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Persons who use a telecommunications
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Information
This document solicits biological or
other data or information on the status
of, and potential threats to, the northern
Rocky Mountain DPS of the fisher, a
medium-sized mammal of the mustelid
family. This information, along with
other sources of data, will be used to
determine if the northern Rocky
Mountain DPS of the fisher warrants
listing as an endangered or a threatened
species under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). We request any new information
concerning the status of the northern
Rocky Mountain DPS of the fisher.
Information submitted since the 2011
status review (which culminated in our
12-month finding published on June 30,
2011, at 76 FR 38504) and the 2016 90day petition finding (81 FR 1368;
January 12, 2016) will be considered
and need not be resubmitted. We will
base our status review on the best
scientific and commercial information
available, including all information
received as a result of this publication.
We are soliciting information and
supporting data on the northern Rocky
Mountain DPS of the fisher; we
specifically seek information on the
following:
(1) Information regarding the species’
historical and current population status,
distribution, abundance, and trends;
biology and ecology; and habitat
selection.
(2) Information on the effects of
potential threat factors that are the basis
for a species’ listing determination
under section 4(a)(1) of the Act (16
U.S.C. 1533(a)(1)), which are:
(a) The present or threatened
destruction, modification, or
curtailment of the species’ habitat or
range;
(b) Overutilization for commercial,
recreational, scientific, or educational
purposes;
(c) Disease or predation;
(d) Inadequacy of existing regulatory
mechanisms; and
(e) Other natural or manmade factors
affecting its continued existence.
(3) Scientific and commercial data to
assist in development of any proposed
critical habitat designation that we may
make, including:
(a) Whether the designation of critical
habitat for the northern Rocky Mountain
DPS of the fisher would be beneficial to
the conservation of the species or
whether the identification of specific
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areas as critical habitat may increase
threats to the species or its habitat;
(b) Habitat selection and use, and any
changes or trends in the amount and
distribution of habitat for the northern
Rocky Mountain DPS of the fisher;
(c) Habitat requirements for feeding,
breeding, and sheltering, including
particular physical or biological features
that are essential to the conservation of
the species and where such physical or
biological features are found;
(d) Whether any of these features may
require special management
considerations or protection;
(e) What areas that are currently
occupied and contain the physical or
biological features essential to the
conservation of the species should be
included in the critical habitat
designation and why;
(f) What areas not currently occupied
at the time of listing are essential for the
conservation of the species and why;
and
(g) The possible benefits and impacts
(including probable economic impacts)
of a possible critical habitat designation
for the northern Rocky Mountain DPS of
the fisher.
(4) Biological, commercial trade, or
other relevant data concerning any
threats (or lack thereof) to this species
and regulations that may be addressing
those threats.
(5) Any information on the biological
or ecological requirements of the species
and ongoing conservation measures for
the species and its habitat.
(6) Information on land use
designations and current or planned
activities in the areas occupied by the
northern Rocky Mountain DPS of the
fisher or areas that may be important for
its conservation, and possible impacts of
these activities on this species and these
areas.
(7) Information on the projected and
reasonably likely impacts of climate
change on the northern Rocky Mountain
DPS of the fisher and its habitat.
(8) Information on any foreseeable
economic, national security, or other
relevant impacts that may result if we
designate any area as critical habitat. We
are particularly interested in any
potential impacts on small entities, and
the benefits of including or excluding
areas from any possible future proposed
designation that are subject to these
impacts.
Please support submissions with
documentation such as maps;
bibliographic references; methods used
to gather and analyze the data; or copies
of pertinent publications, reports, or
letters by knowledgeable sources. We
request data from systematic surveys,
studies, or analyses of data regarding
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population size or trends, biology or
ecology of the species, effects of current
land management on population
distribution and abundance, current
condition of habitat, and conservation
measures that have been implemented
to benefit the species. We also request
information on the current distribution
of populations and threats to the species
in relation to the five listing factors (as
defined in section 4(a)(1) of the Act).
Comments merely stating support for
or opposition to a particular action
without providing supporting data may
not meet the standard of information
required by section 4(b)(1)(A) of the Act,
which directs that determinations as to
whether any species is an endangered or
a threatened species must be made
‘‘solely on the basis of the best scientific
and commercial data available.’’
You may submit your comments and
materials concerning this proposed rule
by one of the methods listed in
ADDRESSES. We request that you send
comments only by the methods
described in ADDRESSES.
If you submit information via https://
www.regulations.gov, your entire
submission—including any personal
identifying information—will be posted
on the Web site. If your submission is
made via a hardcopy that includes
personal identifying information, you
may request at the top of your document
that we withhold this information from
public review. However, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
We will post all hardcopy submissions
on https://www.regulations.gov.
Authors
The primary authors of this document
are staff of the Montana Ecological
Services Field Office.
Authority: The authority for this action is
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: January 5, 2017.
Stephen Guertin,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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Reservation Proclamations
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
procedural guidance.
AGENCY:
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) has updated its Fee-to-Trust
Handbook to include procedural
guidance for its employees on
processing reservation proclamations,
including simultaneous requests for
trust acquisition and reservation
proclamations.
SUMMARY:
The updated Fee-to-Trust
Handbook is available at the following
link: https://www.bia.gov/WhatWeDo/
Knowledge/Directives/Handbooks/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sharlene Round Face, Office of Trust
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, (202)
208–3615, sharlene.roundface@bia.gov,
or Ms. Tana Fitzpatrick, Counselor,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,
(202) 208–7163, tana.fitzpatrick@
bia.gov.
ADDRESSES:
The BIA
has updated its Fee-to Trust Handbook
to establish procedures for BIA to
process simultaneous requests for trust
land acquisitions under 25 CFR part 151
and reservation proclamations under the
Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 25
U.S.C. 467). This Handbook revision
will provide flexibility for Tribes who
wish to submit their requests
simultaneously. BIA has also updated
the Handbook to include guidance for
processing reservation proclamations
where the land has already been
acquired in trust.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2; 25
U.S.C. 9; 25 U.S.C. 467.
Dated: December 30, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Renewal of Approved Information
Collection; OMB Control No. 1004–
0042
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to continue the collection of
information from those who wish to
adopt and obtain title to wild horses and
burros. The OMB previously approved
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this information collection activity, and
assigned it control number 1004–0042.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this information collection request
within 60 days but may respond after 30
days. For maximum consideration,
written comments should be received
on or before February 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #1004–
0042), Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806,
or by electronic mail at OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
BLM. You may do so via mail, fax, or
electronic mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202–245–
0050.
Electronic mail: jesonnem@blm.gov.
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0042’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Holle Hooks, at 405–234–1860. Persons
who use a telecommunication device for
the deaf may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339, to leave a
message for Ms. Hooks. You may also
review the information collection
request online at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5
CFR part 1320 provide 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. In order to obtain and renew
an OMB control number, Federal
agencies are required to seek public
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)).
As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the
BLM published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register on September 20, 2016
(81 FR 64502), and the comment period
ended November 21, 2016. The BLM
received two non-substantive public
comments, which did not address, and
were not germane to, this information
collection. Therefore, the BLM has not
changed the collection in responses to
the comments.
The BLM now requests comments on
the following subjects:
1. Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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functioning of the BLM, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate
of the burden of collecting the
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
3. The quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
4. How to minimize the information
collection burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
Please send comments as directed
under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please
refer to OMB control number 1004–0042
in your correspondence. Before
including your address, phone number,
email 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.
The following information pertains to
this request:
Title: Protection, Management, and
Control of Wild Horses and Burros (43
CFR part 4700).
Forms: Form 4710–10, Application for
Adoption of Wild Horse(s) or Burro(s).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0042.
Abstract: This notice pertains to the
collection of information that enables
the BLM to administer its private
maintenance (i.e., adoption) program for
wild horses and burros. The BLM uses
the information to determine if
applicants are qualified to provide
humane care and proper treatment to
wild horses and burros in compliance
with the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and
Burros Act (16 U.S.C. 1331–1340).
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Those
who wish to adopt and obtain title to
wild horses and burros.
Estimated Number of Responses
Annually: 7,093.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden
Annually: 3,545.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden Annually: $2,400.
The estimated burdens are itemized in
the following table:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Reservation Proclamations
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of procedural guidance.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has updated its Fee-to-
Trust Handbook to include procedural guidance for its employees on
processing reservation proclamations, including simultaneous requests
for trust acquisition and reservation proclamations.
ADDRESSES: The updated Fee-to-Trust Handbook is available at the
following link: https://www.bia.gov/WhatWeDo/Knowledge/Directives/Handbooks/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sharlene Round Face, Office of
Trust Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, (202) 208-3615,
sharlene.roundface@bia.gov, or Ms. Tana Fitzpatrick, Counselor,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, (202) 208-7163,
tana.fitzpatrick@bia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA has updated its Fee-to Trust
Handbook to establish procedures for BIA to process simultaneous
requests for trust land acquisitions under 25 CFR part 151 and
reservation proclamations under the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984;
25 U.S.C. 467). This Handbook revision will provide flexibility for
Tribes who wish to submit their requests simultaneously. BIA has also
updated the Handbook to include guidance for processing reservation
proclamations where the land has already been acquired in trust.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 9; 25 U.S.C.
467.
Dated: December 30, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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