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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 110 / Friday, June 6, 2008 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R6–ES–2008–N0112; 60132–1261–
60RC–P4]

Keystone Oil Pipeline Project, Right-ofWay Permit Application To Cross Six
Wetland Management Districts in North
Dakota and South Dakota
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; right-ofway permit application.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) is soliciting public
comment on a right-of-way (ROW)
permit application submitted by
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP
(Keystone). If issued, the ROW permit
would authorize the construction,
operation, maintenance, and
decommissioning of the pipeline
through easements held by the Service
in North Dakota and South Dakota. The
Service is a cooperating agency with the
Department of State on an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
on the Keystone Oil Pipeline Project and
has adopted the Final EIS. After
reviewing any comments received on
the ROW application, the Service will
issue its own Record of Decision (ROD)
on the EIS prior to granting the ROW
permit.

Preparation of the ROD will
begin no sooner than July 7, 2008. We
will consider public comments received
or postmarked by that date.
ADDRESSES: Comment submission:
Submit comments on the ROW
application to Rick Coleman, Assistant
Regional Director, National Wildlife
Refuge System, Region 6, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486,
Denver Federal Center, Denver,
Colorado 80225, or electronically to
[email protected] (e-mail).
Document availability: Copies of the
ROW permit application, digital maps,
and legal descriptions of Service
wetland easements that the ROW would
cross, are available for viewing and
download at the Service’s Region 6 Web
site: http://www.fws.gov/mountainprairie/keystonepipeline or at the field
office locations listed in supplementary
information. Copies of the Final EIS,
Record of Decision, National Interest
Determination, Presidential Permit, and
other project information are available
for viewing and download at the
Keystone project Web site: http://
www.keystonepipeline.state.gov.

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A. Background
Keystone proposes to construct and
operate a pipeline and related facilities
to transport crude oil from Alberta,
Canada, to the midwestern United
States. The proposed route of the
pipeline would cross lands where the
Service holds an easement interest.
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Department of State, with the Service as
a cooperating agency, prepared a Final
EIS assessing the impacts of
constructing and operating the proposed
Keystone Pipeline. The Environmental
Protection Agency published a Notice of
Availability of the EIS in the Federal
Register on January 11, 2008 (73 FR
2027) and a notice of the agency’s
comments on the EIS on March 21, 2008
(73 FR 15153). Subsequently, Keystone
applied for a ROW easement per
regulations at 50 CFR 29.21 for the
Keystone Pipeline to cross through
individual wetlands where the Service
holds an easement for waterfowl
management rights. The current route of
the pipeline will cross 62 easement
wetlands on 33 tracts.
The purpose of the ROW permit, if
approved, and any preliminary permit is
to describe the location of the pipeline
through individual easement wetlands
and the measures that will be taken by
Keystone to ensure that construction,
operation, maintenance, and
decommissioning of the pipeline will
only temporarily drain or fill easement
wetlands. It also will describe measures
that Keystone will take to restore
easement wetlands if the Service
determines that pipeline construction,
operation, maintenance, and
decommissioning drains or partially
drains them. If wetland hydrology
cannot be adequately restored and an
easement wetland is drained by this
project, permit conditions will require
Keystone to acquire replacement
wetland habitat that will be protected by
a Service easement.
Based on the analysis described in the
State Department’s Final EIS, Record of
Decision (ROD), and National Interest
Determination, the Service has adopted
the State Department’s EIS and will
consider issuance of a ROW permit. As
required by 50 CFR 29.21–9(f), the
Service is seeking public comment on
the ROW application. After reviewing
and considering any comments
received, the Service will issue a ROD,
Environmental Action Memorandum,
and Environmental Action Statement
before issuing a ROW permit allowing
the pipeline to cross the described
easement wetlands. The Service ROD
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decision and the alternatives considered
in reaching this decision. It will also
identify those measures (permit
conditions) that have been, and will be,
taken to minimize environmental harm
from the decision to issue a ROW
permit.
B. Document Availability
Copies of the ROW application and
other material from the Service’s Web
site can be obtained during office hours
at the following Service field offices:
• Tewaukon Wetland Management
District, 9756 1431⁄2 Ave, SE., Cayuga,
North Dakota 58013, telephone 701–
724–3598
• Devils Lake Wetland Management
District, 221 Second Street Northwest,
Devils Lake, North Dakota 58301,
telephone 701–662–8611
• Valley City Wetland Management
District, 11515 River Road, Valley City,
North Dakota 58072, telephone 701–
845–3466
• Waubay Wetland Management
District, 44401 134 A Street, Waubay,
South Dakota 57273, telephone 605–
947–4521
• Huron Wetland Management
District, 200 4th Street, SE., Room 309,
Federal Building, Huron, South Dakota
57350, telephone 605–352–5894
• Lake Andes Wetland Management
District, 38672 291st Street, Lake Andes,
South Dakota 57356, telephone 605–
487–7603
• Madison Wetland Management
District, P.O. Box 48, Madison, South
Dakota 57042, telephone 605–256–2974
The information also will be available
at various public offices and locations
throughout North Dakota and South
Dakota. To obtain these locations, call
the nearest Service office listed above.
Dated: May 28, 2008.
James J. Slack,
Deputy Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we will submit to OMB a new
information collection request (ICR) for

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approval of the paperwork requirements
for the Mineral Resources Program’s
(MRP) Mineral Resource External
Research Program (MRERP). To submit
a proposal for the MRERP a project
narrative must be completed and
submitted via Grants.gov. Furthermore,
for multi-year projects, an annual
progress report must be completed, and
for all projects, a final technical report
is required at the end of the project
period. This notice provides the public
an opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these project
narrative and report requirements. The
narrative and report guidance is
available at http://www.usgs.gov/
contracts/Minerals/index.html.
DATES: Submit written comments by
August 5, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Department of the Interior, USGS, via:
• E-mail [email protected]. Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
NEW, MRP in the subject line.
• FAX: (970) 226–9230. Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
NEW, MRP in the subject line.
• Mail to Phadrea Ponds, U.S.
Geological Survey, 2150 Building C,
Fort Collins, CO 80525. Please reference
Information Collection 1028–NEW, MRP
in your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT: Jeff L. Doebrich at 703–648–

6103.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Mineral Resources Program.
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Form Number: Project narrative and
report guidance posted on Grants.gov.
Abstract: Through the MRERP, the
MRP of the USGS offers an annual
competitive grant and/or cooperative
agreement opportunity to universities,
State agencies, Tribal governments or
organizations, and industry or other
private sector organizations. Applicants
must have the ability to conduct
research in topics related to non-fuel
mineral resources and that meet the
goals of the MRP. The MRERP will
consider all research-based proposals
that address one of the MRP’s long-term
goals. The long-term goals of the MRP,
as described in the MRP Five-Year Plan
for FY 2006–2010 (http://
minerals.usgs.gov/plan/2006-2010/
2006-2010_plan.html) are (1) Ensure
availability of up-to-date quantitative
assessments of potential for
undiscovered mineral deposits, (2)
ensure availability of up-to-date
geoenvironmental assessments of
priority Federal lands, (3) ensure
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locality data for the United States, and
(4) ensure availability of long-term data
sets describing mineral production and
consumption. Furthermore, annual
research priorities are provided as
guidance for applicants to consider
when submitting proposals. Annual
research priorities are determined by
USGS MRP management. Since its
initiation in 2004, the MRERP has
awarded more than $1.8 million to 30
different research projects across the
country.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public or for limited inspection.’’
Responses are voluntary. No questions
of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We
intend to release the project abstracts
and primary investigators for awarded/
funded projects only.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Annual Number and
Description of Respondents:
Approximately 500 research scientists
from universities, State agencies, Tribal
governments or organizations, and
industry or other private sector
organizations.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 48.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
2160.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden
averages 45 hours per response. This
includes the time for (1) Project
conception and development, proposal
writing and reviewing, and submitting
project narrative through Grants.gov, (2)
preparation of annual progress report,
and (3) preparation of final technical
report.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that 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. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires each
agency ‘‘* * * to provide notice * * *
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concerning each proposed collection of
information * * *’’ Agencies must
specifically solicit comments to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
on the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, we publish this
Federal Register notice announcing that
we will submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. This notice provides the
required 60-day public comment period.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Alfred Travnicek,
703–648–7231.
Dated: May 30, 2008.
Suzette M. Kimball,
Associate Director for Geology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Renewed Application for the
Proposed Los Coyotes Band of
Cahuilla and Cupen˜ o Indians Fee-toTrust Transfer and Casino-Hotel
Project, San Bernardino County,
California
AGENCY:

Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.
ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
as lead agency, with the National Indian
Gaming Commission and Los Coyotes
Band of Cahuilla and Cupen˜ o Indians
(Tribe) as cooperating agencies, intends
to gather information necessary for
preparing an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Tribe’s renewed
application for a proposed 45-acre feeto-trust transfer and casino and hotel
project to be located in San Bernardino
County, California. The BIA did not
approve the original application as
submitted, hence published a Notice of
Cancellation of work on the EIS on May
19, 2008, in the Federal Register (73 FR
28841).

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