that are summarized below in regards to proposed
Lease Sale 249:
Alternative A--Regionwide OCS Lease Sale: This is BOEM's preferred
alternative. This alternative would allow for a proposed GOM regionwide
lease sale encompassing all three planning areas: The Western Planning
Area (WPA); the Central Planning Area (CPA); and the Eastern Planning
Area (EPA). Under this alternative, BOEM would offer for lease all
available unleased blocks within the proposed regionwide lease sale
area for oil and gas operations with the following exceptions: Whole
and portions of blocks deferred by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security
Act of 2006; blocks that are adjacent to or beyond the United States'
Exclusive Economic Zone in the area known as the northern portion of
the Eastern Gap; and whole and partial blocks within the current
boundary of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. The
unavailable blocks are listed in Section I of the Final Notice of Sale
for Lease Sale 249. The proposed regionwide lease sale area encompasses
about 91.93 million acres (ac). As of June 2017, approximately 75.7
million ac of the proposed regionwide lease sale area are currently
available for lease. The estimated amounts of resources projected to be
leased, discovered, developed, and produced as a result of the proposed
regionwide lease sale are 0.211-1.118 billion barrels of oil (BBO) and
0.547-4.424 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas.
Alternative B--Regionwide OCS Lease Sale Excluding Available
Unleased Blocks in the WPA Portion of the Proposed Lease Sale Area:
This alternative would offer for lease all available unleased blocks
within the CPA and EPA portions of the proposed lease sale area for oil
and gas operations, with the following exceptions: Whole and portions
of blocks deferred by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006;
and blocks that are adjacent to or beyond the United States' Exclusive
Economic Zone in the area known as the northern portion of the Eastern
Gap. The proposed CPA/EPA lease sale area encompasses about 63.35
million ac. As of June 2017, approximately 49.8 million ac of the
proposed CPA/EPA lease sale area are currently available for lease. The
estimated amounts of resources projected to be leased, discovered,
developed, and produced as a result of the proposed lease sale under
Alternative B are 0.185-0.970 BBO and 0.44-3.672 Tcf of gas.
Alternative C--Regionwide OCS Lease Sale Excluding Available
Unleased Blocks in the CPA and EPA Portions of the Proposed Lease Sale
Area: This alternative would offer for lease all available unleased
blocks within the WPA portion of the proposed lease sale area for oil
and gas operations, with the following exception: whole and partial
blocks within the current boundary of the Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary. The proposed WPA lease sale area encompasses about
28.58 million acres (ac). As of June 2017, approximately 25.9 million
ac of the proposed WPA lease sale area are currently available for
lease. The estimated amounts of resources projected to be leased,
discovered, developed, and produced as a result of the proposed lease
sale under Alternative C are 0.026-0.148 BBO and 0.106-0.752 Tcf of
gas.
Alternative D--Alternative A, B, or C, with the Option to Exclude
Available Unleased Blocks Subject to the Topographic Features, Live
Bottom (Pinnacle Trend), and/or Blocks South of Baldwin County,
Alabama, Stipulations: This alternative could be combined with any of
the Action alternatives above (i.e., Alternatives A, B, or C) and would
allow the flexibility to offer leases under any alternative with
additional exclusions. Under Alternative D, the decisionmaker could
exclude from leasing any available unleased blocks subject to any one
and/or a combination of the following stipulations: Topographic
Features Stipulation; Live Bottom (Pinnacle Trend) Stipulation; and
Blocks South of Baldwin County, Alabama, Stipulation (not applicable to
Alternative C). This alternative considered blocks subject to these
stipulations because these areas have been emphasized in scoping, can
be geographically defined, and adequate information exists regarding
their ecological importance and sensitivity to OCS oil- and gas-related
activities.
A total of 207 blocks within the CPA and 160 blocks in the WPA are
affected
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by the Topographic Features Stipulation. There are currently no
identified topographic features protected under this stipulation in the
EPA. The Live Bottom Stipulation covers the pinnacle trend area of the
CPA, affecting a total of 74 blocks. Under Alternative D, the number of
blocks that would become unavailable for lease represents only a small
percentage of the total number of blocks to be offered under
Alternative A, B, or C (<4%, even if blocks subject to all three
stipulations were excluded). Therefore, Alternative D could reduce
offshore infrastructure and activities, but Alternative D may (and BOEM
believes it is more reasonable to expect) only shift the location of
offshore infrastructure and activities farther from these sensitive
zones and not lead to a reduction in overall offshore infrastructure
and activities.
Alternative E--No Action: This alternative is not holding the
proposed regionwide Lease Sale 249 and is identified as the
environmentally preferred alternative.
Lease Stipulations--The GOM Multisale EIS describes all lease
stipulations, which are included in the Final Notice of Sale Package.
In the Record of Decision for the Five Year Program, the Secretary
required the protection of Biologically Sensitive Underwater Features
in all Gulf oil and gas lease sales as programmatic mitigation;
therefore, the application of the Topographic Features Stipulation and
Live Bottom (Pinnacle Trend) Stipulation are being adopted and applied
for applicable designated lease blocks in Lease Sale 249.
The additional eight lease stipulations for proposed regionwide
Lease Sale 249 are the Military Areas Stipulation; the Evacuation
Stipulation; the Coordination Stipulation; the Blocks South of Baldwin
County, Alabama, Stipulation; the Protected Species Stipulation; the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Royalty Payment
Stipulation; the Below Seabed Operations Stipulation; and the
Stipulation on the Agreement between the United States of America and
the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon
Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico. These 10 stipulations will be added
as lease terms where applicable and will be enforceable as part of the
lease. Appendix B of the GOM Multisale EIS provides a list and
description of standard postlease conditions of approval that may be
required by BOEM or the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
as a result of plan and permit review processes for the Gulf of Mexico
OCS Region.
After careful consideration, BOEM has selected the preferred
alternative (Alternative A) in the 2017-2022 GOM Multisale EIS for
proposed Lease Sale 249. BOEM's selection of the preferred alternative
meets the purpose and need for the proposed action, as identified in
the GOM Multisale EIS, and reflects an orderly resource development
with protection of the human, marine, and coastal environments while
also ensuring that the public receives an equitable return for these
resources and that free-market competition is maintained.
Authority: This notice of availability of a Record of Decision
is published pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR part 1505)
implementing the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Dated: July 11, 2017.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-14870 Filed 7-13-17; 8:45 am]
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