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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[DR5A311.IA000113]
Secretarial Commission on Indian
Trust Administration and Reform
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Office of the Secretary is
announcing that the Secretarial
Commission on Indian Trust
Administration and Reform (the
Commission) will hold a public meeting
on April 29, 2013. During the public
meeting, the Commission will: gain
insights about how the UN Declaration
can be implemented in support of tribes;
hear the top three recommendations
from tribal representatives and members
of the United South and Eastern Tribes,
Inc., that would improve or strengthen
trust management and/or
administration; update the public
regarding draft recommendations and
receive public comments; and attend to
operational activities of the
Commission.
SUMMARY:
The Commission’s public
meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at
5 p.m. on April 29, 2013. Members of
the public who wish to attend should
RSVP by April 24, 2013, to:
trustcommission@ios.doi.gov. Members
of the public who wish to participate via
virtual meeting should register at
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/
893317865 by April 24, 2013, and
instructions on how to join the meeting
will be sent to your email address.
Virtual participation is limited to 100
participants.
DATES:
21963
Background
The Secretarial Commission on Indian
Trust Administration and Reform was
established under Secretarial Order No.
3292, dated December 8, 2009. The
Commission plays a key role in the
Department’s ongoing efforts to
empower Indian nations and strengthen
nation-to-nation relationships.
The Commission will complete a
comprehensive evaluation of the
Department’s management and
administration of the trust assets within
a two-year period and offer
recommendations to the Secretary of the
Interior on how to improve in the
future. The Commission will:
(1) Conduct a comprehensive
evaluation of the Department’s
management and administration of the
trust administration system;
(2) Review the Department’s provision
of services to trust beneficiaries;
(3) Review input from the public,
interested parties, and trust
beneficiaries which should involve
conducting a number of regional
listening sessions;
(4) Consider the nature and scope of
necessary audits of the Department’s
trust administration system;
(5) Recommend options to the
Secretary to improve the Department’s
management and administration of the
trust administration system based on
information obtained from the
Commission’s activities, including
whether any legislative or regulatory
changes are necessary to permanently
implement such improvements; and
(6) Consider the provisions of the
American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994
providing for the termination of the
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians, and make
recommendations to the Secretary
regarding any such termination.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting Details
On Monday, April 29, 2013, the
Commission will hold a meeting open to
the public. The following items will be
on the agenda:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Monday, April 29, 2013
• Invocation;
• Welcome, introductions, agenda
review;
• Presentation and discussion on UN
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples and International Trust Models;
• Panel session regarding the Vision
of Trust Management Model,
Responsibility and Reform;
• Commission Operations Reports
and Decision Making;
• Panel session regarding Trust
Reform and Administration;
The public meeting will be
held at One Century Place Conference
Center, Conference Room #104, 26
Century Blvd., Nashville, TN 37214. We
encourage you to RSVP to
trustcommission@ios.doi.gov by April
24, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Designated Federal Official, Lizzie
Marsters, Chief of Staff to the Deputy
Secretary, Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street NW., Room 6118,
Washington, DC 20240; or email to
Lizzie_Marsters@ios.doi.gov.
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• Commission review and discussion
of preliminary recommendations and
public comment;
• Closing thoughts from United South
and Eastern Tribes, Inc.;
• Review action items, meeting
accomplishments; and
• Closing blessing, adjourn.
Written comments may be sent to the
Designated Federal Official listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section above. All meetings are open to
the public; however, transportation,
lodging, and meals are the responsibility
of the participating public. To review all
related material on the Commission’s
work, please refer to https://
www.doi.gov/cobell/commission/
index.cfm.
Dated: April 8, 2013.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R1–R–2012–N250; 1265–0000–10137–
S3]
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge
Humboldt and Washoe Counties, NV,
and Lake County, OR; Record of
Decision for Final Environmental
Impact Statement
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of the record of decision
(ROD) for the final environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the Sheldon
National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). We
completed a thorough analysis of the
environmental, social, and economic
considerations and presented it in our
Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan
(CCP) and EIS, which we released to the
public on August 24, 2012.
DATES: The Regional Director, Pacific
Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
signed the ROD on September 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain
copies of our final CCP and ROD by any
of the following methods:
Agency Web site: Download a copy of
the document(s) at https://www.fws.gov/
pacific/planning/main/docs/NV/
docssheldon.htm.
Email: Sheldon-Hart@fws.gov. Include
‘‘Sheldon Refuge ROD’’ in the subject
line of the message.
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Mail: Sheldon-Hart Mountain
National Wildlife Refuge Complex, P.O.
Box 111, Lakeview, OR 97630.
Fax: (541) 947–4414.
In-person viewing: Copies of the final
CCP/EIS and ROD may be viewed at the
Sheldon-Hart Mountain National
Wildlife Refuge Complex, 20995 Rabbit
Hill Road, Lakeview, Oregon.
Local Libraries: The final documents
are also available for review at the
libraries listed under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aaron Collins, (541) 947–3315 ext. 223.
referred to as the Refuge Administration
Act), 16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee, requires
us to develop a CCP for each refuge. The
purpose for developing a CCP is to
provide refuge managers with a 15-year
plan for achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and our policies. We
will review and update the CCP at least
every 15 years in accordance with the
Refuge Administration Act.
Introduction
With this notice, we complete the
CCP planning process for the Refuge.
We started this process with a Federal
Register notice (73 FR 27003; May 12,
2008). We released the draft CCP/EIS to
the public, announcing and requesting
comments in a notice of availability in
the Federal Register (76 FR 55937;
September 9, 2011). We announced the
availability of the final CCP/EIS in the
Federal Register (77 FR 51556) on
August 24, 2012.
The Refuge encompasses 575,000
acres of sagebrush-steppe habitat
located in a remote area of northwest
Nevada and southeast Oregon. The
Refuge resides in the Great Basin, and
was established in 1931 for the
conservation and protection of the onceimperiled American pronghorn.
Sheldon Refuge (along with the Hart
Mountain National Antelope Refuge)
now conserves habitat for a number of
native, rare, and imperiled species of
fish, wildlife, and plants that depend
upon the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem.
In accordance with National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40
CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements, this notice
announces the availability of the ROD
for the Refuge’s final CCP/EIS. We
completed a thorough analysis of the
environmental, social, and economic
considerations, which we included in
the final CCP/EIS, and evaluated three
management alternatives for the Refuge.
The ROD documents our selection of
Alternative 2, the preferred alternative,
in the final CCP/EIS. The CCP will
guide us in managing and administering
the Refuge for the next 15 years.
Alternative 2, as we described in the
final CCP/EIS and ROD, is the
foundation for the CCP.
CCP Alternatives and Selected
Alternatives
We identified several issues in our
draft CCP/EIS. To address these, we
developed and evaluated the following
Refuge management alternatives.
Alternative 1 (No Action Alternative)
Under Alternative 1, the no-action
alternative, we would assume no change
from current management; this
alternative is considered the base from
which to compare the other two
alternatives. We would continue to
focus our management activities on
maintaining relatively stable
populations of approximately 800 feral
horses and 90 feral burros on Refuge
lands. Fish populations in Big Spring
Reservoir would be maintained through
continued stocking of sterile rainbow
trout. Our management of Refuge
habitats would continue to include the
use of prescribed fire and mechanical
treatments to achieve habitat
management objectives.
Current public uses including
hunting, fishing, guiding, research, rock
collecting, wildlife observation,
photography, environmental education,
and interpretation would continue.
Opportunities to expand public uses or
reduce ongoing resource impacts from
public uses would be limited.
Designated campgrounds and roads
would be maintained at their current
locations. We would continue to protect
the natural primitive character and
other resource values of the Refuge’s
341,500 acres recommended for
wilderness designation in 1974, and
provide opportunities for solitude and
primitive recreation. Inventory,
monitoring, and cultural and historic
resources protection would continue to
occur on the Refuge.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (together
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Alternative 2 (Preferred Alternative)
Under Alternative 2, our preferred
alternative, current fish, wildlife,
habitat, and public use management
would continue, with the following key
enhancements. Native habitat
conditions would improve, by removing
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[DR5A311.IA000113]
Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary is announcing that the Secretarial
Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform (the Commission)
will hold a public meeting on April 29, 2013. During the public
meeting, the Commission will: gain insights about how the UN
Declaration can be implemented in support of tribes; hear the top three
recommendations from tribal representatives and members of the United
South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., that would improve or strengthen trust
management and/or administration; update the public regarding draft
recommendations and receive public comments; and attend to operational
activities of the Commission.
DATES: The Commission's public meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at
5 p.m. on April 29, 2013. Members of the public who wish to attend
should RSVP by April 24, 2013, to: trustcommission@ios.doi.gov. Members
of the public who wish to participate via virtual meeting should
register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/893317865 by April
24, 2013, and instructions on how to join the meeting will be sent to
your email address. Virtual participation is limited to 100
participants.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at One Century Place
Conference Center, Conference Room 104, 26 Century Blvd.,
Nashville, TN 37214. We encourage you to RSVP to
trustcommission@ios.doi.gov by April 24, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Official,
Lizzie Marsters, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary, Department of
the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Room 6118, Washington, DC 20240; or
email to Lizzie_Marsters@ios.doi.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and
Reform was established under Secretarial Order No. 3292, dated December
8, 2009. The Commission plays a key role in the Department's ongoing
efforts to empower Indian nations and strengthen nation-to-nation
relationships.
The Commission will complete a comprehensive evaluation of the
Department's management and administration of the trust assets within a
two-year period and offer recommendations to the Secretary of the
Interior on how to improve in the future. The Commission will:
(1) Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Department's
management and administration of the trust administration system;
(2) Review the Department's provision of services to trust
beneficiaries;
(3) Review input from the public, interested parties, and trust
beneficiaries which should involve conducting a number of regional
listening sessions;
(4) Consider the nature and scope of necessary audits of the
Department's trust administration system;
(5) Recommend options to the Secretary to improve the Department's
management and administration of the trust administration system based
on information obtained from the Commission's activities, including
whether any legislative or regulatory changes are necessary to
permanently implement such improvements; and
(6) Consider the provisions of the American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994 providing for the termination of the
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, and make
recommendations to the Secretary regarding any such termination.
Meeting Details
On Monday, April 29, 2013, the Commission will hold a meeting open
to the public. The following items will be on the agenda:
Monday, April 29, 2013
Invocation;
Welcome, introductions, agenda review;
Presentation and discussion on UN Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples and International Trust Models;
Panel session regarding the Vision of Trust Management
Model, Responsibility and Reform;
Commission Operations Reports and Decision Making;
Panel session regarding Trust Reform and Administration;
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Commission review and discussion of preliminary
recommendations and public comment;
Closing thoughts from United South and Eastern Tribes,
Inc.;
Review action items, meeting accomplishments; and
Closing blessing, adjourn.
Written comments may be sent to the Designated Federal Official listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. All meetings are
open to the public; however, transportation, lodging, and meals are the
responsibility of the participating public. To review all related
material on the Commission's work, please refer to https://www.doi.gov/cobell/commission/index.cfm.
Dated: April 8, 2013.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-08616 Filed 4-11-13; 8:45 am]
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