Notice of Availability Nevada and California Greater Sage-Grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan Amendment and Record of Decision, 33702-33703 [2016-12605]

Download as PDF 33702 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 103 / Friday, May 27, 2016 / Notices calls for clarification can be made by AVO staff quickly and Operations room staff can visualize ashfall information quickly. Ash fall report data will also be displayed on a dynamic map interface and show positive (yes ash) and negative (no ash) ash fall reports by location. Ash fall reports (icons) will be publically displayed for a period of 24 hours and shaded differently as they age so that the age of reports is obvious. The ash fall report database will help AVO track eruption clouds and associated fallout downwind. These reports from the public will also give scientists a more complete record of the amount and duration and other conditions of ash fall. Getting first-hand accounts of ash fall will support model ash fall development and interpretation of satellite imagery. 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Request for Comments We again invite comments concerning this ICR as to: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) how to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Please note that comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us and the OMB in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done. Thomas L. Murry, Director, Volcano Science Center. [FR Doc. 2016–12569 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4338–11–P PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLNVC00000.L16100000.DR0000; 14– 08807; MO# 4500084731] Notice of Availability Nevada and California Greater Sage-Grouse BiState Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan Amendment and Record of Decision Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the approved Nevada and California Greater Sage-Grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan Amendment (LUPA) for the Carson City District and the Tonopah Field Office located in Nevada. The Nevada State Director signed the ROD on May 27, 2016, which constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes the LUPA effective immediately. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/ approved LUPA are available upon request from the Carson City District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701, Battle Mountain District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 50 Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, NV 89820 or via the Internet at https:// www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/carson_city_ field.html. Copies of the ROD/approved LUPA are available for public inspection at the Carson City or Battle Mountain District Offices at the above addresses. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Sievers, Project Manager, telephone: 775–885–6168; address: 5665 Morgan Mill Rd., Carson City, NV 89701; email: blm_nv_ccdowebmail@ blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nevada California Greater Sage-Grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan will amend the Carson City Field Office Consolidated Resource Management Plan (RMP) (2001) and the Tonopah Field Office RMP (1997). The LUPA and associated environmental E:\FR\FM\27MYN1.SGM 27MYN1 sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 103 / Friday, May 27, 2016 / Notices impact statement (EIS) were developed using a collaborative planning process. The United States Forest Service (USFS) was the lead agency for preparing the EIS and LUPA. The BLM was a cooperating agency. The LUPA encompasses approximately 280,000 acres of public land administered by the BLM Nevada, located in Carson City, Douglas, Esmeralda, Lyon, and Mineral counties in Nevada and Alpine County, California. The decision area does not include private lands, State lands, tribal lands, or Federal lands not administered by the BLM. The LUPA/ROD will add goals, objectives, action, and best management practices specifically designed to conserve, enhance, and restore habitats to provide for the longterm viability of the Greater Sage-Grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment (BSSG). The LUPA provides direction at the land-use-plan level to include regulatory mechanisms for the management and conservation of BSSG habitats within the BLM Carson City and Battle Mountain Districts to support the BSSG population management objectives within the States of Nevada and California. The proposed LUPA/final EIS was made available to the public on February 13, 2015 (80 FR 8081). Three valid protest letters were received and seven issues were identified. No inconsistencies were identified by the Offices of the Governor for the States of California or Nevada during the Governor’s consistency review. The Director’s Protest Report is available from the Carson City District’s Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ carson_city_field.html. The following changes to the Proposed Amendment are made final in the ROD/Approved Amendment as a result of protests raised during the protest process and additional agency discussions: Set a total anthropogenic disturbance of no more than 3 percent of the total BSSG habitat on Federal lands within the Bodie Mountain/Grant, Desert Creek/Fales, and White Mountains population management unit boundaries (PMU); and a total anthropogenic disturbance of no more than 1.5 percent of the total BSSG habitat on Federal lands within the Pine Nut Mountains PMU; tall structures, which could serve as predator perches, will not be authorized within 4 miles of an active or pending lek; designate right-of-way exclusion areas within BSSG habitat for new high-power (120kV) transmission line corridors, rights-of-way, facilities, or construction areas in habitat (outside of existing corridors); and clarify that connective areas will be maintained or enhanced. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 May 26, 2016 Jkt 238001 The EIS analyzes three alternatives: Alternative A (no action), Alternative B (Modified Proposed Action), and Alternative C (conservation). The BLM Proposed Plan Amendment is the same as Alternative B with the language modified to be consistent with BLM planning language. The BLM Proposed Plan Amendment as described in the Final EIS was selected in the ROD, with some modifications and clarifications based on protests raised during the protest process and additional agency discussions. The ROD adopts the final EIS’s goals and objections and the management actions to reach those goals and objections. The ROD does not directly implement any specific action. Future actions will be consistent with the management direction in the approved LUPA and will be made through a future decisionmaking process, including appropriate environmental review. Examples of sitespecific planning efforts for resourceuse activities are special recreation permits and right-of-way grants. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6. 33703 Twin Falls, Idaho 83301, (208) 736– 2352. The 15member RAC advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in Idaho. On June 17, the Twin Falls District RAC will develop permit renewal and travel management planning subcommittees in the morning. The rest of the day will be dedicated to wild horse education as they view the film Unbranded and take a field tour of the Bruneau Off-Range Corrals. Additional topics may be added and will be included in local media announcements. More information is available at https://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/get_ involved/resource_advisory/twin_falls_ district.html RAC meetings are open to the public. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1. Brian C. Amme, BLM Twin Falls District Manager (Acting). [FR Doc. 2016–12583 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am] John F. Ruhs, State Director, Nevada. BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P [FR Doc. 2016–12605 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P National Indian Gaming Commission DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLIDT000000.L11200000.DD0000.241A.00; 4500069133] Notice of Public Meeting, Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council, Idaho Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of public meetings. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), and the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004 (FLREA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below. DATES: The Twin Falls District RAC will meet June 17, 2016 at the Twin Falls District Office, 2878 Addison Ave. E., Twin Falls, ID 83301. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end no later than 6:00 p.m. The public comment period will take place from 8:15–8:45 a.m. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Tiel-Nelson, Twin Falls District, Idaho, 2878 Addison Ave. E., SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2016 Final Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees National Indian Gaming Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 25 CFR 514.2, that the National Indian Gaming Commission has adopted its 2016 final annual fee rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.062% (.00062) for tier 2, which remain the same as the 2016 preliminary fee rates. The tier 2 annual fee rate represents the lowest fee rate adopted by the Commission in the last five years. These rates shall apply to all assessable gross revenues from each gaming operation under the jurisdiction of the Commission. If a tribe has a certificate of self-regulation under 25 CFR part 518, the 2016 final fee rate on Class II revenues shall be 0.031% (.00031) which is one-half of the annual fee rate. The final fee rates being adopted here are effective June 1, 2016, and will remain in effect until new rates are adopted. Pursuant to 25 CFR 514.16, the National Indian Gaming Commission has also adopted its fingerprint processing fees of $21 per card effective June 1, 2016. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\27MYN1.SGM 27MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2016)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12605]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVC00000.L16100000.DR0000; 14-08807; MO# 4500084731]


Notice of Availability Nevada and California Greater Sage-Grouse 
Bi-State Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan Amendment and Record 
of Decision

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the approved Nevada and California 
Greater Sage-Grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan 
Amendment (LUPA) for the Carson City District and the Tonopah Field 
Office located in Nevada. The Nevada State Director signed the ROD on 
May 27, 2016, which constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes 
the LUPA effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/approved LUPA are available upon request 
from the Carson City District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 5665 
Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701, Battle Mountain District 
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 50 Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, 
NV 89820 or via the Internet at https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/carson_city_field.html. Copies of the ROD/approved LUPA are available 
for public inspection at the Carson City or Battle Mountain District 
Offices at the above addresses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Sievers, Project Manager, 
telephone: 775-885-6168; address: 5665 Morgan Mill Rd., Carson City, NV 
89701; email: blm_nv_ccdowebmail@blm.gov. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nevada California Greater Sage-Grouse 
Bi-State Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan will amend the 
Carson City Field Office Consolidated Resource Management Plan (RMP) 
(2001) and the Tonopah Field Office RMP (1997). The LUPA and associated 
environmental

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impact statement (EIS) were developed using a collaborative planning 
process. The United States Forest Service (USFS) was the lead agency 
for preparing the EIS and LUPA. The BLM was a cooperating agency. The 
LUPA encompasses approximately 280,000 acres of public land 
administered by the BLM Nevada, located in Carson City, Douglas, 
Esmeralda, Lyon, and Mineral counties in Nevada and Alpine County, 
California. The decision area does not include private lands, State 
lands, tribal lands, or Federal lands not administered by the BLM. The 
LUPA/ROD will add goals, objectives, action, and best management 
practices specifically designed to conserve, enhance, and restore 
habitats to provide for the long-term viability of the Greater Sage-
Grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment (BSSG). The LUPA provides 
direction at the land-use-plan level to include regulatory mechanisms 
for the management and conservation of BSSG habitats within the BLM 
Carson City and Battle Mountain Districts to support the BSSG 
population management objectives within the States of Nevada and 
California.
    The proposed LUPA/final EIS was made available to the public on 
February 13, 2015 (80 FR 8081). Three valid protest letters were 
received and seven issues were identified. No inconsistencies were 
identified by the Offices of the Governor for the States of California 
or Nevada during the Governor's consistency review. The Director's 
Protest Report is available from the Carson City District's Web site 
at: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/carson_city_field.html.
    The following changes to the Proposed Amendment are made final in 
the ROD/Approved Amendment as a result of protests raised during the 
protest process and additional agency discussions: Set a total 
anthropogenic disturbance of no more than 3 percent of the total BSSG 
habitat on Federal lands within the Bodie Mountain/Grant, Desert Creek/
Fales, and White Mountains population management unit boundaries (PMU); 
and a total anthropogenic disturbance of no more than 1.5 percent of 
the total BSSG habitat on Federal lands within the Pine Nut Mountains 
PMU; tall structures, which could serve as predator perches, will not 
be authorized within 4 miles of an active or pending lek; designate 
right-of-way exclusion areas within BSSG habitat for new high-power 
(120kV) transmission line corridors, rights-of-way, facilities, or 
construction areas in habitat (outside of existing corridors); and 
clarify that connective areas will be maintained or enhanced.
    The EIS analyzes three alternatives: Alternative A (no action), 
Alternative B (Modified Proposed Action), and Alternative C 
(conservation). The BLM Proposed Plan Amendment is the same as 
Alternative B with the language modified to be consistent with BLM 
planning language. The BLM Proposed Plan Amendment as described in the 
Final EIS was selected in the ROD, with some modifications and 
clarifications based on protests raised during the protest process and 
additional agency discussions. The ROD adopts the final EIS's goals and 
objections and the management actions to reach those goals and 
objections.
    The ROD does not directly implement any specific action. Future 
actions will be consistent with the management direction in the 
approved LUPA and will be made through a future decision-making 
process, including appropriate environmental review. Examples of site-
specific planning efforts for resource-use activities are special 
recreation permits and right-of-way grants.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.

John F. Ruhs,
State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 2016-12605 Filed 5-26-16; 8:45 am]
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