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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory
Committee; Call for Nominations
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Trustee Council is soliciting
nominations for the Public Advisory
Committee, which advises the Trustee
Council on decisions related to the
planning, evaluation, funds allocation,
and conduct of injury assessment and
restoration activities related to the T/V
Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989.
Public Advisory Committee members
will be selected and appointed by the
Secretary of the Interior to serve a 2-year
term.
DATES: All nominations must be
received by August 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: A complete nomination
package should be submitted by hard
copy or via email to Elise Hsieh,
Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Trustee Council, 4230 University
Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska,
99508–4650, or at elise.hsieh@
alaska.gov.
SUMMARY:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions should be directed to Cherri
Womac, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee
Council, 4230 University Drive, Suite
220, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508–4650,
(907) 278–8012 or (800) 478–7745 or via
email at cherri.womac@alaska.gov; or
Dr. Philip Johnson, Designated Federal
Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Office of Environmental Policy and
Compliance, 1689 C Street, Suite 119,
Anchorage, Alaska, 99501–5126, (907)
271–5011.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory
Committee was created by Paragraph
V.A.4 of the Memorandum of
Agreement and Consent Decree entered
into by the United States of America
and the State of Alaska on August 27,
1991, and approved by the United States
District Court for the District of Alaska
in settlement of United States of
America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action
No. A91–081 CV. The Public Advisory
Committee was created to advise the
Trustee Council on matters relating to
decisions on injury assessment,
restoration activities, or other use of
natural resource damage recoveries
obtained by the government.
The Trustee Council consists of
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of the Interior, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, Alaska
Department of Environmental
Conservation, and Alaska Department of
Law.
The Public Advisory Committee
consists of 10 members to reflect
balanced representation from each of
the following principal interests:
Aquaculture/mariculture, commercial
tourism, conservation/environmental,
recreation, subsistence use, commercial
fishing, native landownership, sport
hunting/fishing, science/technology,
and public-at-large.
Nominations for membership may be
submitted by any source.
Nominations should include a re´sume´
providing an adequate description of the
nominee’s qualifications, including
information that would enable the
Department of the Interior to make an
informed decision regarding meeting the
membership requirements of the Public
Advisory Committee and permit the
Department of the Interior to contact a
potential member.
Individuals who are federally
registered lobbyists are ineligible to
serve on all FACA and non-FACA
boards, committees, or councils in an
individual capacity. The term
‘‘individual capacity’’ refers to
individuals who are appointed to
exercise their own individual best
judgment on behalf of the government,
such as when they are designated
Special Government Employees, rather
than being appointed to represent a
particular interest.
Public Availability of Comments:
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
nomination/comment, you should be
aware that your entire nomination/
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your nomination/
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2
Philip Johnson,
Regional Environmental Officer, Office of
Environmental Policy and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Control Number 1004–0025]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Mineral Surveys, Mineral
Patent Applications, Adverse Claims,
Protests, and Contests
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
proposing to renew an information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
24, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM,
Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Jean
Sonneman; or by email to jesonnem@
blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1004–0025 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Elaine Guenaga by
email at eguenaga@blm.gov, or by
telephone at (202) 912–7345.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the BLM
provides the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, 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
ICR 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 BLM; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a
timely manner; (3) is the estimate of
burden accurate; (4) how might the BLM
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(5) how might the BLM minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
DATES:

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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2018 / Notices
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 ICR. 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.
Abstract: The General Mining Law (30
U.S.C. 29, 30, and 39) authorizes a
holder of an unpatented claim for
hardrock minerals to apply for fee title
(patent) to the Federal land (as well as
minerals) embraced in the claim. Since
1994, a rider on the annual
appropriation bill for the Department of
the Interior has prevented the BLM from
processing mineral patent applications
unless the applications were
grandfathered under the initial
legislation. While grandfathered
applications are rare at present, the
approval to collect the information
continues to be necessary because of the
possibility that the moratorium will be
lifted.
Title of Collection: Mineral Surveys,
Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse
Claims, Protests, and Contests.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0025.
Form Numbers: 3860–2 and 3860–5.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Owners
of unpatented mining claims and mill
sites upon the public lands, and of
reserved mineral lands of the United
States, National Forests, and National
Parks.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 10.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 10.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 3 to 100 hours,
depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 559.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or maintain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $174,375.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
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action is the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Jean Sonneman,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Control Number 1004–0153]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Conveyance of
Federally-Owned Mineral Interests
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 25,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this Information Collection Request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
U.S. Department of the Interior, BLM,
1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM,
Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Jean
Sonneman; or by email to jesonnem@
blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1004–0153 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Chantel Jordan by
email at cmjordan@blm.gov, or by
telephone at 202–912–7514. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the BLM
provides the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, 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
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collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on January
16, 2018 (83 FR 2183). The comment
period closed on March 19, 2018. On
April 11, 2018, 23 days after the
comment period closed, the BLM
received two comments via email. The
comments referred specifically to the
Bears Ears National Monument.
Except for the mention of the OMB
control number in the title of each
comment, the comments did not
mention the information collection, and
the BLM has taken no action to revise
the information collection in response
to the comments. The BLM Information
Collection Clearance Officer has
forwarded the comments to the
appropriate BLM staff for consideration.
The BLM is again soliciting comments
on the proposed ICR 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
BLM; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the BLM enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the BLM 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. 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.
Abstract: Section 209(b) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act (43
U.S.C. 1719) authorizes the Secretary of
the Interior to convey Federally-owned
mineral interests to non-Federal owners
of the surface estate. The respondents in
this information collection are nonFederal owners of surface estates who
apply for underlying Federally-owned
mineral interests. This information
collection enables the BLM to determine
if the applicants are eligible to receive
title to the Federally-owned mineral
interests beneath their lands.
Regulations at 43 CFR part 2720

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