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Protracted blocks 41 thru 46, those
portions not within the Absaroka-Beartooth
Wilderness;
Protracted blocks 47 and 48;
Protracted block 49, that portion not within
the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness;
H.E.S. No. 856.
T. 9 S., R. 9 E.,
Secs. 1 and 2, those portions not within the
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness;
Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4,
SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;
Sec. 4, lot 2, lots 5 thru 9, lots 12 thru 15,
N1⁄2NE1⁄4, and NW1⁄4;
Sec. 5, lots 1 thru 6, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 6, lot 1, lots 5 thru 12, NE1⁄4, and
NE1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec. 7, lots 5 and 6, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4,
E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;
Sec. 8, lots 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10,
SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4, excepting
Wormsbecker Boundary Adjustment
Tract, Certificate of Survey No. 792BA,
filed in Park County, Montana, July 22,
1985, Document No. 186782;
Sec. 9, lots 1, 3, and 4, lots 9 thru 15, and
S1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 10, lots 1 and 2, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, and
N1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 11, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, N1⁄2NE1⁄4,
NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
those portions not within the AbsarokaBeartooth Wilderness;
Sec. 14, lots 1 thru 8, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4, those
portions not within the AbsarokaBeartooth Wilderness;
Sec. 15, lots 1 thru 9, NW1⁄4, and
W1⁄2SW1⁄4;
Sec. 16, lots 1 thru 5, E1⁄2, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, and
SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec. 17, lots 2 and 3, lots 5 thru 8,
SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and
SE1⁄4;
Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 6, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4,
E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 19, lots 1 thru 14, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and
NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, including the bed of the
Yellowstone River;
Sec. 20, lots 2 thru 5, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and
N1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 21;
Sec. 22, lots 2 thru 13, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, and
NW1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 23, lots 1 thru 10, NE1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4,
those portions not within the AbsarokaBeartooth Wilderness;
Tracts 37, 38, and 39;
H.E.S. No. 253.
The areas described aggregate
approximately 30,370 acres of National
Forest System lands in Park County.
The following described non-Federal lands
and non-Federal mineral rights are within the
exterior boundary of the proposed
withdrawal application. If title to these nonFederal lands or non-Federal mineral rights
is subsequently acquired by the United
States, the application requests that such
acquired lands and/or mineral rights become
subject to the terms and conditions of the
withdrawal.
Principal Meridian, Montana
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M.S. No. 10643, except that portion lying
northerly of the line bet. Secs. 25 and 36;
M.S. No. 6079.
T. 7 S., R. 8 E.,
M.S. No. 8838, except that portion lying
westerly of the line bet. Secs. 9 and 10.
T. 6 S., Rs. 8 and 9 E.,
M.S. No. 6078.
Tps. 6 and 7 S., Rs. 9 E.,
M.S. Nos. 4087 and 4724.
T. 7 S., R. 9 E.,
M.S. Nos. 58, 6705, 6706, 6707, 6939, 6940,
6941, 9015, 9858, and 10229.
T. 9 S., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 20, lot 1 and SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;
M.S. Nos. 46 and 47;
M.S. No. 44, that portion lying northerly of
the E–W center line of the SE1⁄4 of Sec.
8;
M.S. Nos. 48 and 61;
M.S. No. 62, that portion lying northerly of
the E–W center line of the SE1⁄4 of Sec.
8;
M.S. Nos. 4535, 4536, 4537, 4538, 4557,
4558, 4559, 4560, 4899, 4900, 4901,
4902, 4903, 4904, 4905, 5527, 5528,
5529, 5531, 5532, 5533, 5542, 5573A,
5573B, 5581, 5583, 5613, 5614, 5627,
5628, 5629, 5674, 5675, 5676, 5713,
5786, 5819, 5820, 6117, 6283, 6284,
6341, 6374, 6376, 6377, 6657, 6930,
6931, 6999, 7000, 7001, 7002, 7003,
7004, 7005, 7006, 7007, 7008, 7108,
8869, 8876, 9023, and 9024;
M.S. No. 9035, that portion not within the
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness;
M.S. Nos. 9681, 9771, 9906, and 10774.

Wormsbecker Boundary Adjustment
Tract, Certificate of Survey No. 792BA,
filed in Park County, Montana, July 22,
1985, Document No. 186782.
The areas described aggregate
approximately 1,668 acres in Park
County.
The purpose of the requested
withdrawal is to protect and preserve
the areas scenic integrity, important
wildlife corridors, and high quality
recreation values. The use of a right-ofway, interagency agreement, or
cooperative agreement would not
adequately constrain non-discretionary
uses and would not provide adequate
protection for these areas.
No alternative sites are feasible
because the lands subject to the
withdrawal application are the lands for
which protection is sought from the
impacts of exploration and development
under the United States mining laws.
No water will be needed to fulfill the
purpose of the requested withdrawal.
Records related to the application
may be examined by contacting either of
the individuals listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
above.
For a period until February 21, 2017,
all persons who wish to submit
comments, suggestions, or objections in
connection with the withdrawal
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writing to the Forest Supervisor, Custer
Gallatin National Forest at the address
noted above. Comments, including
names and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public
review at the address indicated above
during regular business hours.
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 to withhold your
personal identifying information from
public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Notice is hereby given that a public
meeting in connection with the
application for withdrawal will be held
at the Shane Center, 415 E Lewis St.,
Livingston, Montana 59407 on January
18, 2017 from 4–7 p.m. The USFS will
publish a notice of the time and place
in a local newspaper at least 30 days
before the scheduled date of the
meeting.
For a period until November 23, 2018,
subject to valid existing rights, the
National Forest System lands described
in this notice will be segregated from
location and entry under the United
States mining laws, unless the
application is denied or canceled or the
withdrawal is approved prior to that
date. All other activities currently
consistent with the Forest plan could
continue, including public recreation
and other activities compatible with
preservation of the character of the area,
subject to discretionary approval, during
the temporary segregation period.
The application will be processed in
accordance with the regulations set
forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
Kimberly O. Prill,
Chief, Branch of Realty, Lands and Renewable
Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NRSS–NSNSD–22441;
PPWONRADN1, PPMRSNR1Y.NS000 (177)]

Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Natural Sounds/
Quiet Valuation Survey: Focus Group
Pre-Test
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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We (National Park Service,
NPS) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated respondent
burden. As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 and as 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. This collection is
scheduled to expire on November 30,
2016. 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.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
on this ICR are considered, OMB must
receive them on or before December 22,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Please direct all written
comments on this ICR directly to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior, to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov (email) or 202–395–5806
(fax); and identify your submission as
‘‘1024–0296 NATSOUND’’. Please also
send a copy of your comments to
Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection
Coordinator, National Park Service,
1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO
80525 (mail); or phadrea_ponds@
nps.gov (email). Please reference
Information Collection ‘‘1024–0296
NATSOUND’’ in the subject line. You
may also access this ICR at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by
OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Turina, Night Skies and Natural
Sounds Division, National Park Service,
1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins,
Colorado 80525 (mail); Frank_Turina@
nps.gov (email). Please reference
Information Collection ‘‘1024–0296
NATSOUND’’ in the subject line.
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SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
Under the Organic Act of 1916 (54
U.S.C.100701), the NPS is charged with
conserving the scenery, natural and
historic objects, and wildlife in its units.
The acoustical environment or
soundscape is a fundamental aspect of
NPS units and critical to visitors’
interaction with and interpretation of
said resources. While the NPS has
policies in place to monitor and manage
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information on how visitors value
preserving natural sounds and/or
reducing noise impacts. We are
planning to conduct a stated-preference
survey of visitors, however additional
testing is needed to ensure that the
future results are as reliable as possible.
Between 2011 and 2014, researchers
at the U.S. Department of
Transportation Volpe Center (DOT)
requested and received OMB approval
(OMB Control Number 1024–0269) to
conduct a series of focus groups to pretest materials for a stated-preference
valuation study designed to estimate
values for maintaining and enhancing
natural soundscapes. The findings from
the study indicated that in order to
advance the project, another expert
panel should be convened to determine
how to address the issues raised by the
focus groups. A subsequent peer review
of this work commissioned by Night
Skies and Natural Sounds Division
(NSNSD) indicated that fundamental
aspects of the survey, notably the
framing, presentation and format of the
valuation scenario, required
restructuring. The purpose of this ICR is
to request approval to continue survey
development and pre-testing activities
that were initiated in 2013. This
continuation will involve a series of
eight focus groups in two NPS units
(four per unit). The intent of the focus
groups is to refine and test existing
survey materials. Specifically, previous
pre-testing efforts indicated that further
refinement and testing of statedpreference questions was necessary.
Best practice guidelines in the conduct
of stated-preference studies require that
survey content, language and
instructions be clearly understood by
respondents. Failure to continue testing
the instrument could possibly
compromise the accuracy of information
collected through the survey when it is
implemented
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024–0269.
Title: Natural Sounds/Quiet Valuation
Survey.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Park visitors;
individual and general households.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 80 respondents. This
collection will involve eight two-hour
focus group sessions. We estimate that
each group will have at most 10
participants.
Annual Burden Hours: 160 hours; two
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Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: None.
III. Comments
A Notice was published in the
Federal Register (81 FR 63492) on
September 15, 2016, stating that we
intended to request OMB approval of
our information collection described
above. In that Notice, we solicited
public comment for 60 days ending
November 23, 2013. We received the
following two substantive comments in
response to that Notice:
Comment #1 received October 31,
2016. ‘‘I have reviewed the National
Park Service’s (NPS) Proposed
Information Collection; Natural Sounds/
Quiet Valuation Survey, notice and
request for comments that appeared in
the September 15, 2016 Federal Register
(81 FR 63492). According to the notice,
the NPS plans to conduct a statedpreference survey of visitors in two park
units in order to estimate individual
values for maintenance of improvement
of acoustical conditions within a
national park setting, including a series
of focus groups in two NPS units. This
‘‘sampling’’ of two NPS units is far too
small for the NPS to determine park
users objections to noise inflected on
our National Parks. In particular,
Olympic National Park and Olympic
National Forest continue to be adversely
impact by U.S. Navy jets (http://
blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2015/
05/11/is-noise-from-navy-jets-a-threatto-olympic-national-park-kilmer-wantssoundings/). In addition, the Navy has
proposed expanded its electronic
warfare testing over Olympic National
Park and Olympic National Forest
(http://www.military.com/daily-news/
2015/11/09/navy-olympic-nationalpark-look-jet-noise.html). In summary,
the NPS proposed information
collection will be woefully inadequate
unless it includes Olympic National
Park users.’’
NPS response on October 31, 2016:
‘‘Thank you for your response to the 60
day Federal Register Notice (81 FR
63492) dated September 15, 2016 for the
Proposed Information Collection:
Natural Sounds/Quiet Valuation Survey.
To be clear, this request is not for the
final study on this topic. This request is
for sole purpose of conducting a series
of focus groups at two National Parks.
These focus groups will be used test the
reliability and to validate the question
we intend to use in the final version of
the survey. In order to conduct these
focus groups the request must receive
OMB; therefore a Federal Register
Notice is required. The questions will be
calibrated as a result of the focus
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survey until the questions are peer
reviewed and deemed reliable by a
panel of non-NPS social scientists. The
final version of the survey will be
submitted to OMB for review and a
separate Federal Register Notice will be
published at that time. Neither the date
nor the parks to be used in the study
have been determined. Thank you again
and your comment and our response
will be reported to OMB in our request
for approval—of the focus groups.’’
Comment #2 from the American
Motorcyclist Association dated
November 3, 2016 (received by postal
mail November 7, 2016): This comment
addressed the following issues: (1)
Whether additional data collection is
necessary, and a request for consultation
in drafting language for policies
addressing excessive noise; (2) A
recommendation to measure vehicle
noise levels according to established
methods, and to consider the
implications of alternative study
funding sources; and, (3) A request to
consider alternative data collection
modes that may be less burdensome to
visitors such as internet administration
or mail-back postcards.
NPS response on November 8, 2016:
Further refinement and testing of survey
materials is necessary because previous
focus group results, and an expert peer
review, indicated that fundamental
aspects of the valuation scenario and
questionnaire were not functioning
properly. No new noise measurement
efforts will be conducted in conjunction
with this study. Rather, existing
recordings will be utilized to test
respondent sensitivity to noise, and
elicit a value for reducing or eliminating
noises. To ensure that these audio
recordings are properly and consistently
administered to visitors in the full
survey, it will be necessary to intercept
them in the park units. NPS will take
whatever measures are feasible to
minimize respondent burden in the full
survey.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the agency
to perform its duties, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
• Ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden on
the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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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.
Dated: November 16, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[MMAA104000]

Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

BOEM announces the
availability of the Final 2017–2022 OCS
Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (Programmatic EIS) to inform
the 2017–2022 Proposed Final Program.
The Final Programmatic EIS provides a
discussion of potential impacts of the
proposed action, provides an analysis of
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action, and recognizes BOEM’s
preferred alternative. Under Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations at 40 CFR 1506.10(b)(2), the
Secretary of the Interior will not finalize
the 2017–2022 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing
Program until at least 30 days after
publication of the Final Programmatic
EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
Lewandowski, Ph.D., Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, 45600 Woodland
Road VAM–OEP, Sterling, VA 20166.
Dr. Lewandowski may also be reached
by telephone at (703) 787–1703.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Draft
Programmatic EIS was published on
March 18, 2016, with a 45-day public
comment period that ended on May 2,
2016. BOEM considered all comments
submitted on the Draft Programmatic
EIS during preparation of the Final
Programmatic EIS. Persons interested in
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Authority: This Notice of Availability of a
Final Programmatic EIS is in compliance
with the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969, as amended (Pub. L. 91–190, 42
U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is published
pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.6.
Dated: November 3, 2016.
Abigail Ross Hopper,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
[FR Doc. 2016–28249 Filed 11–21–16; 8:45 am]

Final Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement for the 2017–2022
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obtaining the Final Programmatic EIS,
OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2016–060, can
download it from
www.boemoceaninfo.com, or may
contact BOEM at the address and phone
number provided above to request a
paper copy or a CD–ROM version.
Please specify if you wish a CD–ROM or
paper copy. If neither is specified, a CD–
ROM containing the Final Programmatic
EIS will be provided. The Final
Programmatic EIS will also be available
at libraries in states adjacent to the
proposed lease sales. These libraries are
listed at www.boemoceaninfo.com.

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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND
WATER COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES AND MEXICO
United States Section
Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Assessment for Alamito
and Terneros Sediment and Vegetation
Removal Below Presidio Flood Control
Project, Presidio, Texas
United States Section,
International Boundary and Water
Commission, United States and Mexico.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft
Environmental Assessment (EA).
AGENCY:

Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969; the Council on
Environmental Quality Final
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508); and the United States Section,
Operational Procedures for
Implementing Section 102 of NEPA,
published in the Federal Register
September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the
United States Section hereby gives
notice that the Draft Environmental
Assessment for Alamito and Terneros
Sediment and Vegetation Removal
below Presidio Flood Control Project,
Presidio, Texas is available. An
environmental impact statement will
not be prepared unless additional
information which may affect this
decision is brought to our attention
within 30-days from the date of this
Notice.

SUMMARY:

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