[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1019-1020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-50]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

30 CFR Part 585

[Docket ID: BOEM-2010-0045]
RIN 1010-AD79


Renewable Energy Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the 
Outer Continental Shelf--Acquire a Lease Non-competitively; Correction

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

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects amendments contained in a direct final 
rule published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2011, and 
involves only that portion of the rule related to acquiring a lease 
non-competitively for offshore renewable energy projects.

DATES: Effective Date: This correction is effective on January 9, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Meffert, Regulatory Affairs, 
BOEM, at (703) 787-1610, fax (703) 787-1555, or email 
[email protected] or Timothy Redding, Renewable Energy, BOEM, at 
(703) 787-1219 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM is correcting portions of its 
previously published direct final rule that misstated existing 
regulatory text having to do with acquiring a lease non-competitively 
for offshore renewable energy projects. The corrections involve 
Sec. Sec.  585.231 and 585.232.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 585

    Continental shelf, Environmental protection, Incorporation by 
reference, Public lands.

    Dated: December 21, 2011.
Marcilynn A. Burke,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
    Accordingly, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is making the 
correcting amendments to 30 CFR part 585 as follows:

PART 585--RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ALTERNATE USES OF EXISTING 
FACILITIES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

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1. The authority citation for part 585 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., 43 U.S.C. 1337.


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2. Amend Sec.  585.231 by revising paragraph (d)(1) to read as follows:


Sec.  585.231  How will BOEM process my unsolicited request to acquire 
a lease non-competitively?

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    (d) * * *
    (1) A notice that BOEM has made a determination that there is no 
competitive interest will be published in the Federal Register; and
* * * * *

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3. Amend Sec.  585.232 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  585.232  May I acquire a lease noncompetitively after responding 
to a Request for Interest or Call for Information and Nominations?

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    (c) After receiving the acquisition fee, BOEM will follow the 
process outlined in Sec.  585.231(d) through (i).

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