The National Environmental Policy Act Procedures Manual, 13139-13140 [2010-5872]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 52 / Thursday, March 18, 2010 / Notices Information will be available for public review and comment online at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/romo, and from the Public Information Office, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1000 U.S. Highway 36, Estes Park, Colorado 80517–8397. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Information Office, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1000 U.S. Highway 36, Estes Park, Colorado 80517–8397, (970) 586–1206, romo_information@nps.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the scoping brochure or on any other issues associated with the plan, you may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to: Superintendent, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1000 U.S. Highway 36, Estes Park, Colorado 80517–8397. You may also comment via the Internet at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/romo. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to: Superintendent, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1000 U.S. Highway 36, Estes Park, Colorado 80517–8397. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 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. ADDRESSES: Dated: January 11, 2010. Mike Snyder, Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 2010–5869 Filed 3–17–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Public Meetings for the National Park Service Alaska Region’s Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) Program National Park Service, Interior. Notice of public meetings for the National Park Service Alaska Region’s Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program. AGENCY: sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: The Cape Krusenstern National Monument SRC, Kobuk Valley National Park SRC and Gates of the Arctic National Park SRC will meet to VerDate Nov<24>2008 18:51 Mar 17, 2010 Jkt 220001 develop and continue work on National Park Service (NPS) subsistence hunting program recommendations and other related subsistence management issues. The NPS SRC program is authorized under Title VIII, Section 808 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96–487, to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Public Availability of Comments: These meetings are open to the public and will have time allocated for public testimony. The public is welcome to present written or oral comments to the SRC. Each meeting will be recorded and meeting minutes will be available upon request from the park superintendent for public inspection approximately six weeks after each meeting. Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail 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. Cape Krusenstern National Monument SRC and Kobuk Valley National Park SRC Meeting Date and Location: The Cape Krusenstern National Monument SRC and Kobuk Valley National SRC meetings will be held on Monday, April 19, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the National Park Service Northwest Arctic Heritage Center, Kotzebue, AK. The meeting may end early if all business is completed. For Further Information on the Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Kobuk Valley National Park Meeting Contact: George Helfrich, Superintendent, Western Arctic Parklands, or Willie Goodwin, Subsistence Manager, (907) 442–3890, Address: P.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752, or Clarence Summers, Subsistence Manager, (907) 644–3603. Gates of the Arctic National Park SRC Meeting Date and Location: The Gates of the Arctic National Park SRC meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, AK, (907) 852–0422. The evening session will be scheduled at the call of the Chair. A tentative plan is to break for dinner at 5 p.m., reconvene the meeting at 7 p.m. and adjourn the meeting at 10 p.m. The meeting may end early if all business is completed. For Further Information on the Gates of the Arctic National Park SRC Meeting PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 13139 Contact: Dave Krupa, Subsistence Manager, Tel. (907) 455–0631, Address: 4175 Geist Road, Fairbanks, AK 99703, or Clarence Summers, Subsistence Manager, Tel. (907) 644–3603. Proposed SRC Meeting Agenda The proposed meeting agenda for each meeting includes the following: 1. Call to order. 2. SRC Roll Call and Confirmation of Quorum. 3. SRC Chair and Superintendent’s Welcome and Introductions. 4. Approval of Minutes from Last SRC Meeting. 5. Review and Approve Agenda. 6. Status of SRC Membership. 7. SRC Member Reports. 8. Park Subsistence Manager’s Report. 9. Park Staff Reports. a. Resource Management Update. b. Ranger Division Update. c. Subsistence Uses of Horns, Antlers, Bones and Plants EA Update. 10. Federal Subsistence Board Update. 11. Alaska Board of Game Update. 12. Old Business. 13. New Business. 14. Public and other Agency Comments. 15. SRC Work/Training Session. 16. Set Time and Place for next SRC Meeting. 17. Adjournment. SRC meeting locations and dates may need to be changed based on lack of quorum, inclement weather or local circumstances. If the meeting date and location are changed, a notice will be published in local newspapers and announced on local radio stations prior to the meeting date. The SRC meeting may end early if all business is completed. Dated: March 10, 2010. Sue E. Masica, Regional Director, Alaska. [FR Doc. 2010–5867 Filed 3–17–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION The National Environmental Policy Act Procedures Manual AGENCY: The National Indian Gaming Commission. ACTION: Notice of reopening of comment period. SUMMARY: This notice reopens the period for comments on the Draft NEPA Procedures Manual published in the Federal Register on December 4, 2009 (74 FR 63765–74 FR 63787). Previously, the Commission reopened the comment period from January 19, 2010, to March 4, 2010 (75 FR 3756). E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1 13140 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 52 / Thursday, March 18, 2010 / Notices DATES: The comment period for the Draft NEPA Procedures Manual is being reopened from March 4, 2010, to April 15, 2010. ADDRESSES: Please submit your comments by only one of the following means: (1) By mail to: Brad Mehaffy, National Indian Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street, NW., Suite 9100, Washington, DC 20005; (2) by hand delivery to: National Indian Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street, NW., Suite 9100, Washington, DC 20005; (3) by facsimile to: (202) 632–7066; (4) by email to: nepa_procedures@nigc.gov; or (5) online at https://www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley Mehaffy, NEPA Compliance Officer at the National Indian Gaming Commission: 202–632–7003 or by facsimile at 202–632–7066 (not toll-free numbers). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to several requests, the Acting Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission has decided to reopen again the comment period on the Draft NEPA Procedures Manual. The comment period now will close April 15, 2010. George T. Skibine, Acting Chairman. [FR Doc. 2010–5872 Filed 3–17–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7565–02–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Nomination Solicitation National Park Service, Interior. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee; Notice of Nomination Solicitation. AGENCY: sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: The National Park Service is soliciting nominations for one member of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee. The Secretary of the Interior will appoint the member from nominations submitted by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and traditional Native American religious leaders. The nominee must be a traditional Indian religious leader. The term traditional religious leader means a person who is recognized by members of an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization as: (i) Being responsible for performing cultural duties relating to the ceremonial or religious traditions of that Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian VerDate Nov<24>2008 18:51 Mar 17, 2010 Jkt 220001 organization, or (ii) Exercising a leadership role in an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization based on the tribe or organization’s cultural, ceremonial, or religious practices (43 C.F.R. 10.2(d)(3)). Nominations must include the following information. 1. Nominations by traditional religious leaders: Nominations must be submitted with the nominator’s original signature and daytime telephone number. The nominator must indicate how he or she meets the definition of traditional religious leader. 2.Nominations by Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations: Nominations must be submitted on official tribal or organization letterhead with the nominator’s original signature and daytime telephone number. The nominator must be the official authorized by the tribe or organization to submit nominations in response to this solicitation. The nomination must include a statement that the nominator is so authorized. 3. A nomination must include the following information: a. the nominee’s name, postal address, daytime telephone number, and e-mail address; and b. nominee’s resume or brief biography emphasizing the nominee’s NAGPRA experience and ability to work effectively as a member of an advisory board. c. how the nominee meets the definition of traditional religious leader found at 43 C.F.R. 10.2(d)(3) and stated above. DATES: Nominations must be received by May 17, 2010. ADDRESSES: Address nominations to David Tarler, Designated Federal Officer, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee, National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street, NW, 8th Floor (2253), Washington, DC 20005. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The Review Committee was established by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), at 25 U.S.C. 3006. 2. The Review Committee is responsible for a.monitoring the NAGPRA inventory and identification process; b.reviewing and making findings related to the identity or cultural affiliation of cultural items, or the return of such items; c.facilitating the resolution of disputes; d.compiling an inventory of culturally unidentifiable human remains and PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 developing a process for disposition of such remains; e.consulting with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations and museums on matters within the scope of the work of the Review Committee affecting such tribes or organizations; f.consulting with the Secretary of the Interior in the development of regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and g.making recommendations regarding future care of repatriated cultural items. 3. Seven members compose the Review Committee. All members are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary may not appoint Federal officers or employees to the Review Committee. a. Three members are appointed from nominations submitted by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and traditional Native American religious leaders. At least two of these members must be traditional Indian religious leaders. b. Three members are appointed from nominations submitted by national museum organizations and scientific organizations. c. One member is appointed from a list of persons developed and consented to by all of the other members. 4.Members serve as Special Governmental Employees, which requires submission of annual financial disclosure reports and completion of annual ethics training. 5. Appointment terms: Members are appointed for 4–year terms and incumbent members may be reappointed for 2–year terms. 6. The Review Committee’s work is completed during public meetings. The Review Committee normally meets faceto-face two times per year, and each meeting is normally two or three days. The Review Committee may also hold one or more public teleconferences of several hours duration. 7. Compensation: Review Committee members are compensated for their participation in Review Committee meetings. 8. Reimbursement: Review Committee members are reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in association with Review Committee meetings. 9. Additional information regarding the Review Committee -- including the Review Committee’s charter, meeting protocol, and dispute resolution procedures -- is available on the National NAGPRA Program website, at www.nps.gov/history/nagpra (click ‘‘Review Committee’’ in the menu on the right). 10.The terms ‘‘Indian tribe,’’ ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization,’’ and ‘‘traditional E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13139-13140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5872]


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NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION


The National Environmental Policy Act Procedures Manual

AGENCY: The National Indian Gaming Commission.

ACTION: Notice of reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice reopens the period for comments on the Draft NEPA 
Procedures Manual published in the Federal Register on December 4, 2009 
(74 FR 63765-74 FR 63787). Previously, the Commission reopened the 
comment period from January 19, 2010, to March 4, 2010 (75 FR 3756).

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DATES: The comment period for the Draft NEPA Procedures Manual is being 
reopened from March 4, 2010, to April 15, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Please submit your comments by only one of the following 
means: (1) By mail to: Brad Mehaffy, National Indian Gaming Commission, 
1441 L Street, NW., Suite 9100, Washington, DC 20005; (2) by hand 
delivery to: National Indian Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street, NW., 
Suite 9100, Washington, DC 20005; (3) by facsimile to: (202) 632-7066; 
(4) by e-mail to: nepa_procedures@nigc.gov; or (5) online at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley Mehaffy, NEPA Compliance 
Officer at the National Indian Gaming Commission: 202-632-7003 or by 
facsimile at 202-632-7066 (not toll-free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to several requests, the Acting 
Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission has decided to reopen 
again the comment period on the Draft NEPA Procedures Manual. The 
comment period now will close April 15, 2010.

George T. Skibine,
Acting Chairman.
[FR Doc. 2010-5872 Filed 3-17-10; 8:45 am]
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