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a section 10 permit is not required.
Section 9 of the Act does, however,
prohibit the removal or malicious
destruction of federally listed plants
from areas under Federal jurisdiction
and the removal or destruction of such
plants in knowing violation of State law.
In addition, section 7(a)(2) of the Act
prohibits Federal agencies from
jeopardizing the continued existence of
any listed plant or animal species or
destroying or adversely modifying the
critical habitat of such species. The
following federally listed plant species
are proposed to be included in the Plan
in recognition of the conservation
benefits provided for them under the
Plan and the assurances permit holders
would receive if they are included on a
permit: The endangered palmate-bracted
bird’s-beak (Cordylanthus palmatus),
threatened Colusa grass (Neostapfia
colusana), and endangered Solano grass
(Tuctoria mucronata). The following
unlisted plant species are also proposed
to be included in the Plan: alkali
milkvetch (Astragalus tener var. tener),
brittlescale (Atriplex depressa), San
Joaquin spearscale (Atriplex
joaquiniana), Heckard’s pepper-grass
(Lepidium latipes var. heckardii), and
Baker’s navarretia (Navarretia
leucocephala ssp. bakeri).
Environmental Impact Statement
Before deciding whether to issue the
requested Federal incidental take
permit, the Service will prepare a draft
EIS as part of the EIS/EIR, in order to
analyze the environmental impacts
associated with issuance of the
incidental take permit. In the EIS
component of the EIS/EIR, the Service
will consider the following alternatives:
(1) The proposed action, which includes
the issuance of take authorizations
consistent with the proposed Plan under
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act; (2) no
action (no permit issuance); and (3) a
reasonable range of additional
alternatives. The EIS/EIR will include a
detailed analysis of the impacts of the
proposed action and alternatives. The
range of alternatives could include
variations in impacts, conservation,
permit duration, Covered Species,
Covered Activities, permit area, or a
combination of these elements.
The EIS/EIR will identify and analyze
potentially significant direct, indirect,
and cumulative impacts of our
authorization of incidental take (permit
issuance) and the implementation of the
proposed Plan on biological resources,
land uses, utilities, air quality, water
resources, cultural resources,
socioeconomics and environmental
justice, recreation, aesthetics, climate
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environmental issues that could occur
with implementation of each
alternative. The Service will use all
practicable means, consistent with
NEPA and other essential
considerations of national policy, to
avoid or minimize significant effects of
our actions on the quality of the human
environment.
Reasonable Accommodation
Persons needing reasonable
accommodations in order to attend and
participate in the public meetings
should contact Cori Mustin at (916)
414–6600 as soon as possible. In order
to allow sufficient time to process
requests, please call no later than one
week before the public meeting.
Information regarding this proposed
action is available in alternative formats
upon request.
Public Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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.
Material the Service receives will be
available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.) at the Service’s Sacramento
address (see ADDRESSES).
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7.
Alexandra Pitts,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. 2011–27266 Filed 10–20–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX12EB00A181000]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a
currently approved information
collection (1028–0085).
AGENCY:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we (U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the

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Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve the information
collection (IC) described below. for the
National Land Remote Sensing
Education, Outreach and Research
Activity (NLRSEORA). As required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), and as a part of our continuing
efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, we invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on this IC. As a federal
agency, 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. This ICR is scheduled to expire
on February 29, 2012.
DATES: Submit written comments by
December 20, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments
concerning the IC to the USGS
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); 703–648–7199 (fax); or
smbaloch@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
0085.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT: Thomas Cecere at 703–648–

5551 (phone), tcecere@usgs.gov (e-mail),
or 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 517,
Reston, VA, 20192 (mail) .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Land Remote Sensing
Education, Outreach and Research
Activity (NLRSEORA).
OMB Control Number: 1028–0085.
Form Number: Standard Form 424
Application for Federal Assistance,
Standard Form 424A Budget
Information Non-Construction
Programs, and Standard Form 424B
Assurances Non-Construction Programs,
and Project narrative guidance posted
on Grants.gov.
Abstract: Oversight for this effort is
through the U.S. Geological Survey’s
Land Remote Sensing Program,
therefore it is more appropriate to refer
to this effort as an activity rather than
as a program as was previously
indicated. Respondents are submitting
proposals to acquire funding for a
National (U.S.) activity to promote the
uses of space-based land remote sensing
data and technologies through
education and outreach at the State and
local level and through university based
and collaborative research projects.
Technologies of interest include
multispectral and hyper-spectral
electro-optical, thermal, and radar.
Although most activities are anticipated
to occur at the State and local levels, a
national coordination effort is necessary

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to ensure a standardized approach and
to ensure a consistent quality of
information.
To submit a proposal for the
NLRSEORA, three standard OMB forms
and project narrative must be completed
and submitted via Grants.gov. This
notice provides the public an
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these forms. The
forms are available at http://
www07.grants.gov/agencies/
approved_standard_forms.jsp.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR Part 2), and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public or for limited inspection.’’
Responses are voluntary. No questions
of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We
intend to release the project abstracts
and primary investigators for awarded/
funded projects only.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 10
proposals are submitted by individuals
involved in the area of geospatial
science.
Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
Annual Burden Hours: 240.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden
averages 16 to 24 hours per response.
This includes the time for reviewing
instructions, developing the proposal,
and completing and reviewing the
information.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We have not identified any
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency 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. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Request for Comments: We invite
comment concerning this IC on: (1)
Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
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Please note that the comments 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 IC.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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 it will be done.
Dated: October 17, 2011.
Bruce Quirk,
Program Coordinator, Land Remote Sensing
Program, U.S. Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AA–10172; LLAK–965000–L14100000–
HY0000–P]

Alaska Native Claims Selection
AGENCY:

Dina L. Torres,
Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Branch
of Land Transfer Adjudication II.
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Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.
Notice of Decision Approving
Lands for Conveyance.

ACTION:

As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
will issue an appealable decision to
Calista Corporation. The decision will
approve the conveyance of the surface
and subsurface estates in certain lands
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
The lands are located east of Pilot
Station, Alaska, and contain 2.10 acres.
Notice of the decision will also be
published four times in the Anchorage
Daily News.
DATES: Any party claiming a property
interest in the lands affected by the
decision may appeal the decision within
the following time limits:
1. Unknown parties, parties unable to
be located after reasonable efforts have
been expended to locate, parties who
fail or refuse to sign their return receipt,
and parties who receive a copy of the
decision by regular mail which is not
certified, return receipt requested, shall
have until November 21, 2011 to file an
appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the
decision by certified mail shall have 30
days from the date of receipt to file an
appeal.
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3. Notices of appeal transmitted by
electronic means, such as facsimile or
e-mail, will not be accepted as timely
filed.
Parties who do not file an appeal in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed
to have waived their rights.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
be obtained from: Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222
West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
Alaska 99513–7504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
BLM by phone at 907–271–5960 or by
e-mail at ak.blm.conveyance@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
BLM during normal business hours. In
addition, the FIRS is available 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the BLM. The BLM
will reply during normal business
hours.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[F–14860–A, LLAK–965000–L14100000–
KC0000–P]

Alaska Native Claims Selection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Decision Approving
Lands for Conveyance.
AGENCY:

As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
will issue an appealable decision to The
Kuskokwim Corporation. The decision
approves the surface estate in the lands
described below for conveyance
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
The subsurface estate in these lands will
be conveyed to Calista Corporation
when the surface estate is conveyed to
The Kuskokwim Corporation. The lands
are in the vicinity of Georgetown,
Alaska, and are located in:

SUMMARY:

Seward Meridian, Alaska
T. 23 N., R. 44 W.,
Sec. 28;
Secs. 32 and 33.
Containing 1,832.52 acres.
T. 20 N., R. 46 W.,
Sec. 1.

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