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include the information noted in 25 CFR
115.420. The provider will then
complete a plan for the Office of the
Special Trustee for American Indians
(OST) to disburse money (‘‘distribution
plan’’) for the account holder based on
unmet needs, as justified by information
in Part 2 of the Social Services
Assessment and Evaluation form.
Title of Collection: Supervised
Individual Indian Money Accounts.
OMB Control Number: 1076–NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individual Indians with a supervised
IIM account.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: Assessment and
Evaluation form: 1,000; Distribution
Plan 1,000; Major Purchase Request 20.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: Assessment and Evaluation
form: 1,000; Distribution Plan 1,000;
Major Purchase Request 20.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 2.5 hours for the Assessment
and Evaluation form; 30 minutes for the
Distribution Plan; and 30 minutes for
the Major Purchase Request.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,500 hours for the
Assessment and Evaluation form; 500
hours for the Distribution Plan form;
and 10 hours for the Major Purchase
Request.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually for
the Assessment and Evaluation form,
annually for the Distribution Plan, and
on occasion as needed for the Major
Purchase Request.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: $0.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et. seq).
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
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Dated: November 20, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
Consent Decree, the Federal and State
natural resource trustee agencies for the
Alabama Trustee Implementation Group
(AL TIG) have prepared a final
restoration plan and environmental
assessment entitled Alabama Trustee
Implementation Group Final
Restoration Plan III/Environmental
Assessment: Provide and Enhance
Recreational Opportunities; and Birds
(AL RP III/EA), and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI). In the AL
RP III/EA, the AL TIG is selecting to
implement five projects to address lost
recreational use and two projects for the
restoration of birds. Implementation of
these projects will help restore natural
resources and the services they provide
that were injured in the Alabama
Restoration Area as a result of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The
purpose of this notice is to inform the
public of the availability of the final AL
RP III/EA and FONSI.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may download the AL RP III/EA and
FONSI from either of the following
websites:
• https://www.doi.gov/
deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
• https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/alabama.
Alternatively, you may request a CD
of the AL RP III/EA and FONSI (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nanciann Regalado, via email at
nanciann_regalado@fws.gov, via
telephone at 678–296–6805, or via the
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. 2019–27995 Filed 12–26–19; 8:45 am]
Introduction
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On April 20, 2010, the mobile
offshore drilling unit Deepwater
Horizon, which was being used to drill
a well for BP Exploration and
Production, Inc. (BP), in the Macondo
prospect (Mississippi Canyon 252–
MC252), experienced a significant
explosion, fire, and subsequent sinking
in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in an
unprecedented volume of oil and other
discharges from the rig and from the
wellhead on the seabed. The Deepwater
Horizon oil spill is the largest oil spill
in U.S. history, discharging millions of
barrels of oil over a period of 87 days.
In addition, well over 1 million gallons
of dispersants were applied to the
waters of the spill area in an attempt to
disperse the spilled oil. An
undetermined amount of natural gas
was also released into the environment
as a result of the spill.
The Trustees conducted the natural
resource damage assessment (NRDA) for
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Extension of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact
(Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the State of
South Dakota)
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
extension of the Class III gaming
compact between the Rosebud Sioux
Tribe and the State of South Dakota.
DATES: The extension takes effect on
December 27, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
Gaming, Office of the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An
extension to an existing Tribal-State
Class III gaming compact does not
require approval by the Secretary if the
extension does not modify any other
terms of the compact. 25 CFR 293.5. The
Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the State of
South Dakota have reached an
agreement to extend the expiration date
of their existing Tribal-State Class III
gaming compact to January 19, 2020.
This publication provides notice of the
new expiration date of the compact.
SUMMARY:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Alabama
Trustee Implementation Group Final
Restoration Plan III and Environmental
Assessment: Provide and Enhance
Recreational Opportunities; and Birds
and Finding of No Significant Impact
Department of the Interior.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Final Programmatic Damage
Assessment Restoration Plan and Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement, Record of Decision, and
SUMMARY:
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the Deepwater Horizon oil spill under
the Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA; 33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Pursuant to OPA,
Federal and State agencies act as
trustees on behalf of the public to assess
natural resource injuries and losses and
to determine the actions required to
compensate the public for those injuries
and losses. The OPA further instructs
the designated trustees to develop and
implement a plan for the restoration,
rehabilitation, replacement, or
acquisition of the equivalent of the
injured natural resources under their
trusteeship, including the loss of use
and services from those resources from
the time of injury until the completion
of restoration to baseline (the resource
quality and conditions that would exist
if the spill had not occurred).
The Deepwater Horizon Trustees are:
• U.S. Department of the Interior
(DOI), as represented by the National
Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, and Bureau of Land
Management;
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), on behalf of
the U.S. Department of Commerce;
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA);
• U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA);
• State of Louisiana Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority,
Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office,
Department of Environmental Quality,
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
and Department of Natural Resources;
• State of Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality;
• State of Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and
Geological Survey of Alabama;
• State of Florida Department of
Environmental Protection and Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission; and
• State of Texas: Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, Texas General
Land Office, and Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
On April 4, 2016, the Trustees
reached and finalized a settlement of
their natural resource damage claims
with BP in a Consent Decree approved
by the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Pursuant to that Consent Decree,
restoration projects in the Alabama
Restoration Area are now chosen and
managed by the AL TIG. The AL TIG
comprises the following Trustees: State
of Alabama Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources and Geological
Survey of Alabama; DOI; NOAA; EPA;
and USDA.
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Background
In preparation for the draft AL RP III/
EA planning process, on December 19,
2018, the AL TIG posted a notice on two
websites: The NOAA Gulf Spill web
portal at https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov, and
the Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources
Project Portal at https://
www.alabamacoastalrestoration.org/.
The notice requested public input on
restoration project ideas in the Alabama
Restoration Area, asking the public to
focus their input on ‘‘Provide and
Enhance Recreational Opportunities’’
and ‘‘Birds’’ restoration types. The AL
TIG reviewed and considered these
restoration project ideas and prepared a
draft AL RP III/EA. Notice of availability
of the draft AL RP III/EA was published
in the Federal Register on September 3,
2019 (84 FR 46033). The AL TIG
provided the public 30 days to review
and comment on the draft AL RP III/EA.
Comments submitted during that time
were reviewed and addressed by the AL
TIG before finalizing the AL RP III/EA.
Details, including the AL TIG’s
responses to the comments, are
provided in the final AL RP III/EA.
Additional restoration planning for the
Alabama Restoration Area will
continue.
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Restoration Type—Birds
Stewardship of Coastal Alabama
Beach Nesting Bird Habitat
Dauphin Island West End Acquisition
Based on the NEPA analysis provided
in the AL RP III/EA, the AL TIG Federal
Trustees issued a FONSI in accordance
with 40 CFR part 1508.13 and 15 CFR
part 990.23. The FONSI is available in
Appendix J of the AL RP III/EA.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the
Administrative Record for the AL RP III/
EA can be viewed electronically at
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/
adminrecord.
Authority
The authority for this action is the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
seq.), its implementing Natural Resource
Damage Assessment regulations found
at 15 CFR part 990, and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations found at 40
CFR parts 1500–1508.
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Director of Gulf of Mexico Restoration,
Department of the Interior.
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Overview of the Final AL RP III/EA
The final AL RP III/EA is being
released in accordance with OPA NRDA
regulations found in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 15 CFR part 990,
NEPA and its implementing regulations
found at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508, the
Final PDARP/PEIS, and the Consent
Decree. In the final AL RP III/EA and
FONSI, the AL TIG selected projects to
implement addressing two restoration
types. Five were selected for funding
under the ‘‘Provide and Enhance
Recreational Opportunities’’ restoration
type allocation proposing to use
approximately $13,500,000 in DWH
settlement funds. Two were selected for
funding under the ‘‘Birds’’ restoration
type allocation, using approximately
$8,700,000 in DWH settlement funds.
The following projects were selected for
implementation (immediate or future):
Restoration Type—Provide and Enhance
Recreational Opportunities
Perdido River Land Acquisition
(Molpus Tract)
Bayfront Park Restoration and
Improvement Phases IIa and IIb
Gulf State Park Pier Renovation
Perdido Beach Public Access Coastal
Protection *
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Recreation Enhancement—Mobile
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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MO#4500141706]
Notice of Availability for the Proposed
Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the Gemini Solar
Project in Clark County, NV
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
SUMMARY:
* The Trustees are not proposing to exceed the
allocation for ‘‘Provide and Enhance Recreational
Opportunities’’ in this RP III/EA. Implementation of
the selected alternatives, noted with an asterisk, is
therefore pending fund availability. Additional
funds could become available to the ‘‘Provide and
Enhance Recreational Opportunities’’ restoration
type for various reasons (e.g., project cancellation
or modification, projects under budget), at which
time the AL TIG could allocate those recreational
use funds to those noted alternatives, consistent
with this RP III/EA, through TIG resolution.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[FWS-R4-ES-2019-N161; FVHC98220410150-XXX-FF04H00000]
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Alabama Trustee Implementation Group
Final Restoration Plan III and Environmental Assessment: Provide and
Enhance Recreational Opportunities; and Birds and Finding of No
Significant Impact
AGENCY: Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Final Programmatic Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Record of Decision,
and Consent Decree, the Federal and State natural resource trustee
agencies for the Alabama Trustee Implementation Group (AL TIG) have
prepared a final restoration plan and environmental assessment entitled
Alabama Trustee Implementation Group Final Restoration Plan III/
Environmental Assessment: Provide and Enhance Recreational
Opportunities; and Birds (AL RP III/EA), and Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI). In the AL RP III/EA, the AL TIG is selecting to
implement five projects to address lost recreational use and two
projects for the restoration of birds. Implementation of these projects
will help restore natural resources and the services they provide that
were injured in the Alabama Restoration Area as a result of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The purpose of this notice is to inform
the public of the availability of the final AL RP III/EA and FONSI.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the AL RP III/EA and
FONSI from either of the following websites:
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/alabama.
Alternatively, you may request a CD of the AL RP III/EA and FONSI
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanciann Regalado, via email at
[email protected], via telephone at 678-296-6805, or via the
Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
On April 20, 2010, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater
Horizon, which was being used to drill a well for BP Exploration and
Production, Inc. (BP), in the Macondo prospect (Mississippi Canyon 252-
MC252), experienced a significant explosion, fire, and subsequent
sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in an unprecedented volume of
oil and other discharges from the rig and from the wellhead on the
seabed. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the largest oil spill in
U.S. history, discharging millions of barrels of oil over a period of
87 days. In addition, well over 1 million gallons of dispersants were
applied to the waters of the spill area in an attempt to disperse the
spilled oil. An undetermined amount of natural gas was also released
into the environment as a result of the spill.
The Trustees conducted the natural resource damage assessment
(NRDA) for
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the Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA;
33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Pursuant to OPA, Federal and State agencies
act as trustees on behalf of the public to assess natural resource
injuries and losses and to determine the actions required to compensate
the public for those injuries and losses. The OPA further instructs the
designated trustees to develop and implement a plan for the
restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of the
equivalent of the injured natural resources under their trusteeship,
including the loss of use and services from those resources from the
time of injury until the completion of restoration to baseline (the
resource quality and conditions that would exist if the spill had not
occurred).
The Deepwater Horizon Trustees are:
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), as represented by
the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau
of Land Management;
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), on
behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce;
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA);
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority, Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, Department of Environmental
Quality, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and Department of
Natural Resources;
State of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality;
State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources and Geological Survey of Alabama;
State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection
and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; and
State of Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas
General Land Office, and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
On April 4, 2016, the Trustees reached and finalized a settlement
of their natural resource damage claims with BP in a Consent Decree
approved by the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Louisiana. Pursuant to that Consent Decree, restoration projects in
the Alabama Restoration Area are now chosen and managed by the AL TIG.
The AL TIG comprises the following Trustees: State of Alabama
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Geological Survey
of Alabama; DOI; NOAA; EPA; and USDA.
Background
In preparation for the draft AL RP III/EA planning process, on
December 19, 2018, the AL TIG posted a notice on two websites: The NOAA
Gulf Spill web portal at https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov, and
the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Project
Portal at https://www.alabamacoastalrestoration.org/. The notice
requested public input on restoration project ideas in the Alabama
Restoration Area, asking the public to focus their input on ``Provide
and Enhance Recreational Opportunities'' and ``Birds'' restoration
types. The AL TIG reviewed and considered these restoration project
ideas and prepared a draft AL RP III/EA. Notice of availability of the
draft AL RP III/EA was published in the Federal Register on September
3, 2019 (84 FR 46033). The AL TIG provided the public 30 days to review
and comment on the draft AL RP III/EA. Comments submitted during that
time were reviewed and addressed by the AL TIG before finalizing the AL
RP III/EA. Details, including the AL TIG's responses to the comments,
are provided in the final AL RP III/EA. Additional restoration planning
for the Alabama Restoration Area will continue.
Overview of the Final AL RP III/EA
The final AL RP III/EA is being released in accordance with OPA
NRDA regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 15
CFR part 990, NEPA and its implementing regulations found at 40 CFR
parts 1500-1508, the Final PDARP/PEIS, and the Consent Decree. In the
final AL RP III/EA and FONSI, the AL TIG selected projects to implement
addressing two restoration types. Five were selected for funding under
the ``Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities'' restoration type
allocation proposing to use approximately $13,500,000 in DWH settlement
funds. Two were selected for funding under the ``Birds'' restoration
type allocation, using approximately $8,700,000 in DWH settlement
funds. The following projects were selected for implementation
(immediate or future):
Restoration Type--Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities
Perdido River Land Acquisition (Molpus Tract)
Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement Phases IIa and IIb
Gulf State Park Pier Renovation
Perdido Beach Public Access Coastal Protection *
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Recreation Enhancement--Mobile
Street Boardwalk *
Restoration Type--Birds
Stewardship of Coastal Alabama Beach Nesting Bird Habitat
Dauphin Island West End Acquisition
Based on the NEPA analysis provided in the AL RP III/EA, the AL TIG
Federal Trustees issued a FONSI in accordance with 40 CFR part 1508.13
and 15 CFR part 990.23. The FONSI is available in Appendix J of the AL
RP III/EA.
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* The Trustees are not proposing to exceed the allocation for
``Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities'' in this RP III/
EA. Implementation of the selected alternatives, noted with an
asterisk, is therefore pending fund availability. Additional funds
could become available to the ``Provide and Enhance Recreational
Opportunities'' restoration type for various reasons (e.g., project
cancellation or modification, projects under budget), at which time
the AL TIG could allocate those recreational use funds to those
noted alternatives, consistent with this RP III/EA, through TIG
resolution.
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Administrative Record
The documents comprising the Administrative Record for the AL RP
III/EA can be viewed electronically at https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
Authority
The authority for this action is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), its implementing Natural Resource Damage
Assessment regulations found at 15 CFR part 990, and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations found at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508.
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Director of Gulf of Mexico Restoration, Department of the Interior.
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