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Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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.).
Jeffrey Parrillo,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Final
Colorado Sage Grouse Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
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) Colorado State
Office has prepared a final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the management of
Greater Sage-Grouse habitat, and by this
notice is announcing its availability.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register. The EPA
usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final
Supplemental EIS are available for
public inspection at the Colorado
Bureau of Land Management State
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,
Lakewood, Colorado 80215. Interested
persons may also review the final
Supplemental EIS on the internet at:
https://go.usa.gov/xGMzS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leah Waldner, Colorado Sage-Grouse
Coordinator, at 970–244–3045; Colorado
Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H Rd,
Grand Junction, CO 81506; lwaldner@
blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact Leah Waldner during normal
business hours. The FRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
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message or question. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
The BLM
has prepared this final Supplemental
EIS to review its previous NEPA
analysis and clarify and augment it
where necessary. This final
Supplemental EIS addressed four
specific issues: The range of
alternatives, the need to take a hard look
at environmental impacts, cumulative
effects analysis, and the BLM’s
approach to compensatory mitigation.
The final Supplemental EIS will help
the BLM determine whether its 2015
and 2019 land use planning and NEPA
processes have sufficiently addressed
Greater Sage-Grouse habitat
conservation or whether the BLM
should initiate a new land use planning
process to consider additional
alternatives or new information.
Comments on the draft Supplemental
EIS (85 FR 10185) received from the
public and internal BLM review were
considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the final Supplemental
EIS. To address public comments raised
during this supplemental analysis, the
BLM convened a team of biologists and
land use planners to evaluate scientific
literature provided to the agency. Upon
review, the BLM found that the most
up-to-date Greater Sage-Grouse science
and other information has incrementally
increased, and built upon, the
knowledgebase of Greater Sage-Grouse
management evaluated by the BLM most
recently in its 2019 land use plan
amendments, but does not change the
scope or direction of the BLM’s
management; however, new science
does suggest adaptations to management
may be warranted at site-specific scales.
After reviewing public comments and
completing the new science evaluation,
the BLM determined that the most
recent scientific information relating to
Greater Sage-Grouse is consistent with
the BLM’s environmental analysis in
supporting its 2019 Greater Sage-Grouse
land use plan amendments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10)
Jamie E. Connell,
Colorado State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLHQ320000.L13300000.EN0000; OMB
Control No. 1004–0201]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Oil Shale Management
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
are proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments on this information
collection request (ICR) by mail to
Darrin King, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Attention PRA Office, 440
W 200 S #500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101;
or by email to BLM_HQ_PRA_
Comments@blm.gov. Please reference
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Control Number 1004–0201 in
the subject line of your comments.
Please note that due to COVID–19, the
electronic submission of comments is
recommended.
SUMMARY:
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Kyle Free by email at
kfree@blm.gov, or by telephone at (208)
240–5702. Individuals who are hearing
or speech impaired may call the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 for
TTY assistance. You may also view the
ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval
under the PRA. We may not conduct or
sponsor and you are not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies to comment on new,
proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand our
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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: This control number applies
to the exploration, development, and
utilization of oil shale resources on the
BLM-managed public lands. Currently,
the only oil shale leases issued by the
BLM are research, development, and
demonstration (RD&D) leases. However,
the BLM regulations provide a
framework for commercial oil shale
leasing and additionally include
provisions for conversion of RD&D
leases to commercial leases. Section 369
of the Energy Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
15927) addresses oil shale development
and authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to establish regulations for a
commercial leasing program for oil
shale. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920
(30 U.S.C. 241(a)) provides the authority
for the BLM to allow for the exploration,
development, and utilization of oil shale
resources on the BLM-managed public
lands. Additional statutory authorities
for the oil shale program are: (1) The
Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands
of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 351–359); and (2) The
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Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq., including 43 U.S.C. 1732). The
information collections discussed in the
supporting statement are called for in
the regulations implementing these
statutory authorities.
Title of Collection: Oil Shale
Management (43 CFR parts 3900, 3910,
3920, and 3930).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0201.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Applicants for oil shale leases, oil shale
lessees and oil shale operators.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 2.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 24.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from the number of
minutes/hours per response.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,795.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $526,632.
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.).
Darrin A. King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020–25672 Filed 11–19–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[212.LLWO230000.
L11700000.PH0000.LXSGPL000000]
Notice of Availability of the Final Utah
Sage Grouse Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
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) Utah State Office
has prepared a final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the management of Greater SageGrouse habitat, and by this notice is
announcing its availability.
SUMMARY:
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The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register. The EPA
usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final
Supplemental EIS are available for
public inspection at the Utah Bureau of
Land Management State Office, 440
West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101–1345. Interested
persons may also review the final
Supplemental EIS on the internet at:
https://goo.gl/o2AQWQ.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Fletcher, Utah Sage-Grouse
Implementation Lead, at 435–865–3035;
Utah Bureau of Land Management State
Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101–1345;
cfletcher@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact Mrs. Fletcher 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: The BLM
has prepared this final Supplemental
EIS to review its previous NEPA
analysis and clarify and augment it
where necessary. This final
Supplemental EIS addressed four
specific issues: The range of
alternatives, the need to take a hard look
at environmental impacts, cumulative
effects analysis, and the BLM’s
approach to compensatory mitigation.
The final Supplemental EIS will help
the BLM determine whether its 2015
and 2019 land use planning and NEPA
processes have sufficiently addressed
Greater Sage-Grouse habitat
conservation or whether the BLM
should initiate a new land use planning
process to consider additional
alternatives or new information.
Comments on the draft Supplemental
EIS (85 FR 10185) received from the
public and internal BLM review were
considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the final Supplemental
EIS. To address public comments raised
during this supplemental analysis, the
BLM convened a team of biologists and
land use planners to evaluate scientific
literature provided to the agency. Upon
review, the BLM found that the most
up-to-date Greater Sage-Grouse science
and other information has incrementally
increased, and built upon, the
knowledgebase of Greater Sage-Grouse
management evaluated by the BLM most
recently in its 2019 land use plan
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLHQ320000.L13300000.EN0000; OMB Control No. 1004-0201]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Oil Shale Management
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments on this information collection
request (ICR) by mail to Darrin King, Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
Attention PRA Office, 440 W 200 S #500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101; or by
email to [email protected]. Please reference Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1004-0201 in the subject
line of your comments. Please note that due to COVID-19, the electronic
submission of comments is recommended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Kyle Free by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (208) 240-5702. Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY
assistance. You may also view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval under the PRA. We may not
conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our
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information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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: This control number applies to the exploration,
development, and utilization of oil shale resources on the BLM-managed
public lands. Currently, the only oil shale leases issued by the BLM
are research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) leases. However,
the BLM regulations provide a framework for commercial oil shale
leasing and additionally include provisions for conversion of RD&D
leases to commercial leases. Section 369 of the Energy Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 15927) addresses oil shale development and authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to establish regulations for a commercial
leasing program for oil shale. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30
U.S.C. 241(a)) provides the authority for the BLM to allow for the
exploration, development, and utilization of oil shale resources on the
BLM-managed public lands. Additional statutory authorities for the oil
shale program are: (1) The Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of
1947 (30 U.S.C. 351-359); and (2) The Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., including 43
U.S.C. 1732). The information collections discussed in the supporting
statement are called for in the regulations implementing these
statutory authorities.
Title of Collection: Oil Shale Management (43 CFR parts 3900, 3910,
3920, and 3930).
OMB Control Number: 1004-0201.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Applicants for oil shale leases, oil
shale lessees and oil shale operators.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 2.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 24.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from the number of
minutes/hours per response.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,795.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $526,632.
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.).
Darrin A. King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-25672 Filed 11-19-20; 8:45 am]
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