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please reference ‘‘Texas Kangaroo Rat
CCAA.’’
• Email: arles@fws.gov.
• U.S. Mail: Debra T. Bills (street
address above).
• Fax: 817–277–1129.
We request that you send comments
by only one of the above methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debra T. Bills, Field Supervisor, by mail
(street address above); via phone at 817–
277–1100, ext. 22113; or via the Federal
Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
Section 9
of the Endangered Species Act (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations prohibit the
‘‘take’’ of animal species listed as
endangered or threatened. Take is
defined under the ESA as to ‘‘harass,
harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill,
trap, capture, or collect listed animal
species, or to attempt to engage in such
conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1538). However,
under section 10(a) of the ESA, we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
may issue permits for incidental take if
such take is authorized under an
enhancement of survival of candidate
species permit (EOS permit) and
covered by a candidate conservation
agreement with assurances (CCAA).
‘‘Incidental take’’ is defined by the ESA
as take that is incidental to, and not the
purpose of, carrying out an otherwise
lawful activity. Regulations governing
take of endangered and threatened
species, respectively, are found in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 50 CFR
17.22 and 50 CFR 17.32.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background
The Texas Parks & Wildlife
Department has applied to the Service
for an EOS permit under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA. If granted, the
requested EOS permit would be in effect
upon a listing of the Texas kangaroo rat
(Dipodomys elator) under the ESA
during the 10-year term of the CCAA,
and would authorize incidental take of
the species. The proposed incidental
take would result from activities
associated with otherwise lawful
activities, including normal agricultural
operations, recreation, and nature
tourism resulting from ground
disturbance and changes in vegetation
community composition and structure.
The CCAA includes conservation
measures to minimize and mitigate
direct and indirect impacts to the Texas
kangaroo rat and provide net
conservation benefits to the species.

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Alternatives
Proposed Action
The proposed action involves the
issuance of an EOS permit by the
Service for the covered activities in the
permit area, under section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the ESA. The EOS permit would cover
incidental take of the covered species
associated with annual production and
preparation for market of crops,
livestock, and livestock products and in
the production and harvesting of
agriculture, agronomic, horticulture,
silviculture, and rangeland commodities
within the permit area, in the event the
covered species is listed under the ESA
during the 10-year term of the CCAA.
An application for an EOS permit must
include a CCAA that describes the
conservation measures the applicant has
agreed to undertake to minimize and
mitigate for the impacts of the proposed
taking of covered species to the
maximum extent practicable. The
applicant will fully implement the
CCAA if approved by the Service. The
terms of the CCAA and EOS permit will
also ensure that incidental take will not
appreciably reduce the likelihood of the
survival and recovery of the species in
the wild.
No Action Alternative
We have considered one alternative to
the proposed action as part of this
process: No Action. Under a No Action
alternative, the Service would not issue
the requested EOS permit, and the
applicant would proceed in either of the
following ways:
1. The applicant would not plant,
cultivate, produce, harvest, process,
package, store, or market for wholesale
or retail distribution any agricultural
commodities. The applicant would not
undertake management of agricultural
waste.
2. The applicant would conduct the
above-described activities, but would do
so in a manner that avoids incidental
take.
In either of the above two cases in the
No Action Alternative, the applicant
would not implement the conservation
measures described in the CCAA.
Next Steps
We will evaluate the CCAA and
comments we receive to determine
whether the EOS application meets the
requirements of section 10(a) of the ESA
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We will also
evaluate whether issuance of a section
10(a)(1)(A) permit would comply with
section 7 of the ESA by conducting an
intra-Service section 7 consultation. We
will use the results of this consultation,
in combination with the above findings,

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in our final analysis to determine
whether to issue an EOS permit. If all
necessary requirements are met, we will
issue the EOS permit to the applicant.
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 the
authority of section 10(c) of the ESA and
its implementing regulations (50 CFR
17.22 and 50 CFR 17.32) and NEPA (42
U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations (40 CFR
1506.6).
Amy L. Lueders,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number
1076–0183]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Secretarial Elections
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March
24, 2022.
SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 35 / Tuesday, February 22, 2022 / Notices
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
Steven Mullen, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory
Affairs and Collaborative Action—
Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the
Interior, 1001 Indian School Road NW,
Suite 229, Albuquerque, New Mexico
87104; or by email to comments@
bia.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1076–0183 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jeanette Hanna, Deputy
Bureau Director, Indian Services, Office
of Indian Services, BIA, by email at
jeanette.hanna@bia.gov or telephone at
(202) 208–2874. 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, we provide 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.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on
September 7, 2021 (86 FR 50153). No
comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of

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information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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: Under the Indian
Reorganization Act, Tribes have the
right to organize and adopt
constitutions, bylaws, and any
amendments thereto, and ratify charters
of incorporation, through elections
called by the Secretary of the Interior,
according to rules prescribed by the
Secretary. See 25 U.S.C. 476, 477, 503.
The Secretary’s rules for conducting
these elections, known as ‘‘Secretarial
elections,’’ and approving the results are
at 25 CFR 81. In most cases, the Tribe
requests a Secretarial election; however,
an individual voting member of a Tribe
may also request a Secretarial election
by petition. These rules also establish
the procedures for an individual to
petition for a Secretarial election.
The BIA requires the Tribe to submit
a formal request for Secretarial election,
including: A Tribal resolution; the
document or language to be voted on in
the election; a list of all Tribal members
who are age 18 or older in the next 120
days (when the election will occur),
including their last known addresses,
voting districts (if any), and dates of
birth, in an electronically sortable
format.
While much of the information the
Tribe prepares for a Secretarial election
(e.g., list of members eligible to vote)
would be required if the Tribe instead
conducted its own Tribal election, the
Secretary’s rules establish specifics on
what a Tribal request or petition for
election must contain. These specifics
are necessary to ensure the integrity of
Secretarial elections and allow the BIA
and Tribal personnel the ability to
consistently administer elections.
Title of Collection: Secretarial
Elections.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0183.
Form Number: N/A.

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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Federally recognized Tribes and their
members.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 252,041.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 252,041.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 40
hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 64,305.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $146,160.
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
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Steven Mullen,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative
Action—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number
1076–0112]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Tribal Reassumption of
Jurisdiction Over Child Custody
Proceedings
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are
proposing to renew an information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March
24, 2022.
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
DATES:

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