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Dated: September 29, 2016.
Richard U. Rodriguez,
Associate Director, Technology Transfer
Center, National Cancer Institute.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Grazing Permits

Geological Survey

Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

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SUMMARY:

AGENCY:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Announcement of Scientific
Earthquake Studies Advisory
Committee Meeting
U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

The Scientific Earthquake
Studies Advisory Committee (SESAC)
will hold its next meeting in the Mesa
Room of the Golden Hotel at 800 11th
Street, Golden, Colorado. The
Committee is comprised of members
from academia, industry, and State
government. The Committee shall
advise the Director of the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) on matters
relating to the USGS’s participation in
the National Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Program. The Committee will
receive reports on the status of activities
of the Program and progress toward
Program goals and objectives. The
Committee will assess this information
and provide guidance on the future
undertakings and direction of the
Earthquake Hazards Program. Focus
topics for this meeting include a
program review and strategic planning
for 2016–2018.

SUMMARY:

The meeting will be held from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on November 7–
8, 2016.

DATES:

Dr.
William Leith, U.S. Geological Survey,
MS 905, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Reston, Virginia 20192, (703) 648–6786,
wleith@usgs.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Meetings
of the Scientific Earthquake Studies
Advisory Committee are open to the
public.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Public Law 106–503.
William Leith,
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and
Geologic Hazards.
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In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal
of the collection of information for
Grazing Permits authorized by OMB
Control Number 1076–0157. This
information collection expires October
31, 2016.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 7, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please submit your
comments to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at the Office
of Management and Budget, by facsimile
to (202) 395–5806 or you may send an
email to: OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov. Also please send a copy of
your comments to David Edington,
Office of Trust Services, 1849 C Street
NW., Mail Stop 4637 MIB, Washington,
DC 20240; facsimile: (202) 219–0006;
email: David.Edington@bia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Edington, Office of Trust
Services, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop
4637 MIB, Washington, DC 20240;
facsimile: (202) 219–0006; email:
David.Edington@bia.gov. You may
review the information collection
request online at http://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
The ‘‘American Indian Agricultural
Resource Management Act,’’ (AIARMA),
25 U.S.C. 3701 et seq., authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior, in participation
with the beneficial owner of the land, to
manage Indian agricultural lands in a
manner consistent with identified Tribal
goals and priorities for conservation,
multiple use, sustained yield, and
consistent with trust responsibilities,
related to grazing on Tribal land,
individually-owned Indian land, or
government land. The regulations at 25
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the AIARMA and include the specific
information collection requirements.
This information collection allows
BIA to obtain the information necessary
to determine whether an applicant is
eligible to acquire, modify, or assign a
grazing permit on trust or restricted
lands and to allow a successful
applicant to meet bonding requirements.
Some of this information is collected on
forms. The burden hours for this
continued collection of information are
reflected in the Estimated Total Annual
Hour Burden in this notice.
II. Request for Comments
The BIA requests your comments on
this collection concerning: (a) The
necessity of this information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden (hours
and cost) of the collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways we could enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents.
Please note that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid
OMB Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
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.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0157.
Title: Grazing Permits, 25 CFR 166.
Brief Description of Collection:
Submission of this information allows
individuals or organizations to acquire
or modify a grazing permit on Tribal
land, individually-owned Indian land,
or government land and to meet
bonding requirements. Some of this
information is collected on the
following forms: Form 5–5423—
Performance Bond, Form 5–5514—Bid
for Grazing Privileges, 5–5515 Grazing
Permit, Form 5–5516—Grazing Permit
for Organized Tribes, Form 5–5517—

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Free Grazing Permit, Form 5–5519—
Cash Penal Bond, Form 5–5520—Power
of Attorney, Form 5– 5521—Certificate
and Application for On-and-Off Grazing
Permit, Form 5522—Modification of
Grazing Permit, Form 5– 5523—
Assignment of Grazing Permit, Form 5–
5524—Application for Allocation of
Grazing Privileges, 5–5525 Authority to
Grant Grazing Privileges on Allotted
Lands, Form 5–5528—Livestock
Crossing Permit, and Form 5–5529—
Removable Range Improvement
Records. Response is required to obtain
or retain a benefit.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Tribes, Tribal
organizations, individual Indians, and
non-Indian individuals and
associations.
Number of Respondents: 800.
Number of Responses: 7,810.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Obligation to Respond: A response is
required to obtain or maintain a benefit.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
from 20 minutes to one hour, with an
average of less than one hour per
response.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
2,701.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Resource Management Plan
Amendment for the Verde
Transmission Project in New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended, and the Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM’s) land use
planning regulations, the BLM
announces its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
evaluating the proposed 33-mile, 345kilovolt (kV) Verde Transmission
Project and potential amendment to the

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Taos Resource Management Plan (RMP)
pursuant to the BLM’s land use
planning regulations. The BLM is the
lead agency in the development of the
EIS and will work in cooperation with
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USCOE),
and the National Park Service (NPS). By
this notice, the BLM is announcing the
beginning of the scoping process to
solicit public comments and identify
issues on the proposed transmission
line and a potential plan amendment.
DATES: Comments may be submitted in
writing until December 5, 2016. The
dates and locations of any scoping
meetings will be announced at least 15
days in advance through local news
media, newspapers, and the BLM Web
site at: http://www.blm.gov/nm/verde. In
order to be included in the analysis, all
comments must be received prior to the
close of the 60-day scoping period or 15
days after the last public meeting,
whichever is later. Additional
opportunities for public participation
will be provided as appropriate.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
or resource information by any of the
following methods:
• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/nm/
verde
• Email: BLM_NM_Verde@blm.gov.
• Fax: (505) 954–2136.
• Mail: Bureau of Land Management,
New Mexico State Office, Verde
Transmission Project, P.O. Box 27115,
Santa Fe, NM 87502–0115.
Documents pertinent to the right-ofway (ROW) application for the proposed
transmission line project may be
examined at: Bureau of Land
Management, New Mexico State Office,
Public Room, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa
Fe, NM 87508, and the BLM’s Taos
Field Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos,
NM 87571–5983.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to the project mailing list,
contact Adrian Garcia, BLM Project
Manager, Verde Transmission Project, at
the BLM New Mexico State Office, P.O.
Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM 87502–0115,
or by email at BLM_NM_Verde@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 to contact the above individual
during normal business hours. The
Service 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: Verde
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a right-of-way (ROW) to construct,
operate, maintain, and eventually
decommission a 345-kV overhead
transmission line that would connect
the existing Public Service Company of
New Mexico (PNM) Ojo Substation in
southern Rio Arriba County to the
existing Norton Substation in Santa Fe
County, New Mexico. The proposed line
would cross approximately 10 miles of
BLM land, 15 miles of tribal land, and
8 miles of private land. The permanent
ROW requested for the project would be
150 feet wide if approved. Since the
proposed transmission project would
not be consistent with the existing
visual resource management
classifications of the area, as part of its
review of the ROW application the BLM
is also evaluating potential amendments
to the visual resource classifications in
the Taos Resource Management Plan.
The purpose of the public scoping
process is to determine relevant issues
that will influence the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning
process. Preliminary issues for analysis
in the forthcoming EIS and the potential
plan amendment have been identified
by BLM personnel. The issues specific
to the proposed transmission project
include potential impacts to cultural,
visual, and wildlife resources; the Old
Spanish Trail National Historic Trail
and the El Camino Real National
Historical Trail; livestock grazing;
opportunities for recreation; and
socioeconomic impacts. Issues specific
to the potential RMP amendment
include a possible change to the visual
resource management classification of
the project area, as prescribed by the
Taos RMP, which was originally
designed to limit visual intrusions that
create a contrast with the existing visual
quality of the area.
If the ROW application or plan
amendment is approved, the BLM
would identify, analyze, and require
mitigation, as appropriate, to address
the reasonably foreseeable impacts to
resources. Mitigation may include
avoidance, minimization, rectification,
reduction, or elimination over time, and
compensatory mitigation. These
potential measures may be considered at
multiple scales, including the
landscape-scale. You may submit
comments on issues and planning
criteria in writing to the BLM at any
public scoping meeting, or you may
submit them to the BLM using one of
the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section above. To be most helpful, you
must submit comments by the close of
the 60-day scoping period or within 15
days after the last public meeting,
whichever is later.

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