Notice of Availability of Determination of Competitive Interest in Wind Energy Area Options C and D in the Gulf of Mexico, 101047-101048 [2024-29358]
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on those activities.
4. Other information relevant to
impacts on the human environment
from potential GOM oil and gas
development alternatives, including any
mitigating measures.
To promote informed decisionmaking, comments should be as specific
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James J. Kendall,
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Office, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[Docket No. BOEM–2024–0039]
Notice of Availability of Determination
of Competitive Interest in Wind Energy
Area Options C and D in the Gulf of
Mexico
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) announces the
availability of its determination of
competitive interest in the areas
identified in the prior notice, ‘‘Potential
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power
Development on the Gulf of Mexico
Outer Continental Shelf-Request for
Competitive Interest,’’ which was
published in the Federal Register on
July 29, 2024. BOEM published the
request for competitive interest (RFCI)
after receiving an unsolicited request
from Hecate Energy Gulf Wind LLC
expressing interest in acquiring a
commercial wind energy lease for wind
energy area (WEA) options C and D in
the Gulf of Mexico. In response to the
RFCI, BOEM received one expression of
interest from Invenergy GOM Offshore
Wind LLC. Upon review of the
proposals, BOEM has determined that
competitive interest exists in the RFCI
Areas and will move forward with the
next competitive lease sale process in
the Gulf of Mexico.
ADDRESSES: The determination of
competitive interest memorandum is
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Purpose
This public notice documents the
review and analysis of materials
submitted by Invenergy GOM Offshore
Wind LLC (hereinafter, Invenergy)
(Company #15177) expressing interest
in acquiring a commercial wind energy
lease in response to the RFCI published
in the Federal Register on July 29, 2024
at 89 FR 60913. BOEM published the
RFCI in response to an unsolicited
request from Hecate Energy Gulf Wind
LLC (hereafter, Hecate Energy)
(Company #15166) to acquire a
commercial wind energy lease in Gulf of
Mexico WEA options C and D.
Background
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
SUMMARY:
available on BOEM’s website at https://
www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/gulf-mexico-activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karoline DiPerna, BOEM Office of
Leasing and Plans, 1201 Elmwood Park
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
70123, (504) 736–5722, or
karoline.diperna@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On February 16, 2024, BOEM received
an unsolicited request from Hecate
Energy expressing interest in acquiring
a wind energy lease for WEA options C
and D. After determining that Hecate
Energy is qualified to hold a wind
energy lease in these areas, BOEM
published an RFCI pursuant to
subsection 8(p)(3) of the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)) and BOEM’s
implementing regulations at 30 CFR
585.231. Subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS
Lands Act requires OCS renewable
energy leases, easements, and rights-ofway to be issued ‘‘on a competitive basis
unless the Secretary determines after
public notice of a lease, easement, or
right-of-way that there is no competitive
interest.’’ The RFCI provided public
notice of Hecate Energy’s unsolicited
lease request and invited the submission
of indications of competitive interest in
commercial wind energy leases within
the RFCI areas as well as stakeholder
feedback. The RFCI provided that if
BOEM received one or more indications
of competitive interest from qualified
entities that wish to develop a
commercial wind energy project in the
RFCI areas, BOEM may decide to move
forward with a competitive lease
issuance process following the
procedures set forth in 30 CFR 585.210
through 585.226. Based on those
procedures, if BOEM receives no
competing expressions of interest from
qualified companies, BOEM can decide
to move forward with the lease issuance
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process using the noncompetitive
procedures contained in 30 CFR
585.231.
RFCI Response
BOEM received 18 comments during
the RFCI comment period, including
one expression of interest from
Invenergy. Invenergy is qualified
legally, financially, and technically for
this specific submission pursuant to 30
CFR 585.107 and 585.108. Many of the
comments addressed concerns about the
suitability of the RFCI areas for leasing.
To the extent they are relevant, BOEM
will take all the comments it received
during the RFCI comment period into
consideration as it moves forward with
the competitive leasing process.
Findings
BOEM has deemed both Hecate
Energy and Invenergy to be legally,
technically, and financially qualified to
hold an OCS renewable energy lease in
the Gulf of Mexico. Their submittals
included all the required information
outlined in the RFCI and 30 CFR
585.231.
Hecate Energy’s proposed project
would consist of up to 133 fixed-bottom
wind turbine generators (WTGs), each
with a capacity of 15–23 megawatts
(MW), with an overall maximum
capacity of approximately 2,000 MW.
Each turbine would be deployed on
fixed monopile or jacket foundation
types. Hecate Energy narrowed its
selections to three points of
interconnection within Texas and
Louisiana and continues to examine 12
potential landfall locations with paths
to three designated substations. Export
cables would run separately from each
of the two lease areas, or the lease areas
would be joined offshore with one
substation and one central export cable.
Hecate Energy’s full application can be
found online at https://www.boem.gov/
renewable-energy/state-activities/gulfmexico-activities.
Invenergy’s proposed project would
consist of up to 140 competitively
selected and commercially available
turbines, with expected capacities of
more than 15 MW, for a total project
capacity of up to 2,500 MW. WTG units
would be connected via inter-array
cables to 1–4 offshore substations,
which would connect to an offshore
export cable that would carry the power
to shore. Structures would be designed
to international standards, such as those
from the International Electrotechnical
Commission, to ensure they can
maintain structural reliability in high
load cases. Invenergy’s full expression
of interest can be found online at
https://www.boem.gov/renewable-
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energy/state-activities/gulf-mexicoactivities.
Based on the information provided to
BOEM in the unsolicited lease
application from Hecate Energy and the
response to the RFCI from Invenergy,
BOEM finds that both qualified entities
have submitted all the information that
is required by the Department
regulations (30 CFR 585.231); therefore,
BOEM finds there is competitive
interest in WEA options C and D. As a
result of this finding, BOEM will move
forward with the competitive lease
issuance process following the
procedures set forth in 30 CFR 585.210
through 585.226, including holding the
next competitive lease sale in the Gulf
of Mexico as soon as 2026.
Elizabeth Klein,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–742–745 and
731–TA–1720–1723 (Preliminary)]
Hard Empty Capsules From Brazil,
China, India, and Vietnam
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Determinations
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject investigations, the United
States International Trade Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant
to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’),
that there is a reasonable indication that
an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
of hard empty capsules from China,
India and Vietnam, and that there is a
reasonable indication that an industry
in the United States is threatened with
material injury by reason of imports of
hard empty capsules from Brazil
provided for in subheadings 9602.00.10
and 9602.00.50 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States, that are
alleged to be sold in the United States
at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) and
imports of the subject merchandise from
Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam that
are alleged to be subsidized by the
governments of Brazil, China, India, and
Vietnam.2
1 The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 207.2(f)).
2 89 FR 91684 and 89 FR 91680, November 20,
2024.
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Commencement of Final Phase
Investigations
Pursuant to section 207.18 of the
Commission’s rules, the Commission
also gives notice of the commencement
of the final phase of its investigations.
The Commission will issue a final phase
notice of scheduling, which will be
published in the Federal Register as
provided in § 207.21 of the
Commission’s rules, upon notice from
the U.S. Department of Commerce
(‘‘Commerce’’) of affirmative
preliminary determinations in the
investigations under §§ 703(b) or 733(b)
of the Act, or, if the preliminary
determinations are negative, upon
notice of affirmative final
determinations in those investigations
under §§ 705(a) or 735(a) of the Act.
Parties that filed entries of appearance
in the preliminary phase of the
investigations need not enter a separate
appearance for the final phase of the
investigations. Any other party may file
an entry of appearance for the final
phase of the investigations after
publication of the final phase notice of
scheduling. Industrial users, and, if the
merchandise under investigation is sold
at the retail level, representative
consumer organizations have the right
to appear as parties in Commission
antidumping and countervailing duty
investigations. The Secretary will
prepare a public service list containing
the names and addresses of all persons,
or their representatives, who are parties
to the investigations. As provided in
section 207.20 of the Commission’s
rules, the Director of the Office of
Investigations will circulate draft
questionnaires for the final phase of the
investigations to parties to the
investigations, placing copies on the
Commission’s Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS, https://
edis.usitc.gov), for comment.
Background
On October 24, 2024, Lonza
Greenwood LLC, Greenwood, South
Carolina filed petitions with the
Commission and Commerce, alleging
that an industry in the United States is
materially injured or threatened with
material injury by reason of subsidized
imports of hard empty capsules from
Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam and
LTFV imports of hard empty capsules
from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam.
Accordingly, effective October 24, 2024,
the Commission instituted
countervailing duty investigation Nos.
701–TA–742–745 and antidumping
duty investigation Nos. 731–TA–1720–
1723 (Preliminary).
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Notice of the institution of the
Commission’s investigations and of a
public conference to be held in
connection therewith was given by
posting copies of the notice in the Office
of the Secretary, U.S. International
Trade Commission, Washington, DC,
and by publishing the notice in the
Federal Register of October 30, 2024 (89
FR 86370). The Commission conducted
its conference on November 14, 2024.
All persons who requested the
opportunity were permitted to
participate.
The Commission made these
determinations pursuant to §§ 703(a)
and 733(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671b(a) and 1673b(a)). It completed
and filed its determinations in these
investigations on December 9, 2024. The
views of the Commission are contained
in USITC Publication 5572 (December
2024), entitled Hard Empty Capsules
from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam:
Investigation Nos. 701–TA–742–745 and
731–TA–1720–1723 (Preliminary).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: December 9, 2024.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024–29332 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1377]
Certain Products Containing
Tirzepatide and Products Purporting
To Contain Tirzepatide; Notice of
Request for Submissions on the Public
Interest
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that on
December 6, 2024, the presiding
administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued
an Initial Determination Granting-inPart Summary Determination on
Violation of Section 337. The ALJ also
issued a Preliminary Recommended
Determination on Remedy and Bond
should a violation be found in the
above-captioned investigation. The
Commission is soliciting submissions
on public interest issues raised by the
recommended relief should the
Commission find a violation. This
notice is soliciting comments from the
public and interested government
agencies only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald A. Traud, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2024-0039]
Notice of Availability of Determination of Competitive Interest
in Wind Energy Area Options C and D in the Gulf of Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the
availability of its determination of competitive interest in the areas
identified in the prior notice, ``Potential Commercial Leasing for Wind
Power Development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf-Request
for Competitive Interest,'' which was published in the Federal Register
on July 29, 2024. BOEM published the request for competitive interest
(RFCI) after receiving an unsolicited request from Hecate Energy Gulf
Wind LLC expressing interest in acquiring a commercial wind energy
lease for wind energy area (WEA) options C and D in the Gulf of Mexico.
In response to the RFCI, BOEM received one expression of interest from
Invenergy GOM Offshore Wind LLC. Upon review of the proposals, BOEM has
determined that competitive interest exists in the RFCI Areas and will
move forward with the next competitive lease sale process in the Gulf
of Mexico.
ADDRESSES: The determination of competitive interest memorandum is
available on BOEM's website at https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/gulf-mexico-activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karoline DiPerna, BOEM Office of
Leasing and Plans, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
70123, (504) 736-5722, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose
This public notice documents the review and analysis of materials
submitted by Invenergy GOM Offshore Wind LLC (hereinafter, Invenergy)
(Company #15177) expressing interest in acquiring a commercial wind
energy lease in response to the RFCI published in the Federal Register
on July 29, 2024 at 89 FR 60913. BOEM published the RFCI in response to
an unsolicited request from Hecate Energy Gulf Wind LLC (hereafter,
Hecate Energy) (Company #15166) to acquire a commercial wind energy
lease in Gulf of Mexico WEA options C and D.
Background
On February 16, 2024, BOEM received an unsolicited request from
Hecate Energy expressing interest in acquiring a wind energy lease for
WEA options C and D. After determining that Hecate Energy is qualified
to hold a wind energy lease in these areas, BOEM published an RFCI
pursuant to subsection 8(p)(3) of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)) and BOEM's implementing regulations at
30 CFR 585.231. Subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act requires OCS
renewable energy leases, easements, and rights-of-way to be issued ``on
a competitive basis unless the Secretary determines after public notice
of a lease, easement, or right-of-way that there is no competitive
interest.'' The RFCI provided public notice of Hecate Energy's
unsolicited lease request and invited the submission of indications of
competitive interest in commercial wind energy leases within the RFCI
areas as well as stakeholder feedback. The RFCI provided that if BOEM
received one or more indications of competitive interest from qualified
entities that wish to develop a commercial wind energy project in the
RFCI areas, BOEM may decide to move forward with a competitive lease
issuance process following the procedures set forth in 30 CFR 585.210
through 585.226. Based on those procedures, if BOEM receives no
competing expressions of interest from qualified companies, BOEM can
decide to move forward with the lease issuance process using the
noncompetitive procedures contained in 30 CFR 585.231.
RFCI Response
BOEM received 18 comments during the RFCI comment period, including
one expression of interest from Invenergy. Invenergy is qualified
legally, financially, and technically for this specific submission
pursuant to 30 CFR 585.107 and 585.108. Many of the comments addressed
concerns about the suitability of the RFCI areas for leasing. To the
extent they are relevant, BOEM will take all the comments it received
during the RFCI comment period into consideration as it moves forward
with the competitive leasing process.
Findings
BOEM has deemed both Hecate Energy and Invenergy to be legally,
technically, and financially qualified to hold an OCS renewable energy
lease in the Gulf of Mexico. Their submittals included all the required
information outlined in the RFCI and 30 CFR 585.231.
Hecate Energy's proposed project would consist of up to 133 fixed-
bottom wind turbine generators (WTGs), each with a capacity of 15-23
megawatts (MW), with an overall maximum capacity of approximately 2,000
MW. Each turbine would be deployed on fixed monopile or jacket
foundation types. Hecate Energy narrowed its selections to three points
of interconnection within Texas and Louisiana and continues to examine
12 potential landfall locations with paths to three designated
substations. Export cables would run separately from each of the two
lease areas, or the lease areas would be joined offshore with one
substation and one central export cable. Hecate Energy's full
application can be found online at https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/gulf-mexico-activities.
Invenergy's proposed project would consist of up to 140
competitively selected and commercially available turbines, with
expected capacities of more than 15 MW, for a total project capacity of
up to 2,500 MW. WTG units would be connected via inter-array cables to
1-4 offshore substations, which would connect to an offshore export
cable that would carry the power to shore. Structures would be designed
to international standards, such as those from the International
Electrotechnical Commission, to ensure they can maintain structural
reliability in high load cases. Invenergy's full expression of interest
can be found online at https://www.boem.gov/renewable-
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energy/state-activities/gulf-mexico-activities.
Based on the information provided to BOEM in the unsolicited lease
application from Hecate Energy and the response to the RFCI from
Invenergy, BOEM finds that both qualified entities have submitted all
the information that is required by the Department regulations (30 CFR
585.231); therefore, BOEM finds there is competitive interest in WEA
options C and D. As a result of this finding, BOEM will move forward
with the competitive lease issuance process following the procedures
set forth in 30 CFR 585.210 through 585.226, including holding the next
competitive lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico as soon as 2026.
Elizabeth Klein,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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