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delivery to Arizona, California, and
Nevada. The LCR MSCP provides
incidental take coverage to the following
listed species;
Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
Endangered
Bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
Endangered
Humpback chub (Gila cypha)
Endangered
Yuma Ridgway’s (clapper) rail (Rallus
obsoletus [=longirostris] yumanensis)
Endangered
Southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus)
Endangered
Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus
americanus) Threatened
During the initial development of the
LCR MSCP in 2005, the northern
Mexican gartersnake was not considered
for coverage, because the species was
believed to be extirpated within the
planning area. However, subsequently,
the species was found to be present. On
July 8, 2014, the Service listed the
northern Mexican gartersnake as
threatened under the ESA, and critical
habitat was proposed, including
portions of the Bill Williams River. In
2012, northern Mexican gartersnakes
were detected in portions of the Bill
Williams River, between Alamo Dam
and the Colorado River. In 2015, the
northern Mexican gartersnake was
confirmed at the LCR MSCP’s Beal Lake
Conservation Area on Havasu National
Wildlife Refuge, on the east side of the
Colorado River, where it had been
considered extirpated.
Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become
part of the public record associated with
this action. 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 request in your comment that
we withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. We will not consider anonymous
comments. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and its implementing regulations (50

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CFR 17.22) and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) and its implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Amy Lueders,
Regional Director, Southwest Region,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
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1028—New]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Phragmites Adaptive
Management Framework
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
USGS is proposing a new information
collection (IC).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
29, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); or gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov (email). Please reference
‘Information Collection 1028—NEW,
Phragmites Adaptive Management
Framework’ in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clint Moore, USGS Research Wildlife
Biologist, at (706) 542–1166 or cmoore@
usgs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
USGS, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information.
This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
It also helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed IC that is described below. We
are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the USGS; (2)
will this information be processed and
used in a timely manner; (3) is the
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how
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might the USGS enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (5) how might the
USGS minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
Comments that 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,
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 may 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: The Phragmites Adaptive
Management Framework (PAMF) is a
collaborative effort to confront and
reduce the spread of invasive
Phragmites grass in the Great Lakes
watershed. Phragmites is associated
with reduced water quality, loss of
biodiversity, reduced recreational
opportunities, and increased fire
hazards. Reducing or eliminating
Phragmites throughout the region will
reverse these deleterious effects and
help achieve the comprehensive
restoration goals for the Great Lakes
basin (see the Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative at https://www.glri.us/). The
PAMF initiative uses the principles of
adaptive management, a learning-based
form of management in which data
gathered following a treatment action
are used to improve the predictive
models that inform the decision-making
process itself. Identified as a priority by
the multi-national Great Lakes
Phragmites Collaborative (http://
www.greatlakesphragmites.net/), PAMF
is a network of public and private
cooperators who share a common desire
to reduce or eradicate invasive
Phragmites on lands that they manage.
Membership in PAMF is voluntary and
occurs after the cooperator has decided
to treat Phragmites. A process is being
developed to deliver site-specific
guidance to participants that will both
help them understand what treatment
approach is most likely to achieve their
management objectives and support
regional adaptive learning through
improvements and feedbacks to
underlying scientific models.
Cooperators will monitor and report
vegetation characteristics on lands
enrolled in the program, and they will
report attributes about treatments

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applied. The data will be used in
analytical routines that will indicate a
best treatment action to apply based on
measured conditions and will update
the set of predictive models that
underlie the decision support tool.
USGS is providing scientific leadership
to the initiative through the
development of models, monitoring
design, data systems, and a workflow to
process the collected data into
management guidance.
Title: Phragmites Adaptive
Management Framework.
OMB Control Number: 1028—NEW.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Affected Public: General public,
private-sector business entities, NGOs,
governmental entities (Federal, State,
Local, Tribal, Provincial).
Frequency of Collection: Information
is collected twice annually for each
enrolled parcel, for as long as
participant is enrolled in the program.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 200.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 400.
Estimated Time per Response: An
individual is expected to complete one
response in about 4 hours, including
review of training materials, traversing
the property to observe conditions, and
entering information into a web-based
form.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
1,600.
Respondent’s Obligation:
Participation is voluntary but is
required to obtain treatment guidance.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None.
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.
The authorities for this action are
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Russell Strach,
Center Director, USGS Great Lakes Science
Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau Of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meeting, Farmington
District Resource Advisory Council,
New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) of 1976 and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of
1972, and the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), the Farmington District Resource
Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as
indicated below.
DATES: The Farmington District RAC
will hold a public meeting on Tuesday,
January 30, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., and a field trip on Wednesday,
January 31, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Farmington District
RAC will meet at the BLM Farmington
District Office, 6251 College Blvd., Suite
A, Farmington, NM 87402. The field trip
participants will depart from the BLM
Farmington District Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Zach Stone, Public Affairs Specialist,
BLM Farmington District Office, 6251
College Blvd., Suite A, Farmington, NM
87402, (505) 564–7677, or zstone@
blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at (800) 877–8339. The
FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week, to leave a message or question
with Mr. Stone. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Farmington District RAC consists of 10
members chartered and appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior. Their
diverse perspectives are represented in
commodity, conservation, and general
interests. The RAC provides advice to
BLM resource managers regarding
management plans and proposed
resource actions on public land in the
BLM’s Farmington District. Both the
field trip and meeting are open to the
public. However, the public is required
to provide its own transportation for the
field trip.
Agenda items for the meeting include
an introduction of new RAC members;
the election of a new RAC Chair; an
updates on the Farmington Resources
Management Plan Amendment and the
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land use planning in the Taos Field
Office; updates on the Taos general
recreation plan and the Farmington
Glade Run recreation implementation
plan; an overview of fire and fuel plan
treatments for the Farmington District;
an overview of Farmington District
grazing permits; a presentation on
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act; and a presentation of
BLM’s role in the Four Corners Air
Quality Group. Any other matters that
may reasonably come before the
Farmington District RAC may also be
addressed.
On January 31, the RAC will
participate in a field trip to Chockcherry
Canyon in the Glade Run Recreation
Area. More information is available at
https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/
resource-advisory-council/near-you/
new-mexico/farmington-district-rac.
Public Disclosure of Comments: The
January 30, 2018, meeting will include
a public comment period which will
begin at 3:00 p.m. and continue to 3:30
p.m. Depending on the number of
persons wishing to comment and time
available, the amount of time for
individual oral comments may be
limited. The public may also submit
written comments to Zach Stone,
Farmington District, New Mexico, 6251
College Blvd., Suite A, Farmington, NM
87402; or by telephone (505) 564–7677,
no later than January 29, 2018, to be
made available to the RAC at the
January 30, 2018, meeting. All written
comments received prior to the meeting
will be provided to the council
members.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please 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.
Individuals who plan to attend and
need special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation, tour
transportation or other reasonable
accommodations, should contact the
BLM as provided above.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2.
David M. Herrell,
Acting Deputy State Director, Lands and
Resources.
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