Tribal Consultation Regarding the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act, 19017-19018 [2020-06953]
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trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to
engage in any such conduct (16 U.S.C.
1532(19)). The term ‘‘harm,’’ as defined
in our regulations, includes significant
habitat modification or degradation that
results in death or injury to listed
species by significantly impairing
essential behavioral patterns, including
breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR
17.3). The term ‘‘harass’’ is defined in
our regulations as to carry out
intentional or negligent actions that
create the likelihood of injury to listed
species to such an extent as to
significantly disrupt normal behavioral
patterns, which include, but are not
limited to, breeding, feeding, or
sheltering (50 CFR 17.3).
Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA
contains provisions that authorize the
Service to issue permits to non-Federal
entities for the take of endangered and
threatened species caused by otherwise
lawful activities, provided the following
criteria are met: (1) The taking will be
incidental; (2) the applicant will, to the
maximum extent practicable, minimize
and mitigate the impact of such taking;
(3) the applicant will ensure that
adequate funding for the plan will be
provided; (4) the taking will not
appreciably reduce the likelihood of the
survival and recovery of the species in
the wild; and (5) the applicant will carry
out any other measures that the Service
may require as being necessary or
appropriate for the purposes of the plan.
Regulations governing permits for
endangered and threatened species are
found in 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32,
respectively.
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Proposed Action
The applicant proposes to construct a
single-family residence, including a
home, driveway, landscaping areas,
underground utilities, and an
agricultural building on 5 acres in
Thurston County, Washington. All
construction and landscaping activity
will be confined to an area
encompassing 1.28 acres. The applicant
will continue to implement agricultural
activities as conditioned by
commitments in the HCP on the
remaining acreage.
The property is currently occupied by
the Yelm pocket gopher. The applicant
proposes to offset adverse effects to the
species by executing a conservation
easement with Thurston County for a
2.58-acre conservation site within the 5acre property. The conservation site will
be managed for successful Yelm pocket
gopher feeding, breeding, and
sheltering. The Service proposes to
issue the requested 10-year ITP based on
the applicant’s commitment to
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implement the HCP, if permit issuance
criteria are met.
Public Comments
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We provide this notice in accordance
with the requirements of section 10(c) of
the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and their
implementing regulations (at 50 CFR
17.32 and 40 CFR 1506.6, respectively).
You may submit your comments and
materials by one of the methods listed
in ADDRESSES. We specifically request
information, views, and suggestions
from interested parties regarding our
proposed Federal action, including
adequacy of the HCP pursuant to the
requirements for permits at 50 CFR parts
13 and 17 and adequacy of the EAS
pursuant to the requirements of NEPA.
Mary M. Abrams,
Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Public Availability of Comments
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
All comments and materials we
receive become part of the public record
associated with this action. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personally
identifiable information in your
comments, 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
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. All submissions
from organizations or businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety. Comments and materials
we receive will be available for public
inspection by appointment, during
normal business hours, at our
Washington Fish and Wildlife Office
(see ADDRESSES).
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Next Steps
After public review, we will assess
the comments received and finalize the
EAS. We will evaluate the permit
application, associated documents, and
any comments received, to determine
whether the permit application meets
the requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B)
of the ESA. We will also evaluate
whether issuance of the requested
section 10(a)(1)(B) permit would comply
with section 7 of the ESA by conducting
an intra-Service section 7 consultation
under section 7(a)(2) of the ESA on the
proposed ITP action. The final NEPA
and permit determinations will not be
completed until after the end of the 30day comment period, and will fully
consider all comments received during
the comment period. If we determine
that all requirements are met, we will
issue an ITP under section 10(a)(1)(B) of
the ESA to the applicant for the take of
the covered species, incidental to
otherwise lawful covered activities.
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Tribal Consultation Regarding the
Indian Employment, Training, and
Related Services Demonstration Act
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Tribal consultation.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs (AS–IA) will
be hosting a consultation session by
webinar with interested Tribes
regarding the 477 Program.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before Thursday, April 30, 2020.
Consultation by webinar will be held
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 1 p.m. See
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice for information on joining
the webinar.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to:
consultation@bia.gov, or by mail to:
Deputy Bureau Director—Indian
Services, MS–4660, 1849 C Street NW,
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dawn Selwyn, Acting Associate Deputy
Bureau Director—Indian Services at
(202) 208–6941.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Several
Federal agencies, including Interior, are
party to an interagency memorandum of
agreement (MOA) to implement Public
Law 102–477, the Indian Employment,
Training, and Related Services
Demonstration Act of 1992 (477
Program).
We invite Tribes to attend to a
consultation session by webinar, to
provide input on the 477 Program on
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 1 p.m. to 3
p.m.:
• To join the Webinar, go to this link:
https://bia-oishs.webex.com/bia-oishs/
j.php?MTID=mfb5d92db4acef
795d0d282c3f855187e, enter meeting
number: 795 506 785, Password:
477Program.
SUMMARY:
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• To join by phone: (877) 417–9689
passcode 1730174.
The Department previously
announced this webinar session in a
March 6, 2020 letter to Tribal leaders.
That letter also announced sessions on
April 6, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee,
and April 28, 2020, in Burlingame,
California that have since been canceled
due to cancellation of the associated
conferences (the Native American
Finance Officers Association 38th
Annual Conference and the 2020 Tribal
Self-Governance Conference). The
Department will announce any
rescheduled sessions in a future letter to
Tribes and by Federal Register notice,
as appropriate.
Tara Sweeney,
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 Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for Fuels Reduction and
Rangeland Restoration in the Great
Basin; California, Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon, Utah, and Washington
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for Fuels Reduction and
Rangeland Restoration in the Great
Basin and by this notice is announcing
for the opening of the comment period.
The BLM will hold public meetings
throughout the project area to share
information with the public and answer
questions.
DATES: To ensure comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft
Programmatic EIS for Fuels Reduction
and Rangeland Restoration in the Great
Basin within 60 days following the date
the Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings or hearings
and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance
through public notices, media releases,
and/or mailings and will ensure that the
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last public meeting is held at least 15
days before the public comment period
ends.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the Draft Programmatic EIS for
Fuels Reduction and Rangeland
Restoration in the Great Basin by any of
the following methods:
• Website: https://go.usa.gov/xdfgV.
• Email: BLM_PEIS_Comments@
blm.gov.
• Fax: 208–373–3805.
• Mail: Bureau of Land Management,
Idaho State Office, ATTN: Fuels
Reduction Draft PEIS, 1387 South
Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709.
Copies of the Draft Programmatic EIS
for Fuels Reduction and Rangeland
Restoration in the Great Basin are
available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the BLM Idaho
State Office, 1387 South Vinnell Way,
Boise, ID 83709. Interested persons may
also review the Draft Programmatic EIS
online at: https://go.usa.gov/xdfgV.
Additional copies are available upon
request at the BLM California, Nevada,
Oregon/Washington, and Utah State
Offices.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ammon Wilhelm, telephone 208–373–
3824; address BLM Idaho State Office,
1387 South Vinnell Way, Boise, ID
83709; email awilhelm@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information 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
sagebrush communities in the Great
Basin are home to over 350 species of
plants and wildlife and are a vital part
of Western working landscapes.
Wildfire and cheatgrass invasions are
threatening these vegetative
communities; approximately 45% of the
historical range of sagebrush has been
lost. Between 2009 and 2018, over 13.5
million acres burned on BLM land
within the project area. Many sagebrush
communities, both burned and
unburned, are being overtaken by
invasive annual grasses and encroaching
pinyon-juniper. Fuels reduction and
rangeland restoration treatments can
reduce fire severity, which increases the
vegetative communities’ resistance to
invasive annual grasses and improves
their ability to recover after wildfire.
The Project Area covers
approximately 223 million acres,
including portions of California, Idaho,
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Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
Restoration projects would be
implemented within an analysis area
covering approximately 38.5 million
acres of sagebrush communities
managed by the BLM within the project
area boundary. The analysis area is
defined by the current and historical
presence of sagebrush on BLMadministered lands.
The purpose of future treatments is to
enhance the long-term function,
viability, resistance, and resilience of
vegetative communities and to protect,
conserve, and restore sagebrush
communities within the project area.
Functioning and viable sagebrush
communities provide multiple-use
opportunities for all user groups as well
as habitat for sagebrush-dependent
species.
Intact sagebrush communities are
disappearing within the Great Basin due
to increased wildfires, the spread of
invasive annual grasses, and the
encroachment of pinyon-juniper.
Restoration treatments such as fuels
reduction and revegetation are needed
to increase intact sagebrush
communities and improve their ability
to resist annual grass invasion and
recover from disturbance such as
wildfire.
The preferred alternative (Alternative
B) analyzes a full suite of manual,
chemical and mechanical treatments,
including prescribed fire, seeding, and
targeted grazing, to restore degraded
vegetative communities within the 38.5
million-acre sagebrush analysis area.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted including names,
street addresses, and email addresses of
persons who submit comments will be
available for public review and
disclosure at the above address during
regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
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: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10.
John F. Ruhs,
Idaho State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Tribal Consultation Regarding the Indian Employment, Training,
and Related Services Demonstration Act
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Tribal consultation.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA)
will be hosting a consultation session by webinar with interested
Tribes regarding the 477 Program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before Thursday, April 30, 2020.
Consultation by webinar will be held Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 1
p.m. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for
information on joining the webinar.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: [email protected], or by mail to:
Deputy Bureau Director--Indian Services, MS-4660, 1849 C Street NW,
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Selwyn, Acting Associate Deputy
Bureau Director--Indian Services at (202) 208-6941.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Several Federal agencies, including
Interior, are party to an interagency memorandum of agreement (MOA) to
implement Public Law 102-477, the Indian Employment, Training, and
Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (477 Program).
We invite Tribes to attend to a consultation session by webinar, to
provide input on the 477 Program on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m.:
To join the Webinar, go to this link: https://bia-oishs.webex.com/bia-oishs/j.php?MTID=mfb5d92db4acef795d0d282c3f855187e,
enter meeting number: 795 506 785, Password: 477Program.
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To join by phone: (877) 417-9689 passcode 1730174.
The Department previously announced this webinar session in a March
6, 2020 letter to Tribal leaders. That letter also announced sessions
on April 6, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, and April 28, 2020, in
Burlingame, California that have since been canceled due to
cancellation of the associated conferences (the Native American Finance
Officers Association 38th Annual Conference and the 2020 Tribal Self-
Governance Conference). The Department will announce any rescheduled
sessions in a future letter to Tribes and by Federal Register notice,
as appropriate.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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