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ADDRESSES: Comments are encouraged OREGON Authority: Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60. to be submitted electronically to Multnomah County National_Register_Submissions@ Dated: June 2, 2021. Montgomery Ward & Company (Boundary nps.gov with the subject line ‘‘Public Decrease II), 2741 NW Vaughn St., Sherry A. Frear, Comment on
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commercial leasing within the RFI Area the noncompetitive leasing process 25.80° N latitude. The WPA is bounded must be received no later than July 26, under 30 CFR 585.232. If, following this on the south by the maritime boundary 2021. Late submissions may not be RFI, BOEM determines that there is with Mexico as established by the U.S.- considered. competitive interest in any portion of Mexico Treaty. The WPA available for ADDRESSES: Please submit indications of the RFI Area, BOEM may proceed with possible wind energy leasing consists of interest in commercial leasing via U.S. the competitive leasing process under approximately 21.5 million acres. Postal Service, FEDEX, UPS, or any 30 CFR 585.211 through 585.225. A map depicting the RFI Area is other mail carrier to: Bureau of Ocean Whether the leasing process is available for download on the BOEM Energy Management, Office of Emerging competitive or noncompetitive, BOEM website at http://www.boem.gov. A map Programs, 1201 Elmwood Park will include opportunities for the public depicting current active oil and gas to provide input. In addition, BOEM Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana leases in the Gulf of Mexico can be will conduct a thorough environmental 70123. In addition to a paper copy, found at https://www.boem.gov/gom- review and requisite consultations with include an electronic copy on any interactive-lease-statistics-dashboard. appropriate Federal agencies, federally digital data storage device. Do not recognized Tribes, State and local 4. Requested Information From submit indications of interest via the governments, and other interested Interested or Affected Parties Federal eRulemaking Portal. parties, which will be conducted in Please submit comments and other BOEM requests specific and detailed conformance with all applicable laws information as listed in the section comments from the public and other and regulations. Parties other than those titled ‘‘Requested Information from interested or affected parties regarding interested in obtaining a commercial Interested or Affected Parties’’ by either the following features, activities, lease are welcome to submit comments of the following two methods: mitigations, or concerns within or in response to this RFI. 1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// around the RFI Area: www.regulations.gov. In the search box 3. Description of the RFI Area a. Geological, geophysical, and at the top of the web page, enter BOEM– biological bathymetric conditions The RFI Area comprises the entire (including shallow hazards and live 2021–0041 and then click ‘‘search.’’ Central Planning Area (CPA) and bottom). Follow the instructions to submit public Western Planning Area (WPA) of the b. Known archaeological or cultural comments and view supporting and Gulf of Mexico, excluding the portions resource sites on the seabed. related materials. of those areas located in water depths 2. U.S. Postal Service or other mail greater than 1,300 meters. c. Information regarding the delivery service. Send your comments The CPA is bounded on the north by identification of historic properties or and other information to the following the Federal-State boundary offshore potential effects to historic properties address: Bureau of Ocean Energy Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. from leasing, site assessment activities Management, Office of Emerging The eastern boundary of the CPA begins (including the construction of Programs, 1201 Elmwood Park at the offshore boundary between meteorological towers or the installation Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana Alabama and Florida and proceeds of meteorological buoys), or commercial 70123. southeasterly to 26.19° N latitude, wind energy development in the RFI For information about submitting thence southwesterly to 25.6° N Area. This includes potential offshore public comments, please see the section latitude. The western boundary of the and onshore archaeological sites or under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION CPA begins at the offshore boundary historic properties within the RFI Area entitled ‘‘Protection of Privileged, between Texas and Louisiana and that could potentially be affected by Personal, or Confidential Information.’’ proceeds southeasterly to 28.43° N renewable energy activities within the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: latitude, thence south-southwesterly to RFI Area. This information will inform Tershara Matthews, Chief, Emerging 27.49° N latitude, thence south- BOEM’s review of future undertakings Programs, Office of Emerging Programs, southeasterly to 25.80° N latitude. The under section 106 of the National Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, CPA is bounded on the south by the Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New maritime boundary with Mexico as under the National Environmental Orleans, Louisiana 70123, (504) 736– established by the Treaty between the Policy Act (NEPA). 2676 or [email protected]. Government of the United States of d. Information about potentially SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: America and the Government of the conflicting uses of the RFI Area, United Mexican States on the including, but not limited to, navigation 1. Authority Delimitation of the Continental Shelf in (in particular, commercial and This RFI is published under section the Western Gulf of Mexico beyond 200 recreational vessel use), significant 8(p)(3) of the Outer Continental Shelf Nautical Miles (U.S.-Mexico Treaty), sediment resource areas, and oil and gas Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. which took effect in January 2001, and leasing. Additional information 1337(p)(3) as well as the implementing by the limit of the U.S. Exclusive regarding recreational and commercial regulations at 30 CFR 585.210. Economic Zone in the area east of the fisheries including, but not limited to, continental shelf boundary with the use of the areas, the fishing gear 2. Purpose Mexico. The CPA available for possible used, seasonal use, and Section 8(p)(3) of OCSLA requires wind energy leasing consists of recommendations for reducing use BOEM to award leases competitively, approximately 29 million acres. conflicts. unless BOEM determines that there is The WPA is bounded on the west and e. Available and pertinent data and no competitive interest. This RFI is a north by the Federal-State boundary information concerning renewable preliminary step to assist BOEM in offshore Texas. The eastern boundary energy resources and environmental determining potential interest in begins at the offshore boundary between conditions. Where applicable, spatial offshore wind in the RFI Area. If, Texas and Louisiana and proceeds information should be submitted in a following this RFI, BOEM determines southeasterly to 28.43° N latitude, format compatible with ArcGIS 10.8.1 in that there is no competitive interest in thence south-southwesterly to 27.49° N a geographic coordinate system (NAD the RFI Area, BOEM may proceed with latitude, thence south-southeasterly to 27).
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f. Information relating to visual demonstrating your legal qualifications are nominating. Information that is not resources and aesthetics, the potential and related guidance can be found in labeled as privileged or confidential impacts of wind turbines and associated the Qualifications to Acquire and Hold may be regarded by BOEM as suitable infrastructure to those resources, and Renewable Energy Leases and Grants on for public release. potential strategies to help mitigate or the OCS. Legal qualification documents b. Personally Identifiable Information minimize any visual effects. that you provide to BOEM may be made g. Other relevant socioeconomic, available for public review. If you wish BOEM does not consider anonymous cultural, biological, and environmental that any part of your legal qualification comments; please include your name information. documentation be kept confidential, and address as part of your comment. h. Any other relevant information clearly identify what should be kept You should be aware that your entire BOEM should consider during its confidential and submit it under comment, including your name, planning and decision-making process separate cover (see the section of this address, and any personally identifiable for the purpose of issuing leases in the RFI entitled ‘‘Protection of Privileged or information (PII) included in your RFI Area. Confidential Information Section’’). comment, may be made publicly i. Even if you are not interested in f. Documentation demonstrating that available. All submissions from nominating acreage for leasing, BOEM is you are technically and financially identified individuals, businesses, and interested in understanding potential capable of constructing, operating, organizations will be available for opportunities for all types of renewable maintaining, and decommissioning the public viewing on regulations.gov and energy development in the Gulf of commercial wind energy facility may release comments under a FOIA Mexico. Please provide information to described in your submission in request. For BOEM to withhold your PII develop an understanding of the accordance with 30 CFR 585.107(a). from disclosure, you must identify any potential investment opportunities or Guidance regarding the documentation information contained in your interest in developing clean energy in to demonstrate your technical and comments that, if released, would the area. financial qualifications can be found at constitute a clearly unwarranted http://www.boem.gov/Renewable- invasion of your personal privacy. You 5. Required Indication of Interest must also briefly describe any possible Information Energy-Program/Regulatory- Information/QualificationGuidelines- harmful consequences of the disclosure If you intend to submit one or more pdf.aspx. of information, such as embarrassment, indications of interest for a commercial Any documentation you submit to injury, or other harm. wind energy lease within the RFI Area, demonstrate your legal, technical, and c. Section 304 of the NHPA (54 U.S.C. you must provide the following financial qualifications must be 307103(a)) information for each indication of provided to BOEM in both paper and After consultation with the Secretary, interest: electronic formats. BOEM considers an BOEM is required to withhold the a. The BOEM leasing map name and Adobe PDF file on a media storage location, character, or ownership of number, or official protraction diagram device to be an acceptable format for an historic resources if it determines that number, and the specific whole or electronic copy. partial OCS blocks within the RFI Area disclosure may, among other things, risk that you are interested in leasing. This 6. Protection of Privileged, Personal, or harm to the historic resources or impede information should be submitted as a Confidential Information the use of a traditional religious site by practitioners. Tribal entities should spatial file compatible with ArcGIS a. Freedom of Information Act 10.8.1 in a geographic coordinate system designate information that falls under (NAD 27) in addition to your hard copy BOEM will protect privileged or section 304 of NHPA as confidential. submittal. If your nomination includes confidential information that you submit when required by the Freedom 7. BOEM’s Environmental Review one or more partial blocks, please Process describe those partial blocks in terms of of Information Act (FOIA). Exemption 4 a sixteenth (i.e., sub-block) of an OCS of FOIA applies to trade secrets and Before deciding whether and where block. commercial or financial information leases may be issued, BOEM will b. A description of your objectives that is privileged or confidential. If you prepare an environmental assessment and the facilities that you would use to wish to protect the confidentiality of (EA) under the NEPA process and achieve those objectives. such information, clearly label it and conduct consultations to consider the c. A preliminary schedule of proposed request that BOEM treat it as environmental consequences associated activities, including those leading to confidential. BOEM will not disclose with issuing commercial wind energy commercial operations. such information if BOEM determines leases within the RFI Area. The EA will d. Available and pertinent data and under 30 CFR 585.113(b) that it qualifies consider the reasonably foreseeable information concerning renewable for exemption from disclosure under environmental consequences associated energy resources and environmental FOIA. Please label privileged or with leasing, such as site conditions in the areas that you wish to confidential information ‘‘Contains characterization activities (including lease, including energy and resource Confidential Information’’ and consider geophysical, geotechnical, data and information used to evaluate submitting such information as a archaeological, and biological surveys) the area. Where applicable, spatial separate attachment. and site assessment activities (including information should be submitted in a BOEM will not treat as confidential installation of a meteorological tower or format compatible with ArcGIS 10.8.1 in any aggregate summaries of such meteorological buoy). BOEM also will a geographic coordinate system (NAD information or comments not containing conduct appropriate consultations 27). such privileged or confidential concurrently with, and integrated into, e. Documentation demonstrating that information. Additionally, BOEM will the NEPA process. These consultations you are legally qualified to hold a lease not treat as confidential (1) the legal title include, but are not limited to, those in accordance with 30 CFR 585.106 and of the nominating entity (for example, required by the Coastal Zone 585.107(c). Examples of the the name of your company), or (2) the Management Act, the Endangered documentation appropriate for list of whole or partial blocks that you Species Act, the Magnuson-Stevens
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Fishery Conservation and Management in specified areas. The comment period e. Bid Submission and Evaluation: Act, section 106 of the NHPA, and following the Call will be 45 days. In the Following publication of the FSN in the Executive Order 13175—‘‘Consultation Call, BOEM may request comments Federal Register, BOEM will offer the and Coordination with Tribal seeking information on areas that lease areas through a competitive sale Governments.’’ should receive special consideration process, using procedures specified in Before BOEM allows a lessee to begin and analysis; geological conditions the FSN. BOEM will review the sale, construction of a wind energy project in (including bottom hazards); including bids and bid deposits, for the RFI Area, BOEM will consider the archaeological sites on the seabed or technical and legal adequacy. BOEM environmental effects of the nearshore; possible multiple uses of the will ensure that bidders have complied construction and operation of any wind proposed leasing area (including with all applicable regulations. BOEM energy facility under a separate, project- navigation, recreation, and fisheries); reserves the right to reject any or all bids specific NEPA process. This separate and on other socioeconomic, biological, and to withdraw an offer to lease an NEPA process will include additional and environmental matters. In response area, even after bids have been opportunities for public involvement to the Call, potential lessees must submitted. and likely will result in the publication submit the following information: The f. Issuance of a Lease: Following of an environmental impact statement. area of interest for a possible lease; a identification of the winning bid on a lease area, BOEM will notify the BOEM’s Planning and Leasing Process general description of the potential lessee’s objectives and the facilities that successful bidder and provide a set of 1. Determination of Competitive the potential lessee would use to official lease documents for signature. Interest: Section 8(p)(3) of OCSLA states achieve those objectives; a general BOEM requires a successful bidder to that ‘‘the Secretary shall issue a lease, schedule of proposed activities, sign and return the lease, pay the easement, or right-of-way . . . on a including those leading to commercial remainder of the bonus bid, if competitive basis unless the Secretary operations; data and information applicable, and file the required determines after public notice of a concerning renewable energy and financial assurance within 10-business proposed lease, easement, or right-of- environmental conditions in the area of days of receiving the lease documents. way that there is no competitive interest, including the energy and Upon receipt of the required payments, interest.’’ Accordingly, BOEM must first resource data and information used to financial assurance, and properly signed determine whether there is competitive evaluate the area of interest; and lease forms, BOEM may execute a lease interest in acquiring a lease within the documentation showing the potential with the successful bidder. RFI Area to develop offshore wind lessee is qualified to hold a lease. 3. Noncompetitive Leasing Process: energy. At the conclusion of the However, a potential lessee is not BOEM’s noncompetitive leasing process comment period for this RFI, BOEM will required to resubmit information it has would include the following steps: review the indications of interest already submitted in response to this a. Determination of No Competitive received and determine if competitive RFI. Interest: If, after evaluating all relevant interest exists in any part of the RFI b. Area Identification: Based on the information, BOEM determines there is Area. For areas with competitive information received in response to this no competitive interest in all or a interest, BOEM may consider RFI and the Call, BOEM will determine portion of the RFI Area, it may proceed proceeding with competitive leasing as the level of commercial interest and with the noncompetitive lease issuance described in the section of this RFI identify the areas that would be process under 30 CFR 585.231 and entitled ‘‘Competitive Leasing Process.’’ appropriate to analyze for potential 585.232. BOEM will seek to determine For areas where BOEM determines that leasing. The areas identified will if the sole respondent, who nominated only one entity is interested, BOEM may constitute the wind energy areas (WEA) a particular area, intends to proceed consider proceeding with and will be subject to environmental with acquiring the lease; if so, the noncompetitive leasing, as described in analysis as described above, in respondent must submit an acquisition the section entitled ‘‘Noncompetitive consultation with appropriate Federal fee as specified in 30 CFR 585.502(a). Leasing Process.’’ agencies, Federally recognized Tribes, After receiving the acquisition fee, If BOEM determines that competitive State and local governments, and other BOEM will follow the process outlined interest exists in the RFI Area and interested parties. in 30 CFR 585.231(d) through (i), which identifies those areas as appropriate to c. Proposed Sale Notice (PSN): If includes the publication of a lease, BOEM may hold a competitive BOEM decides to proceed with a determination of no competitive interest lease sale on any or all portions of the competitive lease sale within the WEA in the Federal Register. RFI Area. In the event BOEM holds such after completion of its environmental b. Review of Lease Request: BOEM a lease sale, all qualified bidders, analysis and consultations, BOEM will will comply with all required including those bidders that did not publish a PSN in the Federal Register consultations and environmental submit an indication of interest in with a comment period of 60 days. The analyses before issuing a lease response to this RFI, will be able to PSN will describe the areas BOEM noncompetitively. Further, BOEM will participate in the lease sale. BOEM intends to offer for leasing, the proposed coordinate and consult, as appropriate, reserves the right not to lease any or all conditions of a lease sale, the proposed with relevant Federal agencies, federally portions of the RFI Area or to modify auction format of the lease sale, and the recognized Tribes, affected State and such areas from their original, proposed lease instrument, including lease local governments, and other affected or form before offering them for lease. addenda. Additionally, the PSN will interested parties in formulating lease 2. Competitive Leasing Process: BOEM describe the criteria and process for terms, conditions, and stipulations. will follow the steps required by 30 CFR evaluating bids in the lease sale. c. Lease Issuance: After completing its 585.211 through 585.225 if it decides to d. Final Sale Notice (FSN): After review of the lease request, BOEM may proceed with the competitive leasing considering the comments on the PSN, offer a noncompetitive lease. Within 10- process in the RFI Area. Those steps are: if BOEM decides to proceed with a business days of receiving the lease, the a. Call for Information and competitive lease sale, it will publish a respondent must execute it and provide Nominations (Call): BOEM will publish FSN in the Federal Register at least 30 a $100,000 lease-specific bond, under 30 a Call in the Federal Register for leasing days before the date of the lease sale. CFR 585.515, to guarantee compliance
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with all terms and conditions of the of Wilmington, Delaware (collectively, No party filed a petition to review lease. Within 45 days of receiving the ‘‘Complainants’’). 86 FR 16237 (March either Orders No. 11 or 12. lease, the lessee must pay BOEM the 26, 2021). The complaint, as corrected The Commission has determined not first 12 months’ rent. and supplemented, alleges violations of to review the subject IDs. Accordingly, section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as the investigation is terminated with Amanda Lefton, amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 (‘‘Section respect to ASUS and JOLED, as well as Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 337’’), based on the importation into the in its entirety. Management. United States, sale for importation, or The Commission vote for this [FR Doc. 2021–12267 Filed 6–10–21; 8:45 am] sale within the United States after determination took place on June 8, BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P importation of certain organic light- 2021. emitting diode displays, components The authority for the Commission’s thereof, and products containing same, determination is contained in section INTERNATIONAL TRADE by reason of infringement of one or 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as COMMISSION more of the asserted claims of U.S. amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part Patent Nos. 6,845,016; 7,342,177; and 210 of the Commission’s Rules of [Investigation No. 337–TA–1257] 7,230,593. Id. The complaint also Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part 210). Certain Organic Light-Emitting Diode alleges that a domestic industry exists. Displays, Components Thereof, and Id. By order of the Commission. Products Containing Same; The Commission’s notice of Issued: June 8, 2021. Commission Determination Not To investigation names the following Lisa Barton, Review Two Initial Determinations respondents: ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. Secretary to the Commission. Terminating the Investigation With of Taipei, Taiwan and ASUS Computer [FR Doc. 2021–12319 Filed 6–10–21; 8:45 am] Respect to Certain Respondents; International of Fremont, California BILLING CODE 7020–02–P Termination of Investigation (collectively, ‘‘ASUS’’); and JOLED Inc. of Tokyo, Japan (‘‘JOLED’’). Id. The AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Office of Unfair Import Investigations INTERNATIONAL TRADE Commission. was not named as a party to this COMMISSION ACTION: Notice. investigation. Id. On May 3, 2021, Complainants filed Notice of Receipt of Complaint; SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an unopposed motion to withdraw the Solicitation of Comments Relating to the U.S. International Trade complaint with respect to ASUS. On the the Public Interest Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has same date, Complainants and JOLED AGENCY: U.S. International Trade determined not to review: An initial filed a joint motion to terminate the determination (‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 11) Commission. investigation with respect to JOLED, the ACTION: Notice. issued by the presiding administrative sole remaining respondent, due to a law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) partially terminating settlement agreement and thereby SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the investigation with respect to certain terminate the investigation in its the U.S. International Trade respondents; and an ID (Order No. 12) entirety. Both motions were unopposed. Commission has received a complaint terminating the investigation with On May 19, 2021, the presiding ALJ entitled Certain Casual Footwear and respect to the sole remaining respondent issued the two subject IDs. In Order No. Packaging Thereof, DN 3551; the and thereby in its entirety. The 11, the ALJ granted, pursuant to Commission is soliciting comments on investigation is hereby terminated. Commission Rule 210.21(a)(1) (19 CFR any public interest issues raised by the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl 210.21(a)(1)), Complainants’ unopposed complaint or complainant’s filing P. Bretscher, Esq., Office of the General motion to partially terminate the pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Counsel, U.S. International Trade investigation with respect to ASUS Practice and Procedure. Commission, 500 E Street SW, based on withdrawal of the allegations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) in the complaint. Order No. 11 (May 19, R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission, 205–2382. Copies of non-confidential 2021). The ID finds that there are no U.S. International Trade Commission, documents filed in connection with this agreements, written or oral, express or 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC investigation may be viewed on the implied, between Complainants and 20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) ASUS. In Order No. 12, the ALJ granted, public version of the complaint can be at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help pursuant to Commission Rule 210.21(b) accessed on the Commission’s accessing EDIS, please email (19 CFR 210.21(b)), the joint motion to Electronic Document Information [email protected]. General terminate the investigation with respect System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. information concerning the Commission to JOLED based on settlement and For help accessing EDIS, please email may also be obtained by accessing its thereby terminate the investigation in its [email protected]. internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. entirety. The ID finds that there are no General information concerning the Hearing-impaired persons are advised other agreements, written or oral, Commission may also be obtained by that information on this matter can be express or implied, between accessing its internet server at United obtained by contacting the Complainants and JOLED concerning States International Trade Commission Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) the subject matter of the investigation. (USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov . The 205–1810. In both IDs, the ALJ found there are no public record for this investigation may SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The extraordinary circumstances that would be viewed on the Commission’s Commission instituted this investigation prevent termination of the investigation Electronic Document Information on March 26, 2021, based on a and that terminating the investigation System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. complaint filed by Samsung Display Co. will conserve public and private Hearing-impaired persons are advised of Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, and resources and thus benefit the public that information on this matter can be Intellectual Keystone Technology LLC interest. obtained by contacting the
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