81_FR_18939 81 FR 18876 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Energy Resource Development Program Grants

81 FR 18876 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Energy Resource Development Program Grants

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 63 (April 1, 2016)

Page Range18876-18877
FR Document2016-07441

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs is seeking comments on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the collection of information for grants under the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development Office's Energy and Mineral Development Program authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0174. This information collection expires June 30, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 63 (Friday, April 1, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-07441]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900]


Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Energy Resource 
Development Program Grants

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs is seeking comments on the renewal 
of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the collection of 
information for grants under the Office of Indian Energy and Economic 
Development Office's Energy and Mineral Development Program authorized 
by OMB Control Number 1076-0174. This information collection expires 
June 30, 2016.

DATES: Submit comments on or before May 31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to 
Rebecca Naragon, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Indian 
Energy and Economic Development, 1951 Constitution Avenue NW., MS-16-
SIB, Washington, DC 20245; email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Naragon, (202) 208-4401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Energy Policy Act of 2005, 25 U.S.C. 3503 authorizes the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide grants to Indian Tribes as defined 
in 25 U.S.C. 3501(4)(A) and (B). The Office of Indian Energy and 
Economic Development (IEED) administers and manages the energy resource 
development grant program under the Energy and Minerals Development 
Program (EMDP).
    Congress may appropriate funds to EMDP on a year-to-year basis. 
When funding is available, IEED may solicit proposals for energy and 
mineral resource development projects from Indian Tribes for use on 
Indian lands as defined in 25 U.S.C. 3501. The projects

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may be in the areas of exploration, assessment, development, 
feasibility, or market studies. Indian Tribes that would like to apply 
for an EMDP grant must submit an application that includes certain 
information, and must assist IEED by providing information in support 
of any National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses.

II. Request for Comments

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) requests your comments on this 
collection concerning: (a) The necessity of this information collection 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) The accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) Ways we could enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Ways we could 
minimize the burden of the collection of the information on the 
respondents.
    Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and an 
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it 
has a valid OMB Control Number.
    It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for 
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section. 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.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1076-0174.
    Title: Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) Grant 
Solicitation.
    Brief Description of Collection: Indian Tribes that would like to 
apply for an EMDP grant must submit an application that includes 
certain information. A complete application must contain a current, 
signed Tribal resolution that provides sufficient information to 
authorize the project and comply with the terms of the grant; a 
proposal describing the planned activities and deliverable products; 
and a detailed budget estimate. The IEED requires this information to 
ensure that it provides funding only to those projects that meet the 
goals of the EMDP and purposes for which Congress provides the 
appropriation. Upon acceptance of an application, a Tribe must then 
submit one to two page quarterly progress reports summarizing events, 
accomplishments, problems and/or results in executing the project.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents: Federally recognized Indian Tribes with Indian land.
    Number of Respondents: 55 applicants per year; approximately 25 
project participants each year.
    Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours per application; 1.5 hours 
per progress report.
    Frequency of Response: Once per year for applications; 4 times per 
year for progress reports.
    Obligation to Respond: Response required to obtain a benefit.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,308 hours (2,200 for 
applications and 108 for progress reports).
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.

Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-07441 Filed 3-31-16; 8:45 am]
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18876 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 63 / Friday, April 1, 2016 / Notices help guide our recovery efforts by and reproduce. Depending upon Endangered Species Act of 1973, as describing actions we consider environmental conditions, the flight amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). necessary for each species’ conservation period ranges from about July through Alexandra Pitts, and by estimating time and costs for August or early September. implementing needed recovery Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Behren’s silverspot butterfly flight Region. measures. behavior is moderately erratic and swift Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to [FR Doc. 2016–07389 Filed 3–31–16; 8:45 am] in windy places, 0.3 to 1.8 meters (2 to provide an opportunity for public BILLING CODE 4333–15–P review and comment prior to 6 feet) above ground surface. Flights finalization of recovery plans, including usually occur by late morning when revisions to such plans. We made the temperatures are above about 60 degrees DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR draft recovery plan for Behren’s Fahrenheit. Adults may feed on nectar for as long as 5 minutes, returning to the Bureau of Indian Affairs silverspot butterfly available for public comment from January 20, 2004, same plant repeatedly. Butterflies may [167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/ through March 22, 2004 (69 FR 2725). rest on bare ground, in grasses, or on A0A501010.999900] We did not receive any comments ferns (bracken) and other foliage. Renewal of Agency Information during the public comment period for Adult Behren’s silverspot butterflies Collection for Energy Resource the draft recovery plan. feed on nectar, which is their only food Development Program Grants Recovery Plan for Behren’s Silverspot source, besides internal reserves present Butterfly (Speyeria zerene behrensii) when they emerge from the pupae. AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Observations of nectar feeding are few, Interior. Species’ History but based on observations of this and ACTION: Notice of request for comments. We listed Behren’s silverspot butterfly closely related silverspot subspecies, throughout its entire range on December plants in the sunflower family SUMMARY: In compliance with the 5, 1997 (62 FR 64306). The species is (Asteraceae) dominate as nectar sources, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the endemic to the coastal prairie in including thistles (Cirsium spp); Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs is Mendocino and Sonoma Counties, gumplant (Grindelia stricta); goldenrods seeking comments on the renewal of California. The current known range of (Solidago spp.); tansy ragwort (Senecio Office of Management and Budget the Behren’s silverspot butterfly is jacobaea), California aster (Aster (OMB) approval for the collection of limited to a small number of sites information for grants under the Office chilensis), pearly everlasting (Anaphalis located from the Point Arena- of Indian Energy and Economic margaritacea), seaside daisy (Erigeron Manchester State Park area south to the Development Office’s Energy and glaucus), and yarrow (Achillea Salt Point area. The best available Mineral Development Program millefolium). Reported nectar species information on the life history of the authorized by OMB Control Number from other plant families include yellow Behren’s silverspot butterfly comes from 1076–0174. This information collection sand verbena (Abronia latifolia), sea- expires June 30, 2016. studies of a closely related coastal pink (Armeria maritima), and western subspecies, the Oregon silverspot DATES: Submit comments on or before pennyroyal (Monardella undulata). butterfly. Those studies found that May 31, 2016. females lay their eggs in the debris and Recovery Plan Goals ADDRESSES: You may submit comments dried stems of the larval food plant, the on the information collection to Rebecca The ultimate goal of this recovery Naragon, U.S. Department of the early blue violet (Viola adunca). The plan is to recover Behren’s silverspot Interior, Office of Indian Energy and early blue violet is a small, native, butterfly so that it can be delisted. To Economic Development, 1951 perennial herb with pale to deep violet meet the recovery goal, the following Constitution Avenue NW., MS–16–SIB, flowers. This violet typically blooms in objectives have been identified: Washington, DC 20245; email: late spring to early summer and dies back to the perennial rhizome during 1. Secure self-sustaining wild Rebecca.Naragon@bia.gov. winter. Early blue violets occur widely metapopulations throughout the historic FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: in western North America; within the range of the subspecies. Rebecca Naragon, (202) 208–4401. Behren’s silverspot butterfly’s range, 2. Determine metapopulation and range- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: they are associated with coastal wide population numbers and monitor them grasslands. to determine long-term trends. I. Abstract Upon hatching, the caterpillars 3. Reduce and eliminate threats, to the The Energy Policy Act of 2005, 25 (larvae) wander a short distance and extent possible. U.S.C. 3503 authorizes the Secretary of spin a silk pad upon which they pass 4. Protect, conserve, and restore healthy the Interior to provide grants to Indian the fall and winter in diapause butterfly ecosystems and their function. Tribes as defined in 25 U.S.C. (dormancy). The larvae are dark-colored 3501(4)(A) and (B). The Office of Indian As Behren’s silverspot butterfly meets with many branching, sharp spines on Energy and Economic Development their backs. Upon ending diapause in reclassification and recovery criteria, we (IEED) administers and manages the the spring, the larvae immediately seek will review its status and consider it for energy resource development grant out the violet food plant. During the removal from the Federal Lists of program under the Energy and Minerals asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES spring and early summer they pass Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Development Program (EMDP). through five instars (stages of and Plants. Congress may appropriate funds to development) before forming a pupa Authority EMDP on a year-to-year basis. When within a chamber of leaves that they funding is available, IEED may solicit draw together with silk. The adult We developed our recovery plan proposals for energy and mineral butterflies emerge in about two weeks under the authority of section 4(f) of the resource development projects from and live for approximately three weeks, Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f). We publish this Indian Tribes for use on Indian lands as during which time they feed on nectar notice under section 4(f) of the defined in 25 U.S.C. 3501. The projects VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Mar 31, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01APN1.SGM 01APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 63 / Friday, April 1, 2016 / Notices 18877 may be in the areas of exploration, which Congress provides the City, Utah 84101; phone (801) 539– assessment, development, feasibility, or appropriation. Upon acceptance of an 4033; or lbird@blm.gov. market studies. Indian Tribes that application, a Tribe must then submit SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Planned would like to apply for an EMDP grant one to two page quarterly progress agenda topics include the introduction must submit an application that reports summarizing events, of new members; election of new includes certain information, and must accomplishments, problems and/or officers; an overview of BLM-Utah assist IEED by providing information in results in executing the project. issues; updates on the effort to revise support of any National Environmental Type of Review: Extension without the BLM’s planning regulations Policy Act (NEPA) analyses. change of currently approved collection. (Planning 2.0); implementation of the Respondents: Federally recognized Greater Sage-Grouse land use plan; II. Request for Comments Indian Tribes with Indian land. updates on the St. George Field Office The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Number of Respondents: 55 resource management planning process requests your comments on this applicants per year; approximately 25 (including the Red Cliffs and Beaver collection concerning: (a) The necessity project participants each year. Dam National Conservation Areas); and, of this information collection for the Estimated Time per Response: 40 updates on the Respect and Protect proper performance of the functions of hours per application; 1.5 hours per Anti-Looting Campaign. The RecRAC the agency, including whether the progress report. will be briefed on the BLM’s Connecting information will have practical utility; Frequency of Response: Once per year with Utah Communities Strategy and (b) The accuracy of the agency’s for applications; 4 times per year for the Federal Lands Recreation estimate of the burden (hours and cost) progress reports. Enhancement Act. The BLM-Henry of the collection of information, Obligation to Respond: Response Mountain Field Station will brief the including the validity of the required to obtain a benefit. RecRAC on a recreation fee pilot project methodology and assumptions used; (c) Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: that was approved by the RecRAC in Ways we could enhance the quality, 2,308 hours (2,200 for applications and November 2014. utility, and clarity of the information to 108 for progress reports). A half-hour public comment period be collected; and (d) Ways we could Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0. will take place from 12:30–1:30 p.m. minimize the burden of the collection of The meeting is open to the public; Elizabeth K. Appel, the information on the respondents. however, transportation, lodging, and Please note that an agency may not Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. meals are the responsibility of the conduct or sponsor, and an individual participating individuals. [FR Doc. 2016–07441 Filed 3–31–16; 8:45 am] need not respond to, a collection of Persons who use a information unless it has a valid OMB BILLING CODE 4337–15–P telecommunications device for the deaf Control Number. (TDD) may call the Federal Information It is our policy to make all comments Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 available to the public for review at the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR to leave a message or question for the location listed in the ADDRESSES section. above individual. The FIRS is available Bureau of Land Management Before including your address, phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. number, email address or other personal [16X LLUT980300 L10100000.XZ0000 24–1A] Replies are provided during normal identifying information in your business hours. comment, you should be aware that Notice of Utah Resource Advisory your entire comment—including your Council/Recreation Resource Advisory Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1. personal identifying information—may Council Meeting Jenna Whitlock, be made publicly available at any time. AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Acting State Director. While you can ask us in your comment Interior. [FR Doc. 2016–07383 Filed 3–31–16; 8:45 am] to withhold your personal identifying ACTION: Notice. BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to SUMMARY: In accordance with the do so. Federal Land Policy and Management DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR III. Data Act, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and the Federal Lands Recreation Bureau of Land Management OMB Control Number: 1076–0174. Enhancement Act, the Bureau of Land Title: Energy and Mineral [LLORC03000.L63320000.DD0000.16XL11 Management’s (BLM) Utah Resource 16AF.HAG16–0044] Development Program (EMDP) Grant Advisory Council (RAC)/Recreation Solicitation. Resource Advisory Council (RecRAC) Brief Description of Collection: Indian Interim Final Supplementary Rules for will meet as indicated below. Public Lands at Bastendorff Beach and Tribes that would like to apply for an EMDP grant must submit an application DATES: The BLM-Utah RAC/RecRAC the Associated Headlands in Coos that includes certain information. A will meet May 5, 2016, from 8:00 a.m.– County, Oregon complete application must contain a 3:45 p.m. AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, current, signed Tribal resolution that ADDRESSES: The RAC/RecRAC will meet Interior. provides sufficient information to at the BLM-Utah State Office, asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: Interim final supplementary authorize the project and comply with Monument Conference Room (5th rules. the terms of the grant; a proposal Floor), 440 West 200 South, Salt Lake describing the planned activities and City, Utah. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land deliverable products; and a detailed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lola Management (BLM) Oregon/Washington budget estimate. The IEED requires this Bird, Public Affairs Specialist (RAC State Director hereby establishes interim information to ensure that it provides Coordinator), Bureau of Land final supplementary rules limiting the funding only to those projects that meet Management, Utah State Office, 440 duration of camping at Bastendorff the goals of the EMDP and purposes for West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake Beach and the associated headlands VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Mar 31, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01APN1.SGM 01APN1


Document Created: 2016-04-06 00:08:13
Document Modified: 2016-04-06 00:08:13
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of request for comments.
DatesSubmit comments on or before May 31, 2016.
ContactRebecca Naragon, (202) 208-4401.
FR Citation81 FR 18876 
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