Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Mountain Goat Management Plan, Olympic National Park, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Mason County, Washington, 34332-34333 [2017-15482]

Download as PDF 34332 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 140 / Monday, July 24, 2017 / Notices Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. History and Description of the Cultural Item(s) In 1970, an unknown number of human remains and cultural items were removed from site 45AS8 in Asotin County, WA. Thirteen historic era burials were archeologically excavated from site 45AS8 as part of a highway relocation project. At that time, most of the human remains and associated funerary objects were reburied on the Nez Perce Reservation at the Old Spalding Cemetery in Spalding, ID. In 2013, the remaining 47 (unassociated) funerary objects that were determined to be from 45AS8 were located in storage at the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University. The 47 unassociated funerary objects are 8 lots of flakes; 2 nails; 3 lots of small unidentifiable bone fragments; 4 lots of glass beads; 23 lots of coffin fragments; 3 lots of metal fragments; and 4 lots of buttons. mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Determinations Made by the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University Officials of the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University have determined that: • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 47 cultural items described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American individual. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated funerary objects and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho). Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to Mary Collins, Director Emeritus, the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164–4910 telephone (509) 592– 6929, email collinsm@wsu.edu, by August 23, 2017. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Jul 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho) may proceed. The Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University is responsible for notifying the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho) that this notice has been published. Dated: May 24, 2017. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017–15467 Filed 7–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–PWR–PWRO–21467; PPPWOLYMS1— PPMPSPD1Z.YM0000] Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ Mountain Goat Management Plan, Olympic National Park, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Mason County, Washington National Park Service, Interior. Notice of availability. AGENCY: ACTION: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Mountain Goat Management Plan (Plan) at Olympic National Park (Park), Washington. The DEIS evaluates the impacts of a range of alternatives for managing exotic mountain goats in the park. DATES: All written comments on the DEIS must be postmarked or submitted not later than 60 days following publication of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Notice of Availability of the DEIS in the Federal Register. After the EPA Notice of Availability is published, the NPS will schedule public meetings to be held during the comment period. Dates, times, and locations of these meetings will be announced in press releases and on the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment Web site for the Plan/ DEIS at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/ olymgoat. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Christina Miller at (360) 565–3004. Information will be available for public review online at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/olymgoat and in the office of the Superintendent, Olympic National Park, 600 East Park Ave., Port Angeles, WA 98362. PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The purpose of the Plan/DEIS is to allow the NPS to reduce or eliminate impacts to park resources from exotic mountain goats, while reducing potential public safety issues associated with the presence of mountain goats in the Park. Management direction is needed to address resource management and human safety issues resulting from the presence of exotic mountain goats in the Park. This Plan/DEIS evaluates the impacts of the no-action alternative (Alternative A) and three action alternatives (Alternatives B, C, and D). Alternative D is identified as the agency’s preferred alternative in the DEIS. Alternative A would involve full implementation of the 2011 Mountain Goat Action Plan, including management of individual mountain goats in visitor use areas according to a continuum of mountain goat-human interactions. Specific management actions could range from hazing to lethal removal of hazardous mountain goats. Alternative B would focus exclusively on the capture of mountain goats within the park and on adjacent Olympic National Forest lands followed by transfer of ownership to Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW). Subsequent translocation would be conducted at the discretion of WDFW to other areas, including portions of the Cascade Mountain Range where mountain goats are native and supplementation of the existing population would further mountain goat conservation efforts. Alternative C would use lethal removal to significantly reduce or eliminate mountain goats from the park and adjacent Olympic National Forest lands. Alternative D would utilize a combination of capture and translocation and lethal removal tools to reduce or eliminate mountain goats from the Park. Capture and translocation would occur in most areas prior to direct reduction activities. Once a point of diminishing returns for capture operations is reached, management would continue using lethal removal activities. The U.S. Forest Service and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are cooperating agencies on this plan. How to Comment: You are encouraged to comment on the draft Mountain Goat Management Plan/EIS online at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/olymgoat. You may also mail or hand-deliver your comments to Olympic National Park, Attn: Mountain Goat Management Plan, 600 East Park Ave., Port Angeles, WA 98362. Written comments will also be accepted during scheduled public SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 140 / Monday, July 24, 2017 / Notices meetings discussed above. Comments will not be accepted by email or in any other method than those specified above. Comments in any format (hard copy or electronic) submitted on behalf of others will not be accepted. 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. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. Dated: July 18, 2017. Laura E. Joss, Regional Director, Pacific West. [FR Doc. 2017–15482 Filed 7–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Natural Resources Revenue [Docket No. ONRR–2011–0009; DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2] Agency Information Collection Activities: Collection of Monies Due the Federal Government Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ONRR is inviting comments on a collection of information requests that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This Information Collection Request (ICR) covers the paperwork requirements in title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 1218. This ICR pertains to cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest; a lessee’s designation of designee; and Tribal permission for recoupment on Indian oil and gas leases. SUMMARY: You must submit your written comments on or before September 22, 2017. mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES DATES: You may submit comments on this ICR to ONRR by using one of the following three methods. Please reference ‘‘ICR 1012–0008’’ in your comments. • Electronically go to https:// www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘ONRR– ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Jul 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 2011–0009,’’ then click ‘‘Search.’’ Follow the instructions to submit public comments. ONRR will post all comments. • Email comments to Mr. Armand Southall, Regulatory Specialist, at Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. • Hand-carry or mail comments, using an overnight courier service, to ONRR. Our courier address is Building 53, entrance E–20, Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 80225. Visitor parking is available near entrance E–20, with a phone to request entry. Call Mr. Armando Salazar at (303) 231–3585 or Ms. Janet Giron at (303) 231–3088 to gain entrance. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues, contact Mr. Hans Meingast, Financial Services, FM, ONRR, telephone (303) 231–3382, or email Hans.Meingast@onrr.gov. For other questions, contact Mr. Armand Southall, telephone (303) 231–3221, or email Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. Southall to obtain copies (free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated forms, and (3) the regulations that require the subject collection of information. You may also review the information collection request online at https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Abstract: The Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior is responsible for collecting royalties from lessees who produce minerals from leased Federal and Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Under various laws, the Secretary’s responsibility is to manage mineral resources production on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, collect the royalties and other mineral revenues due, and distribute the funds collected. ONRR performs the royalty management functions and assists the Secretary in carrying out the Department’s responsibilities. We have posted those laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS at https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/ PubLaws/default.htm. I. General Information When a company or an individual enters into a lease to explore, develop, produce, and dispose of minerals from Federal or Indian lands, that company or individual agrees to pay the lessor a share in an amount or value of production from the leased lands. The lessee is required to report various kinds of information to the lessor relative to the disposition of the minerals. Such information is generally available PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 34333 within the records of the lessee or others involved in developing, transporting, processing, purchasing, or selling such minerals. The information collected includes data necessary to ensure that production is accurately valued and that royalties are appropriately paid. II. Information Collections This ICR covers unique reporting circumstances, including (1) cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest; (2) a lessee’s designation of a designee; and (3) Tribal permission for recoupment on Indian oil and gas leases. A. Cross-Lease Netting in Calculation of Late-Payment Interest Regulations at § 1218.54 require ONRR to assess interest on unpaid or underpaid amounts. ONRR distributes these interest revenues to States, Indian Tribes, and the U.S. Treasury based on financial lease distribution information. Current regulations at § 1218.42 provide that an overpayment on a lease or leases may be offset against an underpayment on a different lease or leases to determine the net payment subject to interest when certain conditions are met. This process is called cross-lease netting. The payor must demonstrate that a cross-lease netting exception exists by submitting production reports, pipeline allocation reports, or other similar documentary evidence. This information is necessary in order for ONRR to determine the correct amount of interest that the lessee owes and to ensure that we collect in full all monies owed to the Federal government. B. Designation of Designee The Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act (RSFA) defines a ‘‘lessee’’ to include both the owner of operating rights and the owner of record title. Under RSFA, owners of operating rights are primarily liable, and owners of lease record title secondarily liable for making royalty and related payments on Federal oil and gas leases (see 30 CFR 1218.52). It is common however, for a payor other than a lessee to make these payments. When a payor makes payments on behalf of a lessee, RSFA section 6(g) requires that the lessee designate the payor as its designee and notify ONRR of its designation in writing. We designed form ONRR–4425, Designation Form for Royalty Payment Responsibility, to request all the information necessary for lessees to comply with these RSFA requirements when choosing to designate an agent to pay for them. We require this information to ensure proper mineral revenue collection. E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34332-34333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15482]


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National Park Service

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Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Mountain Goat Management 
Plan, Olympic National Park, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Mason 
County, Washington

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of 
a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Mountain Goat 
Management Plan (Plan) at Olympic National Park (Park), Washington. The 
DEIS evaluates the impacts of a range of alternatives for managing 
exotic mountain goats in the park.

DATES: All written comments on the DEIS must be postmarked or submitted 
not later than 60 days following publication of the Environmental 
Protection Agency's (EPA) Notice of Availability of the DEIS in the 
Federal Register. After the EPA Notice of Availability is published, 
the NPS will schedule public meetings to be held during the comment 
period. Dates, times, and locations of these meetings will be announced 
in press releases and on the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public 
Comment Web site for the Plan/DEIS at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/olymgoat.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Christina Miller at 
(360) 565-3004. Information will be available for public review online 
at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/olymgoat and in the office of the 
Superintendent, Olympic National Park, 600 East Park Ave., Port 
Angeles, WA 98362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Plan/DEIS is to allow the 
NPS to reduce or eliminate impacts to park resources from exotic 
mountain goats, while reducing potential public safety issues 
associated with the presence of mountain goats in the Park. Management 
direction is needed to address resource management and human safety 
issues resulting from the presence of exotic mountain goats in the 
Park. This Plan/DEIS evaluates the impacts of the no-action alternative 
(Alternative A) and three action alternatives (Alternatives B, C, and 
D). Alternative D is identified as the agency's preferred alternative 
in the DEIS. Alternative A would involve full implementation of the 
2011 Mountain Goat Action Plan, including management of individual 
mountain goats in visitor use areas according to a continuum of 
mountain goat-human interactions. Specific management actions could 
range from hazing to lethal removal of hazardous mountain goats. 
Alternative B would focus exclusively on the capture of mountain goats 
within the park and on adjacent Olympic National Forest lands followed 
by transfer of ownership to Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife 
(WDFW). Subsequent translocation would be conducted at the discretion 
of WDFW to other areas, including portions of the Cascade Mountain 
Range where mountain goats are native and supplementation of the 
existing population would further mountain goat conservation efforts. 
Alternative C would use lethal removal to significantly reduce or 
eliminate mountain goats from the park and adjacent Olympic National 
Forest lands. Alternative D would utilize a combination of capture and 
translocation and lethal removal tools to reduce or eliminate mountain 
goats from the Park. Capture and translocation would occur in most 
areas prior to direct reduction activities. Once a point of diminishing 
returns for capture operations is reached, management would continue 
using lethal removal activities. The U.S. Forest Service and the 
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are cooperating agencies on 
this plan.
    How to Comment: You are encouraged to comment on the draft Mountain 
Goat Management Plan/EIS online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/olymgoat. You may also mail or hand-deliver your comments to Olympic 
National Park, Attn: Mountain Goat Management Plan, 600 East Park Ave., 
Port Angeles, WA 98362. Written comments will also be accepted during 
scheduled public

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meetings discussed above. Comments will not be accepted by email or in 
any other method than those specified above. Comments in any format 
(hard copy or electronic) submitted on behalf of others will not be 
accepted. 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.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.

    Dated: July 18, 2017.
Laura E. Joss,
Regional Director, Pacific West.
[FR Doc. 2017-15482 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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