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Environmental Studies Program
functions to implement and manage the
responsibilities of research. This study
will facilitate the meeting of USDOI/
MMS information needs on subsistence
food harvest and sharing activities in
coastal Alaska, with specific focus on
the Beaufort Sea Planning Area.
Many previous MMS studies have
documented aspects of subsistence
harvest throughout coastal Alaska,
including information about household
subsistence harvests by quantity,
location, species, and month of harvest.
However, most of these studies are
limited to representing the importance
of subsistence to livelihoods in
measures of pounds per capita
harvested or average per capita harvest.
The study departs from this standard
approach by systematically examining
the complex social dynamics of sharing
and consuming resources after resources
have been harvested. In Alaska Native
communities, the distribution and
exchange of subsistence resources
operate under traditional institutions
(informal rules; codes of conduct) for
reciprocity in exchanging harvested
resources and the cultural obligation to
share. Changes in ecosystem services,
which may result from industrial
development and climate change, could
affect subsistence activities with related
effects on community sharing networks.
This research will make an important
contribution to the study of northern
subsistence by providing baseline
quantitative data on the structure of
sharing networks and by identifying the
characteristics of system components
and key nodes of networks. From the
findings of the empirical data, we will
model thresholds of change in
community food distribution networks
to assess communities’ vulnerabilities
and resilience.
The 36-month study involves
assessing the vulnerabilities of two
North Slope and one interior Alaska
village to the potential effects of
offshore oil and gas development on
subsistence food harvest and sharing
activities. We will investigate the
resilience of local sharing networks that
structure contemporary subsistencecash economies, using survey research
methods that involve residents of the
three Alaskan communities.
Potential number of households is
approximately 349 from the three
partner communities. We seek to
interview the ‘‘head’’ of each household,
and in some cases that may be two
people. This study will be conducted in
a face-to-face setting. The questionnaires
will be administered under the
guidelines of 45 CFR part 46. The
introduction that will be covered with
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each participant stresses that
participation is voluntary and
anonymity will be maintained.
Procedures designed to protect the
confidentiality of the information
provided will include the use of coded
selection and identification numbers to
protect the identities of respondents.
The information to be gathered is
intended to inform regulatory agencies,
academic researchers, and partner
communities about local social systems
in a way that can shape development
strategies and serve as an interim
baseline for impact monitoring to
compare against future conditions.
Without this data, MMS will not have
sufficient information to make informed
leasing and development decisions for
these areas.
Frequency: Voluntary, one-time event,
per study.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Potential number of
households is approximately 349 from
the three partner communities. We seek
to interview the ‘‘head’’ of each
household, and in some cases that may
be two people.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The MMS
estimates the total annual burden hours
to be 524 rounded hours (349
respondents × 1.5 hours per
questionnaire = 523.5 burden hours).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified no paperwork nonhour cost burdens associated with the
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
requires each agency ‘‘ * * * to provide
notice * * * and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information * * * ’’
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
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automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on January 12,
2010, we published a Federal Register
notice (75 FR 1648) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. This
notice also informed the public that
they may comment at any time on the
collection of information and provided
the address to which they should send
comments. We received three comments
from the same person, but none of the
comments were germane to the
paperwork burden of the collection. To
view the comments that were submitted
to MMS, follow the instructions under
‘‘Electronically’’ in the ADDRESSES
section.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by July 12, 2010.
Public Availability of Comments:
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.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz, (202)
208–7744.
Dated: June 5, 2010.
William S. Hauser,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Assessment of a Marine
Geophysical Survey by the U.S.
Geological Survey in the Arctic Ocean,
August–September 2010
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) has prepared a Draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) of a
Marine Geophysical Survey by the U.S.
Geological Survey in the Arctic Ocean,
August–September 2010 and by this
notice is announcing the opening of the
comment period.
DATES: To ensure comments will be
considered, the USGS must receive
written comments on the Draft EA of a
Marine Geophysical Survey by the U.S.
Geological Survey in the Arctic Ocean,
August–September 2010 within 30 days
following the date this Notice of
Availability is published in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the Draft Environmental
Assessment of a Marine Geophysical
Survey by the U.S. Geological Survey in
the Arctic Ocean, August–September
2010 by any of the following methods:
• Web site: https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/
EA/ECS_EA
• E-mail: jchilds@usgs.gov.
• Fax: 650–329–5190.
• Mail: Jonathan R. Childs, U.S.
Geological Survey, Mail Stop 999, 345
Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Copies of the Draft EA are available in
the USGS Menlo Park Earth Science
Information Center, Building 3, Room
3128, 345 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park,
CA 94025, Telephone: (650) 329–4309;
the USGS Anchorage Earth Science
Information Center, Room 208, 4210
University Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508,
Telephone: (907) 786–7011; and at the
North Slope Borough Department of
Wildlife Management, Barrow, Alaska,
Telephone: (907) 852–0350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Jonathan R.
Childs, geophysicist, at the above
address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
objective of the proposed Geophysical
Survey is to provide information
relevant to determining the outer limits
of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf
under the provisions of Article 76 of the
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Further information is available at:
https://www.continentalshelf.gov.
Prior public input included requests
for comment and information early in
the project from agencies with potential
interest or jurisdiction, and from local
North Slope organizations with a
potential interest in the proposed
project. Survey plans were presented at
the Alaskan Eskimo Whaling Captain’s
meeting on February 11, 2010. A public
meeting was held March 23, 2010 in
Anchorage, Alaska. Minor issues and
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concerns were addressed during the
public meeting.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted including names,
street addresses, and email addresses of
persons who submit comments will be
available for public review and
disclosure at the USGS Menlo Park
address above during regular business
hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday
through Friday, except holidays.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10.
James F. Devine,
Senior Advisor for Science Applications.
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described in the open files. They will be
available to the public as a matter of
information. If the BLM receives a
protest against this survey, as shown on
this plat, in 3 sheets, prior to the date
of the official filing, we will stay the
filing pending our consideration of the
protest. We will not officially file this
plat, in 3 sheets, until the day after we
have accepted or dismissed all protests
and they have become final, including
decisions or appeals.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap 3.
Dated: June 4, 2010.
James D. Claflin,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of
Resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey;
Montana
[CO200–LLCOF00000–L16520000–XX0000]
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of
survey.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) will file the plat of
survey of the lands described below in
the BLM Montana State Office, Billings,
Montana, thirty (30) days from the date
of publication in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marvin Montoya, Cadastral Surveyor,
Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of
Land Management, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669,
telephone (406) 896–5124 or (406) 896–
5009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
survey was executed at the request of
the Program Manager, Bureau of
Reclamation, Great Plains Region,
Montana Area Office, Billings, Montana,
and was necessary to determine the
boundaries of Federal Interest lands.
The lands we surveyed are:
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 36 N., R. 14 E.
The plat, in 3 sheets, representing the
dependent resurvey of dependent resurvey of
portions of the Ninth Standard Parallel
North, through Range 14 West, the
subdivisional lines, the subdivision of certain
sections, and certain rights-of-way of the
United States Reclamation Service (U.S.R.S.)
Reserve, St. Mary Storage Unit (Canal),
through sections 3, 16, and 27, Township 36
North, Range 14 West, Principal Meridian,
Montana, was accepted June 3, 2010.
We will place a copy of the plat, in
3 sheets, and related field notes we
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Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The BLM is publishing this
notice in accordance with the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA). The Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) gives notice
that the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) is establishing the Rio
Grande Natural Area Commission
(Commission) in the State of Colorado.
This notice is also to solicit public
nominations for the Commission. The
Commission will advise the Secretary
with respect to the Rio Grande Natural
Area (Natural Area) and prepare a
management plan relating to nonFederal land in the Natural Area.
DATES: All nominations must be
received no later than July 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for the address of the BLM
Colorado Office accepting nominations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Sample, Public Information
Officer, Colorado State Office, Bureau of
Land Management, 2850 Youngfield
Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215,
telephone (303) 239–3861; or e-mail
James_Sample@blm.gov.
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of the Rio Grande Natural Area Act (Act)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment of a
Marine Geophysical Survey by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Arctic
Ocean, August-September 2010
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has prepared a
Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of a Marine Geophysical Survey by
the U.S. Geological Survey in the Arctic Ocean, August-September 2010
and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment period.
DATES: To ensure comments will be considered, the USGS must receive
written comments on the Draft EA of a Marine Geophysical Survey by the
U.S. Geological Survey in the Arctic Ocean, August-September 2010
within 30 days following the date this Notice of Availability is
published in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the Draft Environmental
Assessment of a Marine Geophysical Survey by the U.S. Geological Survey
in the Arctic Ocean, August-September 2010 by any of the following
methods:
Web site: https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/EA/ECS_EA
E-mail: jchilds@usgs.gov.
Fax: 650-329-5190.
Mail: Jonathan R. Childs, U.S. Geological Survey, Mail
Stop 999, 345 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Copies of the Draft EA are available in the USGS Menlo Park Earth
Science Information Center, Building 3, Room 3128, 345 Middlefield Rd.,
Menlo Park, CA 94025, Telephone: (650) 329-4309; the USGS Anchorage
Earth Science Information Center, Room 208, 4210 University Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99508, Telephone: (907) 786-7011; and at the North Slope
Borough Department of Wildlife Management, Barrow, Alaska, Telephone:
(907) 852-0350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact
Jonathan R. Childs, geophysicist, at the above address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objective of the proposed Geophysical
Survey is to provide information relevant to determining the outer
limits of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf under the provisions of
Article 76 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Further
information is available at: https://www.continentalshelf.gov.
Prior public input included requests for comment and information
early in the project from agencies with potential interest or
jurisdiction, and from local North Slope organizations with a potential
interest in the proposed project. Survey plans were presented at the
Alaskan Eskimo Whaling Captain's meeting on February 11, 2010. A public
meeting was held March 23, 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska. Minor issues and
concerns were addressed during the public meeting.
Please note that public comments and information submitted
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who
submit comments will be available for public review and disclosure at
the USGS Menlo Park address above during regular business hours (8 a.m.
to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10.
James F. Devine,
Senior Advisor for Science Applications.
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