82 FR 40016 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Tribal Energy Development Capacity Program

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 162 (August 23, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-17841

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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0177]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Tribal Energy 
Development Capacity Program

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an 
information collection.

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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 22, 2017.

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 Mr. Chandler Allen, Division of Energy and Mineral Development, 
Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs, 13922 Denver West Parkway, Suite 200, Lakewood, CO 
80401; facsimile: (303) 969-5273; email: [email protected]. Please 
reference OMB Control Number 1076-0177 in the subject line of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Mr. Chandler Allen by email at 
[email protected], or by telephone at (720) 407-0607. 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 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
June 15, 2017 (82 FR 27521). No comments were received.
    We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is 
described below. We are especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the 
proper functions of the BIA (2) will this information be processed and 
used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) 
how might the BIA enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (5) how might the BIA 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 Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizes the Secretary of 
the Interior to provide assistance to Indian Tribes and Tribal energy 
resource development organizations for energy development and 
appropriates funds for such projects on a year-to-year basis. See 25 
U.S.C. 3502. When funding is available, the Office of Indian Energy and 
Economic Development (IEED) may solicit proposals for projects for 
building capacity for Tribal energy resource development on Indian land 
from Tribal energy resource development organizations and Indian 
Tribes, including Alaska Native regional and village corporations under 
the TEDC program. For the purposes of this program, ``Indian land'' 
includes: All land within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, 
pueblo, or rancheria; any land outside those boundaries that is held by 
the United States in trust for a Tribe or individual Indian or by a 
Tribe or individual Indian with restrictions on alienation; and land 
owned by an Alaska Native regional or village corporation.
    Those who would like to submit a TEDC project proposal must submit 
an application that includes certain information and, once funding is 
received must submit reports on how they are using the funding. A 
complete application must contain the following:
     A formal signed resolution of the governing body of the 
Tribe or Tribal energy resource development organization demonstrating 
authority to apply;
     A proposal describing the planned activities and 
deliverable products; and
     A detailed budget estimate, including contracted personnel 
costs, travel estimates, data collection and analysis costs, and other 
expenses.
    The project proposal must include the information about the Tribe 
or Tribal energy resource development organization sufficient to allow 
IEED to evaluate the proposal based on the following criteria:
    (a) Energy resource potential;
    (b) Applicant's energy resource development history and current 
status;
    (c) Applicant's existing energy resource development capabilities;
    (d) Demonstrated willingness of the applicant to establish and 
maintain an independent energy resource development business entity;
    (e) Intent to develop and retain energy development capacity within 
the applicant's government or business entities; and
    (f) Applicant commitment of staff, training, or monetary resources.
    The IEED requires this information to ensure that it provides 
funding only to those projects that meet the goals of the TEDC and the 
purposes for which Congress provides the appropriations.
    Title of Collection: Tribal Energy Development Capacity Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0177.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Indian Tribes and Tribal energy 
resource development organizations under 25 U.S.C. 3502.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 26 per year, on 
average; 9 project participants each year, on average.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 26 applications per 
year, on average; 18 progress reports per year, on average.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 40 hours per application; 
1.5 hours per progress report.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,067 hours (1,040 
for applications and 27 for progress reports).
    Respondent's Obligation: Responses required to receive a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Once per year for applications; 2 times 
per year for progress reports.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
    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).

Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs.
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funding for the HCP will be provided; these factors. Additionally, a no action Scoping Meetings
(4) the taking will not appreciably alternative will be included.
reduce the likelihood of the survival See DATES for the dates and times of
Request for Information the public scoping meetings. The
and recovery of the species in the wild;
and (5) the measures, if any, required by We request data, comments, new primary purpose of these meetings and
the Service will be met, and we have information, or suggestions from the public comment period is to provide the
received assurances that the plan will be public, other concerned governmental public with a general understanding of
implemented, the Service will issue SPI agencies, the scientific community, the background of the proposed action
its requested permit. Regulations Tribes, industry, or any other interested and to solicit suggestions and
governing permits for endangered and party on this notice. We will consider information on the scope of issues and
threatened species are at 50 CFR 17.22 these comments in developing the draft alternatives we should consider when
and 17.32. EIS. We seek specific comments on: drafting the EIS. Written comments will
be accepted at the meetings. Comments
Proposed Sierra Pacific Industries 1. Biological information and relevant can also be submitted by methods listed
Habitat Conservation Plan data concerning covered species; in ADDRESSES. Once the draft EIS and
2. Additional information concerning proposed SPI HCP are complete and
The SPI HCP will encompass land the range, distribution, population size,
within the State of California where SPI made available for review, there will be
and population trends of covered additional opportunity for public
timber management operations occur. species;
SPI currently manages about 1.6 million comment on the content of those
3. Direct, indirect, and cumulative documents.
acres of timber land in the State of
impacts that implementation of the Persons needing reasonable
California. Activities to be covered by
proposed covered activities could have accommodations in order to attend and
the proposed HCP include those
on endangered, threatened, and other participate in the public meetings
necessary to manage and harvest timber
covered species, and their communities should contact the Service using one of
land within the State of California.
or habitats; the methods listed in ADDRESSES as soon
Covered activities also include
development and management of 4. Other possible alternatives to the as possible. In order to allow sufficient
mitigation measures and monitoring. proposed action(s) that the Service time to process requests, please make
should consider; contact no later than one week before
The SPI HCP will cover the federally
listed Northern spotted owl and the 5. Other current or planned activities the public meeting. Information
unlisted California spotted owl. Both in the subject area and their possible regarding this proposed action is
species are subject to injury or mortality impacts on covered species; available in alternative formats, upon
during timber harvest operations and 6. The presence of archaeological request.
management activities. sites, buildings and structures, historic Authority
Alternatively, the California Spotted events, sacred and traditional areas, and
owl will potentially be covered by a SPI other historic preservation concerns, We provide this notice under section
CCAA, and the Northern spotted owl which are required to be considered in 10 of the ESA and per NEPA regulations
will be covered under the SPI HCP. project planning by the National (40 CFR 1501.7, 1506.5 and 1508.22).
Historic Preservation Act; and
Environmental Impact Statement Michael Senn,
7. Any other environmental issues
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requires that should be considered with regard to Services, Pacific Southwest Region.
that Federal agencies conduct an the proposed SPI HCP, and permit
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environmental analysis of their action(s).
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proposed actions to determine if the Public Availability of Comments
actions may significantly affect the
human environment. Through our early You may submit your comments and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
analysis and based on 40 CFR 1502.3, materials by one of the methods listed
we have determined that above in the ADDRESSES section. Before Bureau of Indian Affairs
implementation of the proposed SPI including your address, phone number,
HCP may have significant impacts on or other personal identifying [178A2100DD/AAKC001030/
the human environment and, because it information in your comment, you A0A501010.999900 253G]; OMB Control
involves spotted owls and timber should be aware that your entire Number 1076–0177]
harvest, is likely to be controversial. comment—including your personal
Therefore, before deciding whether to identifying information—might be made Agency Information Collection
issue an ITP to SPI, we will prepare an publicly available at any time. While Activities; Submission to the Office of
EIS to analyze the environmental you can ask us in your comment to Management and Budget for Review
impacts associated with issuance of the withhold your personal identifying and Approval; Tribal Energy
ITP. The EIS will also include analysis information from public review, we Development Capacity Program
of a reasonable range of alternatives to cannot guarantee that we will be able to
the proposed action. Alternatives do so. AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
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considered in the EIS may include, but Comments and materials we receive,
are not limited to, variations in the as well as supporting documentation we ACTION: Notice of information collection;
permit term or permit structure; the No use in preparing the EIS, will be request for comment.
Surprises timeframe allowed under the available for public inspection by
ITP; the level of take allowed; the level, appointment, during normal business SUMMARY: In accordance with the
location, or type of conservation, hours, at the Service’s Sacramento Fish Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
monitoring, or mitigation provided; the and Wildlife Office in Sacramento, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are
scope of covered activities; the list of California (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION proposing to renew an information
covered species; or a combination of CONTACT). collection.

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DATES: Interested persons are invited to or other personal identifying (d) Demonstrated willingness of the
submit comments on or before information in your comment, you applicant to establish and maintain an
September 22, 2017. should be aware that your entire independent energy resource
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on comment—including your personal development business entity;
this information collection request (ICR) identifying information—may be made (e) Intent to develop and retain energy
to the Office of Management and publicly available at any time. While
development capacity within the
Budget’s Desk Officer for the you can ask us in your comment to
applicant’s government or business
Department of the Interior by email at withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we entities; and
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please cannot guarantee that we will be able to (f) Applicant commitment of staff,
provide a copy of your comments to Mr. do so. training, or monetary resources.
Chandler Allen, Division of Energy and Abstract: The Energy Policy Act of The IEED requires this information to
Mineral Development, Office of Indian 2005 authorizes the Secretary of the ensure that it provides funding only to
Energy and Economic Development, Interior to provide assistance to Indian those projects that meet the goals of the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, Tribes and Tribal energy resource TEDC and the purposes for which
13922 Denver West Parkway, Suite 200, development organizations for energy Congress provides the appropriations.
Lakewood, CO 80401; facsimile: (303) development and appropriates funds for
969–5273; email: Chandler.Allen@ such projects on a year-to-year basis. Title of Collection: Tribal Energy
bia.gov. Please reference OMB Control See 25 U.S.C. 3502. When funding is Development Capacity Program.
Number 1076–0177 in the subject line of available, the Office of Indian Energy OMB Control Number: 1076–0177.
your comments. and Economic Development (IEED) may Form Number: None.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To solicit proposals for projects for
building capacity for Tribal energy Type of Review: Extension of a
request additional information about
resource development on Indian land currently approved collection.
this ICR, contact Mr. Chandler Allen by
email at Chandler.Allen@bia.gov, or by from Tribal energy resource Respondents/Affected Public: Indian
telephone at (720) 407–0607. You may development organizations and Indian Tribes and Tribal energy resource
also view the ICR at http:// Tribes, including Alaska Native regional development organizations under 25
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. and village corporations under the U.S.C. 3502.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In TEDC program. For the purposes of this
Total Estimated Number of Annual
accordance with the Paperwork program, ‘‘Indian land’’ includes: All
Respondents: 26 per year, on average; 9
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the land within the boundaries of an Indian
reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; any project participants each year, on
general public and other Federal average.
agencies with an opportunity to land outside those boundaries that is
comment on new, proposed, revised, held by the United States in trust for a Total Estimated Number of Annual
and continuing collections of Tribe or individual Indian or by a Tribe Responses: 26 applications per year, on
information. This helps us assess the or individual Indian with restrictions on average; 18 progress reports per year, on
impact of our information collection alienation; and land owned by an average.
requirements and minimize the public’s Alaska Native regional or village Estimated Completion Time per
reporting burden. It also helps the corporation. Response: 40 hours per application; 1.5
public understand our information Those who would like to submit a hours per progress report.
collection requirements and provide the TEDC project proposal must submit an
application that includes certain Total Estimated Number of Annual
requested data in the desired format. Burden Hours: 1,067 hours (1,040 for
A Federal Register notice with a 60- information and, once funding is
day public comment period soliciting received must submit reports on how applications and 27 for progress
comments on this collection of they are using the funding. A complete reports).
information was published on June 15, application must contain the following: Respondent’s Obligation: Responses
2017 (82 FR 27521). No comments were • A formal signed resolution of the required to receive a benefit.
received. governing body of the Tribe or Tribal
Frequency of Collection: Once per
We are again soliciting comments on energy resource development
organization demonstrating authority to year for applications; 2 times per year
the proposed ICR that is described for progress reports.
below. We are especially interested in apply;
public comment addressing the • A proposal describing the planned Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
following issues: (1) Is the collection activities and deliverable products; and Burden Cost: $0.
necessary to the proper functions of the • A detailed budget estimate, An agency may not conduct or
BIA (2) will this information be including contracted personnel costs, sponsor and a person is not required to
processed and used in a timely manner; travel estimates, data collection and respond to a collection of information
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; analysis costs, and other expenses. unless it displays a currently valid OMB
(4) how might the BIA enhance the The project proposal must include the control number.
quality, utility, and clarity of the information about the Tribe or Tribal
energy resource development The authority for this action is the
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information to be collected; and (5) how
might the BIA minimize the burden of organization sufficient to allow IEED to Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
this collection on the respondents, evaluate the proposal based on the U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
including through the use of following criteria: Elizabeth K. Appel,
information technology. (a) Energy resource potential;
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Comments that you submit in (b) Applicant’s energy resource
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
response to this notice are a matter of development history and current status;
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public record. Before including your (c) Applicant’s existing energy
address, phone number, email address, resource development capabilities; BILLING CODE 4337–15–P

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of information collection; request for comment.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 22, 2017.
Contact		To request additional information about this ICR, contact Mr. Chandler Allen by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (720) 407-0607. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
FR Citation		82 FR 40016

82 FR 40016 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Tribal Energy Development Capacity Program

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 162 (August 23, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs