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U.S.C. App. 2, we announce that the
21st Century Conservation Service
Corps Advisory Committee will hold a
meeting.
Background
Chartered in November 2011, the
Committee is a discretionary advisory
committee established under the
authority of the Secretary of the Interior.
The purpose of the Committee is to
provide the Secretary of Interior with
recommendations on: (1) Developing a
framework for the 21CSC, including
program components, structure, and
implementation, as well as
accountability and performance
evaluation criteria to measure success;
(2) the development of certification
criteria for 21CSC providers and
individual certification of 21CSC
members; (3) strategies to overcome
existing barriers to successful 21CSC
program implementation; (4) identifying
partnership opportunities with
corporations, private businesses or
entities, foundations, and non-profit
groups, as well as state, local, and tribal
governments, to expand support for
conservation corps programs, career
training and youth employment
opportunities; (5) and developing
pathways for 21CSC participants for
future conservation engagement and
natural resource careers.
Background information on the
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Meeting Agenda
The Committee will convene to
consider draft recommendations from
the subcommittees; and other
Committee business. The public will be
able to make comment on Wednesday,
May 2, 2012 starting at 5 p.m. The final
agenda will be posted on www.doi.gov/
21csc prior to the meeting.
Public Input
Interested members of the public may
present, either orally or through written
comments, information for the
Committee to consider during the public
meeting. Speakers who wish to expand
upon their oral statements, or those who
had wished to speak, but could not be
accommodated during the public
comment period, are encouraged to
submit their comments in written form
to the Committee after the meeting.
Individuals or groups requesting to
make comment at the public Committee
meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per
speaker, with no more than a total of 45
minutes for all speakers. Interested
parties should contact Lisa Young, DFO,
in writing (preferably via email), by
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placed on the public speaker list for this
meeting.
In order to attend this meeting, you
must register by close of business
Friday, April 27, 2012. The meeting
location is open to the public. Space is
limited, so all interested in attending
should pre-register. Please submit your
name, time of arrival, email address and
phone number to Lisa Young via email
at Lisa_Young@ios.doi.gov or by phone
at (202) 208–7586.
Dated: April 11, 2012.
Lisa Young,
Designated Federal Officer.
Dated: April 2, 2012.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal Consultation Sessions—
Administrative Organizational
Assessment Draft Report,
Organizational Streamlining of BIA and
BIE, and BIE Topics
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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The Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE) will be adding three
tribal consultation sessions to the
previously scheduled sessions. The
additional sessions will focus on the
proposed Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the
Department of Education (ED) and the
Department of the Interior (DOI) to
improve American Indian and Alaska
Native education. The MOU is
authorized by the President’s Executive
Order on Improving American Indian
and Alaska Native Educational
Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal
Colleges and Universities (Executive
Order 135092) and section 9204 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act.
DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice for
dates of the tribal consultation sessions.
We will consider all comments on the
proposed MOU between DOI and ED
received by close of business on June
15, 2012.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice for
locations of the tribal consultation
sessions. Submit comments by email to:
consultation@bia.gov or by U.S. mail to:
Organizational Streamlining Comments,
Office of the Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Mail Stop 4141 MIB,
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the proposed MOU between ED and
DOI, contact: Brian Drapeaux, Chief of
Staff, Bureau of Indian Education, DOI
(202) 208–6123; or Don Yu, Special
Advisor to the Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, ED (202) 453–6600. For the
Administrative Organizational
Assessment Draft Report, contact: Paul
Tsosie, Chief of Staff, Office of the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,
(202) 208–7163. For the BIA
SUMMARY:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Royalty Policy Committee (RPC) Notice
of Renewal
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue, Interior.
AGENCY:
Notice of renewal of the Royalty
Policy Committee.
ACTION:
Following consultation with
the General Services Administration,
notice is hereby given that the Secretary
of the Interior is renewing the Royalty
Policy Committee.
The Royalty Policy Committee
provides advice to the Secretary of the
Interior on the management of Federal
and Indian mineral leases and revenues
under the laws governing the
Department of the Interior. The
Committee will also review and
comment on revenue management and
other mineral and energy-related
policies, and provide a forum to convey
views representative of mineral lessees,
operators, revenue payors, revenue
recipients, governmental agencies, and
public interest groups. The Royalty
Policy Committee reports to the
Secretary of the Interior through the
Director of the Office of Natural
Resources Revenue.
SUMMARY:
Ms.
Shirley Conway, Office of Natural
Resources Revenue; 1801 Pennsylvania
Avenue; Washington, DC 20006;
telephone number (202) 254–5554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Certification
I hereby certify that the renewal of the
Royalty Policy Committee is in the
public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the
Department of the Interior by 43 U.S.C.
1331 et. seq.
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Streamlining, contact: Bryan Rice,
Deputy Bureau Director, Office of Trust
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, (202)
208–7513.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
12, 2012, the Office of the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs (AS–IA), the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and BIE
announced they are hosting several
upcoming tribal consultation sessions
(see 77 FR 14561). This notice
announces that the DOI–ED MOU will
be added to the May 18, 2012,
consultation session from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Also, three additional sessions focused
on the proposed MOU between ED and
DOI will be held as follows:
Date
Location
Friday, May 18, 2012 ...............................
Thunder Valley Casino Resort, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln, California 95648,
(877) 468–8777, Booking code: ‘‘120516BURE’’.
Northern Arizona University, Auditorium, Ashurst Hall, Building #11, 321
McMullen Circle, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86001, Phone: 928–523–4120.
BLN Office Park, Conference Room 3, 2001 Killebrew Drive, Bloomington, Minnesota 55425, Phone: 952–851–5427 (BIE ADD Office).
Renaissance Inn, 611 Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, Phone:
615–255–8400.
Thursday, May 24, 2012 ..........................
Thursday, May 31, 2012 ..........................
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 .............................
A brief description of each of the
topics is available at: https://
www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/AS–IA/
Consultation/index.htm and in the
March 12, 2012, Federal Register Notice
(77 FR 14561).
Dated: April 11, 2012.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMTC 00900.L16100000.DP0000]
Notice of Public Meeting, Dakotas
Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Dakotas
Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The next regular meeting of the
Dakotas RAC will be held on May 9,
2012, in Spearfish, SD. The meeting will
start at 8 a.m. and adjourn at
approximately 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: When determined, the
meeting location will be announced in
a news release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Jacobsen, Public Affairs Specialist,
BLM Eastern Montana/Dakotas District,
111 Garryowen Road, Miles City,
Montana 59301, (406) 233–2831,
mark_jacobsen@blm.gov. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
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The 15member council advises the Secretary of
the Interior through the BLM on a
variety of planning and management
issues associated with public land
management in the Dakotas. At these
meetings, topics will include: North and
South Dakota Field Office manager
updates, briefings by council members
to the BLM on their respective areas of
representation and other issues that the
council may raise. All meetings are
open to the public and the public may
present written comments to the
council. Each formal RAC meeting will
also have time allocated for hearing
public comments. Depending on the
number of persons wishing to comment
and time available, the time for
individual oral comments may be
limited. Individuals who plan to attend
and need special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation, tour
transportation or other reasonable
accommodations should contact the
BLM as provided above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
800–677–8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
Dated: April 9, 2012.
M. Elaine Raper,
Dakotas District Manager, Eastern Montana.
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8 a.m.–12 p.m.
8 a.m.–12 p.m.
1 p.m.–5 p.m.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–AKR–WRST–0212–9428;
98651C01SZP]
Wilderness Eligibility
Reclassifications, Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park and Preserve
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Wilderness Eligibility
Reclassification, Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park and Preserve.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Wrangell-St. Elias National
Park and Preserve has completed an
analysis per NPS Management Policies
2006 6.2.1 for the reclassification of
lands currently deemed to be eligible
wilderness based on the 1986 eligibility
review conducted as part of the park’s
General Management Plan (GMP).
National Park Service (NPS) solicited
public comments on the proposed
reclassification as part of the Nabesna
Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) and as a part of the McCarthy
Communications Sites Environmental
Assessment (EA). The NPS Director
approved the wilderness eligibility
reclassifications. The reclassification
resulted in the following. For the
Nabesna District: (1) motorized trail
corridors in existence prior to 1986 were
classified as ineligible; and (2) a net gain
in eligible acres within the analysis area
of 16,929 acres. For the McCarthy Road
corridor: (1) The reclassification of 667
acres of wilderness eligible lands in the
analysis area to ineligible status; and (2)
the construction of telecommunication
facilities on lands now deemed to be
ineligible.
SUMMARY:
Hard copies of the Nabesna
Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) and the McCarthy
Communications Sites Environmental
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal Consultation Sessions--Administrative Organizational
Assessment Draft Report, Organizational Streamlining of BIA and BIE,
and BIE Topics
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will be adding three
tribal consultation sessions to the previously scheduled sessions. The
additional sessions will focus on the proposed Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Education (ED) and the
Department of the Interior (DOI) to improve American Indian and Alaska
Native education. The MOU is authorized by the President's Executive
Order on Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational
Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities
(Executive Order 135092) and section 9204 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act.
DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for
dates of the tribal consultation sessions. We will consider all
comments on the proposed MOU between DOI and ED received by close of
business on June 15, 2012.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for
locations of the tribal consultation sessions. Submit comments by email
to: consultation@bia.gov or by U.S. mail to: Organizational
Streamlining Comments, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Mail Stop 4141 MIB,
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the proposed MOU between ED and
DOI, contact: Brian Drapeaux, Chief of Staff, Bureau of Indian
Education, DOI (202) 208-6123; or Don Yu, Special Advisor to the
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, ED (202) 453-6600. For the
Administrative Organizational Assessment Draft Report, contact: Paul
Tsosie, Chief of Staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs, (202) 208-7163. For the BIA
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Streamlining, contact: Bryan Rice, Deputy Bureau Director, Office of
Trust Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, (202) 208-7513.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 12, 2012, the Office of the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA), the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), and BIE announced they are hosting several upcoming
tribal consultation sessions (see 77 FR 14561). This notice announces
that the DOI-ED MOU will be added to the May 18, 2012, consultation
session from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Also, three additional sessions focused on
the proposed MOU between ED and DOI will be held as follows:
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Date Location Local time
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Friday, May 18, 2012........ Thunder Valley 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Casino Resort, 1200
Athens Avenue,
Lincoln, California
95648, (877) 468-
8777, Booking code:
``120516BURE''.
Thursday, May 24, 2012...... Northern Arizona 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
University,
Auditorium, Ashurst
Hall, Building
11, 321
McMullen Circle,
Flagstaff, Arizona,
86001, Phone: 928-
523-4120.
Thursday, May 31, 2012...... BLN Office Park, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Conference Room 3,
2001 Killebrew
Drive, Bloomington,
Minnesota 55425,
Phone: 952-851-5427
(BIE ADD Office).
Tuesday, June 5, 2012....... Renaissance Inn, 611 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Commerce Street,
Nashville,
Tennessee 37203,
Phone: 615-255-8400.
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A brief description of each of the topics is available at: https://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/AS-IA/Consultation/index.htm and in the March 12,
2012, Federal Register Notice (77 FR 14561).
Dated: April 11, 2012.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-9218 Filed 4-16-12; 8:45 am]
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