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Applicants who submit a nomination
in response to this Call, or who already
submitted a nomination in response to
the RFI, are invited (but not required) to
respond to this Call with a description
of the compatibility of their proposed
project with the proposed Port Ambrose
LNG Project and with commercial
fishing activity occurring, or expected to
occur, within and/or near the Call Area.
Please state whether you would
consider such activities to be
compatible with the commercial wind
activities you ultimately plan to
undertake on the lease. If you believe
that specific project design measures
would promote greater compatibility,
please specify which measures (e.g.,
notices to mariners, spacing between
individual turbines, array
configurations, cable burial depths,
routing measures, inspection protocols,
cable configurations or consolidations).
Call for Information: Requested
Information From Interested or
Affected Parties
BOEM is requesting from the public
and other interested or affected parties
specific and detailed data, or other
information regarding the following:
(1) Geological and geophysical
conditions (including bottom and
shallow hazards) in the area described
in this notice;
(2) Known archaeological and/or
cultural resource sites on the seabed in
the area described in this notice;
(3) Historic properties potentially
affected by the construction of
meteorological towers, the installation
of meteorological buoys, or commercial
wind development in the area identified
in this Call;
(4) Other uses of the area, including
navigation (in particular, commercial
and recreational vessel use), recreation,
and fisheries (commercial and
recreational);
(5) Other relevant socioeconomic,
biological, and environmental
information;
(6) Any potential conflicts or
compatibilities between the proposed
commercial wind activities and existing
fishing practices. If you believe that
specific wind project design measures
would promote greater compatibility
between these two uses, please specify
which measures (e.g., notices to
mariners, spacing between individual
turbines, array configurations, cable
burial depths, routing measures,
inspection protocols, cable
configurations or consolidations);
(7) Any potential conflicts or
compatibilities between the proposed
Port Ambrose LNG Project and proposed
commercial wind activities. If you

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believe that specific wind project design
measures would promote greater
compatibility between these two uses,
please specify which measures (e.g.,
notices to mariners, spacing between
individual turbines, array
configurations, cable burial depths,
routing measures, inspection protocols,
cable configurations or consolidations);
and
(8) Any other relevant information
BOEM should consider during its
planning and decision-making process
for the purpose of issuing a lease in the
Call Area.
Protection of Privileged or Confidential
Information
Freedom of Information Act: BOEM
will protect privileged or confidential
information submitted as required by
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Exemption 4 of FOIA applies to trade
secrets and commercial or financial
information that you submit that is
privileged or confidential. If you wish to
protect the confidentiality of such
information, clearly mark it and request
that BOEM treat it as confidential.
BOEM will not disclose such
information, subject to the requirements
of FOIA. Please label privileged or
confidential information ‘‘Contains
Confidential Information’’ and consider
submitting such information as a
separate attachment.
However, BOEM will not treat as
confidential any aggregate summaries of
such information or comments not
containing such information.
Additionally, BOEM will not treat as
confidential (1) the legal title of the
nominating entity (for example, the
name of your company), or (2) the list
of whole or partial blocks that you are
nominating. Finally, information that is
not labeled as privileged or confidential
would be regarded by BOEM as suitable
for public release.
Section 304 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C.
470w–3(a)): BOEM is required, after
consultation with the Secretary of the
Interior, to withhold the location,
character, or ownership of historic
resources if it determines that disclosure
may, among other things, risk harm to
the historic resources or impede the use
of a traditional religious site by
practitioners. Tribal entities should
designate information that falls under
Section 304 of NHPA as confidential.
Dated: May 19, 2014.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0009; DS63610300
DR2PS0000.CH7000 134D0102R2]

Information Collection Request
Renewal; Collection of Monies Due the
Federal Government; Agency
Information Collection Activities:
Submitted for Office of Management
and Budget Review; Comment Request
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a
currently approved information
collection (OMB Control Number 1012–
0008).
AGENCY:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Office of Natural Resources
Revenue (ONRR) is inviting comments
on the renewal of a collection of
information that we will submit to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This
Information Collection Request (ICR)
covers the paperwork requirements in
the regulations under 30 CFR part 1218.
DATES: Submit written comments on or
before July 28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this ICR to ONRR by using one of the
following three methods (please
reference ICR 1012–0008 in your
comments):
• Electronically go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ONRR–
2011–0009, and then click search.
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments. We will post all comments.
• Mail comments to Luis Aguilar,
Regulatory Specialist, Office of Natural
Resources Revenue, P.O. Box 25165, MS
61013A, Denver, Colorado 80225.
• Hand-carry comments or use an
overnight courier service. Our courier
address is Building 85, Room A–614,
Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave.
and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado
80225.
SUMMARY:

For
questions on technical issues, contact
Ms. Lee-Ann Martin, Reporting and
Solid Mineral Services, ONRR,
telephone (303) 231–3313, or email at
LeeAnn.Martin@onrr.gov. For other
questions, contact Mr. Luis Aguilar,
telephone (303) 231–3418, or email at
Luis.Aguilar@onrr.gov. You may also
contact Mr. Aguilar to obtain copies
(free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any
associated forms, and (3) the regulations
that require the subject collection of
information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR Part 1218, Collection of
Monies Due the Federal Government.
OMB Control Number: 1012–0008.
Bureau Form Number: Form ONRR–
4425.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior is responsible
for mineral resource development on
Federal and Indian lands and the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary
is required by various laws to manage
mineral resource production from
Federal and Indian lands and the OCS,
collect the royalties and other mineral
revenues due, and distribute the funds
collected in accordance with applicable
laws. The Secretary also has a trust
responsibility to manage Indian lands
and to seek advice and information from
Indian beneficiaries. ONRR performs the
minerals revenue management functions
for the Secretary and assists the
Secretary in carrying out the
Department’s trust responsibility for
Indian lands. Public laws pertaining to
mineral leases on Federal and Indian
lands are posted on our Web site at
http://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/
PubLaws/default.htm.
Minerals produced from Federal and
Indian leases vary greatly in the nature
of occurrence, production, and
processing methods. When a company
or an individual enters into a lease to
explore, develop, produce, and dispose
of minerals from Federal or Indian
lands, that company or individual
agrees to pay the lessor a share in an
amount or value of production from the
leased lands. The lessee is required to
report various kinds of information to
the lessor relative to the disposition of
the leased minerals. Such information is
generally available within the records of
the lessee or others involved in
developing, transporting, processing,
purchasing, or selling such minerals.
The information collected includes data
necessary to ensure that production is
accurately valued and that royalties are
appropriately paid.
This ICR covers unique reporting
circumstances, including (1) Cross-lease
netting in calculation of late-payment
interest; (2) designation of a designee;
and (3) and Tribal permission for
recoupment on Indian oil and gas
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Cross-Lease Netting in Calculation of
Late-Payment Interest
Regulations at § 1218.54 require
ONRR to assess interest on unpaid or
underpaid amounts. ONRR distributes
these interest revenues to States, Indian
tribes, and the U.S. Treasury, based on
financial lease distribution information.
Current regulations at § 1218.42 provide
that an overpayment on a lease or leases
may be offset against an underpayment
on a different lease or leases to
determine the net payment subject to
interest when certain conditions are
met. This process is called cross-lease
netting. Sections 6(a), (b), and (c) of the
Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act
(RSFA) require ONRR to pay interest on
lessees’ Federal oil and gas
overpayments made on or after February
13, 1997 (six months after the August
13, 1996, enactment of RSFA). ONRR
implemented this RSFA provision in
1997 and began calculating interest on
both underpayments and overpayments
for Federal oil and gas leases, making
the cross-lease netting provisions at
§ 1218.42 no longer applicable for these
leases. However, lessees must still
comply with the provisions at 30 CFR
1218.42(b) and (c) for Indian Tribal
leases or Federal leases other than oil
and gas. They must demonstrate that
cross-lease netting is correct by
submitting production reports, pipeline
allocation reports, or other similar
documentary evidence. This
information is necessary in order for
ONRR to determine the correct amount
of interest that the lessee owes and to
ensure that we collect in full all monies
owed to the Federal Government.
Designation of Designee
Requirements of RSFA established
that owners of, primarily, operating
rights or, secondarily, lease record title
(both referred to as ‘‘lessees’’) are
responsible for making royalty and
related payments on Federal oil and gas
leases (see 30 CFR 1218.52). It is
common however, for a payor—rather
than a lessee—to make these payments.
When a payor makes payments on
behalf of a lessee, RSFA section 6(g)
requires that the lessee designate the
payor as its designee and notify ONRR
of this arrangement in writing. We
designed Form ONRR–4425,
Designation Form for Royalty Payment
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information necessary for lessees to
comply with these RSFA requirements
when choosing to designate an agent to
pay for them. We require this
information to ensure proper mineral
revenue collection.
Tribal Permission for Recoupment on
Indian Oil and Gas Leases
In order to report cross-lease netting
on Indian oil and gas leases, lessees
must also comply with regulations at 30
CFR 1218.53(b), allowing only lessees
with written permission from the Tribe
to recoup overpayments on one lease
against a different lease for which the
Tribe is the lessor. The payor must
provide ONRR with a copy of the
Tribe’s written permission. Generally, a
payor may recoup an overpayment
against the current month’s royalties or
other revenues owed on the same Tribal
lease. For any month, a payor may not
recoup more than 50 percent of the
royalties or other revenues owed in that
month (under an individual allotted
lease) or more than 100 percent of the
royalties or other revenues owed in that
month (under a Tribal lease). Lessees
report oil and gas lease recoupments on
Form ONRR–2014, Report of Sales and
Royalty Remittance. The burden hours
are covered under OMB Control Number
1012–0004.
OMB Approval
We are requesting OMB’s approval to
continue to collect this information. Not
collecting this information would limit
the Secretary’s ability to discharge the
duties of the office and may also result
in the loss of royalty payments.
Proprietary information submitted is
protected, and there are no questions of
a sensitive nature included in this
information collection.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 1,630 Federal and Indian
lessees.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 1,255
hours.
We have not included in our
estimates certain requirements
performed in the normal course of
business and that are considered usual
and customary. The following chart
shows the estimated burden hours by
CFR section and paragraph:

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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Citation 30 CFR Part
1218

Reporting and recordkeeping requirement

Average
number of
annual
responses

Hour burden

Annual burden
hours

Subpart A—General Provisions—Cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest.
1218.42 (b) and (c) .....

Cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest. (b) Royalties attributed to production from a lease or leases which
should have been attributed to production from a different lease
or leases may be offset . . . if . . . the payor submits production
reports, pipeline allocation reports, or other similar documentary
evidence pertaining to the specific production involved which
verifies the correct production information . . . . (c) If ONRR assesses late-payment interest and the payor asserts that some or
all of the interest is not owed . . . the burden is on the payor to
demonstrate that the exception applies. . . .

2

25

50

1,600

1,200

Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General—How does a lessee designate a Designee?
1218.52 (a), (c), and
(d).

How does a lessee designate a Designee? (a) If you are a lessee
under 30 U.S.C. 1701(7), and you want to designate a person to
make all or part of the payments due under a lease on your behalf . . . you must notify ONRR . . . in writing of such designation.
. . . (c) If you want to terminate a designation . . . you must provide [the following] to ONRR in writing . . . . (d) ONRR may require you to provide notice when there is a change in the percentage of your record title or operating rights ownership.
The ONRR currently uses Form MMS–4425, Designation Form for
Royalty Payment Responsibility, to collect this information.

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Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General—Recoupment of overpayments on Indian mineral leases.
1218.53 (b) .................

Recoupment of overpayments on Indian mineral leases. (b) With
written permission authorized by tribal statute or resolution, a
payor may recoup an overpayment against royalties or other revenues owed . . . under other leases . . . . A copy of the tribe’s
written permission must be furnished to ONRR . . . .

1

5

5

Total Burden ........

.............................................................................................................

........................

1,630

1,255

Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost
Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burden associated with this
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor—
and a person is not required to respond
to—a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA requires each agency to ‘‘* * *
provide 60-day notice in the Federal
Register * * * and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information * * *.’’
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
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usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Public Comment Policy: We post all
comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, at http://
www.regulations.gov. Before including
your address, phone number, email
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, be
advised 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 from
public view your personal identifying
information, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Information Collection Clearance
Officer: David Alspach (202) 219–8526

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Dated: May 16, 2014.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director, Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2014–12185 Filed 5–27–14; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 731–TA–1206 (Final)]

Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated FlatRolled Steel Products From Japan;
Determination
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject investigation, the United
States International Trade Commission
(Commission) determines,2 pursuant to
section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) (the Act), that an
industry in the United States is
1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 207.2(f)).
2 Commissioner Rhonda K. Schmidtlein not
participating.

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