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Background
A primary goal of our endangered
species program and the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) is recovering endangered or
threatened animals and plants to the
point they are again secure, viable
ecosystem members. Recovery means
improving listed species’ status to the
point at which they no longer meet the
definition of threatened or endangered
and listing is no longer appropriate
under the criteria set out in in section
4(a)(1) of the ESA. The ESA requires
developing recovery plans for listed
species, unless such a plan would not
promote a particular species’
conservation.
The Service has revised its approach
to recovery planning; the revised
process is called Recovery Planning and
Implementation (RPI). The RPI process
is intended to reduce the time needed
to develop and implement recovery
plans, increase recovery plan relevancy
over a longer timeframe, and add
flexibility to recovery plans so they can
be adjusted to new information or
circumstances. Under RPI, a recovery
plan will include statutorily required
elements (measurable criteria, sitespecific management actions, and
estimates of time and costs), along with
a concise introduction and our strategy
for how we plan to achieve species
recovery. The RPI recovery plan is
supported by a separate Species Status
Assessment, or in some cases, a species
biological report that provides the
background information and threat
assessment, which are key to recovery
plan development. The essential
component to flexible implementation
under RPI is producing a separate
working document called the Recovery
Implementation Strategy
(implementation strategy). The
implementation strategy steps down
from the more general description of
actions described in the recovery plan to
detail the specific, near-term activities
needed to implement the recovery plan.
The implementation strategy will be
adaptable by being able to incorporate
new information without having to
concurrently revise the recovery plan,
unless changes to statutory elements are
required.
The Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan,
First Revision, represents one of the first
products the Service has developed
using RPI. On June 30, 2017, the Service
made the draft Recovery Plan available
for a 60-day public comment period
during which we received more than
100,000 comments (82 FR 29918). The
public comments and additional
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are available for public review online at
http://www.regulations.gov in Docket
No. FWS–R2–ES–2017–0036.
In addition to the recovery plan and
implementation strategy, we completed
a Biological Report describing the
Mexican wolf’s current status. The
Biological Report supports the recovery
plan by providing the background, lifehistory, and threat assessment
information. The Biological Report and
Recovery Plan were independently peerreviewed by scientists outside of the
Service. As with the implementation
strategy, we will update the Biological
Report as new species status
information becomes available.
Recovery Plan Strategy
The overall strategy for recovering the
Mexican wolf focuses on improving the
two populations’ resilience (i.e.,
population size) and genetic
representation, one focused south of
Interstate 40 in Arizona and New
Mexico in the United States, and one
focused in the northern portion of the
Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico,
across an adequate ecological and
geographic range of representation
within each population. The strategy
involves carefully managing the captivebreeding program, releasing Mexican
wolves from the captive-breeding
program into the wild, and translocating
Mexican wolves from the Mexican Wolf
Experimental Population Area in
portions of New Mexico and Arizona to
Mexico, to ensure two genetically and
demographically viable populations are
extant in the wild for redundancy.
Another key component of the
strategy includes working with Federal,
State, Tribal, local partners, and the
public, to improve Mexican wolf
tolerance on the landscape.
Authority: We developed our recovery
plan and publish this notice under the
authority of the Endangered Species
Act, section 4(f), 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).
Dated: October 24, 2017.
Amy Lueders,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2017–0004; 189E1700D2
ET1SF0000.PSB000 EEEE500000; OMB
Control Number 1014–0015]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Unitization
Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew
an information collection with
revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
3, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
[email protected]; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement; Regulations and Standards
Branch; ATTN: Nicole Mason; 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166; or
by email to [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1014–
0015 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Nicole Mason by email
at [email protected], or by telephone
at (703) 787–1607. You may also view
the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on August
SUMMARY:

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29, 2017 (82 FR 41051). No comments
were received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comments addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of
BSEE; (2) Will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) Is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) How might BSEE enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) How
might BSEE minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The regulations at 30 CFR
part 250, subpart M, concern
Unitization and are the subject of this
collection. This request also covers any
related Notices to Lessees and Operators
(NTLs) that BSEE issues to clarify,
supplement, or provide additional
guidance on some aspects of our
regulations.
BSEE must approve any lessee’s
proposal to enter an agreement to
unitize operations under two or more
leases and for modifications when
warranted. We use the information to
ensure that operations under the
proposed unit agreement will result in
preventing waste, conserving natural
resources, and protecting correlative
rights including the government’s
interests.
Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 250,
subpart M, Unitization.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0015.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Potential respondents comprise Federal
OCS oil, gas, and sulfur lessees/
operators.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: Not all of the potential
respondents will submit information in
any given year and some may submit
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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 93.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 1 hour to 520
hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 7,800.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Non Hour
Burden Cost: We have identified three
non-hour cost burdens associated with
this information collection. Section
250.1303 requires respondents to pay
filing fees when (1) applying for a
voluntary unitization proposal or unit
expansion ($12,619), as well as a (2)
unitization revision ($896). The filing
fees are required to recover the Federal
Government’s processing costs. Section
250.1304(d) provides an opportunity for
parties notified of compulsory
unitization to request a hearing;
therefore § 250.1304(e) requires the
party seeking the compulsory
unitization to (3) pay for the court
reporter and three copies of the
verbatim transcript of the hearing
(approximately $500).
It should be noted there have been no
such hearings in the recent past, and
none are expected in the near future. We
have not identified any other non-hour
cost burdens associated with this
collection of information. We estimate a
total reporting non-hour cost burden of
$195,757.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Dated: November 6, 2017.
Doug Morris,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1089]

Certain Memory Modules and
Components Thereof Institution of
Investigation
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that a
complaint was filed with the U.S.
International Trade Commission on
October 31, 2017, under section 337 of

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the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on
behalf of Netlist, Inc. of Irvine,
California. A supplement to the
complaint was filed on November 21,
2017. The complaint alleges violations
of section 337 based upon the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
the United States after importation of
certain memory modules and
components thereof by reason of
infringement of certain claims of U.S.
Patent No. 9,606,907 (‘‘the ’907 patent’’)
and U.S. Patent No. 9,535,623 (‘‘the ’623
patent’’). The complaint further alleges
that an industry in the United States
exists or is in the process of being
established as required by the
applicable Federal Statute.
The complainant requests that the
Commission institute an investigation
and, after the investigation, issue a
limited exclusion order and a cease and
desist order.
ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for
any confidential information contained
therein, is available for inspection
during official business hours (8:45 a.m.
to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the
Secretary, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Room
112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone
(202) 205–2000. Hearing impaired
individuals are advised that information
on this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on (202) 205–1810. Persons
with mobility impairments who will
need special assistance in gaining access
to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at (202) 205–
2000. General information concerning
the Commission may also be obtained
by accessing its internet server at
https://www.usitc.gov. The public
record for this investigation may be
viewed on the Commission’s electronic
docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S.
International Trade Commission,
telephone (202) 205–2560.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: The authority for
institution of this investigation is
contained in section 337 of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337
and in section 210.10 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2017).
Scope of Investigation: Having
considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on
November 28, 2017, ordered that—
(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, an investigation be instituted

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