Notice of Deadline for Submitting Completed Applications To Begin Participation in the Tribal Self-Governance Program in Fiscal Year 2017 or Calendar Year 2017, 79355-79356 [2015-31891]
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Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, and as
part of our continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, we
invite the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before February 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7197 (fax);
or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email).
Please reference ‘Information Collection
1028–NEW, [Climate Change Effects on
Wildlife Virtual Library] in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abigail Lynch, Research Fish Biologist,
at (703) 648–4097 or ajlynch@usgs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Wildlife is an essential recreational,
commercial, and cultural resource to
communities worldwide, while also
being vital to ecosystem health and
function. For our purposes, the term
wildlife encompasses mammals, fish,
amphibians, reptiles and birds. As
climate change and other anthropogenic
activities continue to threaten wildlife
at a global scale, continued research and
increased understanding of the effects of
climate change on organisms is
imperative for future wildlife
management and conservation.
Researchers have been studying and
speculating on the effects of climate
change on wildlife for decades; thus,
there is a large body of climate change
and wildlife literature available.
Traditional search engines provide large
outputs of studies and reports that must
be individually screened for relevance
when searching for climate change
effects on specific taxonomic groups.
This large output can be burdensome
and could result in the exclusion of
some studies in analyses. Our goal is to
streamline this process for researchers
and the public by having a virtual
collection of studies highlighting
climate change effects (both projected
and documented) on wildlife at a global
scale. This collection would provide
researchers with quicker and easier
access to get the information they need
in less time and with less effort.
We plan to query research scientists
belonging to professional societies and
list servers via electronic
correspondence and request a list of
their already published references to
include in the collection. We are
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specifically looking for published
studies addressing projected and
documented effects of climate change
on wildlife. None of the information
contains personal identifiable
information. We plan to store all this
information in a virtual bibliography
that can be updated by a USGS point of
contact as more studies are published
and included in the database.
Furthermore, some of this information
may be used to generate external reports
(i.e., scientific manuscripts), used in
research data input, and in statistical
analysis. Our information collection
request directly aligns to the mission of
the USGS National Climate Change and
Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC). One
of NCCWSC’s goals is to deliver
products, information, and tools to
scientists and stakeholders on climate
change and wildlife science, and this
collection would do just that.
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) how
to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your personal mailing
address, phone number, email address,
or other personally identifiable
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personally
identifiable information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personally identifiable
information from public view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Title: Climate Change Effects on
Wildlife Virtual Library.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Affected Public: English-speaking
wildlife research scientists.
Respondent’s Obligation: None.
Participation is strictly voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time to
occasionally. Scientists have the option
to submit papers one time after the
initial request and then periodically as
they publish additional relevant papers.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 500. Breakdown:
Approximately 350 will be from
academic institutions and 150 will be
from state or federal agencies.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 500.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes per response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 41.7
hours.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and current expiration date.
Shawn Carter,
Senior Scientist.
III. Request for Comments
We are soliciting comments as to: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the agency
to perform its duties, including whether
the information is useful; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Notice of Deadline for Submitting
Completed Applications To Begin
Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year
2017 or Calendar Year 2017
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, the Office of
Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a
deadline of March 1, 2016, for Indian
tribes/consortia to submit completed
applications to begin participation in
the tribal self-governance program in
Fiscal Year 2017 or Calendar Year 2017.
DATES: Completed application packages
must be received by the Director, Office
of Self-Governance, by March 1, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Application packages for
inclusion in the applicant pool should
be sent to Ms. Sharee M. Freeman,
Director, Office of Self-Governance,
Department of the Interior, Mail Stop
355–G–SIB, 1951 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of SelfGovernance, telephone (703) 390–6551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994
(Pub. L. 103–413), as amended by the
SUMMARY:
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Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus
Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–208),
the Director, Office of Self-Governance
may select up to 50 additional
participating tribes/consortia per year
for the tribal self-governance program,
and negotiate and enter into a written
funding agreement with each
participating tribe. The Act mandates
that the Secretary submit copies of the
funding agreements at least 90 days
before the proposed effective date to the
appropriate committees of the Congress
and to each tribe that is served by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agency
that is serving the tribe that is a party
to the funding agreement. Initial
negotiations with a tribe/consortium
located in a region and/or agency which
has not previously been involved with
self-governance negotiations, will take
approximately two months from start to
finish. Agreements for an October 1 to
September 30 funding year need to be
signed and submitted by July 1.
Agreements for a January 1 to December
31 funding year need to be signed and
submitted by October 1.
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Purpose of Notice
The regulations at 25 CFRs 1000.10 to
1000.31 will be used to govern the
application and selection process for
tribes/consortia to begin their
participation in the tribal selfgovernance program in Fiscal Year 2017
and Calendar Year 2017. Applicants
should be guided by the requirements in
these subparts in preparing their
applications. Copies of these subparts
may be obtained from the information
contact person identified in this notice.
Tribes/consortia wishing to be
considered for participation in the tribal
self-governance program for fiscal year
2017 or calendar year 2017 must
respond to this notice, except for those
tribes/consortia which are: (1) Currently
involved in negotiations with the
Department; or (2) one of the 115 tribal
entities with signed agreements.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA), as implemented by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) in 5 CFR 1320, a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information by a Federal Agency unless
the collection displays a valid OMB
control number. The application and
reporting requirements related to this
program are considered to be a
collection of information subject to the
requirements of the PRA. These
submissions are required to obtain and/
or retain a benefit. The OMB has
approved the information collections
related to this program and has assigned
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control number 1076–0143, Tribal SelfGovernance Program, which expires
January 31, 2016. We estimate the
annual burden associated with this
collection to average 55 hours per
respondent. This includes the time for
reviewing instructions and gathering
and submitting the information to the
Department. Comments regarding this
collection may be directed to:
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs &
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs,
1849 C Street NW., MS–3642–MIB,
Washington, DC 20240.
Dated: December 14, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Prehistoric Trackways
National Monument Resource
Management Plan
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Approved Resource
Management Plan (RMP) for the
Prehistoric Trackways National
Monument (Monument) located in
southern New Mexico. The New Mexico
Acting State Director signed the ROD on
November 5, 2015, which constitutes
the final decision of the BLM and makes
the Approved RMP effective
immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/
Approved RMP are available upon
request from the District Manager, Las
Cruces District Office, Bureau of Land
Management, 1800 Marquess Street, Las
Cruces, NM 88005 or via https://
www.blm.gov/nm/trackwaysrmp. Copies
of the ROD/Approved RMP are available
for public inspection at the Las Cruces
District Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Montoya, Planning and
Environmental Specialist, telephone
575–525–4316; address 1800 Marquess
Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005; email
jamontoy@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
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Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Approved RMP provides a
comprehensive management plan for
the long-term protection and
management of the Monument, totaling
5,255 acres of surface estate in southern
New Mexico. The RMP prescribes
appropriate uses and management of the
Monument, consistent with the
provisions of its designating legislation
(Omnibus Public Land Management Act
of 2009), and replaces the 1993 Mimbres
RMP within the Monument boundaries.
Major issues associated with the
Monument include Paleontological
Research and Protection, Interpretation
and Education, Trails and Travel
Management, Recreation and Visitor
Services, Wildlife, Livestock,
Vegetation, wilderness characteristics,
recreational target shooting closures,
Visual Resources, and Socioeconomics.
The Approved RMP is very similar to
the one set forth in the Preferred
Alternative for the Prehistoric
Trackways National Monument
Proposed RMP/Final Environmental
(EIS) published in December 2014.
Modifications to the proposed plan
corrected errors that were noted during
review of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS
and provide further clarification for
decisions in travel management
planning and visitor services.
The RMP process began with a Notice
of Intent (NOI) published in the Federal
Register on January 5, 2010. This
announced a 30-day public comment
period. During that time, a public
meeting was held in Las Cruces in order
to introduce the planning process to the
public and solicit comments. On
September 22, 2010, a public workshop
was held to re-engage the public for the
RMP and to verify that the BLM had a
sufficient range of alternatives.
Availability of the Draft RMP/EIS was
published July 20, 2012, in the Federal
Register (77 FR 42758) to announce a
90-day public review and comment
period of the draft document. During
this period, the BLM held one public
open-house meeting in Las Cruces for
the purpose of assisting the public in
their review and to solicit their
comments. The Draft RMP/EIS was sent
to multiple Federal, tribal, State, and
local government agencies and
interested parties and was made
available for viewing at the Las Cruces
District Office, the New Mexico State
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900]
Notice of Deadline for Submitting Completed Applications To Begin
Participation in the Tribal Self-Governance Program in Fiscal Year 2017
or Calendar Year 2017
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of Self-Governance (OSG)
establishes a deadline of March 1, 2016, for Indian tribes/consortia to
submit completed applications to begin participation in the tribal
self-governance program in Fiscal Year 2017 or Calendar Year 2017.
DATES: Completed application packages must be received by the Director,
Office of Self-Governance, by March 1, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Application packages for inclusion in the applicant pool
should be sent to Ms. Sharee M. Freeman, Director, Office of Self-
Governance, Department of the Interior, Mail Stop 355-G-SIB, 1951
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of
Self-Governance, telephone (703) 390-6551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994
(Pub. L. 103-413), as amended by the
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Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104-208), the
Director, Office of Self-Governance may select up to 50 additional
participating tribes/consortia per year for the tribal self-governance
program, and negotiate and enter into a written funding agreement with
each participating tribe. The Act mandates that the Secretary submit
copies of the funding agreements at least 90 days before the proposed
effective date to the appropriate committees of the Congress and to
each tribe that is served by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agency
that is serving the tribe that is a party to the funding agreement.
Initial negotiations with a tribe/consortium located in a region and/or
agency which has not previously been involved with self-governance
negotiations, will take approximately two months from start to finish.
Agreements for an October 1 to September 30 funding year need to be
signed and submitted by July 1. Agreements for a January 1 to December
31 funding year need to be signed and submitted by October 1.
Purpose of Notice
The regulations at 25 CFRs 1000.10 to 1000.31 will be used to
govern the application and selection process for tribes/consortia to
begin their participation in the tribal self-governance program in
Fiscal Year 2017 and Calendar Year 2017. Applicants should be guided by
the requirements in these subparts in preparing their applications.
Copies of these subparts may be obtained from the information contact
person identified in this notice.
Tribes/consortia wishing to be considered for participation in the
tribal self-governance program for fiscal year 2017 or calendar year
2017 must respond to this notice, except for those tribes/consortia
which are: (1) Currently involved in negotiations with the Department;
or (2) one of the 115 tribal entities with signed agreements.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), as implemented by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 5 CFR 1320, a person is
not required to respond to a collection of information by a Federal
Agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control number. The
application and reporting requirements related to this program are
considered to be a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the PRA. These submissions are required to obtain and/
or retain a benefit. The OMB has approved the information collections
related to this program and has assigned control number 1076-0143,
Tribal Self-Governance Program, which expires January 31, 2016. We
estimate the annual burden associated with this collection to average
55 hours per respondent. This includes the time for reviewing
instructions and gathering and submitting the information to the
Department. Comments regarding this collection may be directed to:
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs
& Collaborative Action--Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., MS-3642-MIB,
Washington, DC 20240.
Dated: December 14, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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