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include the following activities: ‘‘to
harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot,
wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or
to attempt to engage in any such
conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532). The take
prohibitions of section 9 are extended to
species listed as threatened at the
discretion of the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior and were
extended at listing to the western snowy
plover DPS.
Under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA
(16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(1)(B)), we may issue
permits to authorize take of listed fish
and wildlife species that is incidental
to, and not the purpose of, carrying out
an otherwise lawful activity.
Regulations governing incidental take
permits for endangered and threatened
species are in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.22 and
17.32, respectively. Issuance of an ITP
also must not jeopardize the existence of
federally listed fish, wildlife, or plant
species, pursuant to section 7 of the
ESA and 50 CFR 402.02. The permittee
would receive assurances under our
‘‘No Surprises’’ regulations (50 CFR
17.22(b)(5) and 17.32(b)(5)).
The Service designated revised
critical habitat for the tidewater goby on
February 6, 2013 (78 FR 8746). The
project site includes 131.7 acres (ac) of
tidewater goby critical habitat unit MN–
2, representing approximately 28
percent of unit MN–2 and 1 percent of
critical habitat designated for the
species rangewide. The Service
designated revised critical habitat for
the Pacific Coast DPS of the western
snowy plover on June 19, 2012 (77 FR
36728). The project site includes 95.2 ac
of western snowy plover critical habitat
unit CA–22, representing approximately
10 percent of unit CA–22 and less than
1 percent of critical habitat designated
for the Pacific Coast DPS rangewide.
The Service designated revised critical
habitat for the Monterey spineflower on
January 9, 2008 (73 FR 1525). There is
no Monterey spineflower critical habitat
within the project site.
Proposed Activities
The applicant has applied for a permit
for incidental take of the tidewater goby
and the Pacific Coast DPS of the western
snowy plover. The take would occur in
association with activities implemented
periodically to manage the water surface
elevation in the Salinas River Lagoon in
Monterey County, California, during
storm events in order to avoid or
minimize flooding of adjacent
agricultural lands and residences.
Project activities would include moving
a bulldozer or excavator onto the beach
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the lagoon sandbar. Rising flood waters
would then break through a sand plug
left in the channel, connecting the
Salinas River to the ocean and
preventing a further rise in lagoon
elevation. The applicant anticipates that
up to five breaching events would be
conducted during the 5-year project
period and all project effects are
expected to be temporary.
The HCP includes avoidance and
minimization measures for the
Monterey spineflower, tidewater goby,
and Pacific Coast DPS of the western
snowy plover and mitigation for
unavoidable temporary loss of habitat
for each species. As mitigation for
temporary loss of up to 0.19 ac of
Monterey spineflower habitat for each
breaching event, the applicant proposes
to fund the removal of invasive species
on 1 ac of suitable habitat on Salinas
River State Beach. As mitigation for
expected take of up to five tidewater
gobies during each breaching event, the
applicant would fund two research
projects developed in collaboration with
the Service to provide a greater
understanding of tidewater goby in the
Salinas River Lagoon and larger Salinas
Valley to support recovery goals:
• A study of goby reproductive patterns
and population dynamics in the
Lagoon
• A regional eDNA analysis of goby
distribution in the Salinas River and
connected waterways to evaluate
occupancy and the potential presence
of nearby source or refuge populations
As mitigation for expected take of up
to one western snowy plover nest (three
eggs or three chicks) over the 5-year
permit term and temporary loss of up to
0.35 ac of western snowy plover habitat
for each breaching event, the applicant
proposes to contribute funding to
California State Parks’ breeding season
habitat management and public
education and outreach programs at
Salinas River State Beach, which may
include installation of symbolic fencing
and signage around nesting areas,
interpretive signs at major trailheads,
and animal-proof trash receptacles at
trailheads and beach access points, and
direct public outreach.
Public Availability of Comments
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
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10(c) of the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22
and 17.32) and National Environmental
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
its implementing regulations (40 CFR
1506.6).
Stephen Henry,
Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife
Office, Ventura, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX23LR000F60100; OMB Control Number
1028–0062/Renewal]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Industrial Minerals
Surveys
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is proposing to renew an
Information Collection with a revision
to add a new ‘Rare Gases’ canvass.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 5,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your 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 by
mail to U.S. Geological Survey,
Information Collections Officer, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston,
VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_
collections@usgs.gov. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1028–0062 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Elizabeth S. Sangine by
email at escottsangine@usgs.gov, or by
telephone at 703–648–7720. Individuals
in the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
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TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may
also view the ICR at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA, 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 provides
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 March 3,
2023 (88 FR 13458–13459). We did not
receive any public comments in
response to that notice.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comments addressing the
following issues: (1) is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
USGS minerals information mission; (2)
will this information be processed and
used in a timely manner; (3) is the
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how the
USGS might enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how the USGS might
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 identifiable
information (PII) in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your PII—may be
made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Abstract: Respondents to these forms
supply the USGS with domestic
production- and consumption data for
industrial mineral commodities, some of
which are considered strategic and
critical, to assist in determining
National Defense Stockpile goals. These
data and derived information will be
published as chapters in Mineral
Yearbooks, monthly Mineral Industry

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Surveys, annual Mineral Commodity
Summaries, and special publications for
use by Government agencies,
Congressional offices, educational
institutions, research organizations,
financial institutions, consulting firms,
industry, academia, and the general
public.
The USGS Mineral Resources Program
is submitting this Federal Register
Notice as a revision to add a new ‘Rare
Gases Sold or Used’ annual canvass to
this ICR and estimates an additional 20
respondents with an average estimated
burden time per form of 30 minutes.
Based on technology advances, rare
gases have become an important
component of the U.S. supply chain
with few suppliers or functional
substitutes, a high risk of supply-chain
disruption, and fluctuation-sensitive
markets.
Title of Collection: Industrial Minerals
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0062.
Form Number: Various (39 USGS
forms).
Type of Review: Renewal with a
revision of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses or Other For-Profit
Institutions: U.S. nonfuel minerals
producers and consumers of industrial
minerals. Public sector: State- and local
governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 14,630.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 17,073.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: For each form, we will
include an average burden time ranging
from 10 minutes to 5 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 11,736.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly,
quarterly, semiannually, or annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour
cost’’ burdens associated with this ICR.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authorities for this action are the
PRA, the National Materials and
Minerals Policy, Research and
Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.), the National Mining and
Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C.
21(a)), the Strategic and Critical
Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98

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et seq.), and the Defense Production Act
(50 U.S.C. 2061 et seq.).
Steven Fortier,
Director, National Minerals Information
Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_NV_FRN_MO#4500170433]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Potential Resource Management Plan
Amendment for the Bonanza Solar
Project in Clark and Nye Counties,
Nevada
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Nevada State Office
intends to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) and potential
associated amendments to the 1998 Las
Vegas Resource Management Plan
(RMP) for the proposed solar
development referred to as the Bonanza
Solar Project. EDF Renewables
Development Inc. is proposing to build
the Bonanza Solar Project in Clark and
Nye counties, Nevada. Publication of
this notice initiates the scoping process
and a 45-day public comment period to
solicit public comments on the scope of
the analysis, including issues and
alternatives, and to solicit public
comments on the planning criteria.
DATES: The BLM requests the public
submit comments concerning the scope
of the analysis, potential alternatives,
and identification of relevant
information, and studies by July 20,
2023. To afford the BLM the
opportunity to consider issues raised by
commenters in the Draft EIS, please
ensure your comments are received
prior to the close of the 45-day scoping
period or 15 days after the last public
meeting, whichever is later.
The BLM expects to hold a
combination of virtual and in-person
scoping meetings during the 45-day
scoping period. The BLM will provide
the public at least 15-days’ notice prior
to the workshops.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues related to the Bonanza Solar
Project by any of the following methods:
• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/2020905/510.
• Email: Bonanzasolar@blm.gov.
• Mail: BLM, Nevada State Office,
Attn: Renewable Energy Coordination
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