[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 8190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02411]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2012-0088]


Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf 
(OCS) Offshore North Carolina--Call for Information and Nominations 
(Call); Reopening of Comment Period

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

ACTION: Call for Information and Nominations; Reopening of Comment 
Period.

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SUMMARY: BOEM is reopening the comment period announced in the Call for 
Information and Nominations for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power 
Offshore North Carolina (Call), published on December 13, 2012 (77 FR 
7204).

DATES: BOEM must receive your nomination describing your interest in 
obtaining a commercial wind lease in one or more, or any portion of, 
the Call Areas, postmarked by March 7, 2013 for your nomination to be 
considered. BOEM requests comments or submissions of information to be 
postmarked or delivered by this same date. BOEM will consider only 
those nominations received that conform to this requirement.
    Submission Procedures: You may submit nominations, comments, and 
other information by one of two methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the 
entry entitled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BOEM-2012-0088, and then 
click ``search.'' Follow the instructions to submit comments and view 
supporting and related materials available for this notice.
    2. U.S. Postal Service or other delivery service. Send your 
comments and information to the following address: Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 
Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Will Waskes, Oceanographer, BOEM, 
Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 1328, 
Herndon, Virginia 20170, (703) 787-1320 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: On December 13, 2012, BOEM 
published the Call in the Federal Register with a 45-day comment 
period. The Call invited nominations from potential offshore wind 
developers describing commercial leasing interest and requested 
comments and information pertaining to the Call areas.
    Because of requests received from the public, we are hereby 
reopening the comment period until March 7, 2013. As stated in the 
Call, BOEM will use the nominations received in response to this Call 
to gauge specific interest in commercial development of OCS wind 
resources in the areas described, as required by 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). 
Parties wishing to submit a nomination should submit detailed and 
specific information in response to the requirements described in the 
section of the Call entitled, ``Required Nomination Information.'' BOEM 
also invites all interested and affected parties to comment and provide 
information--including information on multiple uses of the area, 
environmental issues and data--that will be useful in the consideration 
of the appropriateness of all or portions of the Call areas for 
commercial wind energy development. Please refer to the Call published 
in the Federal Register on December 13, 2012, for further information. 
Comments already submitted in response to the Call do not need to be 
resubmitted.

    Dated: January 29, 2013.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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