Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Keystone XL Pipeline, Montana, 5232-5233 [2020-01545]

Download as PDF lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES 5232 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 19 / Wednesday, January 29, 2020 / Notices 31, 2019 (84 FR 58409). No comments were received. We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper functions of the BIA; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the BIA enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the BIA minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. 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. Abstract: Congress passed legislation specifically addressing oil and gas leasing on Osage lands and requiring Secretarial approval of leases. See 34 Stat. 543, section 3, as amended. The regulations art 25 CFR 226 implement that statute by specifying what information a lessee must provide related to drilling, development, and production of oil and gas on Osage reservation land. The oil, gas, and land are assets that the United States holds in trust or restricted status for Indian beneficiaries. The information collections in 25 CFR 226 are necessary to ensure that the beneficial owners of the mineral rights are provided the royalties due them, ensure that the oil and gas trust assets are protected, and to ensure that the surface estate assets are protected. Title of Collection: Leasing of Osage Reservation lands for Oil and Gas Mining. OMB Control Number: 1076–0180. Form Number: N/A. Type of Review: Request for extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians, businesses, and Tribal authorities. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,001. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 48,539. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:27 Jan 28, 2020 Jkt 250001 Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 15 minutes to eight hours. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 22,731. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit. Frequency of Collection: Varies from yearly to monthly. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $4,535. 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. [FR Doc. 2020–01559 Filed 1–28–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4337–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [L51010000 ER0000 LVRWE19E0450 19X LLMTC020000] Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Keystone XL Pipeline, Montana Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Record of Decision. This Record of Decision is for a right-of-way for the portions of the Keystone XL Pipeline project that cross BLM and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) lands in Montana. By this notice, the BLM is announcing the availability of the Record of Decision. DATES: The Secretary of the Department of the Interior signed the Record of Decision on January 22, 2020. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of Decision are available at the Montana/ Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 59101, or may be viewed online at: https://go.usa.gov/ xdacn. SUMMARY: Jim Stobaugh, National Project Manager, BLM Nevada State Office, at telephone: (775) 861–6478, email: jstobaug@ blm.gov, or at the above mailing address or website. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact Mr. Stobaugh during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In September 2008, Keystone filed with the United States Department of State an initial application for a Presidential Permit to construct, operate, maintain, and (eventually) decommission the Keystone XL Pipeline to transport crude oil across the U.S./Canada border near Morgan, Montana, to Steele City, Nebraska, and then from Cushing, Oklahoma, to locations along the Texas Gulf of Mexico. The original application for Presidential Permit was amended and resubmitted on May 4, 2012 to modify the Project description to: (1) Avoid the Sand Hills Region in Nebraska; and (2) remove the southern segment of the Project from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Gulf Coast area. In addition to its application to the Department of State, Keystone also filed a right-of-way application in March 2008 under Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, with the BLM. The right-of-way application was revised by Keystone in September 2012 and 2014 to reflect changes in the Project description. In November 2015, the Presidential Permit was denied. Due to the denial, Keystone requested to withdraw their right-of-way application with the BLM in February 2016. In January 2017, Keystone refiled their application for a Presidential Permit with the Department of State. In February 2018, Keystone filed a revised right-of-way application and updated Plan of Development (POD) with the BLM to reinitiate processing their rightof-way application. In January 2020, Keystone updated the POD and reflected the most recent data on the project and clarifies minor route adjustments. The BLM responded to Keystone’s right-of-way application on Federal lands administered by the BLM and USACE to construct, operate, maintain, and (eventually) decommission the Project in compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act, BLM right-of-way regulations (43 CFR 2880), and other applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies. The only Federal lands involved in this Project are BLM and USACE administered lands in the State of Montana. The State Department has been the Lead Federal Agency for the purposes of NEPA, and BLM and the USACE have been Cooperating Agencies from the beginning of this project. On September 24, 2018, the Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 19 / Wednesday, January 29, 2020 / Notices Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Mainline Alternative Route in Nebraska (83 FR 48358) was published in the Federal Register, which provided for a 45-day public comment period. The Notice of Availability for the Final Supplemental EIS for the Keystone XL Pipeline was published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2019 (84 FR 70187). The BLM adopted the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements, and the Record of Decision to grant a rightof-way and temporary use permit for the Project pipeline and related facilities to TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP to construct, operate, maintain, and (eventually) decommission the Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana was signed on January 22, 2020. (Authority: 40 CFR 1505.2) Dated: January 22, 2020. John Mehlhoff, State Director, Montana/Dakotas BLM. [FR Doc. 2020–01545 Filed 1–28–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLORV00000.L10200000.XZ0000. LXSSH1050000.20X.HAG 20–0025] Notice of Public Meetings for the John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council Planning Subcommittee Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of public meetings. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM), John DaySnake Resource Advisory Council (RAC) Planning Subcommittee will meet as indicated below. DATES: The John Day-Snake Planning Subcommittee will meet via teleconference at 2:00 p.m. May 20 and Sep. 16, 2020. ADDRESSES: The Subcommittee teleconference number is toll-free and will be published in the agenda on the RAC web page at least ten days in advance of the call at https:// www.blm.gov/get-involved/resourceadvisory-council/near-you/oregonwashington/john-day-rac. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs Officer, 3100 H St., Baker City, Oregon 97814; 541–219–6863; lbogardus@blm.gov. lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:27 Jan 28, 2020 Jkt 250001 5233 Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1(800) 877–8339 to contact the above individual during regular business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during regular business hours. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The 15member John Day-Snake RAC was chartered and appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Their diverse perspectives are represented in commodity, conservation, and general interests. The Planning Subcommittee was established to gather information, conduct research, and analyze relevant issues and facts on selected topics for future consideration by the RAC. The Subcommittee’s primary goal is to provide information to the RAC that allows them to better respond to timesensitive issues, such as responding to an environmental document within the public comment period. No decisions are made at the subcommittee level. The Designated Federal Officer will attend the call, take minutes, and publish these minutes on the RAC web page. All calls are open to the public in their entirety. The public may send written comments to the Subcommittee in response to material presented on the call to be forwarded to the RAC for consideration. Comments can be mailed to BLM Vale District; Attn. Don Gonzalez; 100 Oregon St.; Vale, Oregon 97918. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, please 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 we will be able to do so. ACTION: (Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2) IOWA Don Gonzalez, Vale District Manager. Muscatine County Fair Oaks Historic District, (Muscatine, Iowa MPS), Bounded by Park Ave., Washington St., Weed Park, and northern Fair Oaks Addition line, Muscatine, MP100004983 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 2020–01543 Filed 1–28–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P PO 00000 National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#–29623; PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions National Park Service, Interior. Notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5232-5233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01545]


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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 Keystone 
XL Pipeline, Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 
prepared a Record of Decision. This Record of Decision is for a right-
of-way for the portions of the Keystone XL Pipeline project that cross 
BLM and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) lands in Montana. By this 
notice, the BLM is announcing the availability of the Record of 
Decision.

DATES: The Secretary of the Department of the Interior signed the 
Record of Decision on January 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of Decision are available at the 
Montana/Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 59101, 
or may be viewed online at: https://go.usa.gov/xdacn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Stobaugh, National Project 
Manager, BLM Nevada State Office, at telephone: (775) 861-6478, email: 
[email protected], or at the above mailing address or website. Persons 
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Mr. Stobaugh 
during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week, to leave a message or question. You will receive a reply 
during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In September 2008, Keystone filed with the 
United States Department of State an initial application for a 
Presidential Permit to construct, operate, maintain, and (eventually) 
decommission the Keystone XL Pipeline to transport crude oil across the 
U.S./Canada border near Morgan, Montana, to Steele City, Nebraska, and 
then from Cushing, Oklahoma, to locations along the Texas Gulf of 
Mexico. The original application for Presidential Permit was amended 
and resubmitted on May 4, 2012 to modify the Project description to: 
(1) Avoid the Sand Hills Region in Nebraska; and (2) remove the 
southern segment of the Project from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Gulf 
Coast area.
    In addition to its application to the Department of State, Keystone 
also filed a right-of-way application in March 2008 under Section 28 of 
the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, with the BLM. The right-
of-way application was revised by Keystone in September 2012 and 2014 
to reflect changes in the Project description. In November 2015, the 
Presidential Permit was denied. Due to the denial, Keystone requested 
to withdraw their right-of-way application with the BLM in February 
2016.
    In January 2017, Keystone refiled their application for a 
Presidential Permit with the Department of State. In February 2018, 
Keystone filed a revised right-of-way application and updated Plan of 
Development (POD) with the BLM to reinitiate processing their right-of-
way application. In January 2020, Keystone updated the POD and 
reflected the most recent data on the project and clarifies minor route 
adjustments.
    The BLM responded to Keystone's right-of-way application on Federal 
lands administered by the BLM and USACE to construct, operate, 
maintain, and (eventually) decommission the Project in compliance with 
the Mineral Leasing Act, BLM right-of-way regulations (43 CFR 2880), 
and other applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies. The only 
Federal lands involved in this Project are BLM and USACE administered 
lands in the State of Montana. The State Department has been the Lead 
Federal Agency for the purposes of NEPA, and BLM and the USACE have 
been Cooperating Agencies from the beginning of this project.
    On September 24, 2018, the Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Supplemental

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Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline 
Mainline Alternative Route in Nebraska (83 FR 48358) was published in 
the Federal Register, which provided for a 45-day public comment 
period. The Notice of Availability for the Final Supplemental EIS for 
the Keystone XL Pipeline was published in the Federal Register on 
December 20, 2019 (84 FR 70187).
    The BLM adopted the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements, 
and the Record of Decision to grant a right-of-way and temporary use 
permit for the Project pipeline and related facilities to TransCanada 
Keystone Pipeline, LP to construct, operate, maintain, and (eventually) 
decommission the Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana was signed on January 
22, 2020.

(Authority: 40 CFR 1505.2)

    Dated: January 22, 2020.
John Mehlhoff,
State Director, Montana/Dakotas BLM.
[FR Doc. 2020-01545 Filed 1-28-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-DN-P

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