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Dated: March 27, 2008.
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. E8–7313 Filed 4–7–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Information Collection for Reindeer in
Alaska, Request for Comments
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Renewal.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) is seeking comments on the
information collection: 25 CFR part 243,
Reindeer in Alaska. The information
collected under this program is related
to the Alaska Native reindeer industry
and applies to non-natives who own, or
want to own reindeer in Alaska. It is
used solely to monitor and regulate the
possession and use of Alaskan reindeer
by non-Natives in Alaska. This
collection needs renewal.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
June 9, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Warren
Eastland, Wildlife Biologist, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 25520 [3rd floor
Federal Building], Juneau, AK 99802–
5520; Telephone (907) 586–7321 and
Facsimile at (907) 586–7120. We cannot
accept electronic submissions at this
time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Warren Eastland, Wildlife Biologist,
(907) 586–7321, Facsimile at (907) 586–
7120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information to be provided includes
name, address, and where an applicant
will keep reindeer. The applicant must
fill out a permit to get a reindeer for any
purpose. The applicant is required to
report on the status of reindeer annually
or when a change occurs if earlier than
the date for the annual report.
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Request for Comments
The Bureau of Indian Affairs 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;
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(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, such as
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or request, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid Office
of Management and Budget (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,
room 347D, during the hours of 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Pacific Standard Time,
Monday through Friday except for legal
holidays. If you wish to have your name
and/or address withheld, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of
your comments. We cannot guarantee
that your personally identifiable
information might not be made public at
some time. All comments from
organizations or representatives will be
available for review. We may withhold
comments from review for other
reasons.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0047.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Title: 25 CFR 243, Reindeer in Alaska.
Brief Description of Collection:
Information is provided to obtain or
retain a benefit, namely, a permit to
obtain a reindeer, but without such
information no permit shall be issued.
Respondents: Non-Natives who wish
to possess Alaskan reindeer.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 to 20
minutes with the average being 10
minutes.
Frequency of Response: The number
of respondents varies annually but
never exceeds 10.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents:
3 hours.
Dated: March 28, 2008.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal Energy Resource Agreement
Regulations Public Information
Meeting
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that the Office of Indian Energy and
Economic Development (IEED) will hold
an all-day public information session on
April 29, 2008, concerning the final
regulations authorizing Tribal Energy
Resource Agreements (TERA). These
final regulations provide the process
under which a tribe may apply for, and
the Secretary of the Interior may grant,
authority for an Indian tribe to review
and approve leases and business
agreements and grant rights-of-way for
specific energy development activities
on tribal lands through an approved
TERA. The regulations also cover
processes for implementation of TERAs,
including periodic review and
evaluation of a tribe’s activities under a
TERA, enforcement of TERA provisions,
and administrative appeals. The
regulations also include a process for a
tribe to voluntarily rescind a TERA.
DATES: The public information meeting
will begin at 9 a.m. on April 29, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Colorado Convention Center, 700
14th Street, Denver, Colorado.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Darryl Francois, Office of Indian Energy
and Economic Development, Room 20South Interior Building, 1951
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20245, Telephone (202) 219–0740 or
Fax (202) 208–4564.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public
Law 109–58, requires the Department of
the Interior to promulgate regulations
that implement new provisions in 25
U.S.C. 3504 concerning Tribal Energy
Resource Agreements (TERAs). The
intent of these agreements is to promote
tribal oversight and management of
energy and mineral resource
development on tribal lands and further
the goal of Indian self-determination.
The Department published a final rule
in the Federal Register titled Tribal
Energy Resource Agreements under the
Indian Tribal Energy Development and
Self Determination Act on March 10,
2008 (73 FR 12808). The rule, which can
be found in the Code of Federal
Regulations at 25 CFR Part 224, fully
implements the provisions of 25 U.S.C.
3504.
IEED staff will be on hand at the
meeting to present an overview of the
regulations and to provide information
on how tribes can use the processes
contained in the regulations in their
energy development efforts. At the
meeting, IEED staff will discuss topics
covering application and agreement
requirements, how to define the scope
of a TERA, the process for
determination of tribal capacity, the
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type and range of internal tribal
processes that must be developed,
appeal processes, and periodic review
parameters.
Dated: April 2, 2008.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska
OCS Region, North Aleutian Basin,
Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 214
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Call for Information and
Nominations (Call) and Notice of Intent
(NOI) to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS).
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Call for Information and
Nominations (hereinafter referred to as
‘‘Call’’) and the NOI are the initial
information-gathering steps in a process
that incorporates planning and analysis
for proposed OCS Oil and Gas Lease
Sale 214 in the program area of the
North Aleutian Basin Planning Area
offshore the State of Alaska. The
program area is that subarea of the larger
North Aleutian Basin Planning Area
identified in the OCS Oil and Gas
Leasing Program, 2007 to 2012, that may
be offered in the proposed Sale 214.
Readers are cautioned that this
announcement is not a commitment to
hold a lease sale but rather a
continuation of the informationgathering and evaluation process.
Simultaneously with this Call, the
MMS is giving notice of its intent to
prepare an EIS for Sale 214 in the North
Aleutian Basin, tentatively scheduled
for 2011. The EIS analysis will focus on
the potential environmental effects of
oil and gas exploration, development,
and production in the proposed sale
area and its vicinity. This NOI also
serves to announce the initiation of the
scoping process for this EIS. The MMS
will consider comments received in
response to this NOI and Call in
determining the proposed sale area and
the scope of the EIS. The Department of
the Interior (DOI) is also inviting other
Federal, State, Tribal, and local
governments to consider becoming
cooperating agencies in the preparation
of the EIS.
DATES: Nominations and Comments on
the Call must be received no later than
July 7, 2008. Submittals should be
labeled ‘‘Nominations for Proposed Sale
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214’’ or ‘‘Comments on Call for
Information and Nominations for
Proposed Sale 214,’’ as appropriate.
Comments on the NOI also must be
received no later than July 7, 2008.
Submittals should be labeled
‘‘Comments on the Notice of Intent for
Proposed Sale 214.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact Dr. Cleve Cowles,
Regional Supervisor, Office of Leasing
and Environment, Minerals
Management Service, Alaska OCS
Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive #500,
Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5820, phone
at (907) 334–5233 regarding questions
on the Call or NOI.
Supplementary Information On the Call
The final EIS will serve as the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) analysis for North Aleutian
Basin Sale 214. The MMS will prepare
additional Coastal Zone Management
Act (CZMA) Consistency Determination
(CD), CZMA, and Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) documents, as
appropriate.
Call for Information and Nominations
1. Authority: This Call is published
pursuant to the OCSLA as amended (43
U.S.C. 1331–1356, (1994)) and the
regulations issued thereunder (30 CFR
256); and in accordance with the OCS
Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007–
2012.
2. Purpose of Call: The purpose of the
Call is to gather nominations and
information for proposed OCS Lease
Sale 214, tentatively scheduled in 2011
in the ‘‘program area’’ of the North
Aleutian Basin Planning Area.
Information and nominations on oil
and gas leasing, exploration, and
development and production within the
program area of the North Aleutian
Basin are sought from all interested
parties. This early planning and
consultation step is important for
ensuring that all interests and concerns
are communicated to the DOI for its
consideration in future decisions in the
leasing process pursuant to the OCSLA
and regulations at 30 CFR 256. This
Call/NOI is being issued in accordance
with the OCS Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 2007–2012.
This Call is to gather information and
does not indicate a preliminary decision
to lease in the areas described below.
Final decision and delineation of each
area for possible leasing will be made at
a later date and only if there is
compliance with applicable laws
including all requirements of the
OCSLA and NEPA using established
departmental procedures.
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3. Description of Area: The area that
is the subject of this Call is located
offshore the State of Alaska in the North
Aleutian Basin Planning Area. The
‘‘program area’’ is that subarea of the
larger planning area identified in OCS
Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007–
2012. The ‘‘program area’’ extends
offshore from about 10 statute miles to
approximately 120 statute miles, in
water depths from approximately 40 feet
(12 meters) to 120 feet (37 meters). This
area consists of approximately 990
whole and partial blocks of about 2.3
million hectares (5.6 million acres). A
page size map of the program area
accompanies this Call. Official
Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) are
available at no charge at the website:
https://www.mms.gov/ld/alaska.htm.
4. Instructions On Call: Nominations
and information must be received no
later than 90 days following publication
of this Call in the Federal Register.
Submittals should indicate
‘‘Nominations for Proposed Sale 214’’ or
‘‘Comments on Call for Information and
Nominations for Proposed Sale 214’’ as
appropriate. Comments on the NOI also
must be received no later than July 7,
2008. Submittals should be labeled
‘‘Comments on the Notice of Intent for
Proposed Sale 214.’’
Nominations and comments may be
submitted by any one of the following
methods:
• Mail or hand-deliver comments to
the Regional Supervisor, Office of
Leasing and Environment, Alaska OCS
Region, Minerals Management Service,
3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500,
Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5823.
• Submit comments by Internet
through MMS Public Connect at this
website: https://ocsconnect.mms.gov/
pcs-public/.
• Fax comments to the Regional
Supervisor, Office of Leasing and
Environment, Alaska OCS Region,
Minerals Management Service at (907)
334–5242.
• E-mail comments to
Sale214Call@mms.gov.
Please submit e-mail or Internet
comments as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form
of encryption. Please also include your
name and return address in your e-mail
or Internet message. If you do not
receive a confirmation from the system
that we have received your e-mail or
Internet message, contact us directly at
1–800–764–2627.
The Call for Information Map
delineates the Call area identified by
MMS as having potential for the
discovery of accumulations of oil and
gas. Respondents are requested to
indicate nominations and comments on
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal Energy Resource Agreement Regulations Public Information
Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Office of Indian
Energy and Economic Development (IEED) will hold an all-day public
information session on April 29, 2008, concerning the final regulations
authorizing Tribal Energy Resource Agreements (TERA). These final
regulations provide the process under which a tribe may apply for, and
the Secretary of the Interior may grant, authority for an Indian tribe
to review and approve leases and business agreements and grant rights-
of-way for specific energy development activities on tribal lands
through an approved TERA. The regulations also cover processes for
implementation of TERAs, including periodic review and evaluation of a
tribe's activities under a TERA, enforcement of TERA provisions, and
administrative appeals. The regulations also include a process for a
tribe to voluntarily rescind a TERA.
DATES: The public information meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on April 29,
2008.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Colorado Convention Center,
700 14th Street, Denver, Colorado.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darryl Francois, Office of Indian
Energy and Economic Development, Room 20-South Interior Building, 1951
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20245, Telephone (202) 219-
0740 or Fax (202) 208-4564.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of the Energy Policy Act of 2005,
Public Law 109-58, requires the Department of the Interior to
promulgate regulations that implement new provisions in 25 U.S.C. 3504
concerning Tribal Energy Resource Agreements (TERAs). The intent of
these agreements is to promote tribal oversight and management of
energy and mineral resource development on tribal lands and further the
goal of Indian self-determination.
The Department published a final rule in the Federal Register
titled Tribal Energy Resource Agreements under the Indian Tribal Energy
Development and Self Determination Act on March 10, 2008 (73 FR 12808).
The rule, which can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations at 25
CFR Part 224, fully implements the provisions of 25 U.S.C. 3504.
IEED staff will be on hand at the meeting to present an overview of
the regulations and to provide information on how tribes can use the
processes contained in the regulations in their energy development
efforts. At the meeting, IEED staff will discuss topics covering
application and agreement requirements, how to define the scope of a
TERA, the process for determination of tribal capacity, the
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type and range of internal tribal processes that must be developed,
appeal processes, and periodic review parameters.
Dated: April 2, 2008.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-7305 Filed 4-7-08; 8:45 am]
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