80_FR_58975 80 FR 58786 - Request for Information on the State of the Offshore Renewable Energy Industry-Request for Feedback; MMAA104000

80 FR 58786 - Request for Information on the State of the Offshore Renewable Energy Industry-Request for Feedback; MMAA104000

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 189 (September 30, 2015)

Page Range58786-58787
FR Document2015-24406

BOEM invites public comment on the aspects of BOEM's renewable energy program that stakeholders have found to be successful, and those program areas where there appear to be opportunities for improvement.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58786-58787]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24406]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2015-0091]


Request for Information on the State of the Offshore Renewable 
Energy Industry--Request for Feedback; MMAA104000

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: Request for Feedback.

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SUMMARY: BOEM invites public comment on the aspects of BOEM's renewable 
energy program that stakeholders have found to be successful, and those 
program areas where there appear to be opportunities for improvement.

DATES: Stakeholders should submit comments electronically or postmarked 
no later than December 29, 2015.

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ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted in one of the two following 
ways:
    1. Electronically: http://www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled 
``Enter Keyword or ID,'' search for BOEM-2015-0091. Follow the 
instructions to submit public comments in response to this document.
    2. Written Comments: In written form, delivered by hand or by mail, 
enclosed in an envelope labeled ``Comments on Request for Feedback'' 
to: Office of Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OREP, Sterling, Virginia 20166.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Borcherding, BOEM Office of 
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OREP, Sterling, 
Virginia 20166, (703) 787-1826 or [email protected]; Jennifer 
Golladay, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland 
Road, VAM-OREP, Sterling, Virginia 20166, (703) 787-1688 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority

    This notice is published pursuant to subsection 8(p) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)), added by section 
388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the implementing regulations 
at 30 CFR 585.116. This regulatory provision states that the Director, 
``may . . . solicit information from industry and other relevant 
stakeholders (including State and local agencies), as necessary, to 
evaluate the state of the offshore renewable energy industry, including 
the identification of potential challenges or obstacles to its 
continued development. Such requests for information may relate to the 
identification of environmental, technical, regulatory, or economic 
matters that promote or detract from continued development of renewable 
energy technologies on the OCS. From the information received, the 
Director may evaluate certain refinements to the OCS Alternative Energy 
Program that promote development of the industry in a safe and 
environmentally responsible manner, and that ensure fair value for use 
of the Nation's OCS.''

Purpose

    Since BOEM promulgated its renewable energy regulations in 2009, 
BOEM has made substantial progress in planning and leasing for 
renewable energy development on the OCS. BOEM has issued nine 
commercial wind energy leases, generated more than $14.5 million in 
winning bids from offshore wind lease sales, and established 13 
intergovernmental task forces with Federal, State, local, and tribal 
partners to assist in identifying areas for potential renewable energy 
development.
    Now that BOEM's Renewable Energy Program has gained experience in 
implementing its regulations, it is appropriate to evaluate and assess 
our existing processes. BOEM believes stakeholder feedback is crucial 
to this effort. To that end, BOEM invites comments and feedback on any 
aspects of BOEM's Renewable Energy Program that our governmental 
partners, the offshore renewable energy industry, and other affected 
stakeholders have found to be particularly effective. At the same time, 
BOEM is also interested in constructive criticism and feedback. 
Therefore, BOEM requests recommendations for improving aspects of our 
program that stakeholders believe to be ineffective or unnecessarily 
burdensome, and requests descriptions of the benefits those program 
changes would create. BOEM will use the information submitted to inform 
our strategic planning efforts and in determining whether and how we 
should change our existing renewable energy processes, including, if 
warranted, our regulations.
    For more information about BOEM's renewable energy efforts, please 
visit: http://www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy/.

Protection of Privileged or Confidential Information

    BOEM will protect privileged or confidential information that you 
submit 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, except as required by 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 may not treat as confidential the legal 
title of the commenting entity (e.g., the name of your company). 
Information that is not labeled as privileged or confidential will be 
regarded by BOEM as suitable for public release.

    Dated: September 16, 2015.
Abigail Ross Hopper,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-24406 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P

58786 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 189 / Wednesday, September 30, 2015 / Notices Average number of Annual burden 30 CFR Reporting and recordkeeping requirement Hour burden annual hours responses PART 1207—SALES AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS GOVERNING THE DISPOSAL OF LEASE PRODUCTS Subpart A—General Provisions 1207.4(b) ................................ Contracts made pursuant to old form leases ........ AUDIT PROCESS. See note. (b) The stipulation, the substance of which must be included in the contract, or be made the subject matter of a separate instrument properly identifying the leases affected thereby, is as fol- lows . . . 1207.5 ..................................... Contract and sales agreement retention ............... AUDIT PROCESS. See note. Copies of all sales contracts, posted price bul- letins, etc., and copies of all agreements, other contracts, or other documents which are rel- evant to the valuation of production are to be maintained by the lessee and made available upon request during normal working hours to authorized ONRR, State or Indian representa- tives, other ONRR or BLM officials, auditors of the General Accounting Office, or other persons authorized to receive such documents, or shall be submitted to ONRR within a reasonable pe- riod of time, as determined by ONRR. Any oral sales arrangement negotiated by the lessee must be placed in written form and retained by the lessee. Records shall be retained in accord- ance with 30 CFR part 1212. Total Burden .................... ................................................................................. ........................................ 148 2,269 Note: AUDIT PROCESS—The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined that the audit process is exempt from the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 because ONRR staff asks non-standard questions to resolve exceptions. Estimated Annual Reporting and automated collection techniques or view, we cannot guarantee that we will Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost other forms of information technology. be able to do so. Burden: We have identified no ‘‘non- To comply with the public Dated: September 25, 2015. hour’’ cost burdens associated with this consultation process, we published a Gregory J. Gould, information collection. notice in the Federal Register on March Director, Office of Natural Resources III. Request for Comments 16, 2015 (80 FR 13619), announcing that Revenue. we would submit this ICR to OMB for [FR Doc. 2015–24840 Filed 9–29–15; 8:45 am] Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA approval. The notice provided the (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that an BILLING CODE 4335–30–P required 60-day comment period. No agency may not conduct or sponsor— comments were received. and a person is not required to respond If you wish to comment in response DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR to—a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control to this notice, you may send your comments to the offices listed under the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management number. Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of ADDRESSES section of this notice. OMB [Docket No. BOEM–2015–0091] the PRA requires each agency to ‘‘* * * has up to 60 days to approve or provide 60-day notice in the Federal disapprove the information collection Request for Information on the State of Register * * * and otherwise consult but may respond after 30 days. the Offshore Renewable Energy with members of the public and affected Therefore, to ensure maximum Industry—Request for Feedback; agencies concerning each proposed consideration, OMB should receive MMAA104000 collection of information * * *.’’ public comments by October 30, 2015. AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Agencies must specifically solicit Public Comment Policy: ONRR will Management (BOEM), Interior. comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the post all comments, including names and ACTION: Request for Feedback. proposed collection of information is addresses of respondents at http:// necessary for the agency to perform its www.regulations.gov. Before including SUMMARY: BOEM invites public duties, including whether the Personally Identifiable Information (PII), comment on the aspects of BOEM’s renewable energy program that mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES information is useful; (b) evaluate the such as your address, phone number, accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the email address, or other personal stakeholders have found to be burden of the proposed collection of information in your comment(s), you successful, and those program areas information; (c) enhance the quality, should be aware that your entire where there appear to be opportunities usefulness, and clarity of the comment (including PII) may be made for improvement. information to be collected; and (d) available to the public at any time. DATES: Stakeholders should submit minimize the burden on the While you may ask us, in your comments electronically or postmarked respondents, including the use of comment, to withhold PII from public no later than December 29, 2015. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:33 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30SEN1.SGM 30SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 189 / Wednesday, September 30, 2015 / Notices 58787 ADDRESSES: Comments should be energy leases, generated more than be regarded by BOEM as suitable for submitted in one of the two following $14.5 million in winning bids from public release. ways: offshore wind lease sales, and Dated: September 16, 2015. 1. Electronically: http:// established 13 intergovernmental task Abigail Ross Hopper, www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled forces with Federal, State, local, and Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ search for tribal partners to assist in identifying Management. BOEM–2015–0091. Follow the areas for potential renewable energy [FR Doc. 2015–24406 Filed 9–29–15; 8:45 am] instructions to submit public comments development. BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P in response to this document. Now that BOEM’s Renewable Energy 2. Written Comments: In written form, Program has gained experience in delivered by hand or by mail, enclosed implementing its regulations, it is in an envelope labeled ‘‘Comments on appropriate to evaluate and assess our INTERNATIONAL TRADE Request for Feedback’’ to: Office of existing processes. BOEM believes COMMISSION Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of stakeholder feedback is crucial to this [Investigation Nos. 701–TA–545–547 and Ocean Energy Management, 45600 effort. To that end, BOEM invites 731–TA–1291–1297 (Preliminary)] Woodland Road, VAM–OREP, Sterling, comments and feedback on any aspects Virginia 20166. of BOEM’s Renewable Energy Program Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products that our governmental partners, the From Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: offshore renewable energy industry, and the Netherlands, Turkey, and the Mary Borcherding, BOEM Office of United Kingdom: Determinations other affected stakeholders have found Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 to be particularly effective. At the same On the basis of the record 1 developed Woodland Road, VAM–OREP, Sterling, time, BOEM is also interested in in the subject investigations, the United Virginia 20166, (703) 787–1826 or constructive criticism and feedback. States International Trade Commission Mary.Borcherding@boem.gov; Jennifer Therefore, BOEM requests (‘‘Commission’’) determines,2 pursuant Golladay, BOEM Office of Renewable recommendations for improving aspects to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’), Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland of our program that stakeholders believe that there is a reasonable indication that Road, VAM–OREP, Sterling, Virginia to be ineffective or unnecessarily an industry in the United States is 20166, (703) 787–1688 or burdensome, and requests descriptions materially injured by reason of imports Jennifer.Golladay@boem.gov. of the benefits those program changes SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: of certain hot-rolled steel flat products would create. BOEM will use the (‘‘hot-rolled steel’’) from Australia, Authority information submitted to inform our Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, strategic planning efforts and in Turkey, and the United Kingdom, This notice is published pursuant to determining whether and how we subsection 8(p) of the Outer Continental provided for in subheadings 7208.10.15, should change our existing renewable 7208.10.30, 7208.10.60, 7208.25.30, Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43 U.S.C. energy processes, including, if 1337(p)), added by section 388 of the 7208.25.60, 7208.26.00, 7208.27.00, warranted, our regulations. 7208.36.00, 7208.37.00, 7208.38.00, Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the For more information about BOEM’s implementing regulations at 30 CFR 7208.39.00, 7208.40.60, 7208.53.00, renewable energy efforts, please visit: 585.116. This regulatory provision states 7208.54.00, 7208.90.00, 7210.70.30, http://www.boem.gov/Renewable- that the Director, ‘‘may . . . solicit 7210.90.90, 7211.14.00, 7211.19.15, Energy/. information from industry and other 7211.19.20, 7211.19.30, 7211.19.45, relevant stakeholders (including State Protection of Privileged or Confidential 7211.19.60, 7211.19.75, 7211.90.00, and local agencies), as necessary, to Information 7212.40.10, 7212.40.50, 7212.50.00, evaluate the state of the offshore BOEM will protect privileged or 7214.91.00, 7214.99.00, 7215.90.50, renewable energy industry, including confidential information that you 7225.11.00, 7225.19.00, 7225.30.30, the identification of potential challenges submit as required by the Freedom of 7225.30.70, 7225.40.70, 7225.99.00, or obstacles to its continued Information Act (FOIA). Exemption 4 of 7226.11.10, 7226.11.90, 7226.19.10, development. Such requests for FOIA applies to trade secrets and 7226.19.90, 7226.91.50, 7226.91.70, information may relate to the commercial or financial information 7226.91.80, 7226.99.01, and 7228.60.60 identification of environmental, that you submit that is privileged or of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of technical, regulatory, or economic confidential. If you wish to protect the the United States, that are allegedly sold matters that promote or detract from confidentiality of such information, in the United States at less than fair continued development of renewable clearly mark it and request that BOEM value (‘‘LTFV’’), and by imports of hot- energy technologies on the OCS. From treat it as confidential. BOEM will not rolled steel that are allegedly subsidized the information received, the Director disclose such information, except as by the governments of Brazil, Korea, and may evaluate certain refinements to the required by FOIA. Please label Turkey. OCS Alternative Energy Program that privileged or confidential information Commencement of Final Phase promote development of the industry in ‘‘Contains Confidential Information’’ Investigations a safe and environmentally responsible and consider submitting such Pursuant to section 207.18 of the manner, and that ensure fair value for information as a separate attachment. However, BOEM will not treat as Commission’s rules, the Commission use of the Nation’s OCS.’’ also gives notice of the commencement mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES confidential any aggregate summaries of Purpose such information or comments not of the final phase of its investigations. containing such information. The Commission will issue a final phase Since BOEM promulgated its Additionally, BOEM may not treat as notice of scheduling, which will be renewable energy regulations in 2009, BOEM has made substantial progress in confidential the legal title of the 1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the planning and leasing for renewable commenting entity (e.g., the name of Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 energy development on the OCS. BOEM your company). Information that is not CFR 207.2(f)). has issued nine commercial wind labeled as privileged or confidential will 2 Commissioner F. Scott Kieff not participating. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:27 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30SEN1.SGM 30SEN1


Document Created: 2015-12-15 09:31:23
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 09:31:23
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for Feedback.
DatesStakeholders should submit comments electronically or postmarked no later than December 29, 2015.
ContactMary Borcherding, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OREP, Sterling, Virginia 20166, (703) 787-1826 or [email protected]; Jennifer Golladay, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OREP, Sterling, Virginia 20166, (703) 787-1688 or [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 58786 
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