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Morro manzanita (Arctostaphylos
morroensis; federally threatened).
‘‘Take’’ under the Act does not apply
to listed plant species. Consequently,
the Act does not prohibit take of listed
plant species, and take of listed plant
species cannot be authorized under an
ITP. The LOCHP proposes to include a
listed plant species on the permit in
recognition of the conservation benefits
provided for them under the LOHCP.
Additionally, inclusion of protections
for federally listed plant species in an
HCP assists us in meeting our regulatory
obligations under section 7(a)(2) of the
Act.
The applicant would receive
assurances under the Service’s ‘‘No
Surprises’’ regulations found in 50 CFR
17.22(b)(5) and 17.32(b)(5) for all
species included on the ITP.

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Environmental Assessment or
Environmental Impact Statement
Before deciding whether or not to
issue the requested ITP, the Service will
prepare a draft NEPA document to
analyze the environmental impacts
associated with issuance of this permit.
In this document, we will consider the
following alternatives: (1) The proposed
action, which includes the issuance of
take authorizations consistent with the
proposed LOHCP under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Act; (2) no-action (no
permit issuance); and (3) a reasonable
range of alternatives that could include
variations in impacts, conservation,
permit duration, covered species,
covered activities, permit area, or a
combination of these elements.
The NEPA document will identify
and analyze potentially significant
direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts
of permit issuance and the
implementation of the proposed LOHCP
on biological resources, land uses,
utilities, air quality, water resources,
cultural resources, socioeconomics and
environmental justice, recreation,
aesthetics, climate change and
greenhouse gases, and other
environmental issues that could occur
with the implementation of each
alternative. The Service will also
identify measures to avoid or minimize
any significant effects of the proposed
action on the quality of the human
environment.
Following completion of the
environmental review, the Service will
publish a notice of availability and a
request for comment on the draft NEPA
document and the applicant’s permit
application (which will include the
proposed LOHCP.)

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Public Comments
We request data, comments, new
information, and suggestions from the
public, other concerned governmental
agencies, the scientific community,
Tribes, industry, or any other party on
this notice. We will consider these
comments in developing a draft NEPA
document and in the development of
the LOCHP and ITP. We particularly
seek comments on the following:
1. Biological information concerning
the species proposed to be covered in
the LOHCP, including information on
range, distribution, population sizes,
and population trends;
2. Relevant information concerning
impacts of proposed covered activities
on these species;
3. Information on other current or
planned activities in the plan area and
their possible impacts on the species;
4. The presence of archaeological
sites, buildings and structures, historic
events, sacred and traditional areas, and
other historic preservation concerns,
which must be considered in project
planning by the National Historic
Preservation Act;
5. A range of alternatives to be
included in the NEPA document; and
6. Any other environmental issues
that should be considered with regard to
the proposed development and permit
action.
You may submit your comments and
materials by any one of the methods
listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Comments and materials we receive,
as well as supporting documentation we
use in preparing the draft NEPA
document, will be available for public
inspection by appointment, during
normal business hours (Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the Service’s
Ventura address (see ADDRESSES). Please
note that all comments and materials we
receive, including names and addresses,
will become part of the administrative
record and may be released to the
public. 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.
Scoping Meetings
The scoping meeting will be held at
the South Bay Community Center,
located at 2180 Palisades Avenue, Los
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times of the meetings. The purpose of
scoping meetings is to provide the
public with a general understanding of
the background of the proposed LOHCP
and activities it would cover, alternative
proposals under consideration for the
draft EA or EIS, and the Service’s role
and steps to be taken to develop the
draft NEPA document for the proposed
LOHCP; and also to solicit suggestions
and information on the scope of issues
and alternatives for the Service to
consider when drafting the EA or EIS.
Written comments will be accepted at
the meetings. Comments can also be
submitted by the methods listed in the
ADDRESSES section. Once the draft
NEPA document and proposed LOCHP
are complete and made available for
public review, there will be additional
opportunity for public comments on the
content of these documents.
Scoping Meetings Location
Accommodations
Persons needing reasonable
accommodation in order to attend and
participate in the public meetings
should contact Julie M. Vanderwier at
805–664–1766 as soon as possible. In
order to allow sufficient time to process
requests, a request should be submitted
no later than 1 week before the public
meetings.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and NEPA implementing regulations (40
CFR 1501.7, 40 CFR 1506.6, and 40 CFR
1508.22).
Dated: September 13, 2013.
Alexandra Pitts,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region, Sacramento, CA.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request for the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(1 Form)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a
currently approved information
collection (1028–0059).
AGENCY:

We (the USGS) will ask the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve the information
collection request (ICR) described

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below. This collection consists of 1
form. As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, and as
part of our continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, we
invite the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this ICR.
This collection is scheduled to expire
on September 30, 2013.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
on this ICR are considered, OMB must
receive them on or before October 21,
2013.
Please submit written
comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior via email:
([email protected]); or
by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission with OMB Control Number
1028–0059. Please also submit a copy of
your comments to the Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, 807 National Center, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192
(mail); 703–648–7195 (fax); or
[email protected] (email). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
0059.

ADDRESSES:

Lori
E. Apodaca at 703–648–7724
(telephone); [email protected] (email);
or by mail at U.S. Geological Survey,
989 National Center, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192. You
may also find information about this
ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

I. Abstract
The collection of this information is
required by the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT), and will, upon
request, provide the CTBT Technical
Secretariat with geographic locations of
sites where chemical explosions of 300
tons of TNT-equivalent, or greater, have
occurred.

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II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0059.
Form Number: 9–4040–A.
Title: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or OtherFor-Profit Institutions: U.S. nonfuel
minerals producers.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,500.

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Annual Burden Hours: 625 hours. We
expect to receive 2,500 annual
responses. We estimate an average of 15
minutes per response.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We have not identified any
‘‘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 a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
III. Request for Comments
Comments: We are soliciting
comments as to: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of the burden time
to the proposed collection of
information; (c) how to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) how
to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted 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 we will be able to do
so.
Dated: September 11, 2013.
W. David Menzie,
Acting Director, National Minerals
Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NRSS–13352; PPWONRADD1,
PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000]

Proposed Information Collection;
Research Permit and Reporting
System Applications and Reports
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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We (National Park Service)
will ask the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the
information collection (IC) described
below. As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, we invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on this IC. This IC is
scheduled to expire on February 28,
2014. We 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.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by November 18,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Madonna L. Baucum, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, National
Park Service, 1849 C Street NW., (2601),
Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or
[email protected] (email).
Please include ‘‘1024–0236’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Bill Commins, Natural
Resource Stewardship and Science,
National Park Service, 1201 Eye St. NW.
(Room 1125), Washington, DC 20005
(mail); 202–513–7166 (telephone); 202–
371–2131 (fax); or bill_commins@
nps.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
Regulations at 36 CFR 2.1 and 2.5
provide for taking of scientific research
specimens in parks. We use a permit
system to manage scientific research
and collecting. National Park Service
Forms 10–741a (Application for a
Scientific Research and Collecting
Permit) and 10–741b (Application for a
Science Education Permit) collect
information from persons seeking a
permit to conduct natural or social
science research and collection
activities in individual units of the
National Park System. The information
we collect includes, but is not limited
to:
• Names and business contact
information.
• Project title, purpose of study,
summary of proposed field methods and
activities, and study and field
schedules.
• Location where scientific activities
are proposed to take place, including
method of access.
• Whether or not specimens are
proposed to be collected or handled,

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