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While the NOI identified the end date
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June 1, 2022. Two virtual public scoping
meetings were held on May 17 and May
18, 2022. During the scoping period, the
BLM received 59 unique submittals
totaling 416 discrete comments. The
Environmental Impact Statement
Scoping Report for the Cross-Tie 500-kV
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BLM Manual Section 1780, and other
Departmental policies. Tribal concerns,
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and potential impacts to cultural
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Gregory Sheehan,
BLM Utah State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500175781]
Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
Meeting
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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 (BLM) Wild Horse
and Burro Advisory Board (Board) will
hold a public meeting.
DATES: The Board will meet in person
from December 12 through 14, 2023; 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time (MT)
Tuesday through Thursday. The BLM
will host two educational field tours for
the Board on Tuesday, December 12, 8
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. MT, and on Thursday,
December 14, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT,
which are open to the public. The
December 14 public meeting will
resume at 2:15 p.m. at the BLM National
Training Center (see ADDRESSES section
below).
ADDRESSES: The Board will meet in
Phoenix, Arizona, at the BLM National
Training Center in the Arizona room
located at 9828 N 31st Ave., Phoenix,
AZ 85051.
The meeting is open to the public.
The public may attend the meeting in
person or watch via live stream at
www.blm.gov/live.
The final agenda will be posted 2
weeks prior to the meeting and can be
found on the following website:
www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-andburro/get-involved/advisory-board.
The tours will commence and
conclude at the BLM National Training
Center. Due to limited space, those
wishing to attend the educational field
tours should register via email to
dboothe@blm.gov no later than 5 p.m.
MT on November 29, 2023. Those
attending the tours should bring a high
clearance vehicle and any necessary
food, health, and safety items for a full
day in the field.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro
Program Coordinator: telephone: (602)
906–5543, email: dboothe@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
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should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board
advises the Secretary of the Interior, the
BLM Director, the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the Chief of the U.S.
Forest Service on matters pertaining to
the management and protection of wild,
free-roaming horses and burros on the
Nation’s public lands. The Board
operates in accordance with 43 CFR
1784.
Advisory Board Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Mountain Time (MT)
Board Educational Field Tour to Lake
Pleasant Herd Management Area
(HMA)
(High clearance vehicle recommended,
limited space and advance
registration required)
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Session 1—8 a.m. to 10 a.m. MT
Meeting Called to Order
Administrative Announcements
Welcome Remarks from BLM Arizona
BLM Arizona Wild Horse and Burro
Program Overview
U.S. Forest Service Wild Horse and
Burro Program Region 3 Update
Approval of Meeting Minutes: June 2023
Discussion: BLM and USFS Responses
to Board Recommendations from
June 2023
Board Meeting
BREAK—10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. MT
Session 2—10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. MT
Public Comment Period (First)
LUNCH BREAK—11:15 a.m. to 12:45
p.m. MT
Session 3—12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. MT
Panel Discussion: Livestock, Wild
Horses and Burros and Landscapes
BREAK—2:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT
Session 4—3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT
BLM and U.S. Forest Service Program
Updates
Session 5—4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT
Advisory Board Discussion and Wrap
Up
Adjourn
Thursday, December 14, 2023
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT
Board Educational Field Trip to
Florence Wild Horse and Burro OffRange Corral and Training Facility
(Limited space; advance registration
required)
BREAK—2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. MT
Session 6—2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT
Advisory Board Subcommittee Reports
and Draft Recommendations
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Session 7—3 p.m. to 4 p.m. MT
Public Comment Period (Second)
Session 8—4 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT
Advisory Board Discussion and Finalize
Recommendations (Board vote)
Adjourn
Agenda may be subject to change.
Public Participation: Due to limited
space, those wishing to attend the
educational tour to the Lake Pleasant
Herd Management Area on December 12
must register via email to dboothe@
blm.gov no later than 5 p.m. MT on
November 29, 2023. Attendees must
provide their own high clearance
transportation and any necessary food,
health and safety items needed for a full
day in the field.
The Board, the BLM, and the USFS
welcome comments from all interested
parties. The public will have an
opportunity to make a verbal statement
to the Advisory Board in person and
virtually via Zoom (audio only) on
Wednesday, December 13, from 10:15
a.m. to 11:15 a.m. MT and on Thursday,
December 14, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. MT.
To provide comments via Zoom,
interested parties must register by
December 8, 2023 at the following
website: https://www.blm.gov/
programs/wild-horse-and-burro/
advisory-board. To provide comments
in-person, interested parties may
register on-site up to one hour before the
comment period commences.
Individuals who have not registered in
advance may be permitted to offer
comment if time allows. Participants
using desktops, laptops, smartphones,
and other personal digital devices will
be able to participate with audio only
via a link provided by the BLM. Those
with phone-only access will be able to
participate via a phone number and
meeting ID provided by the BLM at the
time of registration. The Board may
limit the length of comments,
depending on the number of
participants who register in advance.
The public may also submit written
comments to the Board in addition to,
or in lieu of, providing verbal comment.
Written comments should be submitted
to the Advisory Board at BLM_WO_
Advisory_Board_Comments@blm.gov.
Comments emailed three days prior to
the meeting no later than 5 p.m. MT will
be provided to the Advisory Board for
consideration during the meeting. The
BLM will record the entire meeting,
including the allotted public comment
sessions. Comments should be specific
and explain the reason for the
recommendation(s). Comments
supported by quantitative information,
studies, or those that include citations
and analysis of applicable laws and
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regulations are most useful, and more
likely to assist the decision-making
process for the management and
protection of wild horses and burros.
Beyond live captioning, any person(s)
with special needs, such as for an
auxiliary aid, interpreting service,
assistive listening device, or materials in
an alternate format, must notify Ms.
Boothe 2 weeks before the scheduled
meeting date. It is important to adhere
to the 2-week notice to allow enough
time to arrange for the auxiliary aid or
special service. Live captioning will be
available throughout the event on the
BLM livestream page at www.blm.gov/
live.
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, the
BLM cannot guarantee that it will be
able to do so.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2)
Sharif D. Branham,
Assistant Director, Resources and Planning.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Indian Gaming Commission
Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees
National Indian Gaming
Commission, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the National Indian Gaming
Commission has adopted its annual fee
rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.08%
(.0008) for tier 2, which maintain the
current fee rates. These rates shall apply
to all assessable gross revenues from
each gaming operation under the
jurisdiction of the Commission. If a tribe
has a certificate of self-regulation, the
fee rate on Class II revenues shall be
0.04% (.0004) which is one-half of the
annual fee rate. The annual fee rates are
effective November 1, 2023, and will
remain in effect until new rates are
adopted. The National Indian Gaming
Commission has also adopted its
fingerprint processing fee of $53 per
card which represents an increase of $8
per card. The fingerprint processing fee
is effective November 1, 2023, and will
remain in effect until the Commission
adopts a new rate.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yvonne Lee, National Indian Gaming
Commission, 1849 C Street NW, Mail
Stop #1621, Washington, DC 20240;
telephone (202) 632–7003; fax (202)
632–7066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA)
established the National Indian Gaming
Commission, which is charged with
regulating gaming on Indian lands.
Commission regulations (25 CFR 514)
provide for a system of fee assessment
and payment that is self-administered
by gaming operations.
Pursuant to those regulations, the
Commission is required to adopt and
communicate assessment rates and the
gaming operations are required to apply
those rates to their revenues, compute
the fees to be paid, report the revenues,
and remit the fees to the Commission.
All gaming operations within the
jurisdiction of the Commission are
required to self-administer the
provisions of these regulations, and
report and pay any fees that are due to
the Commission. It is necessary for the
Commission to maintain the fee rate to
ensure that the agency has sufficient
funding to fully meet its statutory and
regulatory responsibilities as the gaming
industry continues to emerge from the
pandemic. In addition, it is critical for
the Commission to maintain constantly
an adequate transition carryover balance
to cover any cash flow variations.
Pursuant to 25 CFR 514, the
Commission must also review annually
the costs involved in processing
fingerprint cards and set a fee based on
fees charged by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and costs incurred by the
Commission. Commission costs include
Commission personnel, supplies,
equipment & infrastructure costs, and
postage to submit the results to the
requesting tribe. The number of
fingerprint cards submitted to the NIGC
for processing has significantly
decreased since the pandemic. The
fingerprint processing fee increase is a
result of spreading the fixed costs
allocated to fingerprint processing over
a smaller number of cards processed. In
addition, the FY24 fingerprint
processing fee includes the cost
allocation from the one-time capital
investments associated with the
Washington, DC headquarters office
relocation and the Agency’s hardware
refresh of core networking and server
computing devices required to support
the Agency’s infrastructure operations.
Maintaining valid support agreements
and replacing aging hardware when
needed is vital to ensure maximum
uptime for IT operations while
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500175781]
Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: 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 (BLM) Wild Horse
and Burro Advisory Board (Board) will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The Board will meet in person from December 12 through 14, 2023;
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) Tuesday through Thursday. The BLM
will host two educational field tours for the Board on Tuesday,
December 12, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. MT, and on Thursday, December 14, 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. MT, which are open to the public. The December 14 public
meeting will resume at 2:15 p.m. at the BLM National Training Center
(see ADDRESSES section below).
ADDRESSES: The Board will meet in Phoenix, Arizona, at the BLM National
Training Center in the Arizona room located at 9828 N 31st Ave.,
Phoenix, AZ 85051.
The meeting is open to the public. The public may attend the
meeting in person or watch via live stream at www.blm.gov/live.
The final agenda will be posted 2 weeks prior to the meeting and
can be found on the following website: www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/get-involved/advisory-board.
The tours will commence and conclude at the BLM National Training
Center. Due to limited space, those wishing to attend the educational
field tours should register via email to [email protected] no later than
5 p.m. MT on November 29, 2023. Those attending the tours should bring
a high clearance vehicle and any necessary food, health, and safety
items for a full day in the field.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro
Program Coordinator: telephone: (602) 906-5543, email: [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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board advises the Secretary of the
Interior, the BLM Director, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Chief
of the U.S. Forest Service on matters pertaining to the management and
protection of wild, free-roaming horses and burros on the Nation's
public lands. The Board operates in accordance with 43 CFR 1784.
Advisory Board Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mountain Time (MT)
Board Educational Field Tour to Lake Pleasant Herd Management Area
(HMA)
(High clearance vehicle recommended, limited space and advance
registration required)
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Session 1--8 a.m. to 10 a.m. MT
Meeting Called to Order
Administrative Announcements
Welcome Remarks from BLM Arizona
BLM Arizona Wild Horse and Burro Program Overview
U.S. Forest Service Wild Horse and Burro Program Region 3 Update
Approval of Meeting Minutes: June 2023
Discussion: BLM and USFS Responses to Board Recommendations from June
2023
Board Meeting
BREAK--10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. MT
Session 2--10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. MT
Public Comment Period (First)
LUNCH BREAK--11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. MT
Session 3--12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. MT
Panel Discussion: Livestock, Wild Horses and Burros and Landscapes
BREAK--2:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT
Session 4--3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT
BLM and U.S. Forest Service Program Updates
Session 5--4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT
Advisory Board Discussion and Wrap Up
Adjourn
Thursday, December 14, 2023
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT
Board Educational Field Trip to Florence Wild Horse and Burro Off-Range
Corral and Training Facility (Limited space; advance registration
required)
BREAK--2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. MT
Session 6--2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT
Advisory Board Subcommittee Reports and Draft Recommendations
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Session 7--3 p.m. to 4 p.m. MT
Public Comment Period (Second)
Session 8--4 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT
Advisory Board Discussion and Finalize Recommendations (Board vote)
Adjourn
Agenda may be subject to change.
Public Participation: Due to limited space, those wishing to attend
the educational tour to the Lake Pleasant Herd Management Area on
December 12 must register via email to [email protected] no later than 5
p.m. MT on November 29, 2023. Attendees must provide their own high
clearance transportation and any necessary food, health and safety
items needed for a full day in the field.
The Board, the BLM, and the USFS welcome comments from all
interested parties. The public will have an opportunity to make a
verbal statement to the Advisory Board in person and virtually via Zoom
(audio only) on Wednesday, December 13, from 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
MT and on Thursday, December 14, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. MT. To provide
comments via Zoom, interested parties must register by December 8, 2023
at the following website: https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/advisory-board. To provide comments in-person, interested parties
may register on-site up to one hour before the comment period
commences. Individuals who have not registered in advance may be
permitted to offer comment if time allows. Participants using desktops,
laptops, smartphones, and other personal digital devices will be able
to participate with audio only via a link provided by the BLM. Those
with phone-only access will be able to participate via a phone number
and meeting ID provided by the BLM at the time of registration. The
Board may limit the length of comments, depending on the number of
participants who register in advance. The public may also submit
written comments to the Board in addition to, or in lieu of, providing
verbal comment. Written comments should be submitted to the Advisory
Board at [email protected]. Comments emailed three
days prior to the meeting no later than 5 p.m. MT will be provided to
the Advisory Board for consideration during the meeting. The BLM will
record the entire meeting, including the allotted public comment
sessions. Comments should be specific and explain the reason for the
recommendation(s). Comments supported by quantitative information,
studies, or those that include citations and analysis of applicable
laws and regulations are most useful, and more likely to assist the
decision-making process for the management and protection of wild
horses and burros.
Beyond live captioning, any person(s) with special needs, such as
for an auxiliary aid, interpreting service, assistive listening device,
or materials in an alternate format, must notify Ms. Boothe 2 weeks
before the scheduled meeting date. It is important to adhere to the 2-
week notice to allow enough time to arrange for the auxiliary aid or
special service. Live captioning will be available throughout the event
on the BLM livestream page at www.blm.gov/live.
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, the BLM cannot guarantee that it will
be able to do so.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2)
Sharif D. Branham,
Assistant Director, Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 2023-24769 Filed 11-8-23; 8:45 am]
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