83_FR_33039 83 FR 32903 - Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Oil and Gas Lease Sale 251

83 FR 32903 - Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Oil and Gas Lease Sale 251

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 136 (July 16, 2018)

Page Range32903-32905
FR Document2018-15181

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 251. This Record of Decision identifies BOEM's selected alternative for proposed Lease Sale 251, which is analyzed in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 2018 (2018 GOM Supplemental EIS).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2018-0035]


Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Oil and Gas Lease 
Sale 251

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 251. This Record of Decision 
identifies BOEM's selected alternative for proposed Lease Sale 251, 
which is analyzed in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Lease 
Sale: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 2018 (2018 GOM 
Supplemental EIS).

ADDRESSES: The Record of Decision is available on BOEM's website at 
http://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 2018 GOM Supplemental EIS, BOEM 
evaluated five alternatives in regard to proposed Lease Sale 251. These 
alternatives are summarized below:
    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 a small portion of the 
Eastern Planning Area (EPA) not under Congressional moratorium. 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; whole and 
partial blocks within the current boundary of the Flower Garden Banks 
National Marine Sanctuary; and blocks where the lease status is 
currently under appeal. The unavailable blocks are listed in Section I 
of the Final Notice of Sale for proposed Lease Sale 251 and at 
www.boem.gov/Sale-251. The proposed regionwide lease sale area 
encompasses about 91.93 million acres (ac). As of June 2018, 
approximately 78.2 million ac of the proposed regionwide lease sale 
area are available for lease. As described in the Final 2018 GOM 
Supplemental EIS, the estimated amounts of resources projected to be 
leased, discovered, developed, and produced as a result of the proposed 
regionwide lease sale are between 0.211 and 1.118 billion barrels of 
oil (BBO) and 0.547 and 4.424 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural 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 February 2018, approximately 51.2 million ac of the 
proposed CPA/EPA lease sale area are 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 0.441-3.672 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 ac. As of February 2018, approximately 26.2 million ac of 
the proposed WPA lease sale area are 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., Alternative 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 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 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 in the pinnacle trend area, but 
Alternative D also shifts the location of offshore infrastructure and 
activities farther from these sensitive zones and would not lead to a 
reduction in overall offshore infrastructure and activities.
    Alternative E--No Action: This alternative is not holding proposed 
regionwide Lease Sale 251 and is identified as the environmentally 
preferred alternative.
    Lease Stipulations--The 2018 GOM Supplemental EIS describes all 
lease stipulations, which are included in the Final Notice of Sale 
Package. In the Record of Decision for the 2017-2022 Five-Year Program, 
the Secretary of the Interior required the protection of biologically 
sensitive underwater features in all Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease 
sales as programmatic mitigation; therefore, the application of the 
Topographic Features Stipulation and Live Bottom Stipulation are being 
adopted and applied for applicable designated lease blocks in Lease 
Sale 251.
    The additional eight lease stipulations for proposed regionwide 
Lease Sale 251 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

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Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico. These eight 
stipulations will be added as lease terms where applicable and will be 
enforceable as part of the lease. Appendix B of 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 provides a list and description of 
standard post-lease 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 2018 GOM Supplemental EIS for 
proposed Lease Sale 251. BOEM's selection of the preferred alternative 
meets the purpose and need for the proposed action, as identified in 
the 2018 GOM Supplemental EIS, and provides for 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, 2018.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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                                                qualification number, the map name/                      deposit to the Office of Natural                      BOEM’s bid adequacy procedures,
                                                number, and the block number(s) of the                   Resources Revenue (ONRR) equal to                     which are available at http://
                                                bid(s) to be withdrawn. The withdrawal                   one-fifth of the bonus bid amount for                 www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-Energy-
                                                request must be executed in                              each such bid. A copy of the notification             Program/Leasing/Regional-Leasing/
                                                conformance with the BOEM                                of the high bidder’s one-fifth bonus bid              Gulf-of-Mexico-Region/Bid-Adequacy-
                                                qualification records. The name and                      amount may be obtained on the BOEM                    Procedures.aspx.
                                                title of the authorized signatory must be                website at http://www.boem.gov/Sale-
                                                typed under the signature block on the                                                                         Lease Award
                                                                                                         251 under the heading ‘‘Notification of
                                                withdrawal request. The BOEM Gulf of                     EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability’’ after 1:00 p.m.                BOEM requires each bidder awarded
                                                Mexico RD, or the RD’s designee, will                    on the day of the sale. All payments                  a lease to:
                                                indicate their approval by signing and                   must be deposited electronically into an                 (1) Execute all copies of the lease
                                                dating the withdrawal request.                           interest-bearing account in the U.S.                  (Form BOEM–2005 (February 2017), as
                                                                                                         Treasury by 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10               amended);
                                                Bid Rounding
                                                                                                         a.m. Central Time) the day following the                 (2) Pay by EFT the balance of the
                                                   Minimum bonus bid calculations,                       bid reading (no exceptions). Account                  bonus bid amount and the first year’s
                                                including rounding, for all blocks are                   information is provided in the                        rental for each lease issued in
                                                shown in the document ‘‘List of Blocks                   ‘‘Instructions for Making Electronic                  accordance with the requirements of 30
                                                Available for Leasing’’ included in the                  Funds Transfer Bonus Payments’’ found                 CFR 218.155 and 556.520(a); and
                                                Final NOS package. The bonus bid                         on the BOEM website identified above.                    (3) Provide to BOEM the bonding
                                                amount must be stated in whole dollars.                     BOEM requires bidders to use EFT                   required by 30 CFR part 556, subpart I.
                                                If the acreage of a block contains a                     procedures for payment of one-fifth                      ONRR requests that bidders use only
                                                decimal figure, then prior to calculating                bonus bid deposits for GOM Region-                    one transaction to pay the balance of the
                                                the minimum bonus bid, BOEM                              wide Sale 251 following the detailed                  bonus bid amount and the first year’s
                                                rounded up to the next whole acre. The                   instructions contained on the ONRR                    rental. When ONRR receives such
                                                appropriate minimum rate per acre was                    Payment Information web page at http://               payment, the bidder awarded the lease
                                                then applied to the whole (rounded up)                   www.onrr.gov/ReportPay/                               may not request a refund of the balance
                                                acreage. The bonus bid amount must be                    Payments.htm. Acceptance of a deposit                 bonus bid amount or first year’s rental
                                                greater than or equal to the minimum                     does not constitute, and will not be                  payment.
                                                bonus bid in whole dollars.                              construed as, acceptance of any bid on
                                                                                                                                                               XI. Delay of Sale
                                                IX. Forms                                                behalf of the United States.
                                                                                                                                                                  The BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD has the
                                                  The Final NOS package includes                         Withdrawal of Blocks                                  discretion to change any date, time,
                                                instructions, samples, and/or the                          The United States reserves the right to             and/or location specified in the Final
                                                preferred format for the following items.                withdraw any block from this lease sale               NOS package in the case of an event that
                                                BOEM strongly encourages bidders to                      prior to issuance of a written acceptance             the BOEM Gulf of Mexico RD deems
                                                use the recommended formats. If                          of a bid for the block.                               may interfere with the carrying out of a
                                                bidders use another format, they are                                                                           fair and orderly lease sale process. Such
                                                responsible for including all the                        Acceptance, Rejection, or Return of Bids
                                                                                                                                                               events could include, but are not
                                                information specified for each item in                     The United States reserves the right to             limited to, natural disasters (e.g.,
                                                the Final NOS package.                                   reject any and all bids. No bid will be               earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods),
                                                (1) Bid Form                                             accepted, and no lease for any block                  wars, riots, acts of terrorism, fires,
                                                (2) Sample Completed Bid                                 will be awarded to any bidder, unless:                strikes, civil disorder, or other events of
                                                (3) Sample Bid Envelope                                    (1) The bidder has complied with all                a similar nature. In case of such events,
                                                (4) Sample Bid Mailing Envelope                          requirements of the Final NOS,                        bidders should call (504) 736–0557, or
                                                (5) Telephone Numbers/Addresses of                       including those set forth in the                      access the BOEM website at http://
                                                     Bidders Form                                        documents contained in the Final NOS
                                                (6) GDIS Form                                                                                                  www.boem.gov, for information
                                                                                                         package, and applicable regulations;                  regarding any changes.
                                                (7) GDIS Envelope Form                                     (2) The bid is the highest valid bid;
                                                                                                         and                                                    Dated: July 11, 2018.
                                                X. The Lease Sale
                                                                                                           (3) The amount of the bid has been                  Walter D. Cruickshank,
                                                Bid Opening and Reading                                  determined to be adequate by the                      Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
                                                  Sealed bids received in response to                    authorized officer.                                   Management.
                                                the Final NOS will be opened at the                        Any bid submitted that does not                     [FR Doc. 2018–15180 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am]
                                                place, date, and hour specified under                    conform to the requirements of the Final              BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P
                                                the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of the                  NOS and Final NOS package, OCSLA,
                                                Final NOS. The venue will not be open                    or other applicable statute or regulation
                                                to the public. Instead, the bid opening                  will be rejected and returned to the                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                will be available for the public to view                 bidder. The U.S. Department of Justice
                                                on BOEM’s website at www.boem.gov                        and the Federal Trade Commission will                 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
                                                via live-streaming. The opening of the                   review the results of the lease sale for
                                                bids is for the sole purpose of publicly                 antitrust issues prior to the acceptance              [Docket No. BOEM–2018–0035]
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                                                announcing and recording the bids                        of bids and issuance of leases.
                                                                                                                                                               Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf
                                                received; no bids will be accepted or
                                                                                                         Bid Adequacy Review Procedures for                    (OCS), Oil and Gas Lease Sale 251
                                                rejected at that time.
                                                                                                         GOM Region-Wide Sale 251
                                                Bonus Bid Deposit for Apparent High                                                                            AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy
                                                                                                           To ensure that the U.S. Government                  Management, Interior.
                                                Bids                                                     receives a fair return for the conveyance
                                                                                                                                                               ACTION: Notice of availability of a
                                                  Each bidder submitting an apparent                     of leases from this sale, high bids will
                                                                                                                                                               Record of Decision.
                                                high bid must submit a bonus bid                         be evaluated in accordance with


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                                                SUMMARY:   The Bureau of Ocean Energy                    of oil (BBO) and 0.547 and 4.424 trillion             and Blocks South of Baldwin County,
                                                Management (BOEM) is announcing the                      cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas.                      Alabama, Stipulation (not applicable to
                                                availability of a Record of Decision for                    Alternative B—Regionwide OCS Lease                 Alternative C). This alternative
                                                proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM)                            Sale Excluding Available Unleased                     considered blocks subject to these
                                                regionwide oil and gas Lease Sale 251.                   Blocks in the WPA Portion of the                      stipulations because these areas have
                                                This Record of Decision identifies                       Proposed Lease Sale Area: This                        been emphasized in scoping, can be
                                                BOEM’s selected alternative for                          alternative would offer for lease all                 geographically defined, and adequate
                                                proposed Lease Sale 251, which is                        available unleased blocks within the                  information exists regarding their
                                                analyzed in the Gulf of Mexico Outer                     CPA and EPA portions of the proposed                  ecological importance and sensitivity to
                                                Continental Shelf Lease Sale: Final                      lease sale area for oil and gas operations,           OCS oil- and gas-related activities.
                                                Supplemental Environmental Impact                        with the following exceptions: Whole                     A total of 207 blocks within the CPA
                                                Statement 2018 (2018 GOM                                 and portions of blocks deferred by the                and 160 blocks in the WPA are affected
                                                Supplemental EIS).                                       Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of                 by the Topographic Features
                                                ADDRESSES: The Record of Decision is                     2006; and blocks that are adjacent to or              Stipulation. There are currently no
                                                available on BOEM’s website at http://                   beyond the United States’ Exclusive                   identified topographic features
                                                www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/.                               Economic Zone in the area known as the                protected under this stipulation in the
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                                                                         northern portion of the Eastern Gap. The              EPA. The Live Bottom Stipulation
                                                more information on the Record of                        proposed CPA/EPA lease sale area                      covers the pinnacle trend area of the
                                                Decision, you may contact Mr. Greg                       encompasses about 63.35 million ac. As                CPA, affecting a total of 74 blocks.
                                                Kozlowski, Deputy Regional Supervisor,                   of February 2018, approximately 51.2                  Under Alternative D, the number of
                                                Office of Environment, by telephone at                   million ac of the proposed CPA/EPA                    blocks that would become unavailable
                                                504–736–2512 or by email at                              lease sale area are available for lease.              for lease represents only a small
                                                                                                         The estimated amounts of resources                    percentage of the total number of blocks
                                                greg.kozlowski@boem.gov.
                                                                                                         projected to be leased, discovered,                   to be offered under Alternative A, B, or
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
                                                                                                         developed, and produced as a result of                C (<4%, even if blocks subject to all
                                                2018 GOM Supplemental EIS, BOEM                          the proposed lease sale under                         three stipulations were excluded).
                                                evaluated five alternatives in regard to                 Alternative B are 0.185–0.970 BBO and                 Therefore, Alternative D could reduce
                                                proposed Lease Sale 251. These                           0.441–3.672 Tcf of gas.                               offshore infrastructure and activities in
                                                alternatives are summarized below:                          Alternative C—Regionwide OCS Lease                 the pinnacle trend area, but Alternative
                                                   Alternative A—Regionwide OCS Lease                    Sale Excluding Available Unleased                     D also shifts the location of offshore
                                                Sale: This is BOEM’s preferred                           Blocks in the CPA and EPA Portions of                 infrastructure and activities farther from
                                                alternative. This alternative would                      the Proposed Lease Sale Area: This                    these sensitive zones and would not
                                                allow for a proposed GOM regionwide                      alternative would offer for lease all                 lead to a reduction in overall offshore
                                                lease sale encompassing all three                        available unleased blocks within the                  infrastructure and activities.
                                                planning areas: The Western Planning                     WPA portion of the proposed lease sale                   Alternative E—No Action: This
                                                Area (WPA); the Central Planning Area                    area for oil and gas operations, with the             alternative is not holding proposed
                                                (CPA); and a small portion of the                        following exception: Whole and partial                regionwide Lease Sale 251 and is
                                                Eastern Planning Area (EPA) not under                    blocks within the current boundary of                 identified as the environmentally
                                                Congressional moratorium. Under this                     the Flower Garden Banks National                      preferred alternative.
                                                alternative, BOEM would offer for lease                  Marine Sanctuary. The proposed WPA                       Lease Stipulations—The 2018 GOM
                                                all available unleased blocks within the                 lease sale area encompasses about 28.58               Supplemental EIS describes all lease
                                                proposed regionwide lease sale area for                  million ac. As of February 2018,                      stipulations, which are included in the
                                                oil and gas operations with the                          approximately 26.2 million ac of the                  Final Notice of Sale Package. In the
                                                following exceptions: Whole and                          proposed WPA lease sale area are                      Record of Decision for the 2017–2022
                                                portions of blocks deferred by the Gulf                  available for lease. The estimated                    Five-Year Program, the Secretary of the
                                                of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006;                   amounts of resources projected to be                  Interior required the protection of
                                                blocks that are adjacent to or beyond the                leased, discovered, developed, and                    biologically sensitive underwater
                                                United States’ Exclusive Economic Zone                   produced as a result of the proposed                  features in all Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
                                                in the area known as the northern                        lease sale under Alternative C are                    lease sales as programmatic mitigation;
                                                portion of the Eastern Gap; whole and                    0.026–0.148 BBO and 0.106–0.752 Tcf                   therefore, the application of the
                                                partial blocks within the current                        of gas.                                               Topographic Features Stipulation and
                                                boundary of the Flower Garden Banks                         Alternative D—Alternative A, B, or C,              Live Bottom Stipulation are being
                                                National Marine Sanctuary; and blocks                    with the Option to Exclude Available                  adopted and applied for applicable
                                                where the lease status is currently under                Unleased Blocks Subject to the                        designated lease blocks in Lease Sale
                                                appeal. The unavailable blocks are                       Topographic Features, Live Bottom                     251.
                                                listed in Section I of the Final Notice of               (Pinnacle Trend), and/or Blocks South                    The additional eight lease stipulations
                                                Sale for proposed Lease Sale 251 and at                  of Baldwin County, Alabama,                           for proposed regionwide Lease Sale 251
                                                www.boem.gov/Sale-251. The proposed                      Stipulations: This alternative could be               are the Military Areas Stipulation; the
                                                regionwide lease sale area encompasses                   combined with any of the Action                       Evacuation Stipulation; the
                                                about 91.93 million acres (ac). As of                    alternatives above (i.e., Alternative A, B,           Coordination Stipulation; the Blocks
                                                June 2018, approximately 78.2 million                    or C) and would allow the flexibility to              South of Baldwin County, Alabama,
                                                ac of the proposed regionwide lease sale                 offer leases under any alternative with               Stipulation; the Protected Species
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                                                area are available for lease. As described               additional exclusions. Under                          Stipulation; the United Nations
                                                in the Final 2018 GOM Supplemental                       Alternative D, the decisionmaker could                Convention on the Law of the Sea
                                                EIS, the estimated amounts of resources                  exclude from leasing any available                    Royalty Payment Stipulation; the Below
                                                projected to be leased, discovered,                      unleased blocks subject to any one and/               Seabed Operations Stipulation; and the
                                                developed, and produced as a result of                   or a combination of the following                     Stipulation on the Agreement between
                                                the proposed regionwide lease sale are                   stipulations: Topographic Features                    the United States of America and the
                                                between 0.211 and 1.118 billion barrels                  Stipulation; Live Bottom Stipulation;                 United Mexican States Concerning


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                                                Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs                     of citric acid and certain citrate salts              Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1374–1376
                                                in the Gulf of Mexico. These eight                       from Belgium, Colombia, and Thailand                  (Final).
                                                stipulations will be added as lease terms                that have been found by the U.S.                        By order of the Commission.
                                                where applicable and will be                             Department of Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’)                   Issued: July 10, 2018.
                                                enforceable as part of the lease.                        to be sold in the United States at less               Lisa Barton,
                                                Appendix B of the Gulf of Mexico OCS                     than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’).2 3 4                      Secretary to the Commission.
                                                Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2017–2022;
                                                                                                         Background                                            [FR Doc. 2018–15067 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am]
                                                Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales 249, 250,
                                                                                                                                                               BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
                                                251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, 259, and                      The Commission, pursuant to section
                                                261; Final Multisale Environmental                       735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)),
                                                Impact Statement provides a list and                     instituted these investigations effective
                                                description of standard post-lease                                                                             DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                                                                         June 2, 2017, following receipt of a
                                                conditions of approval that may be                       petition filed with the Commission and                Drug Enforcement Administration
                                                required by BOEM or the Bureau of                        Commerce by Archer Daniels Midland
                                                Safety and Environmental Enforcement                     Company, Decatur, Illinois; Cargill,                  [Docket No. DEA–392]
                                                as a result of plan and permit review                    Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
                                                processes for the Gulf of Mexico OCS                                                                           Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled
                                                                                                         and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas,
                                                Region.                                                                                                        Substances Application: Siegfried
                                                                                                         LLC, Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The
                                                   After careful consideration, BOEM                                                                           USA, LLC
                                                                                                         Commission scheduled the final phase
                                                has selected the preferred alternative                   of the investigations following                       ACTION:    Notice of application.
                                                (Alternative A) in the 2018 GOM                          notification of a preliminary
                                                Supplemental EIS for proposed Lease                      determination by Commerce that                        DATES:  Registered bulk manufacturers of
                                                Sale 251. BOEM’s selection of the                        imports of citric acid and certain citrate            the affected basic classes, and
                                                preferred alternative meets the purpose                  salts from Belgium, Colombia, and                     applicants therefore, may file written
                                                and need for the proposed action, as                     Thailand were being sold at LTFV                      comments on or objections to the
                                                identified in the 2018 GOM                               within the meaning of section 733(b) of               issuance of the proposed registration on
                                                Supplemental EIS, and provides for                       the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)). Notice of               or before September 14, 2018.
                                                orderly resource development with                        the scheduling of the final phase of the
                                                protection of the human, marine, and                                                                           ADDRESSES: Written comments should
                                                                                                         Commission’s investigation and of a                   be sent to: Drug Enforcement
                                                coastal environments while also                          public hearing to be held in connection
                                                ensuring that the public receives an                                                                           Administration, Attention: DEA Federal
                                                                                                         therewith was given by posting copies                 Register Representative/DRW, 8701
                                                equitable return for these resources and                 of the notice in the Office of the
                                                that free-market competition is                                                                                Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia
                                                                                                         Secretary, U.S. International Trade                   22152.
                                                maintained.                                              Commission, Washington, DC, and by
                                                  Authority: This Notice of Availability of a            publishing the notice in the Federal                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      The
                                                Record of Decision is published pursuant to              Register of February 2, 2018 (83 FR                   Attorney General has delegated his
                                                the regulations (40 CFR part 1505)                       4922). The hearing was held in                        authority under the Controlled
                                                implementing the provisions of the National              Washington, DC, on May 14, 2018, and                  Substances Act to the Administrator of
                                                Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as                     all persons who requested the                         the Drug Enforcement Administration
                                                amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).                        opportunity were permitted to appear in               (DEA), 28 CFR 0.100(b). Authority to
                                                 Dated: July 11, 2018.                                   person or by counsel.                                 exercise all necessary functions with
                                                Walter D. Cruickshank,                                                                                         respect to the promulgation and
                                                                                                            The Commission made these
                                                Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy                                                                        implementation of 21 CFR part 1301,
                                                                                                         determinations pursuant to section
                                                Management.                                                                                                    incident to the registration of
                                                                                                         735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)).
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–15181 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am]                                                                    manufacturers, distributors, dispensers,
                                                                                                         It completed and filed its
                                                                                                                                                               importers, and exporters of controlled
                                                BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P                                   determinations in these investigations
                                                                                                                                                               substances (other than final orders in
                                                                                                         on July 10, 2018. The views of the
                                                                                                                                                               connection with suspension, denial, or
                                                                                                         Commission are contained in USITC
                                                                                                                                                               revocation of registration) has been
                                                INTERNATIONAL TRADE                                      Publication 4799 (July 2018), entitled
                                                                                                                                                               redelegated to the Assistant
                                                COMMISSION                                               Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
                                                                                                                                                               Administrator of the DEA Diversion
                                                                                                         from Belgium, Colombia, and Thailand:
                                                [Investigation No. 731–TA–1374–1376                                                                            Control Division (‘‘Assistant
                                                (Final)]                                                                                                       Administrator’’) pursuant to section 7 of
                                                                                                           2 Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from

                                                                                                         Thailand: Affirmative Final Determination of Sales
                                                                                                                                                               28 CFR part 0, appendix to subpart R.
                                                Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts                                                                            In accordance with 21 CFR
                                                                                                         at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative
                                                From Belgium, Colombia, and Thailand                     Determination of Critical Circumstances in Part, 82   1301.33(a), this is notice that on
                                                                                                         FR 25998, June 5, 2018; Citric Acid and Certain       November 2, 2017, Siegfried USA, LLC,
                                                Determination                                            Citrate Salts from Belgium: Affirmative Final
                                                                                                         Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82
                                                                                                                                                               33 Industrial Park Rd., Pennsville, NJ
                                                   On the basis of the record 1 developed                                                                      08070 applied to be registered as a bulk
                                                                                                         FR 26001, June 5, 2018; Citric Acid and Certain
                                                in the subject investigations, the United                Citrate Salts from Colombia: Affirmative Final        manufacturer for the basic classes of
                                                States International Trade Commission                    Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and    controlled substances:
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                                                (‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant                    Final Negative Determination of Critical
                                                to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’),                 Circumstances, 82 FR 26002, June 5, 2018.
                                                                                                                                                                       Controlled
                                                that an industry in the United States is
                                                                                                           3 The Commission also finds that imports subject                             Drug code    Schedule
                                                                                                         to Commerce’s affirmative critical circumstances
                                                                                                                                                                       substance
                                                materially injured by reason of imports                  determination are not likely to undermine seriously
                                                                                                         the remedial effect of the antidumping duty order     Gamma Hydroxy-                2010    I
                                                  1 Therecord is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the         on Thailand.                                            butyric Acid.
                                                Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19           4 Commissioner Jason E. Kearns did not              Dihydromorphine ....          9145    I
                                                CFR 207.2(f)).                                           participate in these investigations.                  Hydromorphinol ......         9301    I



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CollectionFederal Register
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GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability of a Record of Decision.
ContactFor 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 [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 32903 

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