Agency Information Collection Activities; Resource Management Planning, 64086-64087 [2022-22966]

Download as PDF 64086 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2022 / Notices Records Subject to the Privacy Act, issued on November 12, 2020, which implements the requirements of the Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents Act of 2019 (‘‘CASES Act’’). The CASES Act was issued in an effort to modernize the Privacy Act request process by requiring agencies to accept access and consent forms from individuals properly identity-proofed and authenticated remotely through a digital service option in addition to an agency’s existing process. The CASES Act also requires the forms to be posted on the agency website’s privacy program page and the website updated to include instructions on how individuals may submit requests digitally. Title of Collection: Access and Consent Forms. OMB Control Number: 1093–NEW. Form Number: DI–4016 and DI–4017. Type of Review: New, In use without OMB approval. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/households. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,325. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,325. Estimated Completion Time per Response: 15 minutes. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 331 hours. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: Once. 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. [FR Doc. 2022–22888 Filed 10–20–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4334–63–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES [LLHQ210000.223.L16100000.PN0000; OMB Control Number 1004–0212] Agency Information Collection Activities; Resource Management Planning Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:08 Oct 20, 2022 Jkt 259001 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew an information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 21, 2022. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information collection request (ICR) should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Antoinette EighmeyGriffin by telephone at (303) 239–3619 or by email at aeighmeygriffin@blm.gov. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may also view the ICR at https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on new, proposed, revised and continuing collections of information. This helps the BLM assess impacts of its information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. It also helps the public understand BLM information collection requirements and ensure requested data are provided in the desired format. A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on June 27, 2022 (87 FR 38173). No comments were received. As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, we are again inviting the public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed ICR described below. The BLM is especially interested in public comment addressing the following: (1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (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 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 submitted 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: OMB Control Number 1004– 0212 provides State Governors an opportunity to work with the BLM to resolve possible inconsistencies between BLM land use plans and State or local plans, policies, or programs; and authorizes protests of land use plans and plan amendments by the BLM. This OMB Control Number is currently scheduled to expire on March 31, 2023. The BLM request that OMB renew this OMB Control Number for an additional three years. Title of Collection: Resource Management Planning. OMB Control Number: 1004–0212. Form Numbers: None. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Individuals/Households; Businesses; and Associations. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 131. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 131. Estimated Completion Time per Response: 15 hours. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,965. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is not E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2022 / Notices required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. The authority for this action is the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Darrin King, Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2022–22966 Filed 10–20–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–84–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLNVS00000.L51010000.ER0000. LVRWF2107480.21X; N–99406; MO#4500163153] Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Amend the Resource Management Plan for the Proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior. ACTION: Notice of intent; request for comments. AGENCY: As requested by Candela Renewables, LLC, and in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Director intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) amendment with an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider the effects of the proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project. By this notice the BLM is announcing the beginning of the scoping period to solicit public comments and identify issues, and is providing the planning criteria for public review. DATES: Your comments concerning the scope of the analysis, potential alternatives, and identification of relevant information, and studies must be received by BLM by December 5, 2022 or 15 days after the last public meeting, whichever is later. The BLM will conduct two public scoping meetings (virtually) which will be held November 15 and November 16, 2022 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific time. Additional information on the meetings, including how to register, can be found on the project ePlanning website at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ project/2019992/510. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:08 Oct 20, 2022 Jkt 259001 • Online via ePlanning: https:// eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ project/2019992/510. • Email: BLM_NV_SND_ EnergyProjects@blm.gov. • Mail: BLM, Las Vegas Field Office, Attn: Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130–2301. Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined online at the project ePlanning page: https:// eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ project/2019992/510 and at the Southern Nevada District Office. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Whitney Wirthlin, Project Manager, telephone (725) 249–3318; address 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130–2301; email BLM_NV_SND_ EnergyProjects@blm.gov. Contact Whitney Wirthlin to have your name added to our mailing list. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting Whitney Wirthlin. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM intends to prepare an RMP amendment with an associated EIS for the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project, announces the beginning of the scoping process, and seeks public input on issues and planning criteria. The RMP amendment is being considered to allow the BLM to evaluate the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project, which would require amending the existing 1998 Las Vegas RMP. On November 14, 2019, Candela Renewables, LLC submitted a right-ofway application to the BLM Las Vegas Field Office for the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project (Project) requesting authorization to construct, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission a 400-megawatt photovoltaic solar electric generating facility, battery storage facilities, associated generation tie-line, and access road facilities. The proposed Project requests use of approximately 2,400 acres of federal lands administered by the BLM. The proposed project is in Clark County, southeast of the town of Pahrump and approximately 38 miles west of Las Vegas. The electricity generated would be collected at the onsite substation and conveyed to the approved Trout Canyon Substation located south of the project PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 64087 site via a generation (gen-tie) transmission line. Construction for the facilities is estimated to take approximately 12 to 18 months. The lands within the proposed Project area were segregated, subject to valid existing rights, for a term of two years beginning October 20, 2021, with publication of the Notice of Segregation in the Federal Register. Preliminary Purpose and Need The BLM’s preliminary purpose and need for this Federal action is to respond to the FLPMA right-of-way applications submitted by Candela Renewables, LLC under title V of FLPMA (43 U.S.C. 1761) to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission a solar generation power plant and ancillary facilities on approximately 2,400 acres of BLM land in Clark County, Nevada, in compliance with FLPMA, BLM right-of-way regulations, U.S. Department of the Interior NEPA regulations, and other applicable federal and state laws and policies. In accordance with FLPMA, public lands are to be managed for multiple uses that consider the long-term needs of future generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources. The BLM is authorized to grant rights-of-way on public lands for systems of generation, transmission, and distribution of electrical energy (section 501(a)(4)). The preliminary purpose and need also includes an amendment to the 1998 Las Vegas RMP to address a potential Visual Resource Management Class modification to respond to the proponent’s application. Preliminary Proposed Action and Alternatives The Proposed Action is to approve a right-of-way to Candela Renewables, LLC to construct, operate, and eventually decommission the proposed solar project and associated facilities with the potential to generate 400megawatts of alternating current energy on 2,400 acres of BLM administered lands. The Proposed Action also includes an amendment to the 1998 Las Vegas RMP in order to adjust the Visual Resource Management Class. The Visual Resource Management Class for the project area includes Class III, which requires a RMP amendment to change the Class III area to Class IV in order for the project to be consistent with the RMP, per the BLM Land Use Planning Handbook (H–1601–1 section VII.B). Additional action alternatives have not been identified to date but would be developed by taking into consideration comments and input submitted during E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 203 (Friday, October 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64086-64087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22966]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLHQ210000.223.L16100000.PN0000; OMB Control Number 1004-0212]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Resource Management 
Planning

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 (PRA), 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew an information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection request (ICR) should be sent within 30 days of publication 
of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Antoinette Eighmey-Griffin by telephone at 
(303) 239-3619 or by email at [email protected]. Individuals in 
the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United 
States should use the relay services offered within their country to 
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. 
You may also view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we invite the public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on new, proposed, revised and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the BLM assess impacts of its 
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting 
burden. It also helps the public understand BLM information collection 
requirements and ensure requested data are provided in the desired 
format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
June 27, 2022 (87 FR 38173). No comments were received.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we are again inviting the public and other Federal agencies to 
comment on the proposed ICR described below. The BLM is especially 
interested in public comment addressing the following:
    (1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
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 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 submitted 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: OMB Control Number 1004-0212 provides State Governors an 
opportunity to work with the BLM to resolve possible inconsistencies 
between BLM land use plans and State or local plans, policies, or 
programs; and authorizes protests of land use plans and plan amendments 
by the BLM. This OMB Control Number is currently scheduled to expire on 
March 31, 2023. The BLM request that OMB renew this OMB Control Number 
for an additional three years.
    Title of Collection: Resource Management Planning.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0212.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; 
Individuals/Households; Businesses; and Associations.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 131.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 131.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 15 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,965.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a person is not

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required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB Control Number.
    The authority for this action is the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.).

Darrin King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-22966 Filed 10-20-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-84-P


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